Biogeography and Diversification of Amphibians and Reptiles of the Pacific Northwest and California Floristic Province
A Symposium to be held at JMIH 2022 in Spokane, WA, USA
Saturday, July 30, 2022
We are excited to present the list of talks along with information on speakers. For a full program including abstracts, please see the JMIH 2022 website: https://burkclients.com/JMIH/meetings/2022/program/index.php
This symposium is sponsored by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR).
Symposium co-organizers: R. Bruce Bury and Chris R. Feldman
Introduction: Biogeography and Diversification of the Pacific Northwest Herpetofauna
Bruce Bury, Herpetological Conservation and Biology; clemmys@gmail.com
200 Million Years of Violence: How Geologic Upheaval and Glaciation Shaped the Pacific Northwest
Nicholas Geist, Sonoma State University; nick.geist@sonoma.edu
Phylogeography of Endemic Stream Amphibians in the Pacific Northwest Reveal Distinct Species or Clades in Need of Conservation Attention
Karen Kiemnec-Tyburczy, Cal Poly Humboldt; kmk877@humboldt.edu
Variation in the mouth parts of the Coastal Tailed Frog (Ascaphus truei)
Mark Leppin, Oregon State University; leppinm@oregonstate.edu
Amphibian Occupancy Modeling of an Inland Northwest Farmed Ecosystem: A Surprising Predictor of Occupancy
Erim Gomez, University of Montana erimgomez@gmail.com
Fraying edges and holes in the fabric: How range disintegration influences genetic structuring in the California red-legged frog Rana draytonii
Jonathan Richmond, U.S. Geological Survey; jrichmond@usgs.gov
Plethodontid Salamander Species Formation and Lineage Boundaries within California’s North Coast Ranges and the Klamath Mountains
Sean Reilly, University of California; sreilly@ucsc.edu
Aridification and the Diversification of Slender Salamanders (genus Batrachoseps) in Western North America
Elizabeth Jockusch, University of Connecticut; elizabeth.jockusch@uconn.edu
Against “Speciation”: David Wake on Species and the Biogeography of the Salamander Ring Species Ensatina eschscholtzii
Shawn Kuchta, Ohio University; kuchta@ohio.edu
Morphological Species Delimitation of the Cryptic Northern and Southern Pacific Pond Turtles (Actinemys marmorata, Actinemys pallida)
Robert Burroughs, Seattle Children’s Research Institute; robert.w.burroughs@gmail.com
Exploring phenotype divergence among incipient species: A case study from the Southern Alligator Lizard species complex (Elgaria multicarinata spp)
Rory Telemeco, California State University Fresno; telemeco@mail.fresnostate.edu
Biogeography and Diversification of Western Fence Lizards at their Northern Extreme in the Pacific Northwest.
Hayden Davis, University of Washington; hrdavis1@uw.edu
Genomic data reveal local endemism in Southern California Rubber Boas and the critical need for enhanced conservation actions
Jesse Grismer, La Sierra University; jgrismer@lasierra.edu
Colonization history and lineage diversification for three lizard taxa inhabiting the California Channel Islands
Lauren Chan, Pacific University; chan5416@pacificu.edu
Genetics versus genomics and what each tells us about western US reptile and amphibian phylogeography
Brad Shaffer, UCLA; Erin Toffelmier, UCLA; brad.shaffer@ucla.edu
The Melting Pot, interpreting the origin of the admixed herpetofauna of coastal southern California
Robert Fisher, USGS; rfisher@usgs.gov
Landscape patterns of adaptive and neutral variation match between predator (Thamnophis couchii) and prey (Taricha sierrae) in the Sierra Nevada
Chris Feldman, University of Nevada, Reno; ophis@unr.edu
Historical isolation and connectivity influence coevolutionary patterns of toxin resistance in the aquatic garter snake (Thamnophis atratus)
Chris Feldman, University of Nevada, Reno; ophis@unr.edu
Genomic Approaches to Detecting Signals of Local Adaptation with Application using Western Herpetofauna
Tereza Jezkova, Miami University; jezkovt@miamioh.edu
Applying genetics to inform the three R’s (resiliency, redundancy, and representation) for conservation of California’s rich diversity of herpetofauna
Amy Vandergast, USGS Western Ecological Research Center; avandergast@usgs.gov
Conservation of Endemic Old-Growth Forest-Associated Amphibians in the US Northwest
Deanna Olson, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station deanna.olson@usda.gov
Projected threats of climate change to stream amphibians of the Pacific Northwest
Gwen Bury, US Forest Service gwen.bury@gmail.com
Predicting Future Hotspots of Squamate Diversity in the Pacific Northwest as the Climate Changes
David S Pilliod, U.S. Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center; dpilliod@usgs.gov