News
07/29/2022 - JMIH Oral Presentation
I presented my urban brown snake study at JMIH 2022 in Spokane, WA!
A) Hypomelanistic unstriped morph Plethodon cinereus described in my natural history note; B) Comparison between the hypomelanistic P. cinereus and a lead-backed morph individual of similar size found in the same area; C) Hypomelanistic striped morph P. cinereus photographed by Tyler Devos from Kingston, Rhode Island.
03/2022 - Hypomelanistic Red-backed Salamander
Very lucky to find and officially describe the first hypomelanistic unstriped morph red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus) that has been ever found!
Natural history note published in Herpetological Review.
06/25/2021 - New Snake Species from China
Happy to take part in describing a new fossorial snake species, Achalinus huang jietangi sp. nov., in China!
Paper published in Asian Herpetological Research.
04/07/2021 - Spring Is Here!
Spring is here! Finally got some snakes in the field!
07/17/2020 - 4-H Animal Science Resource Blog
Check out my blog post, The Search for Urban Snakes in NJ, on the 4-H Herp Blog:
https://4hanimalscience.rutgers.edu/2020/07/17/the-search-for-urban-snakes-in-nj/
03/20/2020 - Brown Snakes Are Out!
Brown snakes are out and about, announcing the arrival of a new field season!
10/05/2019 - 2019 NJ State 4-H Rabbit, Small Animal, Cavy, Herpetology & Poultry Show
I was one of the herpetology judges of this event!
07/18/2019 - NEPARC Presentation
I presented a poster of my research at NEPARC 2019 at Stockton University, NJ!