The Center for North American Herpetology

10/13/2025

https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/269553/res-museum-collection-manager

Apply Now How to ApplyA cover letter is required and should be attached as the first page of your CV. A 1-page Collection Management Vision Statement should describe the candidate's motivation to be a collection manager, their skills and experience, and their vision on the roles and priorities of a....

09/20/2025

🐢🦠 WEBINAR ALERT: Another Fungal Disease in Reptiles?

Turtles have long struggled with ulcerative shell lesions, often linked to bacteria. But now, a new fungal culprit has emerged: Emydomyces testavorans.

🔬 Detected in over 60 turtle species, this fungus is reshaping how we understand shell disease and has already influenced conservation actions for Western pond turtles and Blanding’s turtles.

📅 Date: Friday, November 14, 2025
🕑 Time: 2:00 PM EST
💻 Location: Online | FREE
🎯 Topic: Ecology, epidemiology, disinfection, and management of Emydomyces

This webinar is part of the PARC Disease Task Team series.

👉 Register here:
https://amphibianfoundation-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/0eIKJPUvRzOO7ssz1vL8sA #/registration

Don’t miss this chance to learn more about a rising challenge in reptile medicine and conservation!

09/16/2025

Sep 11 - Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks hiring Herpetologist - Conservation Biologist in Jackson, Mississippi on Conservation Job Board. Discover the latest conservation jobs and internships

08/26/2025

🪱 Biologists found a lone, noodle-shaped amphibian called a caecilian hiding away in a Florida canal in 2019. The species is native to South America, but a new study by Coleman Sheehy and team show that they're now firmly established in Florida.

Paper:
https://journals.ku.edu/reptilesandamphibians/article/view/23352/21591

08/21/2025

https://vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/articles.php?id=161536

The advent of molecular methods has revolutionised the field of species delimitation and description, one of the key tasks of systematic biology. In animal taxonomy, one marker, the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecule, has acquired and retained disproportionate influence. This is despite its uniparen...

07/22/2025

Have you seen the new special issue of Northeastern Naturalist? This issue focuses on the Biology and Conservation of Emydine Turtles, a group that includes Spotted Turtles, Blanding's Turtles, and Wood Turtles among others.

The issue features the results of our region-wide survey efforts for Spotted Turtles in the manuscript titled - Ghosts of the swamp: Challenges associated with surveying for Spotted Turtles (Clemmys guttata) in the southeastern United States. We are excited to see our research published alongside over 40 other articles highlighting this exceptional group of turtles.

Check out Northeastern Naturalist here: https://www.eaglehill.us/NENAonline/TOCs/nena-v31-sp12-2024.shtml

Read our research here:
https://orianne.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/73.-Chandler-et-al.-2024-Challenges-associated-with-surveying-for-spotted-turtles.pdf