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EEB 3265/5265 Herpetology
Spring 2011
Lecture Meeting Time: Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:00 - 11:50 in TLS181
Lab Meeting Time: Mondays 1:00 - 5:00 in TLS181
Textbook: Pough F. H., et al. 2004. Herpetology, 3rd Edition. PearsonPrentice Hall.

Instructors

Dr. Kentwood Wells
Office: Torrey Life Sciences Building 312
Phone: (860) 486-4319
Office hours: by appointment

Elizabeth Timpe (Teaching Assistant)
Office: Biology/Pharmacy 322
Phone: (860) 486-6215
Office hours: Wednesdays 9:30 - 10:45, and by appointment

Lecture Schedule & Materials

Date	Topic	Readings	Supplemental materials
Jan 19	Amphibians: Diversity and Morphological Evolution	Ch. 2, 3, 10
Jan 24	Reptiles: Diversity and Morphological Evolution	Ch. 4, 10, 11
Jan 26	Amphibian Skin and Water Relations	Ch. 6
Jan 31	Amphibian Excretion and Osmoregulation	Ch. 6
Feb 2	Reptile Water Relations	Ch. 6
Feb 7	Behavioral Thermoregulation in Reptiles	Ch. 6
Feb 9	Amphibian Thermoregulation and Freeze Tolerance	Ch. 6
Feb 14	Physiological Temperature Adjustments	Ch. 6
Sept 27 Sept 28 Sept 28	Review Session BPB 131 6:00PM Tetrapod Origins and Amphibian Diversity Review Session BPB 130 6:00 PM	Ch. 10	Study Questions Caecilian Feeding Salamander Pheromone Delivery Salamander Sperm Transfer Giant Salamander
Sept 30	EXAM 1 includes material through the origin of tetrapod (but not amphibian diversity)	---------
Oct 5	Frogs	Ch. 10	Study Question Slow Motion Jumping Frog Frog Feeding on Frog Toad Feeding Gray Treefrog Calling Screaming Frog Toad Amplexus Red-eyed Treefrog Eggs Hatching Suriname Toad Reproduction Corroboree Frog Reproduction
Oct 7 Oct 8	Amphibian Declines Video Project Synopsis Due	Ch. 10	Study Questions Frog vs. Snake Lake Titicaca Frog Golden Toad Mating
Oct 12	Amniote Origins / Lepidosaurs	Ch. 9 (pp. 211-218), Ch. 13	Study Questions Tail Autonomy
Oct 14	Evolution of Snakes	Ch. 13 (pp. 339-349)	Study Question Namib Chameleon Blood Squirting in Horned Lizards Snake Eating Crab
	Part II: Oct 19 - Dec 16, Dr. Margaret Rubega
Oct 19	Turtles	Ch. 12	UPDATED Available Video Meeting Times Ophir et al. 2009 Why you shouldn't text in class Study Questions Turtles Digging a Nest Turtle Laying Eggs Turtle Hatchlings Emerging Turtle Hatchlings Heading to the Water
Oct 21	Introduction to Archosaurs & Crocodilians	Ch. 16	Amniota Phylogeny Worksheet Study Questions Alligator Walking Croc Galloping Alligator Courtship Female Crocodile Digging Out Hatchlings
Oct 26	Archosaurs: Pterosaurs	Ch. 16	Amniota Synapomorphy Worksheet Study Questions Pterosaur Locomotion
Oct 28	Dinosaurs and Other Mesosoic Diapsids	Ch. 16	Study Questions
Nov 1 Nov 2	Review Session BPB 131 6:00PM EXAM 2 includes material beginning with Lissamphibia and ending on Saurichia (includes all of Thursday's lecture material)	---------
Nov 4	Dinosaurs II - Theropods	Ch. 16	Study Questions
Nov 9	Birds: Avian Origins	Ch. 16 (pp. 439-443)	Study Questions Wing-assisted Incline Running
Nov 11	Birds: Feeding, Morphology, and Reproduction	Ch. 17	Study Questions
Nov 16	Birds: Reproduction, and Introduction to Mammals	Ch. 17	Study Questions
Nov 18	Mammals: Origins and Radiation Video Project Due	Ch. 18	Study Questions
Nov 30	Mammals: Primate Evolution and Human Diversity	Ch. 24	Study Questions
Dec 2	Mammals: Primate Evolution continued and Mammal Diversity	Ch. 20	Study Questions
Dec. 7	Vertebrate Mass Extinctions, Past and Present Evaluations of 5 Group Videos Due by 5 pm	Ch. 21	Study Questions
Dec 9	Vertebrate Mass Extinctions, Past and Present	Ch. 25	Study Questions Thylacine Wolf
Dec 13 Dec 16	Review Session BPB 131 7:00PM EXAM 3 (FINAL) 10:30 am-12:30 pm	---------