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| Open session |
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| 09:00 - 16:00 |
Pre-congress workshop: An open-source hardware GPS data logger for wildlife movement studies Venue: Please meet at the front of the Department of Zoology building, 340 Great King Street
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| 09:00 - 17:00 | Taieri Ridge/ Macraes fieldtrip (ticketed event) Venue: Please meet in the ISB Link Building |
| 14:00 - 15:00 |
Student paper judges meeting |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | Registration open Venue: ISB Link Building |
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| 08:00 - 12:00 |
Exhibition pack in |
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| 08:00 - 19:00 |
Registration desk open |
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| 12:00 - 13:30 |
Congress opening & Māori welcome (Mihi Whakatau) |
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| 13:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch amongst the exhibition |
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| 14:30 - 15:15 |
Keynote: Slowly does it: working with reptiles that may outlive their researchers |
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| 15:15 - 15:45 |
Afternoon tea amongst the exhibition |
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| Concurrent sessions | Species Conservation | Population & Landscape Genetics 1 | X-ray Microtomography in Herpetology: A New Era of Morphological Study | Amphibian Bioacoustic Symposium | Adaptation & Evolution 2 | Adaptation & Evolution 1 | Novel Approaches to Science Communication & Conservation Engagement in Herpetology | New & Innovative Technologies for Herpetological Research |
| Venue | St David | St David A & B | St David E | St David F | Castle 1 | Castle 2 | Burns 1 | Burns 2 |
| 16:00 | Evaluating long-term population age structure changes of a critically-endangered frog Sophie McCulloch |
Sex-biased dispersal in the Asp viper Sylvain Ursenbacher |
Evolution of dermal armour in monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanidae) Chris Broeckhoven |
Comparison of call properties, morphometrics and genetics as clade delineating tools in North-Asian Hylid treefrogs Amaël Borzée |
First report of extracranial calcified endolymph in Liopholis skinks (Scincidae) and its relationship with burrowing Rocio Aguilar |
Digging into the diversification of the mantellid frogs of Madagascar (Anura: Mantellidae) Angelica Crottini |
When the world falls in love, case study of a small frog going global Teresa Camacho Badani |
Utilizing do-it-yourself open-source technologies to make easier the life of the field herpetologist Patrick Cain |
| 16:05 | The powerhouse of asexual cost? Endurance and mitochondrial efficiency in parthenogenetic whiptail lizards (genus: Aspidoscelis) Randy Klabacka |
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| 16:10 | The role of variable temperatures on acclimation of thermal and performance phenotypes Mitchell Hodgson |
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| 16:15 | Lessons learned from 10 years of Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) conservation Houston Chandler |
Salamander population persistence from a spatially explicit cross-ecosystem perspective Kaori Takagi |
Functional morphology and evolution of dorsal shields in horned frogs (Anura: Ceratophryidae) Genevieve Diedericks |
Identifying frog chorusing in environmental recordings using acoustic indices and false-colour spectrograms Sheryn Brodie |
Climate change drives reptile community collapse and adaptation on Orchid Island Wen-san Huang |
Transcriptional comparison of MHC IIß1 in amphibians that are susceptible and resistant to chytrid fungus Minjie Fu |
Using social media to promote positive outcomes for amphibians and reptiles Steven Allain |
Lure, Trap & Retreat! Development of a novel 'no-dig' trap for terrestrial herpetofauna |
| 16:30 | Comparative phylogeography of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest leaf litter lizards (genus Enyalius) Connor French |
Biomechanics and morphological patterns in head-first burrowing frogs Marta Vidal-Garcia |
Acoustic communication applied for the control of invasive cane toads Rhinella marina Kiyomi Yasumiba |
Microclimate, more than phylogeny, drives interspecific variation in heat tolerance within a subtropical anuran community Gustavo Adolfo Agudelo Cantero |
Evolution of antigen processing genes in salamanders Gemma Palomar |
#Frogtraits and Swamp Trolleys: new art and creative strategies in amphibian conservation and public outreach CiCi Blumstein (Agent Amphibian) |
Citizens capturing cryptic and charismatic chelonians for conservation: photographic capture-recapture and mobile app development Matt Cross |
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| 16:45 | Using movement to inform conservation corridors for Mojave Desert Tortoises Steven Hromada |
Parasites driving host divergence? Recent research in a long term study of Australian sleepy lizards Mike Gardner |
Using MicroCT to investigate morphological evolution of elapid snake skulls Emma Sherratt |
The structural characteristics of anuran advertisement calls in different habitats Mike Emmrich |
Alpine temperatures and sex reversal of alpine Eastern three-lined skinks in South Eastern Australia Duminda Dissanayake |
Local adaptation to dietary toxins shapes poison frog chemical defenses Stephanie Caty |
The importance of film for communication and outreach in the field of herpetology Katherine Garrett |
Evaluation of a camera trapping system for detecting Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes Gregory Lipps |
| 17:00 | Proteus conservation project in Croatia Petra Kovac Konrad |
Genomic signatures of population structure and disease susceptibility in common toads Robert Jehle |
Comparative skull morphology of Leptotyphlopidae via Micro-CT images Claudia Koch |
Beam forming as an acoustic tool for population counts in amphibians Catharina Karlsson |
Degrees of change: within and between population variation in phenological reaction norms in a lizard Erik Wapstra |
Investigating molecular adaptations in dendrobatid poison frogs Karen Siu-Ting |
Using social media to benefit herpetology, your career, and public perception of reptiles and amphibians Jonathan Kolby |
CritterPic®: A new tool for passive detection and photography of herpetofauna Katherine Muchna |
| 17:15 | Conservation status of the Floreana racer (Pseudalsophis biserialis biserialis) in the Galapagos Islands Luis Ortiz-Catedral |
Population genetic analyses of the rediscovered Hula painted frog uncover unexpected structure R.G. Bina Perl |
The weird skull of Xenotyphlops and a reinterpretation of blindsnake origins Mark D. Scherz |
The relevance of bioacoustic monitoring for reassessing conservation status of bush frogs in Western Ghats Robin Suyesh |
Extreme temperatures and developmental instability across reptiles Lisa Schwanz |
Fluctuating toxins and the evolution of chemical defenses in a poisonous amphibian Gary Bucciarelli |
Indigenous culture and folk taxonomy as communication and engagement tools in herpetology Fortunate Phaka (via video) |
Fine-scale density modeling of an endangered sand-dune lizard with drone mapping Ismael Brack |
| 17:30 | Artificial retreats increase the abundance of the endemic and endangered lizard Liolaemus lutzae from Brazil Carlos Rocha |
Genetic pattern of the eastern golden frog (Pelophylax plancyi) in the megacity, Shanghai Xu Wei |
Skull anatomy of a rare mid-Cretaceous tetrapod using HRCT data Juan Diego Daza |
Let the little guys speak! Anuran community ecology and calling acoustics in windfarms Cory Trowbridge |
Transcriptomics of viviparity and long egg retention in a bimodally reproductive skink (Saiphos equalis) Camilla Whittington |
Electric blue: novel toxins in long-glanded Calliophis sidestep neurotoxic arms race Daniel Dashevsky |
Open Croaks: 'Q+A' session Cici Blumstein (Agent Amphibian) |
Experimental eradication of invasive Brown Treesnakes with an automated bait manufacturing and aerial delivery system |
| 17:45 | Genetic population assignment as a tool for identifying geographic origin of trafficked freshwater turtles Matthew Young |
High throughput microCT scanning of small fossils: an example using Australian herpetofauna Christy Hipsley |
Twofold stealth; a new perspective on anti-predatory repertoires Ashadee Miller |
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| 18:00 - 19:30 |
Welcome reception amongst exhibition (all delegates) |
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| 08:00 - 19:00 |
Registration open |
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| 08:30 - 19:15 |
Keynote: Ecology, behaviour, and conservation of Southeast Asian amphibians: what can we learn from the Island of Borneo |
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| Concurrent sessions | Behavioural Ecology 1 | Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 1 | Emerging Frontiers in Sex Chromosome Evolution | Ecological Interactions 1 | Moving Herpetofauna in the Right Direction Part I: Conservation Translocations | Adaptation & Evolution 3 |
Ecophysiology 1 | Amphibian Disease Susceptibility in a Changing World |
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| Venue | St David | St David A & B | St David E | St David F | Castle 1 | Castle 2 | Burns 1 | Burns 2 | |
| 09:30 | Sticky fingers: microhabitat choice, adhesive performance and toe-pad morphology in velvet geckos (genus: Oedura) Lin Schwarzkopf |
Chromosome diversity in Malagasy reptiles: an evolutionary perspective from available data and new chameleon karyotypes Marcello Mezzasalma |
Sex chromosome evolution in snakes and lizards Tony Gamble |
Anuran larvae disperse seeds and enhance germination of aquatic plants Ivan Gomez-Mestre |
Challenges, desperation and hope: a review of herpetofauna conservation translocations Luke Linhoff |
Rapid differentiation of sexual signals in Cane toads Rhinella marina Kiyomi Yasumiba |
The future of Western Pond Turtles: what might climate change do? David Germano |
Global impacts of chytridiomycosis on amphibians Ben Scheele |
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| 09:45 | Which shade of yellow? A preliminary study of dorsal pattern determinants in aposematic salamanders Raoul Manenti |
Integrative taxonomy of the rock gecko Cnemaspis siamensis species complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in southern Thailand Natee Ampai |
Uncovering the mechanisms and drivers of the rapid transitions among frog sex chromosomes Dan Jeffries |
Putative mutualistic symbiosis between an ant and a snake Yosuke Kojima |
Modeling strategies and evaluating success during repatriations of elusive and endangered species Brian Folt |
Evolution of caudal luring behavior in Crotalinae Oppel, 1811 (Serpentes: Viperidae) Aída Giozza |
Metabolic heat in sea turtle nests, does it matter? Malindi Gammon |
The amphibian chytrid fungus in New Zealand Phil Bishop |
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| 10:00 | Is rapid colour change in Raukawa geckos (Woodworthia maculata) an adaptation to predator avoidance? Florence Kelly |
Integrative approach using phylogenomics and high-resolution X-ray computed tomography for species delimitation in cryptic taxa Jane Melville |
Sex chromosomes in reptiles are more stable than thought Lukáš Kratochvíl |
Nature's pitfall trap: salamanders as rich prey for carnivorous plants in a nutrient-poor bog ecosystem Patrick Moldowan |
Learning from UK conservation translocations of Pelophylax lessonae Jim Foster |
Ecomorphological diversity in natricine snakes Deepak Veerappan |
Can tuatara offset a male-biased sex ratio wtih behavioural changes? Lin lin Liu |
Amphibian "silent spring": the catastrophic collapse of a mega-diverse community at La Planada Reserve, Colombia Patricia Burrowes |
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| 10:15 | Effect of moon phase on nocturnal snake activity Kevin Messenger |
Integrative taxonomy revealed 23 new taxa of amphibians and reptiles in Eastern Panama Milan Veselý |
Evolution of sex-chromosomes within species – a case study in the Australian Marbled Gecko Rebecca Laver |
Varanus rosenbergi and Nasutitermes exitiosis: commensalism symbiosis? Peggy Rismiller |
Preparing for reintroduction: behavioral and morphological fitness of captive-bred amphibians produced from cryopreserved sperm Sinlan Poo |
A Neogene carettocheliid turtle from Sarawak, Malaysia Arthur White |
Endocrine disruption alters developmental body condition, energy allocation, and juvenile performance in Rana temporaria Katharina Ruthsatz |
Linking host life history, landscape ecology, and climate to predict epizootics in Brazilian terrestrial-breeding amphibians C. Guilherme Becker |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning tea amongst the exhibition |
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| Concurrent sessions | So Many Snakes (plus Lizards & Toads) in so Little Time: Celebrating the Career of Rick Shine. | Citizen & Cultural Science | Emerging Frontiers in Sex Chromosome Evolution | Climate Change & Shifting Phenology in Amphibians: Causes and Consequences | Moving Herpetofauna in the Right Direction Part I: Conservation Translocations | Phylogeography & Biogeography of Neotropical Herpetofauna |
Behavioural Ecology 2 |
Amphibian Disease Susceptibility in a Changing World |
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| Venue | St David | St David A & B | St David E | St David F | Castle 1 | Castle 2 | Burns 1 | Burns 2 | |
| 11:00 |
Introduction Forays into understanding mate choice in herps |
Use and traditional knowledge of endemic chelonians of the Mapimi Bolson in northern Mexico. Rosalinda Palomo |
Six sex-chromosomes in a Taiwanese frog Ikuo Miura |
A global synthesis of phenological responses to climate change in amphibians and other animal taxa Jeremy Cohen |
Reintroduction efforts for two species of Panamanian Harlequin frogs (genus: Atelopus) threatened by chytrid fungus Blake Klocke |
Biogeography and the timing of anole lizard diversification Richard Glor |
Food, not friend: tadpoles of the sandpaper frog, Lechriodus fletcheri, cannibalise conspecific eggs John Gould |
When chytrid fungus invades: Integrating theory and data to understand disease-induced amphibian declines Cherie Briggs |
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| 11:15 | Shining the light on a career full of sex, conflicts, and transgender tactics Mats Olsson |
Documenting frog distributions using mobile phones and citizen scientists Renata Platenberg |
Shared ancient sex chromosomes in varanids, beaded lizards and alligator lizards Michail Rovatsos |
Large-scale monitoring of breeding phenology in tropical and temperate anurans: insights for climate change research Diego Llusia |
LIFE Trito Montseny: The conservation toolbox for an endemic newt (Calotriton arnoldi) Gerardo Garcia |
Phylogenomics of the South American Liolaemus lizards demonstrates rapid radiation and rampant reticulation Damien Esquerré |
Urban plums and toads: do fleshy fruits affect the post-metamorphic growth of amphibians? |
Understanding amphibian declines in complex environments Lesley Alton |
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| 11:30 | The return to an aquatic life, propulsive thrust of swimming in terrestrial and marine snakes Xavier Bonnet |
Using citizen science to reduce detection times for invasive reptiles and amphibians Greg Pauly |
Sex Chromosome homologies across dragons (Squamata:Agamidae) Shayer Alam |
Warming, green-up, breeding phenology and development in the wood frog: a 20-year study Andis Arietta &Dave Skelly |
Survival and recovery of amphibian populations post Bd-emergence can inform strategies for conservation translocations Steven Whitfield |
Phenotypic and life-history diversification in Anomaloglossus despite past introgressions Antoine Fouquet |
Metabarcoding as a tool to determine feeding behavior of the European pond turtle |
Anthropogenic changes in distribution and severity of disease caused by ranaviruses affecting UK common frogs Trenton Garner |
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| 11:35 | Sex is determined by XX/XY sex chromosomes in Australasian side-necked turtles (Testudines: Chelidae) Sofia Mazzoleni |
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| 11:45 | Sea snake research in New Caledonia Claire Goiran |
ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes in the granite night lizard (Scincoidea: Xantusiidae) Stuart Nielsen |
Impacts of increasing phenological variability on salamander demography and pond community dynamics Tom Anderson |
Mitigating chytrid fungus: successful translocation of a highly susceptible frog species to an environmental refuge David Hunter |
Winter ambushing site fidelity of individual pit vipers (Ovophis okinavensis) over 22 years Akira Mori |
Impacts of the developmental environment on amphibian disease susceptibility Michel Ohmer |
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch amongst the exhibition |
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| 12:15 - 12:45 |
Film: Amphibians of the Appalachian Mountains |
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| Concurrent sessions | So Many Snakes (plus Lizards & Toads) in so Little Time: Celebrating the Career of Rick Shine. | Editors' Symposium |
Climate Change & Shifting Phenology in Amphibians: Causes and Consequences | Moving Herpetofauna in the Right Direction Part I: Conservation Translocations | Adaptation & Evolution 4 (colour) |
Ecology 1 |
Amphibian Disease Susceptibility in a Changing World |
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| Venue | St David | St David A & B | St David E | St David F | Castle 1 | Castle 2 | Burns 1 | Burns 2 | |
| 13:00 | Between a rock and a hard place: conservation of the endangered broad-headed snake Jonathan Webb |
Presentations from editors on manuscript preparation, editorial processes, peer review and issues on herpetological publishing. Includes a Q & A session Hinrich Kaiser |
Identifying climatic drivers of breeding and emigration phenology in an imperiled salamander Katie O'Donnell |
Can increased environmental salinity facilitate the reintroduction of a chytrid-susceptible species? |
The genetic basis of anole dewlap color, a diverse trait in an adaptive radiation Pietro Longo Hollanda de Mello |
Comparison of population and life-history traits of the Western Pond Turtle across its linear range David Germano |
Tolerance and resistance in defence against amphibian chytridiomycosis Laura Grogan |
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| 13:15 | The long-term impact of cane toads on Australia's large varanids Lachlan Pettit |
Shifting breeding phenology and the role of photoperiod as a developmental cue under climate change Mike Benard |
Temporary translocation to dodge the chytrid bullet: The Honduras Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Center strategy |
Experimentally testing the evolutionary drivers of a colorful signal in Anolis lizards John David Curlis |
Highlights of long-term studies of endemic New Zealand frogs (Anura: Leiopelmatidae) over several decades Ben Bell |
How does it end? Shifts in chytridiomycosis disease dynamics over time Jamie Voyles |
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| 13:30 | Toads less travelled: an overview of the ecology of cane toads in New South Wales Matthew Greenlees |
Do early phenological shifts affect growth and development across life stages in a widespread amphibian? Hilary Rollins |
Applying species traits that predict invasiveness to inform probability of success for herpetofauna conservation translocations |
Crypsis or camaraderie: unlocking signals in the colour pattern polymorphism of an Australian lizard Genevieve Matthews |
Ecological and genetic variation of the distribution of various species of amphibians at the southern border of their distribution Gad Degani |
Integrating ecotoxicology and art to understand and communicate how human activities influence amphibian disease susceptibility Jessica Hua |
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| 13:45 | Testing the enemy release hypothesis: the global spread of Cane Toads as an accidental experiment Crystal Kelehear |
The toad's year: environmental cues of amphibian phenology David Green |
Conservation of the Galapagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) |
Being cool is hot: substrate heat capacity influences ventral color evolution in lizards Jonathan Goldenberg |
Nonlinear body size cline in a salamander: patterns due to latitudinal compensation and its prevention Hisanori Okamiya |
Amphibian immunity, temperature, and disease: A balancing act between host and pathogen Louise Rollins-Smith |
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| 14:00 | Revealing patterns in cane toad chorusing using long-term acoustic monitoring Lin Schwarzkopf |
Effects of experimental warming on hibernation behavior of amphibian populations Yiming Li |
Looking back and leaping forward: New Zealand native frog translocations and future priorities |
Using frog genomes in evolutionary genomics: understanding the genetics and evolution of poison-dart frog coloration Roberto Marquez |
Evaluating aerial descent in the flap-legged geckos (genus Luperosaurus) of the Philippines Matthew Heinicke |
Early-life microbiota can mediate the effect of pesticides on later-life infection risk Sarah Knutie |
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| 14:15 | Apex reptilian predators in Northern Australia: can landscape CTA training curb cane toad impacts Georgia Ward-Fear |
Presentations from editors on manuscript preparation, editorial processes, peer review and issues on herpetological publishing. Includes a Q & A session Hinrich Kaiser |
Disucssion Mike Benard |
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Fine-scale evolution of aposematism in poison frogs Rebecca Tarvin |
Population structure of the Morelet's Crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in the region of Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico |
Proactive conservation: developing strategies to combat the salamander-eating fungus Molly Bletz |
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| 14:20 | Ecological aspects of Gerrhonotus infernalis in Parque Ecológico Chipinque, Nuevo León, México Margarita García Bastida |
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| 14:25 | Aspects of the ecology of two freshwater turtle species in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Cormac Price |
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| 14:30 | Influence of incubation environment on lizard learning Martin Whiting |
Antipredator defenses promote morphological evolution in uropeltid snakes Vivek Cyriac |
Predicting future range shifts of a stream indicator species, Rhyacotriton variegatus, under climate change Gwendolynn Bury |
An interaction between climate change and infectious disease drove widespread amphibian declines Jeremy Cohen |
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| 14:45 | Adaptive responses of the embryos of oviparous reptiles to spatial and temporal variations in nest temperatures Weiguo Du |
Diversification of melanosome shape is linked to physiological shifts in vertebrate taxa Matthew Shawkey |
A comparison of eDNA field sampling methods to characterise amphibian communities in turbid aquatic environments Bastian Egeter |
Anuran thermal preferences in health and disease: considerations on a complex problem Carlos Arturo Navas |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon tea amongst the exhibition |
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| Concurrent sessions | So Many Snakes (plus Lizards & Toads) in so Little Time: Celebrating the Career of Rick Shine. | Behavioural Ecology 3 | Adaptation & Evolution 5 (Behaviour) |
Adaptation & Evolution 6 (Morphology) |
Conservation Biology 1 |
Amphibian Disease Susceptibility in a Changing World |
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| Venue | St David | St David A & B | Castle 1 | Castle 2 | Burns 1 | Burns 2 | |||
| 15:30 | High-country herpetology: insights from a 20-year ecological study of alpine lizards Melanie Elphick |
Proximate factors that elicit centipede-eating behavior of a Japanese Pit Viper Kyosuke Hamanaka |
Metamorphosing strategy of stream tadpoles Noriko Iwai |
Comparative embryology of the VNO and associated structures in squamate reptiles: a 3D approach Pawel Kaczmarek |
Assessing avian predation on New Zealand's lizard fauna using 3D-printed replicas Brittany Florence-Bennett |
Genomic approaches to amphibian conservation Tiffany Kosch |
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| 15:35 | Foraging strategy of feeding on sea turtle hatchlings and eggs on Okinawa Island Kazumasa Matsumoto |
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| 15:40 | Life on the edge - Green and Golden Bell Frogs at in a coastal lake Francis Lemckert |
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| 15:45 | Effects of population density and timing of hatching on phenotypic selection in an invasive lizard Daniel Warner |
Using camera traps (NEWTRAP) to produce efficiently high-resolution time series of newt observations Xavier Mestdagh |
Evolution of terrestrial reproduction in Old World Tree Frogs (Anura: Rhacophoridae) Madhava Meegaskumbura |
Variation on the atlas- axis complex in Gekkota Brittany Cornell |
The necessity of long-term data for quantification of recovery of long-lived species of conservation concern Jacqueline Litzgus |
MHC associated differential survival to infection of two strains of Batrachochytrium dendrobatitis in common toads Jacob Hoglund |
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| 15:50 | Morphology, performance, and ecology of three sympatric turtles in a tropical dry forest Taggert Butterfield |
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| 15:55 | Quantity discrimination of an Asian freshwater turtle (Geoemydidae: Mauremys sinensis) Feng-Chun Lin |
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| 16:00 | Is Rick Shine really a cognitive neuroscientist in disguise? James Shine |
Hide or escape? Variations in escape behaviour of three North East Asian anurans Yoonjung Yi |
Phenotypic plasticity and rapid adaption drive response to invasive predators in a threatened frog Andrea Melotto |
Snakelike forms, a buried diversity: head shape evolved in association with burrowing substrate in fossorial lizards Vinicius Anelli |
Captive incubation boosts recovery of a relict tuatara population Susan Keall |
Bad neighbours? Amphibian chytrid fungus infection dynamics in three frog species of Sydney Jordann Crawford-Ash |
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| 16:15 | When research zeal collides with family life Terri Shine |
Toads or fireflies? Which do Asian natricine snakes prefer as a source of steroidal toxins? Masaya Fukuda |
Co-evolutionary history matters: competition strength between introduced frogs and native toads on Haida Gwaii, Canada Roseanna Gamlen-Greene |
Skull variation within a clade of miniaturized snakes from Australia (Squamata: Typhlopidae: Anilios) Rebecca Laver |
Evaluating the effectiveness of a 15-year headstarting programme for wood turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) Damien Mullin |
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| 16:30 | A life in science, as seen in the rear-view mirror of an increasingly slow-moving vehicle Rick Shine |
Breaking the law: sexual mate choice behavior of female European common frogs Carolin Dittrich |
Ontogeny of the anuran urostyle: the developmental context of evolutionary novelty Gayani Senevirathne |
Restinga - the north coast of Bahia sand dune herpetofauna, Brazil Moacir Tinoco |
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| 16:45 - 17:00 | Delegates move to plenary session | ||||||||
| 17:00 - 17:45 | Keynote: Adventures in amphibian conservation: from scientific expeditions to citizen science Jodi Rowley |
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| 18:00 - 19:00 |
Poster session, odd poster board numbers presented |
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| 19:00 - 20:00 | Australian Society of Herpetologists Annual General Meeting (members only) Venue: Castle 1 |
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| 19:00 - 20:30 | WCH Executive and IHC joint meeting (members only) Venue: St David A & B |
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| 08:00 - 19:00 |
Registration open |
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| 08:30 - 19:15 |
Keynote: Sound communication in aquatic turtles |
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| Concurrent sessions | Ecological Interactions 2 | Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 2 | New Perspectives on Biology of Sea Snakes | Biology & Conservation of Paedomorphosis in Amphibians | Ecophysiology 2 | Moving Herpetofauna in the Right Direction Part II: Translocations & Tools To Mitigate For Development | Diversity & Distributions 1 |
Education, Outreach & Citizen Science |
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| Venue | St David | St David A & B | St David E | St David F | Castle 1 | Castle 2 | Burns 1 |
Burns 2 |
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| 09:30 | Investigating patterns of ecomorphological diversification and convergence in savannas from Australia and Brazil Jessica Fenker |
History and geography resolve a problem in African Sand Frog taxonomy (Tomopterna) Alan Channing |
Introduction Harold Heatwole & Kate Sanders |
Diversification via paedomorphosis in salamanders Ronald Bonett |
Ecophysiological variation in lizards better explained by proximate or distal environmental predictors? Rodolfo AndersonIs |
Mitigating for development: where are we at and where are we going? Jennifer Germano |
The role of paleogeographic history in the evolution of Afro-Arabian squamate reptiles: a large-scale perspective Hector Tejero-Cicuendez |
The role of education in amphibian conservation Marcileida Maria Dos Santos (via video) |
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| 09:45 | Competition and resources shape multidimensional trophic niche overlap in Brazilian thin-toed frogs (Leptodactylus sp) Travis Ingram |
An update and taxonomic review of snakes housed in the herpetological collection from Auckland Museum María Hoyos |
The species status of the viviparous sea snakes Arne Rasmussen |
Lifetime fitness, sex-specific life history, and the maintenance of a polyphenism Howard Whiteman |
Maternal effect as an adaptation to drought in a desert-dwelling oviparous lizard Yang Wang |
How can mitigation guidelines be applied effectively? Lea Randall |
Diversification and biodiversity dynamics of the Arabian squamate reptiles Jiri Smid |
Online instruction of herpetology for gifted students |
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| 10:00 | Disentangling the mechanisms behind lizard-spinifex relationships Kristian Bell |
The status of caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) collections at the Natural History Museum, London, UK Rachunliu Gaiduwan Kamei |
Diversification dynamics in viviparous sea snakes Kate Sanders |
Conservation ecology of facultative paedomorphosis in newts in a world of introduced alien species Mathieu Denoël |
Thermal biology of Pristimantis medemi along an altitudinal gradient in the Colombian Andes Andres Aponte |
Past and present status of development mitigation for herpetofauna in the UK Richard Griffiths |
Contribution to the herpetofauna of south-eastern Angola Werner Conradie |
Community engagement in amphibian and reptile research as a path for the new century |
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| 10:05 | Niche differentiation of two coexisting tadpoles on Emei Mountain Zhao Tian |
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| 10:10 | Family specific herbivory in West-African Sabre-toothed Frogs Marvin Schäfer |
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| 10:15 | Savanna survival: how fire regimes. livestock grazing and predation by feral cats affects small - medium reptile survival in north-west Australian savanna. Eridani Mulder |
Johann Gottlob Schneider's Historiae Amphibiorum (1799-1801), a seminal contribution to herpetology Aaron Bauer |
The evolution and development of microcephalic sea snakes Emma Sherratt |
Rediscovering the axolotl as a model for paedomorphosis Randal Voss |
Climatic preferences of a sand lizard population (Lacerta agilisLinnaeus 1758) in western Germany Dennis Rödder |
A novel approach to addressing development impacts on Triturus cristatus, a strictly protected UK amphibian Jim Foster |
Amphibians and reptiles in two geothermal localities in the state of Puebla, México Jesús Mauricio Rodríguez Canseco |
Using crowd-sourced data for conservation: the Idaho Amphibian and Reptile iNaturalist Project Charles Peterson |
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| 10:20 | Present and recent past habitat suitability ranges of northeast Asian treefrogs using maximum entropy models Desiree Andersen |
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| 10:25 | The diversity of Short-legged Toad (Anura: Megophryidae: Megophrys) in China Yao Li |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning tea amongst the exhibition |
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| Concurrent sessions | Beyond CTmax & CTmin: Advances in Studying the Thermal Limits of Reptiles & Amphibians. | New Perspectives on Biology of Sea Snakes | Biology & Conservation of Paedomorphosis in Amphibians | Amphibian Conservation in the Anthropocene – Challenges, priorities, & Solutions for the Human Epoch | Moving Herpetofauna in the Right Direction Part II: Translocations & Tools to Mitigate for Development | Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis 1 |
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| Venue | St David | St David A & B | St David E | St David F | Castle 1 | Castle 2 | Burns 1 | Burns 2 | |
| 11:00 | How temperature variation drives latitudinal differences in ectotherm sensitivity to heat extremes during warming Alex Gunderson |
Using high throughput sequencing to elucidate the evolutionary history of sea snakes James Nankivell |
Spatiotemporal variability of paedomorphosis in Ambystoma talpoideum across two metapopulations Thomas Anderson |
Amphibian decline in the Anthropocene: knowledge and uncertainties David Green |
Lizard mitigation in New Zealand Jennifer Germano |
Cross-continental, interlineage competition and virulence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Trenton Garner |
Progress report on herpetological sampling and oVert (Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D) |
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| 11:15 | Will the world be too hot for Lepidosauria to survive? Luisa Diele-Viegas |
Variations of jaw size across genetically homogenous sea snake populations reveal phenotypic plasticity Xavier Bonnet |
Ecological divergence of the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens Mizuki Takahashi |
Multiple kinds of success in amphibian conservation Evan Grant |
Walking the line: balancing the needs of wildlife and development Jacqui Wairepo |
Resolving Batrachochytrium dendrobatidislineage distribution and ecology in South Africa Pria Ghosh |
Urban herpetofauna and evaluation of public attitude towards significance and conservation of amphibians and reptiles |
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| 11:30 | Adaptive radiation in the multidimensional phenotype Brooke Bodensteiner |
It came from the land: venom variation in aquatic snakes relative to terrestrial ancestors Bryan Fry |
Functional diversity of predators drive variable trait- and density-mediated effects on prey life history Jason Bohenek |
Accounting for uncertainty: pathogen detection and management of amphibian disease Brittany Mosher |
Does mandating mitigation translocations result in conservation benefits? Ox Lennon |
Ancestral chytrid pathogen remains hypervirulent following its long co-evolution with amphibian hosts Bruce Waldman |
Positive perceptions of the enigmatic Eastern Hellbender Salamander: content analysis of historical to current media |
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| 11:45 | Ecophysiology predicts the fundamental niche of native and invasive populations of the African Clawed Frog Dennis Rödder |
Does size structure in a facultatively paedomorphic predator (Ambystoma talpoideum) alter prey density and diversity?
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The importance of scale in amphibian conservation: species responses to fragmentation Staci Amburgey |
Is habitat enhancement for reptile conservation a viable strategy in pest-invaded landscapes? Sarah Herbert |
Habitat fragmentation reduces genetic diversity and increases susceptibility to infections in frogs of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest |
Overcoming human-herpetofauna conflict using snakebite as a case-study |
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| The use of social media to educate and increase awareness of snakes Hiral Naik |
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| Microscopic and macroscopic photography: bringing the small to the world Mark Smith |
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch amongst the exhibition |
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| 12:15 - 12:45 | Film: Herpetological namesakes Venue: Castle 1 |
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| Concurrent sessions | Beyond CTmax & CTmin: Advances in Studying the Thermal Limits of Reptiles & Amphibians. | Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 3 | New Perspectives on Biology of Sea Snakes | Amphibian Conservation in the Anthropocene – Challenges, priorities, & Solutions for the Human Epoch | Moving Herpetofauna in the Right Direction Part II: Translocations & Tools to Mitigate for Development | Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis 2 |
Conservation Ecology 1 |
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| Venue | St David | St David A & B | St David E | St David F | Castle 1 | Castle 2 |
Burns 1 | Burns 2 | |
| 13:00 | Factors affecting the thermal tolerance of reptile embryos: lessons from Anolislizards Joshua Hall |
Expedition in search of Asian pit-vipers through China: field survey and systematic study (Viperidae, Crotalinae) Jingsong Shi |
The paradox of stenotopy and eurytopy in the Yellow-Lipped Sea Krait, Laticauda colubrina Harold Heatwole |
Optimising habitat management for amphibians: from simple models to complex decisions Geoff Heard |
Salvage, translocation and radio-telemetry of ngahere geckos (Mokopirirakau 'southern North Island') to Mana Island, NZ Trent Bell |
Did Bd-CAPE drive the Kihansi spray toad (Nectophrynoides asperginis) to extinction in the wild? Thomas Sewell |
Distribution, occupancy, and habitat associations of grassland-associated reptile and amphibian species in Northwest Arkansas Ethan Royal |
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| 13:15 | Low embryonic heat tolerance increases vulnerability to climate change in low-latitude lizards Baojun Sun |
Phylogenetic relationships in the slug-eater snakes, Duberria(Lamprophiidae) Shelley Edwards |
Sea snakes of the Sahul Shelf: spatial temporal changes and threats, 1993 to 2017 Mick Guinea |
Understanding probabilities of movement at different scales to inform conservation strategies Erin Muths |
Assessing wildlife translocation proposals: the Victorian experience Kim Miller |
Understanding limits to recruitment can help inform chytrid fungus mitigation strategies Matt West |
Species diversity, distribution and microhabitat preferences of anurans in Mount Kalatungan, Bukidnon, Central Mindanao Philippines Von Carlo Dela Torre |
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| 13:30 | Behavioral and physiological responses of desert lizards to climate change Weiguo Du |
Phylogenetics and undiscovered diversity of the Mexican leopard frogs Anne Chambers |
Discussion Harold Heatwole & Kate Sanders |
Leiopelma conservation: progress and key uncertainties Phil Bishop |
Role of research reintroductions in successful habitat restoration of threatened amphibians Michael Mahony |
Associations between the fungal and bacterial microbiomes of frogs, with implications for disease management |
The contribution of wetland succession to declines of threatened amphibians Angela Burrow |
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| 13:45 | A new explanation for the evolution of TSD provides broad insight into thermal limits of reptiles Njal Rollinson |
Phylogenetic relationship of Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex in Thailand: implication for taxonomic status Korkhwan Termprayoon |
Finding needles in haystacks: using niche models to locate previously unknown population of sea snakes Vinay Udyawer |
Conserving Panamanian Harlequin Frogs by integrating captive-breeding and research programs Brian Gratwicke |
Outcome bias of auditory survey methods may negatively affect detectability of anurans Alex Callen |
Elevated salinity blocks amphibian chytrid transmission and improves host survival: implications for translocations Simon Clulow |
Context-dependent effects of non-native vegetation on amphibian development in prairie ecosystems Chelsea Kross |
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| 14:00 | It's getting hot in here: predicting how diving ectotherms will be impacted by climate warming Essie Rodgers |
Independent evolution of habitat preferences in 238 species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 Lee Grismer |
Integrating underwater surveys, telemetry and citizen science to understand drivers of movement in sea snakes Claire Goiran |
Facilitated discussion Erin Muths |
Use of photorecognition and habitat manipulation in mitigation and post-development monitoring Liam Russell |
A Wildlife Vaccine Campaign: caccinating amphibians against the chytrid fungus Taegan McMahon |
Permanent water body provides micro-refuge for frogs in a fire prone landscape Dean Lenga |
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| 14:15 | Unraveling the role of body size in thermal maxima Emily Taylor |
A global phylogeny of monitor lizards, and the contribution of competition to extreme size disparity Ian Brennan |
Evolutionary loss of drinking response in marine snakes Harold Heatwole |
Survival strategies of the chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidiswithin and outside its amphibian host Michael San Francisco |
Is vegetation mapping a suitable proxy for predicting occupancy of threatened frogs? Grant Webster |
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| 14:30 | What mechanism sets thermal tolerance in reptiles and amphibians? Rory Telemeco |
A new Approach to Building the amphibian tree of life Ana Serra Silva |
Discussion Harold Heatwole & Kate Sanders |
Indirect terrestrial transmission of chytrid fungus from reservoir to susceptible host species causes fatal chytridiomycosis Thomas Burns |
Conservation status of the world's skinks: geographic and taxonomic patterns in extinction risk David Chapple |
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| 14:45 | Two tests of the hierarchical mechanisms of thermal limitation hypothesis in lizards Eric Gangloff |
What have we learned from the tree of herps? Luke Harmon |
Variation of the skin bacterial community and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidisinfection in the frog Philoria loveridgei Mariel Familiar |
Sister newt species facing landscape changes: comparing key landscape features and resilience patterns Bernardo Antunes |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon tea amongst the exhibition |
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| Concurrent sessions | Beyond CTmax & CTmin: Advances in Studying the Thermal Limits of Reptiles & Amphibians. | Diversity & Distributions 2 | Reproductive Biology | Amphibian Disease & Ecology | Amphibian Conservation in the Anthropocene – Challenges, Priorities, & Solutions for the Human Epoch | Population Ecology & Monitoring | Behavioural Ecology 4 |
Adaption & Evolution 7 |
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| Venue | St David | St David A & B | St David E | St David F | Castle 1 | Castle 2 | Burns 1 | Burns 2 | |
| 15:30 | Discussion and writing for Special Issue Rory Telemeco |
Population trends of European amphibians and reptiles are jointly determined by multiple drivers Mattia Falaschi |
The evolution of direct development in Southeast Asian Rhacophorid frogs (Anura, Rhacophoridae, Philautus) Laurence Etter |
A meta-analysis reveals temperature, dose, life stage, and taxonomy influence host susceptibility to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Erin Sauer |
Facilitated Discussion continued Erin Muths |
Latest news of environmental DNA metabarcoding approach for monitoring amphibian species in tropical forests Carla M Lopes |
Seasonal dynamics and calling behaviour of the terrestrial-breeding microhylid Cophixalus australis |
Biomechanical modeling of turtle jaws: linking brevirostry and edentulism in Testudines Domenic D'Amore |
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| 15:45 | What determines the range margins of the Delicate Skink (Lampropholis delicata)? Jules Farquhar |
Optimising captive recovery for the critically endangered Baw Baw frog Deon Gilbert |
Evaluating environmental-DNA as a tool for detecting an amphibian pathogen using an optimized extraction method Laura Brannelly |
Social networking of the Otago Skink (Oligosoma otagense) at Orokonui Ecosanctuary Vanitha Elangovan |
Diurnal calling behaviour in the nocturnal túngara frog (Engystomops pustulosus) on Isla Taboga, Panama |
Evolutionary trajectories of a shell-adapted respiratory apparatus: the turtle dilemma(s) Markus Lambertz |
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| 15:50 | Occupancy modeling as an approach to evaluate effectiveness of conservation translocations in a temperate-zone rattlesnake Jonathan Choquette |
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| 15:55 | Conclusions and future directions Evan Grant |
The snake that made it back on its own: recolonization by the Puerto Rican Racer Renata Platenberg |
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| 16:00 | Ecological and environmental drivers of global diversity patterns in lizards Alex Skeels |
Sex or candy? Neuroendocrine mechanisms of seasonal life-history transitions in garter snakes Deborah Lutterschmidt |
Behavioral changes throughout the Span of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans(Bsal) infection in various salamander species Gordon Burghardt |
High variability in Red Tree Frog advertisement calls may act as buffer to anthropogenic disturbance Brittany Mitchell |
The unexpected genetic mating system of a terrestrial breeding toadlet (Pseudophryne coriacea) Daniel O'Brien |
Comparative studies of egg tooth development in squamate reptiles Mateusz Hermyt |
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| 16:05 | Conservation Project: uncovering the well-kept secrets of Lachesis stenophrys ecology Laura Ruysseveldt Bushmaster |
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| 16:10 | Using red fox (Vulpes vulpes) behaviour to protect Bell's turtle (Myuchelys bellii) nests in Australia Geoffrey Hughes |
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| 16:15 | Climate extremes, variability and trade shape biogeographical patterns of herpetological fauna in the Anthropocene Xuan Liu |
How to (un)make a sexy snake: suppression of female pheromone production via steroid action Rocky Parker |
Look, that salamander is being eaten alive! Debra Miller |
Agricultural intensification driven landscape modification as determinants of herpetofaunal abundance Deyatima Ghosh |
Genetic benefits of extreme sequential polyandry in a terrestrial-breeding frog |
Intertwined evolution of swimming, morphology and microhabitat in tree frogs from the subfamily Hylinae Itzue Caviedes - Solis |
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| 16:20 | Implementing of environmental DNA detection method in the surveillance of amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans David Lastra Gonzalez |
Habitat assessment for the reintroduction of the agile frog in a human-dominated landscape Louise Masters |
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| 16:30 | Cryptic diversity and evolution of Asian horned toads (Megophryidae) Jinmin Chen |
Effects of polyandrous mating on fertilization, embryo survival and offspring development in the emerald treefrog Yuan-cheng Cheng |
Breaking the law: Sexual mate choice behavior of female European common frogs Carolin Dittrich |
Bioacoustics reveal the calling activity of an endangered frog (Philoria kundagungan) in response to climate David Newell |
Sexual dimorphism and reproductive ecology of the South-American rattlesnake, Crotalus durissusin the Brazilian Cerrado María Hoyos |
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| 16:35 | Breeding behavior of Indochinese Spitting Cobra (Naja siamensis) in Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand Curtis Radcliffe |
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| 16:40 | Re-regeneration to reduce negative effects associated with tail loss in lizards James Barr |
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| 16:45 | Delegates move to plenary session | ||||||||
| 17:00 - 17:45 |
Keynote: Life on the edge – unlocking the secrets of a Lost World |
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| 18:00 - 19:00 |
Poster session, even poster board numbers presented |
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| 19:00 - 20:00 |
WCH Annual General Meeting & Presentations of bids to Host WCH10 (all delegates) |
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| 08:00 - 18:00 |
Registration open |
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| 08:30 - 09:15 |
Keynote: The evolutionary ecology of family living in lizards |
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| Concurrent sessions | Recovering Amphibian & Reptile Species from the Brink of Extinction: Developing Best-Practice Guidelines | Biology of the Frog Family Microhylidae | Conservation Biology 2 | Genetic & Genomic methods | Temperature, Moisture & Environmental Change: Conservation Physiology of Lepidosaurs in an Age of Climate Disruption | Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 4 |
Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans |
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| Venue | St David | St David A & B | St David E | St David F | Castle 1 | Castle 2 | Burns 1 | Burns 2 | ||||||
| 09:30 | Better together: collaborative planning in threatened species recovery Sally Wren |
Introduction Marta Vidal - Gacia |
A review of the conservation status of the Galapagos Islands terrestrial snakes (Pseudalsophis spp) Luis Ortiz-Catedral |
Novel, cost efficient and minimally destructive methodology for sequencing mitochondrial genomes of historical museum specimens Stephen Mahony |
Modeling incubation microclimates to predict impacts of climate change on embryonic development in tuatara Anna Carter |
Detecting selection in urban dragons with a comparison of neutral markers and quantitative trait divergence Nicola Kent |
Germany, the hotspot of Bsal emergence |
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| 09:45 | Archey's frog - an evolutionarily distinct and long-lived terrestrial frog at risk in New Zealand Ben Bell |
The past, present, and future of research on Madagascar's microhylids Mark D. Scherz |
Stream-riparian forest management for herpetofauna: Beyond Best Management Practices Deanna (Dede) Olson |
Benchmarking tissue preservation methods for ultra-high molecular weight DNA and long-read genome sequencing technologies Hollis Dahn |
Cellular and whole-organism effects of prolonged vs. acute heat stress in a montane, desert lizard Jeanine Refsnider |
Re-assessment of taxonomy and geographic distribution of Fejervarya cancrivoracomplex from Thailand and nearby countries Siriporn Yodthong |
Broad host range of Batrachochytrium salamandrivoransequates to high invasion probability in North America Matthew Gray |
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| 10:00 | The conservation management of Grand and Otago skinks as a case study James Reardon |
Snakebite envenoming and rattlesnake conservation vulnerability zones in the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico Jesús Mauricio Rodríguez Canseco |
A non-invasive in situ underwater DNA sampling method applied to the olm (Proteus anguinus) Judit Vörös |
Crossroads or tipping points: does thermal melanism hypothesis hold across lizards of different body size? Federico Massetti |
Macroevolution and taxonomy of Oriental Brown Frogs (Rana spp.) across the East-Palearctic Siti Norhidayah Binti Othman |
Winter is coming: temperature dependent virulence of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans Edward Carter |
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| 10:15 | Restoring the Critically Endangered mountain chicken in the face of chytridiomycosis Jeff Dawson |
Analysis of ultraconserved elements supports African origins of narrow-mouthed frogs Jeffrey Streicher Jeffrey Streicher |
Zoo-led collaboration for conservation- gecko monitoring on Matiu/Somes Island Chye-mei Huang |
Surveying frogs from the bellies of their parasites Timothy Cutajar |
Upper voluntary thermal limit and water loss in a temperate viviparous gecko: an interactive effect Christian Chukwuka |
Managing host density and habitat structure could influence contact rates and transmission of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans Matthew Gray
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning tea amongst the exhibition |
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| Concurrent sessions | Recovering Amphibian & Reptile Species from the Brink of Extinction: Developing Best-Practice Guidelines | Biology of the Frog Family Microhylidae | Reproductive Technologies & Biobanking for Amphibian Conservation | Ecology 2 | Temperature, Moisture & Environmental Change: Conservation Physiology of Lepidosaurs in an Age of Climate Disruption | Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR) for Invasive Reptiles & Amphibians | Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 5 |
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| Venue | St David | St David A & B | St David E | St David F | Castle 1 | Castle 2 | Burns 1 | Burns 2 | ||||||
| 11:00 | How the "World's rarest snake" was saved, and its implications for other endangered Caribbean species Jennifer Daltry |
Recent advances on the taxonomy, systematics and biology of cophyline frogs of the genus Plethodontohyla Angelica Crottini |
The role of reproductive technologies in amphibian captive breeding programs Aimee Silla |
Consequences of keystone plant decline for reptiles in fragmented agricultural landscapes Sara Balouch |
Conservatism and plasticity in the ecophysiology of a lizard across a steep environmental gradient Rodrigo Megia-Palma |
Mechanisms for coordinating expertise: New Zealand's Island Eradication Advisory Group Keith Broome |
A snake in the grass: a molecular study of the widespread genus Psammophylax Chad Keates |
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| 11:15 | Recovery efforts for the critically endangered Southern Corroboree Frog (Pseudophryne corroboree) Michael McFadden |
The biology of the microhylid subfamily Hoplophrynine Simon Loader |
Applying assisted reproductive techniques to a multi-year study into biotic factors influencing necturus captive breeding Steven Sharp |
Habitat use by Leiopelma archeyiin disturbed and undisturbed sites on the Coromandel Peninsula, Aotearoa Emily Hotham |
Wind speed alters the thermoregulatory behaviour of skinks even when substrate temperature remains constant Jo Virens |
New Zealand border and post-border detection and response strategies Dylan Van Winkel |
Filling in the phylogenetic gaps: targeted taxon sampling clarifies relationships of Indian agamids and snakes Deepak Veerappan |
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| 11:30 | Rebuilding the endemic reptile community of Gunner's Quoin, Mauritius Nik Cole |
Morphological convergence in bouldering frogs Marta Vidal-Garcia |
Spermiation and changes in serum hormone levels in the mountain yellow-legged frog, Rana muscosa Natalie Calatayud |
Population success of common skinks (Oligosoma polychroma) following mitigation translocation Sydney Dean |
Linking physiological and behavioural variation to territory thermal quality and fitness in an African lizard Karla Alujevic |
Improving early detection and rapid response for cryptic species: a review of current analytical tools Amy Yackel Adams |
Are local molecular clocks misleading? – the case of Mediterranean amphibians Michael Veith
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| 11:45 | Empowering communities and new generations in Lake Patzcuaro: the case of Achoque (Ambystoma dumerilii) Gerardo Garcia |
Relict distribution of Microhyla in the Ryukyu Archipelago: high diversity in East-Asia maintained by insularization Atsushi Tominaga |
Examining variation in sperm response in divergent populations of Red-eyed treefrogs Leah Jacobs |
Using monitors to monitor restoration: how does Australia's largest lizard respond to mine site restoration? Sophie Cross |
The influence of species assemblages on thermoregulation and habitat use in novel environments Carla Piantoni |
Decision analysis for early detection and rapid response: modeling to advance identification of optimal management Staci Amburgey |
Inadvertent paralog inclusion drives artefactual topologies and timetree estimates in Lissamphibia Karen Siu-Ting |
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| 11:50 | Varanus rosenbergi use of spatial habitat, adaptation and social structure Michael McKelvey |
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| 11:55 | Spatial ecology of Indochinese Spitting Cobra (Naja siamensis) Within Rural Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve, Thailand Bartosz Nadolski |
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| 12:00 - 13:00 | SRARNZ Annual General Meeting (members only) Venue: Castle C |
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch amongst the exhibition |
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| 12:15 - 12:45 | Film: Herpetologists Past and Present Venue: Castle 1 |
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| Concurrent sessions | Recovering Amphibian & Reptile Species from the Brink of Extinction: Developing Best-Practice Quidelines | Biology of the Frog Family Microhylidae | Reproductive Technologies & Biobanking for Amphibian Conservation | Adaptation & Evolution 8 | Temperature, Moisture & Environmental Change: Conservation Physiology of Lepidosaurs in an Age of Climate Disruption | Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR) for Invasive Reptiles and Amphibians | Conservation Ecology 2 |
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| Venue | St David | St David A & B | St David E | St David F | Castle 1 | Castle 2 | Burns 1 | Burns 2 | ||||||
| 13:00 | The Golden Mantella frog: a species on the way to recovery? RodlisRaphali Andriantsimanarilafy |
Microhylids of India: Could new discoveries from India untangle the colonization routes of Asian microhylids? Sonali Garg |
Nasal GnRH administration elicits sperm production in both Bufonidae and Ranidae Allison Julien |
Insights from evolution and biomechanics reveal form-function relationships in reptile eggshells Liliana D'Alba |
Discussion |
Using environmental DNA sampling to delimit a European newt invasion in Australia Reid Tingley |
Spatial ecology of an endangered amphibian Litoria raniformiswithin modified Tasmanian landscapes Tim Garvey |
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| 13:15 | The Madagascar ploughshare tortoise programme – between recovery and extinction of an iconic species Matt Goetz |
Recent progress in studies of Asian narrow-mouthed frogs (Anura: Microhylidae) Nikolay A. Poyarkov |
Obtaining gametes by hormonal induction from Australian temperate frog species: differential phylogenetic and sex responses John Clulow |
Evolution of skin hydrophobicity in Australian geckos (Diplodactylidae and Carphodactylidae) Jendrian Riedel |
Camera traps for early detection and rapid response and management of an invasive reptile Staci Amburgey |
Habitat selection and spatial ecology of a hot-spring endemic toad Brian Halstead |
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| 13:30 | Recovering the white-bellied frog in south-west Western Australia: successes, challenges and the importance of collaborations Kay Bradfield |
There and back again: invasions of Microhyla (Amphibia: Microhylidae) frogs from Southeast Asia to India Vladislav Gorin |
Development and application of assisted reproductive technologies in several endangered Panamanian amphibian species Gina Della Togna |
Evolutionary morphology of osteoderms in anguimorph lizards Bryan Minne |
Targeted eDNA sampling for cryptic, arboreal snakes Based on microhabitat selection Melia Nafus |
Braiding data streams: building an Integrated Population Model for the Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog, Rana boylii Jonathan Rose |
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| 13:35 | Dietary specialisation in fang 3D shape and sharpness of venomous snakes Silke Cleuren |
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| 13:40 | Can endocranium shape reveal the sensory ecology of 'aquatic' snakes? Marion Segall |
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| 13:45 | Preventing the extinction of two of Australia's most threatened lizards Jon-Paul Emery |
Open discussion: the future of research on the frog family Microhylidae Marta Vidal - Garcia |
Linking in situ and ex situ populations of the Southern Rocky Mountain boreal toad (Anaxyrus boreas boreas) Cecilia Langhorne |
Recent studies of adrenal enlargement in toad-eating snakes Alan Savitzky |
Strategy and tool development for invasive plague skinks (Lampropholis delicata) on Aotea, Great Barrier Island Jaqui Wairepo |
Effect of male phenotype and nest quality on mating success in the northern corroboree frog |
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| 14:00 | Discussion Jeff Dawson |
Refinement of spermatozoa cryopreservation techniques in Ambystoma tigrinumfor salamander conservation and management Amanda Gillis |
Visual adaptation of full and semi aquatic sea snakes Takashi Seiko |
Rapid assessment of eradication success of an invasive lizard Marlene Baling |
Niche partitioning as a mechanism for the coexistence of pygmy bluetongue lizards and burrowing spiders Jessica Clayton |
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| 14:15 | Generation of amphibians from cryopreserved sperm: proof of capacity for development beyond metamorphosis Rose Upton |
Limb reduction in skinks (Squamata: Scincidae): a comparative analysis based on morphological literature Marco Camaiti |
Two contrasting incursions of Lampropholis delicata in New Zealand's South Island Rod Hitchmough |
Population genetics of timber rattlesnake populations in Northeastern United States Anne Stengle |
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| 14:30 | Linking in situ and ex situ populations of threatened amphibians using the National Amphibian Genome Bank Carrie Vance |
Longevity is not influenced by metabolic rates across the vertebrate tree of life Gavin Stark |
Rapid eradication tool testing for invasive amphibians: Duttaphrynus melanostictus in Madagascar James Reardon |
Using environmental DNA to map winter hibernacula in temperate freshwater turtles Wenxi Feng |
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| 14:45 | Putting the ARTs into practice: emerging opportunities and priorities for the application of amphibian ARTs Simon Clulow |
Controlling cane toads with traps: what have we learned? Lin Schwarzkopf |
Site occupancy and eDNA concentrations of eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis) in a large river Mizuki Takahashi |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon tea amoungst the exhibition |
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| Concurrent sessions | Captive Breeding | Reproductive Technologies & Biobanking for Amphibian Conservation | Physiology & Reproductive Biology | Invasion & Disease Ecology | Diversity & Distributions 3 |
Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR) for Invasive Reptiles and Amphibians |
Conservation Ecology 3
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| Venue | St David | St David A & B | St David E | St David F | Castle 1 | Castle 2 | Burns 1 | Burns 2 | ||||||
| 15:30 | Applying SNP-derived genotyping to the captive management of the endangered Mountain Yellow-legged frog Natalie Calatayud |
Status of the U.S. National Amphibian Genome Bank and future efforts to conserve anuran biodiversity Andrew Kouba |
Breadth of the thermal response captures individual and geographic variation in temperature-dependent sex determination Anna Carter |
Cattle and Spears: damages of an uninvited guest to the Mediterranean herpetofauna Roy Talbi |
Synopsis of the amphibians from a poorly surveyed African country: Equatorial Guinea Ignacio De La Riva |
Alpine newt delimitation, containment and eradication strategies Dylan Van Winkel |
Is individual variation in growth rates relevant to population dynamics of long-lived reptiles?
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| 15:45 | Cost-effective amphibian captive breeding using biobanking to meet IUCN 100-year, 90 percent heterozygosity criteria Lachlan Howell |
Discussion session: developing a global strategy for amphibian biobanking Aimee Silla |
Timing is critical when inducing oviposition in turtles Mark Feldman |
The impact of non-native trout on endangered and endemic amphibians of the Peruvian Andes Andrew Watson |
Combining micro- and macrohabitat analyses to understand niche evolution in European cave salamanders GentileFrancesco Ficetola |
The Asian Toad in Madagascar, when EDRR fails Karen Freeman |
Conservation of Miyako grass lizard, Takydromus toyamai: life history traits, population genetics, and conservation measures |
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| 16:00 | Habitat choice of hatchling Murray River Turtles (Emydura macquarii): informing headstarting programmes Claudia Santori |
Thermal plasticity in metabolic physiology in a widespread Australian lizard Daniel Noble |
Preliminary analysis on network-scale effects of invasive species on spatially-structured amphibian populations Raoul Manenti |
Implications of continuous amphibian diversity monitoring in Daweishan of tropical SE Yunnan, China Jian Wang |
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| 16:05 | Time of year affects study of gut microbiota of the lizard Sceloporus consobrinus(Phrynosomatidae) Mark Paulissen |
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| 16:10 | Sexual dimorphism in external and skeletal morphology of Japanese lentic breeding salamander (Amphibia: Urodela: Hynobiidae) Sotaro Hara |
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| 16:15 | Behavioural observations of the Bermuda Skink Plestiodon longirostrisin captivity: informing in-situ and ex-situ conservation Gerardo Garcia |
Genomic and transcriptomic investigations of the evolutionary transition from oviparity to viviparity Wei Gao |
The potential for artificial selection in a reintroduction program: exploring individual variation in chytridiomycosis susceptibility Luke Linhoff |
Populational dynamics of the stream-dwelling frog Boana poaju in Southern Brazil Sophia Kusterko Novaes |
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| 16:20 | The invasion of the Asian Toad in Madagascar Angelica Crottini |
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| 16:25 | The source of reptile and amphibian pandemics in the Anthropocene Jonathan Kolby |
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| 16:30 | Superior start to life? Effect of carotenoids on the growth and development of corroboree frogs Emma McInerney |
Incubation temperatures and intestinal length, are they telling us something about sea turtle hatchling survival? Debra Miller |
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| 17:00 - 17:45 |
Keynote: Sending them south: appraising assisted colonisation of reptiles threatened by climate change |
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| 18:00 - 23:00 | Congress dinner (ticketed event) Venue: Dunedin Town hall, 1 Harrop Street (please make your way to and from the Dunedin Town Hall) |
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| 08:00 - 18:30 |
Registration open |
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| 08:30 - 09:15 |
Keynote: Using an integrative approach to explore the diversity and evolution of amphibians and reptiles in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau |
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| Concurrent sessions | Adaptation, Evolution & Genetics | Physiology & Ecotoxicology | Host-Parasite Ecology | Amphibian Conservation Research Symposium (ACRS) | Social behaviour | Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 6 | Improving the Interface between Research and Management for Conservation of New Zealand Reptiles & Frogs | |
| Venue | St David | St David A & B | St David E | St David F | Castle 1 | Castle 2 | Burns 1 | Burns 2 |
| 09:30 | Adaptation and evolution of Tiger Snakes Vicki Thomson |
A Curly Tale: stress and immunity across nonnative populations of differing ages in Leiocephalus carinatus Natalie Claunch |
Cool or not to cool? Intestinal coccidians disrupt the thermoregulatory response to tick infestation Rodrigo Megía-Palma |
The global effort to conserve amphibians under threat Phil Bishop |
Aggressive behaviors and their effect on resource use by female Little Brown Skinks, Scincella lateralis Mark Paulissen |
Origins of lizard diversity in the continental island of Sri Lanka: insights from scincid lizards Kanishka Ukuwela |
Tuatara conservation through Maori involvement in policy Louisa Paul |
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| 09:45 | Repeated evolution of insular dwarfism across three reptile species with population and functional genomic insights Tonia Schwartz |
Impacts of locust control pesticides on the physiology and behaviour of the central bearded dragon Isabella Contador-Kelsall |
Enteric bacteria in sleepy lizards vary in richness, prevalence and co-occurrence patterns Ko-Huan Lee |
World's largest tropical island may provide refuge from the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Deborah Bower |
Social tactics and dominance relationships in a long-lived reptile, the eastern water dragon, Intellegama lesueurii Sarah Ball |
Peacocks of the lizard world: phylogeny and taxonomy of the spectacular African flat lizards (Platysaurus) Mitzy Pepper |
Conservation management of New Zealand frogs Amanda Haigh |
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| 10:00 | Determinants of phenotypic and genetic variation along a latitudinal gradient in a widespread amphibian Anssi Laurila |
Radiocesium accumulation and spatial ecology of rat snakes (Elaphe spp.) in Fukushima Japan Hannah Gerke |
Testing a mechanistic hypothesis: how does climate predict the distribution of parasites in lizards? Rodrigo Megía-Palma |
How to find a frog in forest - can detection dogs be used for conservation? Deon Gilbert |
Contrasting sociality in two sympatric skink species; Oligosoma otagense and O. grande Penny Jacks |
Species delimitation, phylogenetic relationship and biogeography of Hemiphyllodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in Yunnan Karsts Ade Prasetyo Agung |
Research priorities for lizard conservation in New Zealand James Reardon |
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Examining Spotted Marsh Frog Limnodynastes tasmaniensis call races using large-scale citizen science data Kathy Potter |
Using stable isotopes to investigate trophic transfer of mercury and radiocesium in Nerodia floridana Melissa Pilgrim |
Prior pathogen exposure and a preliminary vaccine increase amphibian resistance to chytridiomycosis Anthony Waddle |
Victory against all odds: the successful conservation story of the Admirable Red-Belly Toad in Brazil Michelle Abadie |
The tenses of existence of the skink Eugongylus rufescens (Shaw, 1802) (Scincidae) Glenn Shea |
Conservation progress for critically endangered lizard taxa in Aotearoa/New Zealand Jo Monks |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning tea amongst the exhibition |
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| Concurrent sessions | Herps in the City: Mechanisms of Responses to Human-Induced Environmental Change | Disease Ecology (pathogens) | Amphibian Genome Assembly & Evolution | Amphibian Conservation Research Symposium (ACRS) | Sociality of Amphibians & Reptiles | Ecology (Nesting & Incubation) | Improving the Interface between Research and Management for Conservation of New Zealand Reptiles & Frogs | |
| Venue | St David | St David A & B | St David E | St David F | Castle 1 | Castle 2 | Burns 1 | Burns 2 |
| 11:00 | The use of community science to study the ecology of herpetofauna in cities Bree Putman |
World Wide Web portals for herpetofaunal pathogen data Deanna (Dede) Olson |
Polyploidy and adaptation in Australian burrowing frogs Neobatrachus Polina Novikova |
Understanding why endangered frogs survive or perish on a tiny scale Emily Hoffmann |
Scaly sociality: testing for the presence of kin-based sociality in Australian and African Lizards Julia Riley |
The effect of constant egg incubation temperatures across life stages in the brown anole Jenna Pruett |
Conservation of Nationally Critical Chesterfield skinks in situ – a response to changing climate and risks Lynn Adams |
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| 11:15 | Bold New World: urbanisation promotes an innate behavioural trait in a lizard James Baxter-Gilbert |
Emerging or enzootic? Disruption of long-term host-pathogen dynamics Gonçalo Rosa |
Sequencing and annotation of the Western Spadefoot toad (Pelobates cultripes) Ivan Gomez-Mestre |
Saving cows, saving frogs: if you love amphibians, you should care for farm animals too Luis Fernando Marin da Fonte |
Testing for the presence of kin-based sociality in Midland Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta marginata) Carter Rouleau |
The embryos of turtles can influence their own sexual destinies Yinzi Ye |
NZ conservation management of Data Deficient and Data Poor lizard taxa: progress, challenges, future directions Carey Knox |
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| 11:20 | Social tolerance behaviour in a reptile, the Eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii): a new perspective Coralie Delme |
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| 11:25 | Aggregative behaviour in New Zealand's native lizards Stephanie Godfrey |
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| 11:30 | City life alters the gut microbiome and stable isotope profiling of eastern water dragons Nicola Kent |
Identification of divergent serpentoviruses in free-ranging invasive pythons in southern Florida, United States Steven Tillis |
Assembling the Rana temporaria genome to inform the evolution of Anuran sex chromosomes Daniel Jeffries |
Reproductive habitat use of endangered Minervarya greenii(Amphibia: Dicroglossidae) in montane cloud forests of Sri Lanka Meegamage Chamara Prabhath |
Does temperature mediate social conflict in a family-living skink? Geoff While |
Nest-site selection and hatchling success of box turtles (Terrapene carolina) at their northern range limit Joseph Altobelli |
Applied conservation research meets ecological restoration: assessing early translocation success of captive-born Duvaucel's geckos Manuela Barry |
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| 11:35 | Q & A Julia Riley |
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| 11:45 | One hundred years of urbanisation makes an endangered species of Canberra's Grassland Earless Dragon Stephen Sarre |
Species-dependent amplification of Ranavirus prevalence and infection severity in multi-host amphibian communities David Lesbarrères |
Genomic and transcriptomic insights into the molecular basis of sexually dimorphic spines in Leptobrachium leishanense Jun Li |
A primer of amphibian research and conservation in Pakistan: current situation and the way forward Muhammad Rais |
The role of spatial structure on the social dynamics of estuarine crocodile Crocodylus porosus Cameron Baker |
Incubation temperature affects the color expression and embryonic development of a terrestrial salamander Annette Evans |
Captive management for conservation – ex situ interventions past, present and future Richard Gibson |
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| 12:00 - 13:00 | WCH Executive Meeting (members only) Venue: St David A & B |
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch amongst the exhibition |
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| Concurrent sessions | Herps in the City: Mechanisms of Responses to Human-Induced Environmental Change. | Physiology 1 | Amphibian Genome Assembly & Evolution | Amphibian Conservation Research Symposium (ACRS) | Sociality of Amphibians & Reptiles | Adaptation & Evolution 9 | Improving the Interface between Research & Management for Conservation of New Zealand Reptiles & Frogs | |
| Venue | St David | St David A & B | St David E | St David F | Castle 1 | Castle 2 | Burns 1 | Burns 2 |
| 13:00 | Impacts of translocation on a large urban-adapted venomous snake Bill Bateman |
Effects of larval ultraviolet-B exposure regime on physiology, performance and condition of Litoria caerulea Niclas Lundsgaard |
The axolotl genome Siegfried Schloissnig |
Research to conservation practice through Durrell's SAFE Strategy 2014-2020 Jeff Dawson |
Social structure of the Spiny-Tailed Iguana, Ctenosaura similis: network, personality, and genetic relatedness Ann-Elizabeth Nash |
Plasticity allows colonization, and adaptation leads to incipient speciation in a fire salamander population Joana Sabino Pinto |
Enhancing conservation management of New Zealand's lizards – the relevance of laboratory-based studies Alison Cree |
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| 13:15 | Thermoregulation strategy of the invasive Asian House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) Yingyod Lapwong |
Anuran larvae exhibit lower upper thermal limits and warming tolerance than a natural predator Gustavo Adolfo Agudelo Cantero |
Improving and using a chromosome-scale assembly of the enormous (32 Gb) axolotl genome Jeramiah Smith |
Climate change impacts on amphibians in Madagascar: shifts to higher elevation and increased risks of extinction Christopher Raxworthy |
Parental care by male Japanese giant salamanders – a note on a partially small den-master found in an upstream section Sumio Okada |
Intraspecific differentiation and speciation in three viviparous Phrynocephalus lizards in the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Yi-jing Chen |
A translocated population of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) in a cool southern ecosanctuary: are females nesting? Jemima Gardiner-Rodden |
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Surviving in the Suburbs: the Gibbs line and amphibian conservation David Skelly |
Comparative study on antioxidant defense responses to ammonia stress in three fresh water turtle species Cuijuan Niu |
Caecilian genomes Mark Wilkinson |
Population assessment and distribution of the Madagascan golden mantella in the face of climate change Richard Griffiths |
Social complexity drives the evolution of display complexity in agamid lizard Phrynocephalus przewalskii from China Yin Qi |
Roles of isolation, secondary contact, and ecology in diversification and speciation of a temperate frog Stephen Lougheed |
Responses of arboreal geckos to sanctuary management in pest-invaded environments of New Zealand Trent Bell |
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| 13:45 | Urbanization modulates mating signals and antipredatory strategies in a neotropical frog Ximena Bernal |
Sex differences in kidney gene expression: Reproductive costs of the renal sexual segment? Christopher Friesen |
The identification of sex-linked markers in the vulnerable Green and golden bell frog, Litoria aurea Jarrod Sopniewski |
Confronting amphibian diseases: frontiers in effective mitigation Molly Bletz |
Chemically mediated self and social recognition in Juvenile Common Gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) Gordon Burghardt |
Is competition causing character displacement and niche segregation in a radiation of cryptic species? Octavio Jimenez-Robles |
Community efforts to re-establish grand and Otago skinks, and jewelled geckos, in modified shrub/grassland ecosystems Grant Norbury |
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| 14:00 | Green infrastructure from urban sinks to prestigious pads for frogs David O'Brien |
Effects of maternal diet on reproduction and development in turtles James Van Dyke |
Differential introgression across newt hybrid zones: evidence from replicated transects Gemma Palomar |
DNA-based methods for monitoring pond-breeding amphibians: the case of the Natterjack toad in Ireland Marina Reyne |
Allobates femoralis: an optimal model species for studying anuran social behavior and cognition Walter Hödl |
Premating reproductive isolation between allopatric populations promoted by reproductive character displacement in geckos Teppei Jono |
Discussion |
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| 14:15 | Superfrogs in the city - impact of urbanity and agriculture on the morphology of frogs Stephanie Niemeier |
Regional characteristics of toxic components in Japanese toads Takato Inoue |
The critically endangered Titicaca water frog: Bolivia and Peru conservation efforts Teresa Camacho Badani |
Where squamate sociality reaches its peak: Egernia stokesii research past, present and future Mike Gardner |
Cryptic and failed speciation in Sulawesi flying lizards (Draco) 1: phylogenetics and species delimitation Jimmy McGuire |
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| 14:30 | Road avoidance and its energetic consequences for reptiles James Paterson |
Through the heart: ventricular septum and cardiac conduction system across Sauropsida Martina Gregorovicova |
Longwall mining and amphibian populations – a case study Samanatha Wallace |
Cryptic and failed speciation in Sulawesi flying lizards 2: evidence for mito-nuclear Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibilities Alexander Stubbs |
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| 14:45 | The Brisbane Python Project: how mitigated translocations potentially affect urban pythons in Brisbane Chantelle Derez |
Spatio-temporal architecture of pancreatic islets in grass snake embryos Magdalena Kowalska |
Antibiotic susceptibility profiles of Salmonella species isolated from captive amphibians and reptiles in Uganda James Watuwa ACRS discussion session |
Genetic diversity and mito-nuclear discordance in Neotropical toads (Rhinella) Danielle Rivera |
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| 15:00-15:30 |
Afternoon tea amongst the exhibition |
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| Concurrent sessions | Herps in the City: Mechanisms of Responses to Human-Induced Environmental Change | Ecophysiology 3 | Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 7 | Human Impacts | Host-Parasite & Disease Ecology |
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| Venue | St David | St David A & B | St David E | St David F | Castle 1 | Castle 2 | Burns 1 | Burns 2 |
| 15:30 | Hooked on humans? Daboia palaestinae in reptile assemblages in natural versus anthropogenic habitats in Israel Boaz Shacham |
Salt tolerance in frogs: a widespread trait conferring adaptative capacity for global change? Craig Williams |
Optimizing phylogenomics with Rapidly Evolving Long Exons: examples from all squamates and New Caledonian geckos Todd Jackman |
Scales, tails, and trails: a review of recreational effects on reptiles and amphibians Samantha Dean |
Of poisons and parasites-the defensive role of tetrodotoxin against infections in newts Amber Stokes |
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| 15:45 | The bioaccumulation of contaminants across an urban gradient in a wetland snake (Notechis scutatus) Damian Lettoof |
Evidence for ancient hybridization between the Komodo dragon and Australian monitor lizards Carlos Joaquín Pavón Vázquez |
Impacts of agriculture and roads on amphibians in the Prairie Potholes of Manitoba, Canada Pamela Rutherford |
Threat assessment of Taruga eques (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) endemic on the tropical island of Sri Lanka Meegamage Chamara Prabhath |
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| 16:00 | A ten-year study of an urban turtle metapopulation Mark Mills |
Integrating spatial and temporal studies to model salamander demographic responses to climate John Maerz |
The undescribed frog diversity of the Australian Monsoonal Tropics Renee Catullo |
The New Caledonian Leopard Skink Lacertoides pardalis: ecology and conservation in a mining context Matthias Deuss |
Disease and disturbance: investigating the factors that drive amphibian reservoir host occurrence and distribution Danielle Wallace |
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| 16:15 | Sex in the city: urbanization broadens the reproductive season of lizards Joshua Hall |
The global diversity and distribution of lizard clutch sizes Shai Meiri |
Revisiting phylogenetic problems of Huia (Amphibia, Ranidae): which one is the true Huia? Umilaela Arifin |
Diversion mini-hydropower plants in the Balkans and impact on local amphibian (and reptile) populations Jelka Crnobrnja-isailovic |
Parasites of invasive amphibians and where to find them Hsuan-wien Chen |
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| 16:30 | Nestled in the city: nesting behaviour enhances embryo survival in urban areas Sarin Tiatragul |
How does incubation temperature affect behaviour, physiology and growth in delicate skinks? Madeleinede Jong |
Dalmatian oddities: functional divergence of head shape in lizards on two peculiar islands in the Adriatic Simon Baeckens |
Effects of urbanisation and hydrological change on a freshwater turtle Anthony Santoro |
Does malaria mediate the reliability of testosterone and dewlap coloration of Anolis sagrei? Jhan-Wei Lin |
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| 17:00 - 17:45 | Keynote: Atlantic forest herps and their responses to environmental shifts: past, present, and future Ana Carnaval Venue: St David & Castle 1 (video streamed) |
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| 17:45 - 18:00 | Closing ceremony and awards (all delegates) Venue: St David & Castle 1 (video streamed) |
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| 09:45 - 14:45 | Orokonui Ecosanctuary fieldtrip (ticketed event) Venue: Please meet in the ISB Link Building |
| 08:00 - 19:00 | Otago Peninsula coastal walk fieldtrip (ticketed event) Venue: Please meet in the ISB Link Building |
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