Category: Herper of the week

The Herper (someone with an interest in reptiles and amphibians) of the week is Dr. Josefa Celsa Señaris from Venezuela. She obtained her doctorate from the University of Santiago de Compostela. She is also the director of the La Salle Foundation's Natural History Museum in Caracas. She has described two genera of frogs - Metaphryniscus and Tepuihyla and 37 species… Continue reading Herper of the Week: Dr. Josefa Celsa Señaris

The herper of the week is Kirsten Hecht, a PhD student studying Interdisciplinary Ecology at the University of Florida. Her work is mostly on aquatic salamanders. She created the site http://www.giantsalamanders.org to help educate people about big salamanders in the US such as the Hellbender, the largest salamander in North America. She is also the… Continue reading Herper of the Week: Kirsten Hecht

The herper of the week is Darrel Frost, who helped create Amphibian Species of the World catalog which is now online here.  He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. He used to be the head curator of herpetology at the American Museum of Natural History and the president of the American Society of Ichthyologists and… Continue reading Herper of the Week: Darrel Frost

The Herper of the Week is Kerry Kriger. He founded Save the Frogs! and serves as the Executive Director. He obtained his PhD at Griffith University in Australia studying chytridiomycosis in Eastern Australia.

The herper or should I say HERper of the week is a Dr. Karen Lips. She's a professor of Biology and a director of Graduate Program in Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology (CONS) at University of Maryland, College Park. Her lab focuses on amphibian conservation and ecology especially when it comes to climate change and… Continue reading Herper of the Week: Karen Lips

The Herper of the week is Jonathan Kolby! Jonathon Kolby works to save frogs from extinction. He established and is the director of the Honduras Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Center (HARCC) where they help frogs from Chytrid Fungus. He is currently a PHD candidate at James Cook University in Australia where he studies wildlife pathogens… Continue reading Herper of the Week: Jonathan Kolby

Picture by Richard Giles, aka User rich115 on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardgiles/78439513/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1136663 Though Steve Irwin died a few years ago, he helped create a love of animals especially crocodiles in many kids. Steve Irwin was the star of the show - The Crocodile Hunter, where he encountered crocs and other animals (didn't… Continue reading Herper of the Week: Steve Irwin

The herper (someone who is interesting in reptiles and amphibians) of the week (and the first of this new series of posts) is Dr. Jodi Rowley.  Dr. Jodi Rowley is the Curator of Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology for Australian Museum and UNSW Australia where she works to uncover new and old species of frogs that haven't been seen… Continue reading Herper of the Week: Jodi Rowley