Fauna Conservation Department - Kadoorie Conservation China Programme
Conservation and Research - Researchers
YANG Jianhuan
Conservation Manager
Fauna Conservation Department - Kadoorie Conservation China Programme
Jianhuan received his bachelor’s degree in Ecology from Sun Yat-sen University, where he began his research career in herpetology. His research interests include taxonomy, ecology and conservation of amphibians, reptiles and mammals in the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot. He is an experienced field researcher and has been conducting biodiversity surveys in China and Cambodia for over a decade, which explains his role as a member of IUCN SSC Snake Specialist Group and a regular assessor for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Additionally, he has served as a Species Expert for the Endangered Species Scientific Commission of China, and as a member of The Endangered Species Advisory Committee of AFCD since 2022. To date, he has published over 70 scientific papers and described over 30 amphibians and reptiles new to science. Jianhuan also serves as a volunteer reviewer for several scientific journals, including Zoological Research, Asian Herpetological Research, PeerJ, Journal of Natural History, Zookeys, Zootaxa, etc.
Selected publications:
Hui, M.K.Y., Leong, A.K., Zhang, H., Yang, F., Yeung, H.Y., Lo, Y.F.P., Yang, J.H. (2024). Forgotten but not Gone: Rediscovery of Eurasian Otter Lutra lutra in Lantau, Hong Kong. IUCN Otter Spec. Group Bull, 41(4), 235-240.
Yang, J.H., & Yeung, H. Y. (2024). An overlooked invader? Integrative analysis reveals the common wolf snake Lycodon capucinus Boie, 1827 is an introduced species to Hong Kong. BioInvasions Records, 13(4), 1067-1079.
Yang, J.H., Li, K.W., Yeung, H.Y., Au, T.K., Zheng, X., Giordano, A.J. & Chan, B.P.L. (2022). Population density and activity patterns of the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) in southern China: estimates based on camera-trapping data (in Chinese with English abstract). Biodiversity Science. 30(9): 21357
Yang J.H., Huang, X.Y., Jin, S.H. and Chan B.P.L. (2020). Filling a longstanding knowledge gap: population size and conservation status of the Endangered Gaoligong Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock tianxing) in Houqiao Town, Yunnan. Global Ecology and Conservation, 24: e01347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01347
Yang J.H. and Chan B.P.L.* (2020). Distribution, Status, and Ecology of the Water Monitor (Varanus Salvator) on Hainan Island, and the Role of Folklore in its Conservation. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 15(2):427–439.
Yang, J.H. & Chan, B.P.L. (2015). Two new species of the genus Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Sauria: Eublepharidae) from southern China. Zootaxa, 3980(1): 067–080.