Since I have moved to Tucson, Pima County, Arizona in 2018, I have been member of the Tucson Herpetological Society. Their mission statement is as follows;
"Dedicated to the conservation, research, and education concerning the amphibians and reptiles of arizona and México"
On the last Monday of every month, they host a lecture presented by a different biologist or ecologist.
Earlier this evening from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm, I attended one of their lectures entitled "Fauna del Noroeste: A non-profit dedicated to research and conservation in northwestern Mexico" which was presented by Dr. Anny Peralta-Garcia, who is a co-founder of that organization. The lecture (which all THS lectures have been for the past year or so) was hosted on the second floor of the University of Arizona's Environment & Natural Resources Building. I really enjoyed this lecture and I am looking forward to the next one.
For the past year, the Tucson Herpetological Society records their lectures and shares them on their YouTube channel, which there are links to below;
Long-term Research on
the Effects of Urbanization on
Snakes and Lizards by Matt Goode, PhD -
School of Natural Resources,
University of Arizona:
Phylogeography of the
Western Banded Gecko
(Coleonyx variegatus) by Dean H. Leavitt, PhD
- San Diego Mesa College:
Lizard Abundance, Rattlesnake Removals, and Human-wildlife Interactions in Phoenix:
Using Long-term Ecological and Social Data to Study Urban Herpetofauna by Heather L. Bateman, PhD - College of Integrative Sciences and Arts,
Arizona State University:
C. w. obscurus & C. W. Painter: 30 Years of Research on the Animas Mountains Snake Community by Andrew T. Holycross, PhD - Mesa Community College & Arizona State University:
Providing Habitat for Aquatic Species in a Changing Climate by Dennis Caldwell:
Lizard Like a Rock - New Insights on Ditmars' Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma ditmarsi) by Tom Van Devender, Wade Sherbrooke, Dale Turner, Guillermo Molina-Padilla, and José Abel Salazar-Martínez:
Life and Death of the Flat-tailed Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii) by Anthony Pawlicki
- Biologist, Goode Lab, University of Arizona:
Harnessing the Power of Community Science to Understand the Behavior of a Secretive Misunderstood Animal by Emily Taylor PhD - Professor, Biological Sciences at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo:
20 Years of Research on a Sonoran Desert Icon:
The Desert Tortoise by Taylor Edwards, PhD
- Conservation Geneticist, University of Arizona -
2012 Jarchow Conservation Award recipient:
Banana Republics and Smuggling Priests:
Antivenom in America from the 1890s Through World War 2 by Leslie V. Boyer MD - Professor Emerita of Pathology,University of Arizona College of Pharmacy:
Long-term Studies of Herpetofauna on the Metropolitan Edge; Conservation Insights from the Sonoran Desert by Brian K. Sullivan, PhD - School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences Arizona State University:
"Dedicated to the conservation, research, and education concerning the amphibians and reptiles of arizona and México"
On the last Monday of every month, they host a lecture presented by a different biologist or ecologist.
Earlier this evening from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm, I attended one of their lectures entitled "Fauna del Noroeste: A non-profit dedicated to research and conservation in northwestern Mexico" which was presented by Dr. Anny Peralta-Garcia, who is a co-founder of that organization. The lecture (which all THS lectures have been for the past year or so) was hosted on the second floor of the University of Arizona's Environment & Natural Resources Building. I really enjoyed this lecture and I am looking forward to the next one.
For the past year, the Tucson Herpetological Society records their lectures and shares them on their YouTube channel, which there are links to below;
Long-term Research on
the Effects of Urbanization on
Snakes and Lizards by Matt Goode, PhD -
School of Natural Resources,
University of Arizona:
Phylogeography of the
Western Banded Gecko
(Coleonyx variegatus) by Dean H. Leavitt, PhD
- San Diego Mesa College:
Lizard Abundance, Rattlesnake Removals, and Human-wildlife Interactions in Phoenix:
Using Long-term Ecological and Social Data to Study Urban Herpetofauna by Heather L. Bateman, PhD - College of Integrative Sciences and Arts,
Arizona State University:
C. w. obscurus & C. W. Painter: 30 Years of Research on the Animas Mountains Snake Community by Andrew T. Holycross, PhD - Mesa Community College & Arizona State University:
Providing Habitat for Aquatic Species in a Changing Climate by Dennis Caldwell:
Lizard Like a Rock - New Insights on Ditmars' Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma ditmarsi) by Tom Van Devender, Wade Sherbrooke, Dale Turner, Guillermo Molina-Padilla, and José Abel Salazar-Martínez:
Life and Death of the Flat-tailed Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii) by Anthony Pawlicki
- Biologist, Goode Lab, University of Arizona:
Harnessing the Power of Community Science to Understand the Behavior of a Secretive Misunderstood Animal by Emily Taylor PhD - Professor, Biological Sciences at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo:
20 Years of Research on a Sonoran Desert Icon:
The Desert Tortoise by Taylor Edwards, PhD
- Conservation Geneticist, University of Arizona -
2012 Jarchow Conservation Award recipient:
Banana Republics and Smuggling Priests:
Antivenom in America from the 1890s Through World War 2 by Leslie V. Boyer MD - Professor Emerita of Pathology,University of Arizona College of Pharmacy:
Long-term Studies of Herpetofauna on the Metropolitan Edge; Conservation Insights from the Sonoran Desert by Brian K. Sullivan, PhD - School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences Arizona State University:
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