Updated:
28 September 2007
RTP
Advisor List - 2008
Amphibians
& Reptiles
For
quick reference, here's an alphabetical
link to all Amphibians & Reptiles
research staff:
de
Queiroz
|
Heyer
|
McDiarmid
|
Zug
About
the Division of Amphibians & Reptiles
REFERENCE
Each
project advisor entry includes the following
information:
| Advisor
Name |
Telephone
number
|
E-mail
address
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Position
title. Education history. Brief description
of current research specialties.
Where
appropriate, entries also include a sample RTP
research project description, the number and
name(s) of prior RTP participants hosted by
the advisor, and the publication(s) co-authored
by the RTP student/advisor team.
If
known, the annual availability is listed.
Curator/Research Zoologist. B.A. (1978) University
of California, Los Angeles; M.S. (1985) San
Diego State University; Ph.D. (1989) University
of California, Berkeley. Research specialties:
systematics and evolutionary biology of reptiles;
principles and methods of systematic biology.
Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians
and Reptiles Division.
Sample project:
Analysis of phylogenetic relationships within
a clade of lizards; analysis and description
of a new species; analysis and description of
a new phylogenetically informative character;
analysis of geographic variation and possible
species boundaries.
Dr.
de Queiroz has hosted 4 participants in the
RTP:
Matthew
Brandley (2000)
- project
summary
Raul Diaz (2003)
- project
summary
Linnette Garcia (1992
& 1993)
- project
summary
Brian Yang (1997)
- project summary
One
(1) scientific publication and two (2) poster
presentations have resulted from their collaboration:
-
Diaz,
R. and K. de Queiroz. 2003. Phylogenetic
relationships among corytophanine iguanid
lizards inferred from morphological characters.
SACNAS national conference, Albuquerque,
NM. October 2003. Poster. Abstract with
Program. - - ABSTRACT
-
Brandley,
M.C. and K. de Queiroz. 2004. Phylogeny,
ecomorphological evolution, and historical
biogeography of the Anolis cristatellus
series. Herpetological Monographs 18:
90-126. - - ABSTRACT
- Brandley,
M.C. and K. de Queiroz. 2002. The phylogenetic
history of the Anolis cristatellus
group: a morphological and molecular analysis
using frequency parsimony and maximum likelihood
methods. 2002 meeting of the Society of Systematic
Biologists and the Society for the Study of
Evolution, Champaign-Urbana, IL.
 Curator
of Amphibians and Reptiles. B.A. (1963) Pacific
Lutheran University; M.A. (1965), Ph.D. (1968)
University of Southern California. Research
specialties: systematics, evolution, and biogeography
of Neotropical amphibians. Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians
and Reptiles Division.
Sample
project: Analysis and interpretation
of frog advertisement calls in resolving systematic
problems.
Dr.
Heyer has hosted 8 participants in the RTP:
Miguel
Fernandez (2003)
- project
summary
Andrew Furness (2007)
- project
summary
Jose Garcia-Lopez (1991)
- project
summary
Linnette Garcia (1992)
- project
summary
Laura Hardy (1990)
- project
summary
Anna Munoz (1997)
- project summary
Yana Reid (2001)
- project
summary
Alan Wolf (1988)
- project
summary
Six
(6) scientific publications and one (2) presentation
have resulted from their collaboration:
-
Fernandez,
M., H. Hamilton, S. Reichle, D. Wilson,
R. Heyer, and R. McDiarmid. 2003. Verificando
un modelo predictivo de distribucion para
anfibios en Bolivia. Décimo Encuentro
Latinoamericano de Usuarios de Tecnologías
de Información Geográfica, Santa
Cruz, Bolivia, September 2003.
- Garcia
Perez, L. and W.R. Heyer. 1993. Description
of the advertisement call and resolution of
the systematic status of Leptodactylus
gracilis delattini Müller, 1968 (Amphibia:
Leptodactylidae). Proceedings of the Biological
Society of Washington 106: 51-56. - - ABSTRACT
-
Heyer, W.R. and A.M. Munoz. 1999. Validation
of Eleutherodactylus crepitans Bokermann,
1965, Notes on the Types and Type Locality
of Telatrema heterodactylum Miranda-Ribeiro,
1937, and Description of a New Species of
Eleutherodactylus from Mato Grosso,
Brazil (Amphibia: Anura:Leptodactylidae).
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
112(1): 1-18. - - ABSTRACT
-
Heyer, W.R., J.M Garcia-Lopez, and
A.J. Cardoso. 1996. Advertisement call variation
in the Leptodactylus mustaceus species
complex (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae) with a
description of a new sibling species. Amphibia-Reptilia
17: 7-31. - - ABSTRACT
-
Heyer, W.R. and L.M. Hardy. 1991. A
new species of frog of the Eleutherodactylus
lacrimosus assembly from Amazonia, South
America (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae).
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
104(3): 436-447. - - ABSTRACT
-
Heyer, W.R. and A.J. Wolf. 1989. Physalaemus
crombiei (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae),
a new frog species from Espirito Santo, Brazil
with comments on the P. signifer group.
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 102(2): 500-506. -
- ABSTRACT
- Reid,
Y. and R. Heyer. 2001. Analysis of advertisement
calls in the genetically diverse frog Leptodactylus
fucus. The Biodiversity of Guyana: a global
perspective for the future. Georgetown, Guyana.
7 - 10 October 2001. Poster. Abstract with
program. - - ABSTRACT
- Heyer,
W.R. and Y.R. Reid. 2003. Does advertisement
call variation coincide with genetic variation
in the genetically diverse frog taxon currently
known as Leptodactylus fuscus (Amphibia:
Leptodactylidae)? 75(1): 39-54. -
- ABSTRACT
 Research
Zoologist, Patuxent
Wildlife Research Center, U.S. Geological
Survey, National Museum of Natural History,
Washington, D.C. Ph.D. (1969) University of
Southern California. Research specialties: biology
of neotropical amphibians and reptiles. Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians
and Reptiles Division.
Sample project:
Description of a new species of frog, evaluation
of geographic patterns in lowland herpetofaunas,
or identification and description of previously
unknown tadpoles.
Dr.
McDiarmid has hosted 7 participants in the RTP:
Roberto
Bello (1994
& 1995)
- project
summary
Mariel Campbell (1989)
- project
summary
Diego Cisneros-Heredia (2002)
- project
summary
Miguel Fernandez (2003)
- project
summary
Suzanne Folke (1990)
- project
summary
Andrew Furness (2007)
- project
summary
Ryan J.R. McCleary (1991)
- project
summary
Four
(5) scientific publications and one (1) presentation
resulted from their collaboration:
-
Cisneros-Heredia,
D.F and R.W. McDiarmid. 2007. Revision
of the characters of Centrolenidae (Amphibia:
Anura: Athesphatanura), with comments on its
taxonomy and the description of new taxa of
glassfrogs. Zootaxa 1572: 82 pp.
-
Fernandez,
M., H. Hamilton, S. Reichle, D. Wilson,
R. Heyer, and R. McDiarmid. 2003. Verificando
un modelo predictivo de distribucion para
anfibios en Bolivia. Décimo Encuentro
Latinoamericano de Usuarios de Tecnologías
de Información Geográfica, Santa
Cruz, Bolivia, September 2003.
- McCleary,
R.J.R. and R.W. McDiarmid. 1993. Phyllorhynchus
decurtatus. Catalogue of American Amphibians
and Reptiles 580: 1-7. - - ABSTRACT
-
McDiarmid, R.W. and S.H. Folke. 1991.
Tantilla bocourti. Catalogue of American
Amphibians and Reptiles 526: 1-3. - - ABSTRACT
-
McDiarmid, R.W. and R.J.R. McCleary.
1993. Phyllorhynchus. Catalogue of
American Amphibians and Reptiles 579: 1-5.
- - ABSTRACT
-
Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. and R.W. McDiarmid.
2004. Observations on the taxonomy, distribution,
and conservation status of the centrolenids
from Ecuador (Anura: Centrolenidae). Joint
Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.
26-31 May, 2004. - - ABSTRACT
 Curator
of Amphibians and Reptiles. B.A. (1960) Albright
College; M.S. (1963) University of Florida;
Ph.D. (1968) University of Michigan. Research
specialties: evolution and systematics of amphibians
and reptiles, with emphasis on South Pacific
and tropical asian (especially Burma) species;
biology and systematics of recent turtles; Biodiversity
Surveys and Inventories Program. Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians
and Reptiles Division.
Sample
project: Research on the evolution and distribution
of Pacific geckos and skinks or Asian frogs.
Dr.
Zug has hosted 8 participants in the RTP:
Michael
Crockett (1991)
- project
summary
Andrew Furness (2007)
- project
summary
Richard Glor (1996)
- project
summary
Heather Kalb (1988)
- project
summary
Shelly King (1988)
- project
summary
Stephen Luzar (1994)
- project
summary
Caleb
McMahan (2006)
- project
summary
James
Parham (1994
& 1995)
- project
summary
Thirteen
(13) scientific publications have resulted from
their collaboration:
- Kalb,
H.J. and G.R. Zug. 1990. Age estimates
for a population of American Toads, Bufo
americanus (Salientia: Bufonidae), in
Northern Virginia. Brimleyana 16:79-86. -
- ABSTRACT
- Parham,
J.F. and G.R. Zug. 1996. Caretta agassizii.
Marine Turtle Newsletter 72:2-5. - - ABSTRACT
- Parham,
J.F. and G.R. Zug. 1996. Skeletochronology
of loggerhead sea turtles--a reassessment.
NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-387: 236. - -
ABSTRACT
- Parham,
J.F., C.K. Dodd, and G.R. Zug. 1996. Age
estimates (skeletochronology) of Red Hills
salamander, Phaeognathus hubrichii.
Journal of Herpetology 30(3): 401-404. - -
ABSTRACT
- Parham,
J.F. and G.R. Zug. 1997. Age and growth
of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)
of coastal Georgia: an assessment of skeletochronological
age estimates. Bulletin of Marine Sciences
61(2): 287-304 - - ABSTRACT
-
Zug, G.R. and R.F. Glor. 1998. Skeletochronological
age estimates of green seaturtles living in
a developmental habitat. Mem. Resum. 18th
Int. Seaturtle Symp. P. 97.
- - ABSTRACT
-
Zug, G.R. and R.F. Glor. 1999. Estimates
of age and growth in a population of green
seaturtles Chelonia mydas from the
Indian River lagoon system, Florida: a skeletochronological
analysis. Canad. J. Zool. [1998] 76: 1497-1506.
- - ABSTRACT
-
Zug, G.R. and R. Glor. 2000. Skeletochronological
Age Estimates of Green Sea Turtles Living
in a Florida Developmental Habitat. Proceedings
from the 18th Annual Symposium Sea Turtle
Conservation and Biology/NOAA Tech. Memo.
NMFS-SEFSC-436: 36. - - ABSTRACT
-
Zug, G.R. and H.J. Kalb. 1989. Skeletochronological
age estimates for juvenile Lepidochelys
kempii from Atlantic coast of North America.
Proc. 9th Ann. Workshop Sea Turtle Conserv.,
NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-232: 271-273.
- - ABSTRACT
-
Zug, G.R. and H.J. Kalb. 1991. Estimates
of age and growth in Lepidochelys kempii
from skeletochronological data. Proc. 10th
Ann. Workshop Sea Turtle Conserv., NOAA Technical
Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-278: 285-286. - - ABSTRACT
-
Zug, G.R., H.J. Kalb, and S. Luzar.
1997. Age and growth in wild Kelp's ridley
seaturtles Lepidochelys kempii: skeletochronological
data. Biol. Conserv. 80: 261-268. - - ABSTRACT
-
Zug, G.R. and J.F. Parham. 1996. Age
and growth in leatherback turtles, Dermochelys
coriacea (Testudines: Dermochelyidae):
a skeletochronological analysis. Chelonian
Conserv. Biol. 2(2): 231-236. - - ABSTRACT
-
Zug, G.R. and J.F. Parham. 1997. Age
and growth of the leatherback Dermochelys
coriacea. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC
412:158.- - ABSTRACT
Using
research grant funding, Dr. Zug has hired on
contract 1 RTP alumni:
James
Parham (1995)
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