Kin Onn Chan

Kin Onn Chan (K.O. Chan), Malaysian herpetologist.

Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America.

Taxon names authored

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30 taxon names authored by Kin Onn Chan

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2009

Wood Jr., P.L., Grismer, J.L., Grismer, L.L., Ahmad, N., Onn, C.K. & Bauer, A.M. 2009. Two new montane species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Squamata: Agamidae) from Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 2012(1): 28–46. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2012.1.2 Reference page.
Grismer, L. L., Norhayati, A., Chan, K.O., Daicus, B., Muin, M.A., Wood, P.L.Jr. & Grismer, J.L. 2009. Two new diminutive species of Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa, 2019, 40-56.
Chan, K. O., Grismer, L. L., Norhayati, A., & Daicus, B. 2009. A new species of Gastrophrynoides (Anura: Microhylidae): an addition to a previously monotypic genus and a new genus for Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa, 2124: 63–68.

2010

Grismer, L.L., Shahrul, A.M.S., Quah, E.S.L., Muin, M.A., Chan, K.O., Grismer, J.L. & Norhayati, A. 2010. A new spiny, prehensile-tailed species ofCyrtodactylus(Squamata: Gekkonidae)from Peninsular Malaysia with a preliminary hypothesis of relationships basedon morphology. Zootaxa, 2625, 40–52.
Chan, K.O. & Norhayati, A. 2010. A new insular species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeastern Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia. Zootaxa, 2389, 47–56.
Grismer, L.L., Chan, K.O., Quah, E.S.L., Muin, M.A., Savage, A.E., Grismer, J,L, Norhayati, A., Greer, L.F. & Remigio, A-C. 2010. Another new, diminutive Rock Gecko (Cnemaspis Strauch) from Peninsular Malaysia and a discussion of resource partitioning in sympatric species pairs. Zootaxa, 2569, 55–66.
Chan, K.O., Grismer, L.L., Shahrul, A.M.S., Quah, E.S.L., Muin, M.A., Savage, A.E., Grismer, J.L., Norhayati, A., Remigio, A-C. & Greer, L.F. 2010. A new endemic rock Gecko Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Gunung Jerai, Kedah, northwestern Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa, 2576: 59–68.
Grismer, L.L. & Chan, K.O. 2010. Another new Rock Gecko (genus Cnemaspis Strauch 1887) from Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa, 2419: 51–62.
Chan, K.O. & Grismer, L.L. 2010. Re-assessment of the Reinwardt’s Gliding Frog, Rhacophorus reinwardtii (Schlegel 1840) (Anura: Rhacophoridae) in Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia and its re-description as a new species. Zootaxa, 2505: 40–50.
Ngo, V.T. & Chan, K.O. 2010. A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1826 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khanh Hoa province, Southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 2504: 47–60. Preview. . Reference page.

2011

Chan, K.O.; L.L. Grismer; S.M.S. Anuar; E.S.H. Quah; J.L. Grismer; P.L. Wood; Jr., M.A. Muin; N. Ahmad. 2011: A new species of Chiromantis Peters 1854 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Perlis State Park in extreme northern peninsular Malaysia with additional herpetofaunal records for the park. Russian journal of herpetology, 18: 253–259. Abstract
Ngo, V. T. and K. O. Chan. 2011. A new karstic cave-dwelling Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Vietnam. Zootaxa 3125: 51–63.
Chan, K. O., L. L. Grismer, and J. L. Grismer. 2011. A new insular, endemic frog of the genus Kalophrynus Tschudi, 1838 (Anura: Microhylidae) from Tioman Island, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 3123: 60–68.
Grismer, L.L., Quah, E.S.H., Siler, C.D., Chan, K.O., Wood, Jr, P.L., Grismer, J.L., Anuar Mohd Sah, S. & Ahmad, N. 2011. Peninsular Malaysia’s first limbless lizard: a new species of skink of the genus Larutia (Böhme) from Pulau Pinang with a phylogeny of the genus. Zootaxa 2799(1): 29–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2799.1.3 Reference page.
Grismer, L. L., J. L. Grismer, P. L. Jr. Wood, V. T. Ngo, T. Neang, K. O. Chan. 2011. Herpetology on the fringes of the sunda shelf: A discussion of discovery, taxonomy, and biogeography. Bonner Zoologische Monographien 57: 57–97.
van Rooijen, J., K. O. Chan, L. L. Grismer, and A. Norhayati. 2011. Estimating the herpetofaunal species richness of Pangkor Island, Peninsular Malaysia. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 60: 3–8.

2012

Johnson, C.B., Quah, E.S.H., Anuar, S., Muin, M.A., Wood, P.W., Grismer, J.L., Greer, L.F., Onn, C.K., Ahmad, N., Bauer, A.M. & Grismer, L.L. 2012. Phylogeography, geographic variation, and taxonomy of the Bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus Taylor, 1962 from Peninsular Malaysia with the description of a new swamp dwelling species. Zootaxa 3406(1): 39–58. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3406.1.3 Reference page.

2013

Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Mohamed, M., Chan, K.O., Heinz, H.M., Sumarli, A.S.-I., Chan, J.A. & Loredo, A.I. 2013. A new species of karst-adapted Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a threatened karst region in Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 3746(3): 463–472. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.3.5 Reference page.

2014

Chan, K.O., Brown, R.M., Lim, K.K.P., Ahmad, N. & Grismer, L. 2014. A new species of frog (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) of the Hylarana signata complex from peninsular Malaysia. Herpetologica 70(2): 228–240. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-13-00057 Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Belabut, D.M., Quah, E.S.H., Chan, K.O. & Wood Jr, P.L. 2014: A new species of karst forest-adapted Bent-toed Gecko (genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827) belonging to the C. sworderi complex from a threatened karst forest in Perak, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 3755(5): 434–446. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3755.5.3. Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood Jr, P.L., Anuar, S., Quah, E.S.H., Muin, M.A., Mohamed, M., Chan, K.O., Sumarli, A.X., Loredo, A.I. & Heinz, H.M. 2014: The phylogenetic relationships of three new species of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from poorly explored regions in northeastern Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 3786(3): 359–381. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.6. Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Wood Jr, P.L., Anuar, S., Riyanto, A., Ahmad, N., Muin, M.A., Sumontha, M., Grismer, J.L., Chan, K.O., Quah, E.S.H. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2014. Systematics and natural history of Southeast Asian rock geckos (genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) with descriptions of eight new species from Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. Zootaxa 3880(1): 1–147. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3880.1.1 ; ResearchGate Reference page.

2015

Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L. Jr, Anuar, S., Quah, E.S.H., Muin, M.A., Onn, C.K., Sumarli, A.X. & Loredo, A.I. 2015. Repeated evolution of sympatric, palaeoendemic species in closely related, co-distributed lineages of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) across a sky-island archipelago in Peninsular Malaysia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174(4): 859–876. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12254 Reference page.

2016

Chan, K.O., Grismer, L.L, Zachariah, A., Brown, R.M. & Abraham, R.K. 2016. Polyphyly of Asian Tree Toads, Genus Pedostibes Günther, 1876 (Anura: Bufonidae), and the Description of a New Genus from Southeast Asia. PLoS ONE 11(1): e0145903 (1–13). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145903 Reference page.

2017

Brown, R.M., Prue, A., Chan, K.O., Gaulke, M., Sanguila, M.B. & Siler, C.D. 2017. Taxonomic reappraisal of the Northeast Mindanao Stream Frog, Sanguirana albotuberculata (Inger 1954), validation of Rana mearnsi, Stejneger 1905, and description of a new species from the central Philippines. Herpetological Monographs 31(1): 210–231. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-16-00009.1 Reference page.

2018

Chan, K.O., Abraham, R.K., Grismer, J.L. & Grismer, L.L. 2018. Elevational size variation and two new species of torrent frogs from Peninsular Malaysia (Anura: Ranidae: Amolops Cope). Zootaxa 4434(2): 250–264. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4434.2.2 Reference page.

2020

Quah, E.S.H., Grismer, L.L., Lim, K.K.P., Shahrul Anuar, M.S. & Chan, K.O. 2020. A taxonomic revision of Asthenodipsas malaccana Peters, 1864 (Squamata: Pareidae) with a description of a new species from Borneo. Zootaxa 4729(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.1.1 Reference page.

2023

Chan, K.O., Grismer, L.L., Santana, F., Pinto, P., Loke, F.W. & Conaboy, N. 2023. Scratching the surface: a new species of Bent-toed gecko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Cyrtodactylus) from Timor-Leste of the darmandvillei group marks the potential for future discoveries. Zookeys 1139: 107–126. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1139.96508 Reference page.
Chan, K.O., Anuar, S., Sankar, A., Law, I.T., Law, I.S., Shivaram, R., Christian, C., Mulcahy, D.G. & Malhotra, A. 2023. A new species of pit-viper from the Ayeyarwady and Yangon regions in Myanmar (Viperidae, Trimeresurus). ZooKeys 1186: 221–234. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1186.110422 Reference page.
Shakya, S.B., Alexander, A., Lim, H.C., Manthey, J.D., Prawiradilaga, D.M., Chan, K.O., Sheldon, F.H. & Moyle, R.G. 2023. Demographic history of a complex polymorphism in populations of the Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca/rufidorsa) of Southeast Asia. Ibis 165(4): 1267-1279. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13207 Reference page.