Colin joined KCC in 2020. His research focuses on the taxonomy, ecology and conservation of herpetofauna in the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot. He is currently conducting studies on the introduced species in Hong Kong, such as Blue-crested Lizard and Common Wolf Snake.

Selected Publications

Yeung, H. Y., & Yang, J. H. (2025). Sourcing the geographic origin of the introduced Blue-crested lizard Calotes mystaceus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata: Agamidae) in Hong Kong. BioInvasions Records, 14(2), 475–485.

Yeung, H. Y., Lau, M. W. N. & Yang, J. H. (2022). A new species of Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guangdong Province, southern China. Vertebrate Zoology, 72: 433–444.

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.

Hui, M. K. Y., Yeung, H. Y., Leong, A. K. Y., Lan, Y., Pan, S., Sun, Z. & Yang, J. H. (2024) Local ecological knowledge reveals an undocumented population of Reeves’ butterfly lizard (Leiolepis reevesii) in Zhuhai, China. Pacific Conservation Biology, 30(6), PC24021.

Yeung, H. Y., Huang, X., Yang, S., & Yang, J. H (2021). Male Advertisement Call of the Endangered Leptobrachella tengchongensis (Anura: Megophryidae) from Mount Gaoligongshan, Yunnan Province, China. Asian Herpetological Research, 12(2): 221–227.

Yeung, H. Y., & Yang, J. H. (2020). Acoustic characteristics of the island-endemic Parapelophryne scalpta (Anura: Bufonidae) from Hainan Island, China. Zootaxa, 4890(2): 296–300.