Ye Changyuan

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.

Biography

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. Her husband, Fei Liang, is a research partner and a fellow amphibian expert. They met at the university and married in 1963.

She initially served as assistant to amphibian research experts Liu Chengzhao and Hu Shuqin.

Taxon named in her honor 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." Quasipaa yei (Chen, Qu' & Jiang, 2002)

Some Taxa described by Ye Bombina lichuanensis Brachytarsophrys chuannanensis Ingerana alpina Ingerana medogensis Kurixalus Kurixalus odontotarsus Leptobrachium hainanense Leptobrachium huashen Leptolalax alpinus Leptolalax liui Leptolalax ventripunctatus Limnonectes fujianensis Odorrana exiliversabilis Odorrana junlianensis Oreolalax granulosus Oreolalax nanjiangensis Paa chayuensis Paa medogensis Parapelophryne Pseudoamolops Rana chevronta Rana hainanensis Rana huanrenensis Rana hubeiensis Rana jingdongensis Rana nasuta

Rana zhenhaiensis Scutiger jiulongensis Scutiger muliensis Xenophrys binchuanensis Xenophrys glandulosa Xenophrys huangshanensis Xenophrys jingdongensis Xenophrys mangshanensis Xenophrys medogensis Xenophrys sangzhiensis Xenophrys wawuensis Xenophrys wuliangshanensis Xenophrys wushanensis Xenophrys zhangi