Zhao Ermi (; 1930 – 24 December 2016) was a Chinese herpetologist, born in Chengdu. His ancestors were Manchu Bannermen of Irgen Gioro clan who were stationed in Chengdu during the Qing dynasty. He studied biology at West China Union University, under the tutelage of . 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.
Taxa named after him Zhao is commemorated in the scientific names of four taxa of reptiles.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Zhao, p. 293). Zhaoermia , a genus of pitviper (synonym of Protobothrops) Cyrtodactylus zhaoermii , a species of gecko Diploderma zhaoermii , a species of lizard Thermophis zhaoermii , a species of snake
Also, two amphibian species have been named after him. xiii + 244 pp. (Ermi Zhao, p. 65). Paramesotriton ermizhaoi , a species of newt (synonym of Paramesotriton labiatus) Onychodactylus zhaoermii , a species of salamander
Described taxa
Achalinus meiguensis Amolops liangshanensis Amphiesma optatum Calotes medogensis Cuora zhoui Cyrtopodion medogense Dinodon rosozonatum Gloydius shedaoensis Hebius metusia Ingerana reticulata Kurixalus hainanus (synonym of Kurixalus bisacculus) Laudakia papenfussi Laudakia wui Liua Liuixalus Oligodon multizonatus Opisthotropis cheni Opisthotropis guangxiensis Oreolalax multipunctatus Pelophylax tenggerensis Phrynocephalus albolineatus Plagiopholis unipostocularis Plestiodon liui Protobothrops xiangchengensis Rana zhengi Rhabdophis adleri Scincella huanrenensis Scincella tsinlingensis Viridovipera medoensis Xenopeltis hainanensis Protobothrops mangshanensis
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