15th Annual
Tennessee Herpetological Society Meeting
at The University of Tennessee at Martin
| Thursday September 24th, 2009 | |
| Noon – 1:00 | Registration ($ 25; students $10) - Lobby of Boling University Center(BUC) |
| 1:00 -1:30 | Welcome and Introduction: Tom Blanchard, Brian Butterfield. Rm 206 BUC |
| 1:30-2:30 | Keynote Address: – Rm 206, BUC |
Dr. Stan Trauth, Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology “Right Place – Right Time: Extraordinary Events Lead to a Herpetologist’s Dream” |
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| 2:30-2:50 | Break |
| Contributed Papers – Rm 206, BUC, Tom Blanchard moderator | |
| 2:50-3:10 | Using a relative molecular clock to test biogeographic patterns in ambystomatid salamanders. John Niedzwiecki, Belmont University. |
| 3:10-3:30 | Testing for intraspecific asymmetric competition in the streamside salamander, Ambystoma barbouri. Elizabeth Schriner and John Niedzwiecki, Belmont University. |
| 3:30-3:50 | Herpetofauna of the cedar glades of the inner central basin of middle Tennessee. Matthew Niemiller, Brad Glorioso, J. Spiess, Graham Reynolds, and Brian Miller. University of Tennessee. |
| 3:50-4:10 | A community-based approach to setting conservation goals and objectives for multiple species on the Cumberland Plateau: an example of how salamander life history and movement patterns are being used to protect forest and aquatic biodiversity. Sean Blomquist and Trisha Johnson, Tennessee Technological University. |
| 4:15-5:15 | General membership meeting/elections – TBA, BUC(111) |
| 6:15-10:00 | Bar-B-Que Social and Annual Auction – Rm. 206 A,B, & C, BUC |
| Friday September 25th, 2009 | |
| Contributed Papers-Rm 230, BUC | |
| 9:00-9:20 | Ranaviruses in Southern Appalachian salamanders. Matthew Gray,University of Tennessee; Debra Miller, Univ. of Tennessee and University of Georgia; Jason Hoverman, Univ. of Tennessee; and Richard Secrist, Maryville College. |
| 9:20-9:40 | Anuran susceptibilities for two Ranavirus isolates. Jason Hoveraman,University of Tennessee; Matthew Gray, Univ. of Tennessee; and Debra Miller, University of Georgia. |
| 9:40-10:00 | Variation in susceptibility to ranavirus among tadpole developmental stages. Nathan Haislip, Matthew Gray, and Jason Hoverman, University of Tennessee. |
| 10:00-10:20 | Shipping amphibians for diagnostic testing and biosecurity precautions. Matthew Gray, University of Tennessee; and Debra Miller, Univ. of Tennessee and Univ. of Georgia. |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Break |
| 10:40-11:00 | Movement patterns of treefrogs in western Kentucky. Amanda Main and Howard Whiteman, Murray State University. |
| 11:00-11:20 | Sperm morphometrics and competition in the Diamond-backed Watersnake, Nerodia rhombifer. Jonathan Stanley and Stanley Trauth, Arkansas State University. |
| 11:20-11:40 | Relative abundance and habitat use of two larval salamanders in western Kentucky. Tom Anderson and Howard Whiteman, Murray State University. |
| 11:40-12:00 | Behavioral partitioning as a mechanism of coexistence among pond-dwelling larval salamanders. Cy Mott and Donald Sparling, Southern Illinois University. |
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Lunch (on your own) |
| 1:30-1:50 | Changes in salamander distributions along an elevation gradient in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area. Kevin Hamed and Matthew Gray, University of Tennessee. |
| 1:50-2:10 | Distribution and habitat requirements of two dusky salamanders on the Cumberland Plateau. Katrina Smith and Sean Blomquist, Tennessee Technological University. |
| 2:10-2:30 | Status and species-habitat relationships of the Green Salamander, Aneides aeneus, at Myatt Creek in Catoosa Wildlife Management Area. Samantha Wyatt and Daniel Combs, Tennessee Technological University. |
Poster Presentations
Reptiles and amphibians of the Oak Ridge Reservation. Scott Reasor and Neil Giffen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Seasonal activity and movements of Western Cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma) along the Bicentennieal Trail, Ashland City, Tennessee. Nathalie Smith and Floyd Scott, Austin Peay State University.
Migration patterns to and from hibernacula sites of Western Cottonmouth in western Kentucky. Evan Coppage and Edmund Zimmerer, Murray State University.
Saturday September 26th, 2009
9:00 - ? Field trip to Reelfoot Lake and Pontoon boat cruise