Department of Biological Sciences - Faculty Profile

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
 
Bird-voiced Treefrog (Hyla avivoca)

Blackmask Racer (Coluber constrictor latrunculus)

Click here for Environmental Sciences website: http://evs.astate.edu

See also www.ozarkhellbender.com


 

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

RESEARCH AREA AND INTERESTS

    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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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)

Grants

Students and Their Areas of Research

Facilities

Teaching

 Central Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) eft                         CV

            


Brooding female Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.


This page is maintained by Stan Trauth, who can be reached at strauth@astate.edu. Last revised on June 21, 2009.