Ye Changyuan (born 1936) is an amphibian expert in the People's Republic of China and a researcher at the Amphibian and Reptile Laboratory of the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Ye Changyuan (born 1936) is an amphibian expert in the People's Republic of China and a researcher at the Amphibian and Reptile Laboratory of the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In 1956, Ye Changyuan was admitted to the Animal Husbandry Major of Sichuan Agricultural College (now Sichuan Agricultural University). After graduation in 1961, she entered the Institute of Agricultural Biology, Sichuan Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (now the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and began amphibian research. [1] Her husband, Fei Liang, is a research partner and a fellow amphibian expert. They met at the university and married in 1963. [2]
She initially served as assistant to amphibian research experts Liu Chengzhao and Hu Shuqin. [2]
Ye Changyuan suspended her scientific field research work in 1964 after becoming pregnant. To continue her work, Ye Changyuan and her husband cooperated to meet their own individual work needs. [2] One of them would primarily go into the field to collect specimens, and the other would stay at home to compile the resulting field data. [1]
According to Xinhua News Agency, the pair continued their field research despite conditions.
"Due to the nature of their work, the couple, who want to fill gaps in amphibian research for the country, have become a 'routine' for them to work in the field. Going from spring to winter and returning home, walking for more than half a year has been their normal work for decades; peas are the staple food, peppers are vegetables, living in tents and sleeping in granaries are a true portrayal of their field work; traveling through deserts, walking on plateaus, and exploring mountains and forests, They searched all over the country." [2]
Since 1980, the wife and husband herpetology team discovered 126 new species and records of amphibians. They established a new family and five new subfamilies, and a fifth tadpole type was defined.
Although both researchers retired in the 1990's, they jointly published a 1,040-page tome titled "Amphibians of China" (Volume 1) in 2016. [2] Ye's husband, Fei Liang, died at 86 in Chengdu, China, on 4 June 2022. [3]
To commemorate Ye Changyuan's contribution to the classification of amphibians, the scientific name of the new genus Yerana established in 2006 was taken from her surname "Ye."
Megophryidae, commonly known as goose frogs, is a large family of frogs native to the warm southeast of Asia, from the Himalayan foothills eastwards, south to Indonesia and the Greater Sunda Islands in Maritime Southeast Asia, and extending to the Philippines. Fossil remains are also known from North America. As of 2014 it encompasses 246 species of frogs divided between five genera. For lack of a better vernacular name, they are commonly called megophryids.
China's vast and diverse landscape is home to a profound variety and abundance of wildlife. As of one of 17 megadiverse countries in the world, China has, according to one measure, 7,516 species of vertebrates including 4,936 fish, 1,269 bird, 562 mammal, 403 reptile and 346 amphibian species. In terms of the number of species, China ranks third in the world in mammals, eighth in birds, seventh in reptiles and seventh in amphibians.
Quasipaa yei, or Ye's spiny-vented frog, is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is endemic to China where it is known from the Dabie Mountains that straddle the border between Hubei, Henan, and Anhui provinces. Its type locality is in Shengcheng County in Jiyuan City, Henan. Its natural habitats are temperate rivers with surrounding forests. It is potentially threatened by habitat loss. It was named for herpetologist Ye Changyuan.
The Omei brown frog or Omei wood frog is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is endemic to central China. Its name refers to Mount Emei, its type locality. Its natural habitats are hill forests and grass clumps in forests. Breeding occurs in late summer and the tadpoles overwinter; the breeding habitat is standing water. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.
Jingdong Yi Autonomous County is an autonomous county in the west-central part of Yunnan Province, China. It is the northernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Pu'er.
As of August 2023, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 8509 data deficient species in the Chordata phylum.
Robert Frederick Inger was an American herpetologist. During his lifetime, he wrote numerous books and publications about herpetology. He was also the curator for amphibians and reptiles at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.
Zhao Ermi was a Chinese herpetologist, born in Chengdu. His ancestors were Manchu Bannerman of Irgen Gioro clan who were stationed in Chengdu during Qing dynasty. He studied biology at West China Union University, under the tutelage of Liu Chengzhao. He was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2001. He died at West China Medical Center of Sichuan University on 24 December 2016.
Fei Liang was a Chinese herpetologist.
