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Research Assistant Dr. Chun-Kai Yang

I am an herpetologist specializing in the ecology, behavior, and conservation of snakes. Currently, I am establishing study sites in secondary forests, artificial forests, reclaimed areas, and photovoltaic fields in Taiwan to investigate human-snake conflicts and the impacts of human development on amphibians and reptiles. In the future, I plan to engage in multinational collaborative research with researchers of Japan and Southeast Asia. In addition to my primary research areas, I am also involved in interdisciplinary studies, including toxicology, veterinary science, and citizen science. I founded the Facebook group "Is This a 'Snake'? Survey Platform for Volunteers of Taiwanese Snakes" and collaborate with the "Taiwan Reptile Reporting" system to create a foundational ecological database for Taiwanese snakes.

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Expertise：

Animal behavior, Ecology, Citizen science, Herpetology

 

電話：+886-3-8903797

Email: chunkai@gms.ndhu.edu.tw

974301 花蓮縣壽豐鄉志學村大學路2段1號，國立東華大學，環境暨海洋學院，生態及永續科學跨領域研究中心，B316 Office B室

Active Projects

  • 2020-2023 Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Special Research Project (MOST 109-2313-B-002 -018 -MY3): Investigation of Fungal Infections in the Skin Lesions of Native and Exotic Reptile Species in Taiwan.

Key Publications

  • Yang, C.-K. (2022). Calling and foot-flagging: territory competition behavior of two male Buergeria otai. Ecology e3653. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3653.

  • Sun, P., Yang, C., Li, W., Lai, W., Fan, Y., Huang, H. & Yu, P. (2021). Infection with Nannizziopsis guarroi and Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola in reptiles in Taiwan. Transbound Emerg Dis tbed.14049.

  • Yang, C.-K. (2021). Observation on clutch size and embryo colour of Psammodynastes pulverulentus (Boie, 1827) in Taiwan (Squamata: Colubridae). Herpetology Notes 14, 53–54.

  • Yang, C.-K. & Mori, A. (2021). The green bamboo pit viper, Trimeresurus stejnegeri, discriminates chemical stimuli among anuran species. Current Herpetology 40, 159–168.

  • Yang, C.-K. (2020). Call of female Polypedates braueri (Vogt, 1911) (Anura, Rhacophoridae) in Yilan, Taiwan. Herpetology Notes 13, 849–850.

  • Yang, C.-K. (2018). Calamaria pavimentata (Collared reed snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 49, 748–749.

  • Yang, C.-K. & Mori, A. (2018). Indotyphlops braminus (Brahminy blinksnake) and Dinodon rufozonatum (= Lycodon rufozonatus)(Red-banded snake). Predation and Diet. Herpetological Review 49, 549.

  • Yang, Y.-J., Yang, C.-K. (2017). Bird surveillance in Danongdafu Forest Park (In Chinese). Taiwan For. J. 43, 69–75.

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