SSAR congratulates the following winners of the Roger Conant Grants-in-Herpetology Awards. Each receives an award in the amount of $500.
Conservation:
Morgan Thompson (Northern Arizona University), “Expanding the Use of External-Accelerometry to Understand Space Use and Hunting Behaviors of an Endangered Highly-Aquatic Colubrid: Narrow-headed Garter Snakes (Thamnophis rufipunctatus).”
Shanelle A. Wikramanayake (Colorado State University), “Integrating Genetics into Conservation Planning of Tropical Lizards in an Imperiled Ecosystem.”
International:
Renoir J. Auguste (The University of the West Indies), “Using an Elevational Gradient to Investigate the Effects of Climate Change on the Calling Behaviour of an Island Endemic Frog (Pristimantis urichi) from the Southern Caribbean.”
Anastasios Limnios (University of Porto), “One Lizards’ Trash is Another Man’s Treasure: Using Biochemical Tools to Understand the Synergy between Climate Change and Pesticides in Ectotherms.”
Travel:
Céline M. Carneiro (University of Texas at Austin), “Assessing the Evolutionary Potential of a Culturally Iconic Amphibian in Puerto Rico.”
Kira Gangbin (Texas Christian University), “Nest-Site Selection of Texas Horned Lizards: Key to Successful Reintroductions?”
Laboratory research:
Sage Babish (University of Nevada-Reno), “A Genomic Approach to Understanding an Ecological Adaptation in the Sierra Garter Snake (Thamnophis couchii).”
Christopher M. Zobek (University of Missouri), “Comparative Evolution and Mechanics of Muscle Architecture in the Jaw Muscles of Snakes.”
Undergraduate research:
Jessica Dorantes-García (UNAM), “Diet Composition of a Population of Charadrahyla taeniopus in Cuetzalán del Progreso, Puebla, Mexico, and its Relationship with Sexual Dimorphism.”
Kyle Jesse Moxley (University of Texas at Austin), “Using Skeletal Features to Diagnose Metamorphic State in a Species of Mole Salamander (Ambystomatidae:Ambystoma).”
Field Research in Herpetology:
Max Roberts (California Polytechnic State University), “Utilizing a Live-Streaming Camera to Investigate the Basking Behavior of Pregnant Female and Neonate Prairie Rattlesnakes.”
Angelina D. Piette (California State University, Northridge), “Mutual Mate Choice and Courtship Duet Dynamics in a Neotropical Frog.”
Education:
Owen Bachhuber (California Polytechnic State University), “Window to the Wild: Using Livestreaming Cameras to Influence Zoo Visitor Perceptions of a Misunderstood Reptile.”
Satish Paudel (Institute of Forestry, Pokhara Campus, Pokhara), “Assessment of Status, Distribution and Identifying Threats to the Turtles of Rupandehi District, Nepal.”
Chair of the Roger Conant Grants-In-Herpetology, Roberto Brenes, would like to sincerely thank the SSAR-Roger Conant GIH Reviewers. He greatly appreciates their time and effort.
- Delia Basanta (University of Nevada-Reno/UNAM)
- Mirna Garcia (UNAM)
- Carolina Lamberti (University of Pittsburg)
- Todd Levine (Carroll University)
- Bree Putman (Cal State, San Bernardino)
- Veronica Saenz Calderon (University of Pittsburg)
- Molly Womack (Utah State University)