Presentations
*deonates presenter if more than one author, † denotes poster presentations
SEEC = Soutehastern Ecology and Evolution Conference
JMIH = Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
MEEC = Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference
76. †Trame SD, Siegel DS, Bonett RM. 2024. Variation in external nasal gland morphology across Plethodontidae. 3rd Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology, Montreal, QC, Canada, July, 2024.
75. †Trame SD, Denova JR, Pereira KE, McClelland SJ, Gribbins KM, Rheubert JL, Siegel DS. 2023. External nasal gland morphology of Eurycea bislineata. 8th Conference on the Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders, Hammond, LA, May, 2023.
74. †Siegel DS*, Davenport JM, Beamer DA, Murray CM. 2023. Sexual dimorphism and seasonal variation of head shape in Eurycea chamberlaini. 8th Conference on the Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders, Hammond, LA, May, 2023.
73. †Beachy CK*, Bonett RM, Kuchta SR, Siegel DS. 2023. The Wake number: a mechanism for expressing the legacy of David Wake's contribution to our understanding of plethodontid biology. 8th Conference on the Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders, Hammond, LA, May, 2023.
72. †Olsen L, Siegel DS, Kirschman LJ. 2023. The effect of latitude and climate change on reproductive strategy. Society for the Study of Intergrative and Comparative Bioloby, Austin, TX, January, 2023.
71. †Pinion A*, Kubicek KM, Britz R, Siegel DS, Conway KW. 2022. The larval attachment organ of the bowfin Amia calva (Amiidae). JMIH, Spokane, WA, July, 2022.
70. †Siegel DS, Beamer DA, Davenport JM*. 2022. Reproductive biology and population demographics of Eurycea chamberlaini. JMIH, Spokane, WA, July, 2022.
69. †Trame SD, Denova JR, Pereira KE, McClelland SJ, Gribbins KM, Rheubert JL, Siegel DS*. 2022. External nasal gland morphology of Eurycea bislineata (Amphibia, Urodela, Plethodontidae). JMIH, Spokane, WA, 2022.
68. †Siegel DS, Murray CM*. 2022. There's baby snakes out there this big?!?! JMIH, Spokane, WA, July, 2022.
67. Siegel DS. 2021. Courtship glands in salamanders. Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana, February, 2021. (invited)
66. Pinion A*, Britz R, Martinez-Garcia R, Siegel DS, Conway KW. 2019. The larval attachment organ of Atractosteus tropicus. JMIH, Snowbird, Utah, July, 2019.
65. †Long C, Siegel DS*. 2019. All -gnathus salamanders lack nasolacrimal ducts. JMIH, Snowbird, Utah, July, 2019.
64. Hartley J, Siegel DS*. 2019. Modification of genital kidney nephrons for sperm transport in Eurycea longicauda. JMIH, Snowbird, Utah, July, 2019.
63. Siegel DS. 2019. The orbital gland complex and reproduction in salamanders. Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Seminar Series, Carbondale, Illinois, January, 2019. (invited)
62. †Rupp A*, Siegel DS, Trauth SE, Sever DM. 2018. Junk in the trunk: caudal courtship glands in plethodontid salamanders. JMIH, Rochester, New York, July, 2018.
61. †Baker B*, Siegel DS, Davenport JM. 2018. Geographical variation in morphological traits of larval and paedomorphic Ambystoma talpoideum. JMIH, Rochester, New York, July, 2018.
60. †Conway KW*, Siegel DS. 2018. Enlarged and highly mobile male genital papilla in the miniature Southern Australian clingfishes of the genus Parvicrepis (Telostei: Gobiesocidae). JMIH, Rochester, New York, July, 2018.
59. †Hartley J*, Siegel DS. 2018. Comparison of pelvic and genital kidney glomeruli in Eurycea longicauda. JMIH, Rochester, New York, July, 2018.
58. Trauth SE*, Siegel DS, Godley JS, Adcock ZC, McDiarmid RW. 2017. Testicular histology and spermatogenic stages in the everglades dwarf siren, Pseudobranchus axanthus belli (Caudata: Sirenidae), from south-central Florida. JMIH, Austin, Texas, July, 2017.
57. Siegel DS*, Sever DM, Trauth SE. 2017. The lack of nasolacrimal ducts in plethodontid salamanders. JMIH, Austin, Texas, July, 2017.
56. Siegel DS. 2017. The use of historical literature for testing hypotheses on the evolution of phenotype: examples from salamanders. Southeast Missouri State University Seminar Series, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, January, 2017. (invited)
55. †Alvino S, Siegel DS*. 2016. Sexual kidneys in a plethodontid salamander. Special Highlands Conference on Plethodontid Salamander Biology, Highlands, North Carolina, August, 2016.
54. †Staub NL*, Siegel DS, Sever DM. 2016. A description of the skin glands and cloacal morphology of the plethodontid salamander Karsenia koreana. Special Highlands Conference on Plethodontid Salamander Biology, Highlands, North Carolina, August, 2016.
53. Trauth SE*, Siegel DS, McCallum ML, Jamieson DH, Holt A, Trauth JB, Hicks H, Stanley JW, Elston J, Kelly JJ, Konvalina JD. 2016. Long-term monitoring and recovery of a population of alligator snapping turtles, Macrochelys temminckii (Testudines: Chelydridae), from a northeastern Arkansas stream. JMIH, New Orleans, Louisiana, July, 2016.
52. Siegel DS*, Al-Baghdadi YH, Frangello M, Herrboldt M, Alvino S, Trauth SE, Sever DM. 2016. "Sexual tears" in a salamander? JMIH, New Orleans, Louisiana, July, 2016.
51. Trauth SE*, Siegel DS, McCallum ML, Jamieson DH, Holt A, Trauth JB, Hicks H, Stanley JW, Elston J, Kelly JJ, Konvalina JD. 2016. Long-term monitoring and recovery of a population of alligator snapping turtles, Macrochelys temminckii (Testudines: Chelydridae), from a northeastern Arkansas stream. Arkansas Academy of Science 100th Annual Meeting, Fayetteville, Arkansas, April, 2016.
50. Siegel DS. 2015. The use of historical literature for testing hypotheses on the evolution of phenotype: examples from salamanders. Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Seminar Series, Edwardsville, Illinois, December, 2015. (invited)
49. Trauth SE*, Sever DM, Siegel DS. 2015. The ampulla urogenital papilla of male squamates: form, function, and phylogeny. Society of the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Annual Meeting, Lawrence, Kansas, July-August, 2015.
48. Siegel DS*, Rabe B. 2015. Renal corpuscles of the red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens). JMIH, Reno, Nevada, July 2015.
47. †Messak J*, Siegel DS, Gribbins KM, Trauth SE, Rheubert JL. 2015. Assessing inter and intra specific variation in sperm morphology in Sceloporus consobrinus and Sceloporus undulatus. Ohio Academy of Science, Columbus, Ohio, April, 2015.
46. Siegel DS. 2015. Sexual kidneys in salamanders. Arkansas State University Seminar Series, Jonesboro, Arkansas, April, 2015. (invited)
45. Siegel DS*, Alvino S, Cathcart B. 2014. Spermatogenic cycle differences from two populations of Eurycea longicauda. Missouri Herpetological Association, Bull Shoals, Missouri, September, 2014.
44. Trauth SE*, Gribbins KM, Sever DM, Siegel DS, Rheubert JL. 2014. Unusual spermatogenic, spermiogenic, and spermatozoal features in the Western Lesser Siren, Siren intermedia nettingi. JMIH, Chattanooga, Tennessee, July, 2014.
43. Siegel DS. 2014. Cloacal anatomy of female lepidosaurs. JMIH, Chattanooga, Tennessee, July, 2014.
42. †Siegel DS*, Trauth SE, Rabe B, Ruopp B, Rheubert JL. 2014. Novel cloacal glands in snakes: The phylogenetic distribution of ventral urodaeal glands in Thamnophiini. JMIH, Chattanooga, Tennessee, July, 2014.
41. †Siegel DS*, Alvino S, Cathcart B, Trauth SE, Sever DM, Gribbins KM. 2014. Spermatogenic cycles of plethodontid salamanders from North America. 6th Conference on the Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders, Tulsa, Oklahoma, May, 2014.
40. †Matchett C*, Wilson S, Siegel DS, Gribbins KM. 2013. Spermatogenesis in an Illinois population of Eurycea longicauda. Kentucky Academy of Science, Morehead, Kentucky, November, 2013.
39. Siegel DS. 2013. Graduate school: The most free time that you will ever have without actually realizing that you have free time...if you can get in. Tri Beta Seminar Series, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, October, 2013.
38. Siegel DS*, Nicholson A, Beran B, Rabe B, Trauth SE. 2013. The evolution of the sperm transport complex in plethodontid salamanders. Missouri Herpetological Association, Steelville, Missouri, September, 2013.
37. †Rheubert JL*, Aldridge RD, Siegel DS, Sever DM. 2013. Reproductive biology of Sceloporus consobrinus (Phyrnosomatidae): Male germ cell development and reproductive cycle comparisons within spiny lizards. JMIH, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July, 2013.
36. Siegel DS*, Beachy CK, Cabarle KC, Nicholson A, Taylor MS. 2013. Notes on male Ambystoma mavortium life history. JMIH, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July, 2013.
35. Nicholson A*, Siegel DS. 2013. Seasonal variation and midifications of the genital kidney nephrons in Notophthalmus viridescens. JMIH, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July, 2013.
34. †Nicholson A*, Trauth SE, Beran B, Rabe B, Siegel DS. 2012. The genital kidney of salamanders: Emphasis on Plethodontidae. World Congress of Herpetology, Vancouver, British Columbia, August, 2012.
33. Sever DM, Rheubert JL, Trauth SE, Siegel DS*. 2012. Recent advances in our knowledge of comparative cyctology of sex accessory organs in male squamates. World Congress of Herpetology, Vancouver, British Columbia, August, 2012.
32. Siegel DS*, Aldridge RD, Rheubert JL, Gribbins KM, Sever DM, Trauth SE. 2012. The genital kidney of male Ambystoma maculatum (Amphibia, Urodela, Ambystomatidae). World Congress of Herpetology, Vancouver, British Columbia, August, 2012.
31. †Sundland R*, Siegel DS, Aldridge RD, Rheubert JL. 2012. Is the sexual kidney a homology, analogy, or a synapomorphy? Hypothesis testing using the American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis. Undergraduate Poster Competition, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, March, 2012.
30. †Aldridge RD*, Siegel DS. 2011. The spermatogenic cycles of snakes and lizards. Missouri Herpetological Association, Steelville, Missouri, September, 2011.
29. Siegel DS*, Aldridge RD. 2011. The reproductive biology of newts from Reis Biological Station. Annual Meetings of the Missouri Herpetological Association, Steelville, Missouri, September, 2011.
28. Aldridge RD*, Siegel DS. 2011. Frequency of prenuptial and postnuptial spermatogenesis in snakes and lizards. JMIH, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July, 2011.
27. †Aldridge RD*, Siegel DS, Montgomery C, Graves M, McGuire L. 2011. Do amphibians choose ponds with fewer competitors/predators? JMIH, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July, 2011.
26. Siegel DS*, Gribbins KM, Aldridge RD. 2011. The function of the sexual collecting ducts in Notophthalmus viridescens. JMIH, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July, 2011.
25. Siegel DS. 2011. Sexual kidneys in salamanders. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, May, 2011.
24. Siegel DS. 2010. Sexual kidneys in salamanders. Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, December, 2010.
23. Siegel DS. 2010. Sexual kidneys in salamanders. Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, November, 2010. (invited: Job Seminar)
22. †Aldridge RD*, Jellen BC, Siegel DS. 2010. The costs and benefits of preovulatory and postovulatory spermatogenesis in the squamates. JMIH, Providence, Rhode Island, July, 2010.
21. Siegel DS*, Aldridge RD. 2010. Sexual kidneys in salamanders. JMIH, Providence, Rhode Island, July, 2010.
20. Aldridge RD*, Jellen BC, Siegel DS. 2009. Seasonal variation in the relative mass of the testis and sexual segment of the kidney in Ophidia. Missouri Herpetological Association, Drury, Missouri, September, 2009.
19. Aldridge RD*, Jellen BC, Siegel DS. 2009. Seasonal variation in the relative mass of the testis and sexual segment of the kidney in the Ophidia. JMIH, Portland, Oregon, July, 2009. (invited: Reproductive Biology of the Ophidia Symposium)
18. Siegel DS*, Miralles A, Aldridge RD. 2009. Comparative female cloacal morphology of the Caenophidia. JMIH, Portland, Oregon, July, 2009. (invited: Reproductive Biology of the Ophidia Symposium)
17. Siegel DS. 2009. Everything you need to know about reproduction in cottonmouths (except for the stuff we don’t know). St. Louis Herpetological Society, St. Louis, Missouri, June, 2009. (invited)
16. Siegel DS*, Aldridge RD, Clark CS, Poldemann EH, Gribbins KM. 2009. Stress and reproduction in Boiga irregularis. MEEC. Lincoln, Nebraska, March, 2009.
15. Siegel DS. 2009. Female sperm storage and uterine morphology in viperids: Expanding what we know about the evolution of sperm storage structures and viviparity in squamates. Ozarks Biological Graduate Society at Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, March, 2009. (invited)
14. †Lee TJ*, Siegel DS, Jellen BC, Aldridge RD. 2009. Homosexual reproductive behavior in the African Brown House Snake (Lamprophis fuliginosus). Sigma Xi Research Symposium. St. Louis, Missouri, February, 2009.
13. †Siegel DS*, Aldridge RD, Clark CS, Poldemann EH, Gribbins KM. 2009. Stress and reproduction in male Brown Treesnakes, Boiga irregularis (Squamata, Serpentes, Colubridae): A histological and ultrastructural approach. Sigma Xi Research Symposium, St. Louis, Missouri, February, 2009 (poster competition honorable mention).
12. †Gribbins KM*, Rheubert JL, Siegel DS, Sever DM. 2008. Spermatid ultrastuctural changes during spermiogenesis within the Western Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma). JMIH, Montreal, Canada, July, 2008.
11. †Siegel DS*, Conway KW, Lundberg JG, Mayden RL. 2008. Histology of the paired-fin adhesive pads of ostariophysan fishes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi). JMIH, Montreal, Canada, July, 2008.
10. Siegel DS*, Sever DM, Gribbins KM, Rheubert JL. 2008. Reproductive biology of Agkistrodon piscivorus. JMIH, Montreal, Canada, July, 2008. (Invited: Cottonmouth Symposium)
9. †Siegel DS, Sever DM, Schriever TA*, Chabarria RE. 2008. Adhesive glands in Gastrophryne carolinensis. JMIH, Montreal, Canada, July, 2008.
8. Siegel DS. 2008. Female sperm storage and uterine morphology in viperids: Expanding what we know about the evolution of sperm storage structures and viviparity in squamates. Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, April, 2009. (Invited)
7. Sever DM*, Siegel DS, Alexander L, Bagwill A, Camus A, Morgan C, Eckstut M. 2007. The source of seminal fluid in snakes, as exemplified by the Cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus. JMIH, Saint Louis, Missouri, July, 2007.
6. †Siegel DS. 2007. Sperm aggregations in female Agkistrodon piscivorus. JMIH, Saint Louis, Missouri, July, 2007.
5. Siegel DS*, Sever DM. 2007. Utero-muscular twisting and sperm storage in viperids. SEEC. Orlando, Florida, March, 2007.
4. Siegel DS. 2006. Oviducal sperm storage in Agkistrodon piscivorus. Louisiana Herpetological Meeting, LUMCON, Louisiana, November, 2006.
3. Sever DM*, Siegel DS. 2006. Sperm aggregations in the spermetheca of the Red Back Salamander (Plethodon cinereus). JMIH, New Orleans, Louisiana, July, 2006.
2. Siegel DS. 2006. Sperm storage in Agkistrodon piscivorus females. JMIH, New Orleans, Louisiana, July, 2006.
1. Siegel DS. 2006. The presence of sperm storage in Agkistrodon piscivorus. SEEC, Tuscallosa, Alabama, Feb, 2006.