Stanley E. Trauth  Professor Director - Electron Microscope Facility Biology Graduate Program Coordinator Editor-in-Chief  - J. Arkansas Academy of Science (1992-2007)  2005 President - AAS Co-Founder and Special Publications Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology www.herpconbio.org Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles Department of Biological Sciences P.O. Box 599 Arkansas State University, State University, AR 72467-0599   870.972-3111 strauth@astate.edu

Herpetofaunal Research In Arkansas Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii)                 Ozark Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi) Reproductive Ecology of the Western Slimy Salamander (Plethodon albagula)

Midland Smooth Softshell (Apalone mutica mutica) and Razorback Musk Turtle (Sternotherus carinatus)

ACADEMIC TRAINING

• B.S.--Zoology, University of Arkansas - 1970
• M.S.--Zoology, University of Arkansas - 1974; M.S. Thesis -  Demography and Reproduction of the Eastern Collared Lizard, Crotaphytus collaris collaris (Say), from Northern Arkansas
• Ph.D.--Zoology, Auburn University - 1980; Ph.D. Dissertation - Geographic Variation and Systematics of the Lizard Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Linnaeus) in the United States

Natural history, reproductive histology and ultrastructure of amphibians and reptiles; conservation biology of Arkansas amphibians and reptiles; biology of plethodontid salamanders.

    2004 Arkansas State University Board of Trustees Faculty Award for Excellence in Research/Scholarship

    2006 Inductee into the Mountain Home High School Educational “Hall of Honor"

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     Sample page  

Eimeria trauthi, a newly named species of coccidian

 parasite from the Marbled Salamander.

                Larvae of Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)

The Amphibians and Reptiles of Arkansas.  2004.  University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville.  By S. E. Trauth, H. W. Robison, and M. V. Plummer.

   

            The Authors:  Mike, Stan, and Rob



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Sir David Attenborough Visits Arkansas to Document Slimy Salamander Ecology  

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Features Sir David

Baxter Bulletin (Mountain Home, AR) Covers Sir David

Jonesboro Sun Publishes Article on Sir David's Visit

BBC Returns to Film at Spillway Mine

Sir David Attenborough's book (2008) on the TV series "Life in Cold Blood"

US Premiere Broadcast - Animal Planet, April 13, 2008

Dirty Jobs segment (coming soon!)

"My promise is we'll get dirty, we'll have a few laughs, and maybe we'll learn something..." - Mike Rowe

It's a 'Dirty Job' but...

Local turtles to be featured on popular television show

     Publications                           Broad-banded Watersnake (Nerodia fasciata)

 Central Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) eft                         CV

Western Slimy Salamander (Plethodon albagula) with hatchlings

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Male and Female Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris) - Ozark National Forest of Northern Arkansas

Hurter's Spadefoot (Scaphiopus holbrookii hurterii) from Izard Co., Arkansas

Western Slender Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus)     Eurycea multiplicata (Montgomery Co., AR)

Ringed Salamander (Ambystoma annulatum) - Ozark National Forest, Stone Co., AR

    Tadpole of Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor)

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Cross section of Siren intermedia spermatozoon   "Baby Blue" American Bullfrog (Lawrence Co., AR)                   Eumeces anthracinus hatchling        Eastern Spadefoot (Scaphiopus holbrooki)

All color photos on this page (except the Sir David Attenborough book cover) are copyrighted by Dr. Stanley E. Trauth.  You are welcome to use them as long as proper credit is given.

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