Dr. Leonard Jones successfully defended his dissertation! His presentation was outstanding: “Exploring snake evolution through time and space“. He did a great job of presenting his dissertation chapters on populations genetics, phylogeography, and phylogenomics — all with examples in snakes. Dr. Jones plans to continue his research on snakes as…
Western Fence Lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis) are super abundant and common lizards throughout their range in the Western USA. They are found from sea level to high elevations in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and they are even adapted to live in urban environments. Here in Western Washington, the story is quite…
Simone Des Roches, a herpetologist and Postdoctoral Fellow in the UW School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences, was recently featured in a Burke Museum Q&A about her biological illustration work. Simone is producing a series of biological illustrations depicting the reptiles and amphbians of Washington State. The illustrations focus on presenting the…
Recent lab graduate Itzue Caviedes-Solis recently published a new research article on frog conservation in the Mexican Highlands. The research was picked up by “Cientificas Mexicanas” and turned into a really nice infographic. Caviedes-Solis, I.W., Kim, N. and Leaché, A.D. 2020. Species IUCN threat status level increases with elevation: a…
A new paper from our lab is featured on the cover of the journal Evolution. The Ghostly Tree Frog, Leptopelis spiritusnoctis, is one of many unique amphibians and reptiles species endemic to subtropical West Africa. A comparative phylogeographic study of 20 species (Leache et al. pages 716–724) uncovered a wide…
