Department of Biological Sciences -
Faculty Profile
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 Stanley E. Trauth
Professor
Interim Chair, Biology
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
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avivoca) |
Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus
horridus) and
Blackmask Racer (Coluber
constrictor latrunculus) |
Click here for Environmental Sciences website:
http://evs.astate.edu
See also
www.ozarkhellbender.com
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Herpetofaunal Research In Arkansas
Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys
temminckii) Ozark Hellbender
(Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi)
 
Reproductive Ecology of the Western Slimy
Salamander (Plethodon albagula) |
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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
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Ph.D.--Zoology, Auburn University - 1980; Ph.D.
Dissertation - Geographic Variation and Systematics of the Lizard
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Linnaeus) in the United States
RESEARCH AREA AND INTERESTS
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
How many copperhead heads do you
see?
(See Related
Articles)
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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
with
Mike Rowe
"My
promise is we'll get dirty, we'll have a few laughs, and maybe we'll learn
something..." - Mike Rowe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGcxOSkbT1I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QYML3WXwqQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HR9_AjA-tA
It's a 'Dirty Job' but...
Local turtles to be featured on popular television show
About the filming of Dirty
Jobs
Champ Williams Films Alligator Snapping Turtle in the Ozarks
California filmmaker comes to Arkansas for
documentary on aquatic life
Documentary to feature local turtles
baxterbulletin.com The ...
Ventura man does documentary on aquatic life in
Ozarks - LA Daily News
'Ozark Underwater' documentary in the works News-Leader.com
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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)
.hatchlings.11-26-03.203.JPG)
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
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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
November 15, 2009.
