Herpinators 2006

Recent Graduates:

• Malcolm McCallum - Systematics and Demographics of Acris crepitans - Ph.D., August 2003 (current address:  Texas A&M-Texarkana)
• Robyn R. Jordan - Behavior in Plethodon albagula (M.S., May 2004)
• Michelle Mary - Histology of Caudal Courtship Glands in Plethodon (M.S., December 2004)
• Waylon Hiler -  Documenting the Decline in Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi (M.S., August 2005)
• Chris Brown - The single and combined effects of ephedrine/Metabolife 356, caffeine, and nicotine on morphology and ultrastructure of rat hearts (M.S., August 2005; currently attending UAMS)
• Joe Milanovich - Life history and effects of prescribed burning on the western slimy salamander (Plethodon albagula) in the Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas (M.S., August 2006; currently - Univ. of Georgia, Ph.D. program)
• Ben Wheeler - The status, distribution, and habitat of  Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi in Arkansas (Ph.D., December 2007; currently - University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville)       

                                                                                                                                                          Waylon Hiler and Ben Wheeler (2004)

• Jacob Sawyer - Population Structure and Aestivation Effects in the Western Lesser Siren, Siren intermedia (Goin), from Urban Environments (M.S., August 2008).

   

Active Students:                                        

• Mauricio Solis - Ecotoxicology of turtle eggs within the Arkansas Delta 
• Bobby Neal - Demography in Agkistrodon contortrix
• Phillip Stewart - Spatial and thermal ecology in Crotaphytus collaris
• Josh Engelbert - Terrestrial ecology in Plethodon caddoensis 
• Melissa Patrick - Comparative spermatology in kinosternid turtles 
• Corey Shaffer - Terrestrial ecology in Rana sylvatica
• Jonathan Stanley - Sperm competition and morphometrics in Nerodia rhombifer
• Sarah Webb - Rathke's glands in turtles

Chris Brown (2005)                                                                                   Phillip Stewart (2004)

Charles McDowell and Phillip Stewart (2003)                            Jacob Sawyer (2005) and field assistants

 Joe Milanovich (2004)

Michelle Mary (2004)

                          Jonathan Stanley (2005)

                                                    Mauricio Solis (2005)                                                      Melissa Patrick (2006)

    Josh Engelbert (2005)         Robyn Jordan (2003)                                                                            

        Corey Shaffer (2006)