IHS 2021
SCHEDULE
July 21
WEDNESDAY
Time Zone
MOUNTAIN TIME (MT)
7:00pm-10:00pm IHS Ice Breaker and Registration
Join us for a socially distanced event outside. Complimentary Pre-packaged snacks, water, tea, coffee, and beer. Bagged meals available for purchase.
July 22
THURSDAY
9:00am-9:30am Andrew Durso, Ph.D. Florida Gulf Coast University
Remote That's Not a Copperhead Either! (Mis-)Identification of Snakes in a Citizen Science Challenge
9:30am-10:00am Mark Mandica, M.S., Tobias Landberg Ph.D. The Amphibian Foundation
Remote New Routes into Herpetology: The Amphibian Foundation’s Conservation Research Bridge Program
10:00am-10:30am Rachel Pikstein, M.S. Grand Canyon University
In-person Studying Morphological Selection in a Grand Invasion; How Tegu Lizards Can Teach Lessons in Evolution,
Ectotherm Adaption, & Conservation
10:30am-10:50am COFFEE BREAK (complimentary)
10:50am-11:20am Sarah Goodnight East Carolina University
Remote Effects of Halipegus spp. parasite infection on vocalizations and dispersal of the green tree frog Hyla cinerea
11:20am-11:40am Ellen Bronson, med. vet., Dipl. ACZM Maryland Zoo Baltimore
Remote Pharmacokinetics of single and multi-dose transdermal itraconazole in the liver and skin of the
Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki)
11:40pm-12:00pm Dr. Shailendra Singh, Arunima Singh Turtle Survival Alliance: India/ Wildlife Conservation Society
Remote Imparting River Reptile Conservation Education at Kukrail Gharial Rehabilitation Centre, India
12:00pm-1:40pm LUNCH (on your own)
1:40pm-2:00pm Hiral Naik Save The Snakes
Remote Assessing human-snake conflict in Hoedspruit using education tools to create awareness
2:00pm- 2:20pm Sheri Ashley Chiricahua Desert Museum/E.C.O.
In-person The Chiricahua Desert Museum History and Beginnings
2:20pm-2:45pm Adam G. Clause, Ph.D. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Remote Helping dragons and people: Discovery of a remarkable new lizard species facilitates applied
conservation
2:45pm- 3:00pm Kyle Miller Hessed Hessman College
Remote Population biology of the Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus) at a site in Maryland
3:00pm-3:20pm COFFEE BREAK (complimentary)
3:20pm- 3:40pm Chuck Smith, Ph.D. Wofford College
In-person Social Behavior in Snakes
3:40pm- 4:10pm Michael McFadden Taronga Zoo
Remote Securing the Future of Australia’s Most Threatened Amphibian Species
6:30pm-7:30pm IHS Board Meeting (CLOSED MEETING: Board Members Only)
8:00pm-9:00pm Memorial for Former IHS President Ken Foose
July 23
FRIDAY
9:00am-9:40am Heather Barrett and BFREE Staff Belize Foundation for Research & Environmental Education
Remote Inspiring the next generation of turtle conservationists in Belize: Education and re-wilding actions during a pandemic
9:40am-10:00am Rachel Tevis Chiricahua Desert Museum
In-person Managing the Live Collections at the Chiricahua Desert Museum
10:00am-10:30am Jerrod G. Tynes, M.S., M.Ed. & PAS University of Texas North at Dallas
Remote Teaching Herpetology in a Virtual Environment - Preparing our next generation of Herpetologist in the world of COVID
10:30am-10:50am COFFEE BREAK (complimentary)
10:50am- 11:20am Collegiate Speed Session
Remote Brooke Proffitt, Illinois State University: Parental Behavior in Oophaga pumilio (Strawberry Poison Dart frog)
Remote Calvin Schaefer, Truman State University: Habitat Use, Home Range Size, and Movement Rates in Two Sympatric
Pitvipers (Crotalinae) in Far West Texas
11:20am- 11:35am Sean Sterrett Monmouth University
Remote SPARCnet: A geographically and intellectually distributed network focusing on population dynamics and adaptation
of Red-Backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus)
11:35am- 11:55am Kristina Chyn, Ph.D. Texas A&M University
In-person Predictive roadkill models on native and endemic herpetofauna informed by community (citizen) science
12:00pm- 1:40pm LUNCH (on your own)
1:40pm- 2:00pm Gary Sipperly
In-person Managing Large Collections of Colubrids and Captive Breeding
2:00pm- 2:40pm Michael Skibsted Santa Margarita Catholic High School In-person Effects of habitat alternation and co-occurrence with introduced red-eared sliders on a Southwestern pond turtle
basking site usage in a Southern California urban creek
2:40pm- 3:00pm Dylan Maag San Diego State University In-person Hybrid Field studies of Crotalus viridis X C. scutulatus population north of the Chiricahua Desert Museum
6:30pm IHS Dinner Sponsored by the Chiricahua Desert Museum
****Admission to the CDM and Dinner included in registration****
7:30pm-9:00pm Special Presentation: AN EVENING WITH ROM WHITAKER
Remote Romulus Whitaker, is the founder of the Madras Snake Park and Madras Crocodile Bank in India. He set up the Irula Snake-catchers Cooperative in 1978, Andamans Centre for Island Ecology in 1989 and Agumbe Rainforest Research Station in 2005. His recognitions include the Whitley Fund for Nature Award, Rolex Award for Enterprise, Sir Peter Scott Award for Conservation, Salim Ali Award for Nature Conservation, and Padma Shri Award from the Government of India. Rom co-authored is the co-author of the book “Snakes of India – the Field Guide”.
July 24
SATURDAY
9:00am-9:30am Saunders S. Drukker Texas State University San Marcos
In-person Creating a Functional Body Condition Index (BCI) for Montane Rattlesnakes (Crotalus): Development and
Plans to Implement a BCI in Analyses of Habitat Dynamics, Diet, and Wildland Fire
9:30am-9:50am Frank Retes Goanna Ranch
In-person Captive Breeding of Monitors
9:50am-10:20am Speaker (slot has been filled)
TBA
10:20am-10:40am COFFEE BREAK (complimentary)
10:40am-11:10am Tim Cole Rattlesnake Preservation Trust
In-person LONESTAR RATTLESNAKE DAYS: Educational and fun for the whole family without animal cruelty
and poisoning our water table
11:10am-11:40am Michelle E. Thompson Field Museum of Natural History
Remote Recovery of amphibian and reptile communities during tropical secondary forest succession
11:40pm-12:00pm Kinsey M. Brock, Ph.D. University of California
Remote Evolving in isolation: population divergence in an island lizard color polymorphism
12:10pm-1:40pm LUNCH (on your own)
1:40pm-2:10pm Justin Elden St. Louis Zoo
In-person TBA
2:10pm-2:40pm Arlene Hernandez University of North Texas Dallas
TBA
2:40pm-3:00pm Speaker (slot has been filled)
3:00pm CLOSING REMARKS: IHS President
*****BANQUET *****
6:00pm-11:00pm Beer at 6:00pm, Dinner served at 6:30pm
6:00pm-8:00pm Banquet Entertainment
8:00pm-11:00pm Live & Silent Auction

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Special Thanks To
Bob and Sheri Ashley, Chiricahua Desert Museum - Local Hosts
Erin Jackson- IHS Logo and T-Shirt Design
Michael Smith- Author of The Wild Lives of Reptiles and Amphibians