Difference between revisions of "EEB5265 S2011"

From EEBedia
Jump to: navigation, search
 
(38 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 3: Line 3:
 
<span style="font-size: small">'''Lecture Meeting Time: Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:00 - 11:50 in TLS181'''<br>
 
<span style="font-size: small">'''Lecture Meeting Time: Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:00 - 11:50 in TLS181'''<br>
 
<span style="font-size: small">'''Lab Meeting Time: Mondays 1:00 - 5:00 in TLS181'''<br>
 
<span style="font-size: small">'''Lab Meeting Time: Mondays 1:00 - 5:00 in TLS181'''<br>
−
<span style="font-size: small">'''Textbook: Pough F. H., et al. 2004. Herpetology, 3rd Edition. PearsonPrentice Hall.''' <br>
+
<span style="font-size: small">'''Textbook: Pough F. H., et al. 2004. ''Herpetology'' 3rd Edition. PearsonPrentice Hall.''' <br> Additional readings will be assigned from the primary journal literature.
  
 
==Instructors==
 
==Instructors==
Line 17: Line 17:
 
Office hours: Wednesdays 9:30 - 10:45, and by appointment<br><br>
 
Office hours: Wednesdays 9:30 - 10:45, and by appointment<br><br>
  
−
==Lecture Schedule & Materials==
+
==Lecture and Lab Schedule & Materials==
  
 
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"
 
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"
 
!width="75"|Date
 
!width="75"|Date
−
!width="400"|Topic
+
!width="400"| Lecture Topic
−
!width="185"|Readings
+
!width="100"|Readings
−
!width="300"|Supplemental materials
+
!width="400"|Lab
 +
!width="100"|Supplemental materials
  
 
|-  
 
|-  
Line 29: Line 30:
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
−
|-
+
| Jan 19 || Amphibians: Diversity and Morphological Evolution || Ch. 2, 3, 10 ||||
−
| Aug 31 || Vertebrate Diversity || ---------||'''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_1_.2831_August_2010.290 Study Questions''']<br>[http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/reptiles/Amblyrhynchus_cristatus/Amblyrhynchus_crist_09d.html?offset=0px Marine Iguana Running]<br> [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/reptiles/Varanus_komodoensis/Varanus_komodoensis_06a.html Komodo Dragon Walking]<br>[http://debanlab.org/movies/ Salamander feeding videos]||
+
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
−
| Sept 2 || Chordate and Vertebrate Origins || Ch. 1, 2 ||'''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_2_.282_September_2010.29 Study Questions''']<br>
+
| Jan 24 || Reptiles: Diversity and Morphological Evolution || Ch. 4, 10, 11 || Caecilian and Salamander Taxonomy ||  
−
||  
+
 
|-   
 
|-   
  
−
| Sept 7 || Living Jawless Vertebrates || Ch. 3 ||
+
| Jan 26 || Amphibian Skin and Water Relations || Ch. 6 ||||  
−
'''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_3_.287_September_2010.29 Study Questions''']
+
−
<br> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh9OOlgrHyA Urochordate heart beat]
+
−
<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmaal7Hf0WA Hagfish Slime]
+
−
<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=letqkpG3b5Q Hagfish on sea floor]
+
−
<br>[http://jeb.biologists.org/content/vol210/issue22/images/data/3897/DC1/JEB006940Movie1.mov Hagfish feeding]
+
−
||  
+
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
−
| Sept 9<br><font color="#FF3300">'''Sept 10''' <font color="#FF3300">|| Early Vertebrate Fossils<br><font color="#FF3300">'''Groups Assigned for Video Project'''<font color="#FF3300"> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/EEB2214F2010GroupAssignments.pdf}}|| Ch. 3 ||'''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_4_.289_September_2010.29 Study Questions''']<br>[http://www.arkive.org/river-lamprey/lampetra-fluviatilis/video-07.html Lamprey Spawning]
+
| Jan 31 || Amphibian Excretion and Osmoregulation || Ch. 6 || Salamander Taxonomy; '''Video''': ''Amphibians'' ||
−
||
+
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
−
| Sept 14 || Early Vertebrate Fossils & Chondrichthyans || Ch. 5 || '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_5_.2814_September_2010.29 Study Questions]''' <br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/SampleQuestions.pdf}} '''Sample Questions'''<br>[http://www.arkive.org/sand-tiger-shark/carcharias-taurus/video-09.html Male Sand Tiger Shark Swimming]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/whitetip-reef-shark/triaenodon-obesus/video-09.html Whitetip Reef Sharks Mating]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/leopard-shark/stegostoma-fasciatum/video-09.html Leopard Shark Courtship]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/lemon-shark/negaprion-brevirostris/video-09a.html Lemon Shark Birthing]
+
| Feb 2 || Reptile Water Relations || Ch. 6 ||||  
−
||  
+
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
−
| Sept 16 || Chondrichthyans & Osteichthyan Origins || Ch. 5, 6 ||'''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_6_.2816_September_2010.29 Study Questions]'''<br>[http://www.arkive.org/tiger-shark/galeocerdo-cuvier/video-08.html Shark Feeding on Albatross]<br> [http://www.arkive.org/whale-shark/rhincodon-typus/video-08b.html Whale Shark Feeding]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/spotted-eagle-ray/aetobatus-narinari/video-08.html Eagle Ray Feeding/Locomoting]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/manta-ray/manta-birostris/video-08b.html Manta Ray Feeding]<br>
+
| Feb 7 || Behavioral Thermoregulation in Reptiles || Ch. 6 || Frog Taxonomy ||  
−
||  
+
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
−
| Sept 21 || Actinopterygians|| Ch. 6||'''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_7_.2821_September_2010.29 Study Questions''']<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF5Qq9mhrrw Paddlefish Feeding]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbGILi8p5Y8&feature=related Fish Suction Feeding]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utuxlfvlLEQ Moray Eel Feeding (with Pharyngeal Jaw)]<br>
+
| Feb 9 || Amphibian Thermoregulation and Freeze Tolerance || Ch. 6 ||||  
−
||  
+
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
−
| Sept 23<br>'''Sept 23'''<br><font color="#FF3300">'''Sept 24'''<font color="#FF3300"> || Sarcopterygii and Evolution of Tetrapods<br>'''Tree Workshop BPB 130 6:00PM'''<br><font color="#FF3300">'''Video Topic Submission Due<font color="#FF3300">''' || Ch. 9 (pp. 196-211) ||'''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_8_.2823_September_2010.29 Study Questions''']<br> [http://www.arkive.org/coelacanth/latimeria-chalumnae/video-06.html Coelacanth]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/shoebill/balaeniceps-rex/video-08.html Lungfish vs. Bird]||  
+
| Feb 14 || Physiological Temperature Adjustments || Ch. 6 || Frog Taxonomy; '''Video''': ''Cane Toads''||  
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
−
| '''Sept 27'''<br> Sept 28 <br> '''Sept 28''' || '''Review Session BPB 131 6:00PM'''<br>Tetrapod Origins and Amphibian Diversity<br> '''Review Session BPB 130 6:00 PM'''|| Ch. 10 ||'''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_9_.2828_September_2010.29 Study Questions''']<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K6szXrBHwM Caecilian Feeding]<br>[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1983266083446767772#docid=-5359004945508340113 Salamander Pheromone Delivery]<br>[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1983266083446767772# Salamander Sperm Transfer]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/chinese-giant-salamander/andrias-davidianus/video-06.html Giant Salamander]<br>
+
| Feb 16 || Gas Transport and Metabolism in Amphibians || Ch. 7 ||||  
−
||  
+
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
−
| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Sept 30'''</font></span>|| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''EXAM 1'''</font></span> includes material through the origin of tetrapod (but not amphibian diversity)|| --------- ||||  
+
| Feb 21 || Respiration and Circulation in Reptiles || Ch. 7 || Turtles and Crocodilians; Amphibian Review; '''Video''': ''Crocodiles & Alligators, Turtles'' ||  
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
−
| Oct 5 || Frogs || Ch. 10 ||'''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_10_.285_October_2010.29 Study Question]'''<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLYWb5YRatc Slow Motion Jumping Frog]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/green-and-golden-bell-frog/litoria-aurea/video-08.html Frog Feeding on Frog]<br>[http://debanlab.org/bufo/ Toad Feeding]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k5CTLNw04w Gray Treefrog Calling]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSzhjqwB8C4 Screaming Frog]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/common-toad/bufo-bufo/video-09b.html Toad Amplexus]<br>[http://people.bu.edu/kwarken/KWvideo.html Red-eyed Treefrog Eggs Hatching]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ7b4spjXhw Suriname Toad Reproduction]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/corroboree-frog/pseudophryne-corroboree/video-09.html Corroboree Frog Reproduction]<br>
+
| Feb 23 || Active Metabolism of Amphibians || Ch. 7 ||||
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
  
−
| Oct 7<br><font color="#FF3300">'''Oct 8'''<font color="#FF3300"> || Amphibian Declines<br><font color="#FF3300">'''Video Project Synopsis Due'''<font color="#FF3300"> || Ch. 10 ||'''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_11_.287_October_2010.29 Study Questions]'''<br> [http://www.arkive.org/tomato-frog/dyscophus-antongilii/video-10.html Frog vs. Snake]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/lake-titicaca-frog/telmatobius-culeus/video-00.html Lake Titicaca Frog]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/golden-toad/incilius-periglenes/video-09.html Golden Toad Mating]||  
+
| Feb 28 || Reptile Metabolism, Energetics, and Diet || Ch. 7 || <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''FIRST LAB PRACTICAL (Amphibians)'''</font></span> ||  
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
−
| Oct 12 || Amniote Origins / Lepidosaurs || Ch. 9 (pp. 211-218), Ch. 13 ||'''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_12_.2812_October_2010.29 Study Questions]'''<br>[http://www.californiaherps.com/movies/emmulticarinatatail310.mov Tail Autonomy]||  
+
| Mar 2 || Energy Budgets and Energy Allocation || Ch. 7 ||||  
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
−
| Oct 14 || Evolution of Snakes || Ch. 13 (pp. 339-349) ||'''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_13_.2814_October_2010.29 Study Question]'''<br>[http://www.arkive.org/namaqua-chameleon/chamaeleo-namaquensis/video-10.html Namib Chameleon]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEl6TXrkZnk&p=A96C593F525E5B24&playnext=1&index=42 Blood Squirting in Horned Lizards]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-qEt1J5LDU Snake Eating Crab]
+
| Mar 7 || SPRING BREAK || ----------|| SPRING BREAK ||  
−
||  
+
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
−
| || '''Part II: Oct 19 - Dec 16, Dr. Margaret Rubega'''      || || ||  
+
| Mar 9 || SPRING BREAK || ----------||||  
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
−
| Oct 19 || Turtles || Ch. 12 || '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/EEB2214_MeetingScheduleUpdated.xls UPDATED Available Video Meeting Times''']<br>[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/PNAS-2009-Ophir-0903620106.pdf '''Ophir et al. 2009 Why you shouldn't text in class''']<br>[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_14_.2819_Oct_2010.29 '''Study Questions''']<br>[http://www.arkive.org/kemps-ridley-turtle/lepidochelys-kempii/video-09a.html Turtles Digging a Nest]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/kemps-ridley-turtle/lepidochelys-kempii/video-09b.html Turtle Laying Eggs]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/kemps-ridley-turtle/lepidochelys-kempii/video-09c.html Turtle Hatchlings Emerging]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/kemps-ridley-turtle/lepidochelys-kempii/video-09d.html Turtle Hatchlings Heading to the Water]
+
| Mar 14 || Amphibian Reproductive Modes || Ch. 8 || Lizard Taxonomy ||  
−
||
+
−
|-
+
−
 
+
−
| Oct 21 || Introduction to Archosaurs & Crocodilians|| Ch. 16 ||{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/AmniotaPhylogenyWorksheet.pdf}}'''Amniota Phylogeny Worksheet'''<br>[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_15_.2821_October_2010.29 '''Study Questions''']<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnFBVGUkAC4 Alligator Walking]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwThAki0j7U Croc Galloping]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/american-alligator/alligator-mississippiensis/video-13.html Alligator Courtship]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/saltwater-crocodile/crocodylus-porosus/video-09b.html Female Crocodile Digging Out Hatchlings]<br>
+
−
||  
+
 
|-
 
|-
  
−
| Oct 26 || Archosaurs: Pterosaurs || Ch. 16 ||{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/Amniote_Synapomorphy_worksheet%202.pdf}}'''Amniota Synapomorphy Worksheet'''<br>[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_16_.2826_October_2010.29 '''Study Questions''']<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO5mFGMf05c&feature=channel Pterosaur Locomotion]||  
+
| Mar 16 || Biology of Amphibian Larvae || Ch. 8, 11 ||||  
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
−
| Oct 28 || Dinosaurs and Other Mesosoic Diapsids || Ch. 16 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_17_.2828_October_2010.29 '''Study Questions''']||  
+
| Mar 21 || Ecological Aspects of Amphibian Metamorphosis || Ch. 8 || Lizard Taxonomy; '''Video''': ''Lizards'' ||  
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
−
|| '''Nov 1'''<br><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Nov 2'''</font></span>|| '''Review Session BPB 131 6:00PM'''<br><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''EXAM 2'''</font></span> includes material beginning with Lissamphibia and ending on Saurichia (includes all of Thursday's lecture material)|| --------- ||||
+
|| Mar 23 || Reptile Eggs and the Evolution of Viviparity || Ch. 9 ||||
 
|-
 
|-
  
−
| Nov 4 || Dinosaurs II - Theropods || Ch. 16 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_18_.284_November_2010.29 '''Study Questions''']
+
| Mar 28 || Reptile Life History Strategies || Ch. 9 || Snake Taxonomy ||  
−
||  
+
 
|-  
 
|-  
 
   
 
   
−
| Nov 9 || Birds: Avian Origins || Ch. 16 (pp. 439-443)  ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_19_.289_November_2010.29 '''Study Questions''']<br>[http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/03/pr0308.htm Wing-assisted Incline Running]||  
+
| Mar 30 || Communication and Mating Systems of Salamanders || Ch. 13, 14 ||||  
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
−
| Nov 11 || Birds: Feeding, Morphology, and Reproduction || Ch. 17 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_20_.2811_November_2010.29 '''Study Questions''']||  
+
| Apr 4 || Frog Vocal Communication: Behavioral Aspects || Ch. 13 || Snake Taxonomy; Evolution of Snake Dentition ||  
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
−
| Nov 16 || Birds: Reproduction, and Introduction to Mammals || Ch. 17 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_21_.2816_November_2010.29 '''Study Questions''']||  
+
| Apr 6 || Frog Vocal Communication: Call Production and Reception || Ch. 13 ||||  
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
−
| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Nov 18'''</font></span>|| Mammals: Origins and Radiation <br><font color="#FF3300">'''Video Project Due'''<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> || Ch. 18 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_22_.28November_18.2C_2010.29 '''Study Questions''']
+
| Apr 11 || Mating Systems and Sexual Selection in Anurans || Ch. 14 || Reptile Review; '''Video''': ''Snakes'' ||
−
||
+
 
|-  
 
|-  
  
−
| Nov 30 || Mammals: Primate Evolution and Human Diversity || Ch. 24  ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_23_.28November_30.2C_2010.29 '''Study Questions''']
+
| Apr 13 || Modes of Communication in Squamate Reptiles || Ch. 13 ||||
−
||
+
|-
−
|-  
+
  
−
| Dec 2 || Mammals: Primate Evolution continued and Mammal Diversity<br> || Ch. 20 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_24_.28December_2.2C_2010.29 '''Study Questions''']
+
| Apr 18 || Mating Systems and Sexual Selection in Squamates || Ch. 14 || <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''SECOND LAB PRACTICAL (Reptiles)'''</font></span>||
−
||  
+
|-
−
|-  
+
  
−
| Dec. 7 || Vertebrate Mass Extinctions, Past and Present <br><font color="#FF3300">'''Evaluations of 5 Group Videos Due by 5 pm'''<font color="#FF3300">|| Ch. 21 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_25_.28December_7.2C_2010.29 '''Study Questions''']||  
+
| Apr 20 || Social Behavior and Communication in other Reptiles || Ch. 13, 14 ||||
−
|-  
+
|-
  
−
| Dec 9 || Vertebrate Mass Extinctions, Past and Present || Ch. 25  ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2010#Lecture_26_.28December_9.2C_2010.29 '''Study Questions''']<br>[http://www.arkive.org/thylacine/thylacinus-cynocephalus/video-00.html Thylacine Wolf]||  
+
| Apr 25 || Ecology of Terrestrial Amphibian and Reptile Communities || Ch. 15, 16 || Field Trip (Yale Forest) ||
−
|-  
+
|-
  
−
| Dec 13<br><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Dec 16'''</font></span>|| '''Review Session BPB 131 7:00PM'''<br><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''EXAM 3 (FINAL) 10:30 am-12:30 pm '''</font></span>|| --------- ||||  
+
| Apr 27 || Competition and Predation in Aquatic Amphibian Communities || Ch. 15, 16 ||||
−
|- |-}
+
|-
  
 +
|<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''May 4 '''</font></span>||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''FINAL EXAM'''</font></span> || ---------- ||||
 +
|- ||
 +
|}
 +
  
  
−
   
+
==Course Information==
−
[[Category:EEB Courses]]
+
 
 +
'''Field Trips:'''<br>
 +
There will be a scheduled field trip to the Yale Forest during lab time Monday, April 25th. There will be additional evening field trips once the weather is warm enough. We will begin evening field trips as soon as the first amphibians start breeding, which could be as early as late March.  Many of these will be arranged on short notice.  We will try to do enough of these so that everyone has a chance to get out in the field a few times.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
==Additional Resources==
 +
<br><br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
==Herps in the News==
 +
Jan 14, 2011: [http://news.tangatawhenua.com/archives/9378 Frog hitches ride on snake during Queensland flooding]
 +
<br>

Latest revision as of 19:17, 14 January 2011

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.
Additional readings will be assigned from the primary journal literature.

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 and Lab Schedule & Materials

Date Lecture Topic Readings Lab Supplemental materials
Jan 19 Amphibians: Diversity and Morphological Evolution Ch. 2, 3, 10
Jan 24 Reptiles: Diversity and Morphological Evolution Ch. 4, 10, 11 Caecilian and Salamander Taxonomy
Jan 26 Amphibian Skin and Water Relations Ch. 6
Jan 31 Amphibian Excretion and Osmoregulation Ch. 6 Salamander Taxonomy; Video: Amphibians
Feb 2 Reptile Water Relations Ch. 6
Feb 7 Behavioral Thermoregulation in Reptiles Ch. 6 Frog Taxonomy
Feb 9 Amphibian Thermoregulation and Freeze Tolerance Ch. 6
Feb 14 Physiological Temperature Adjustments Ch. 6 Frog Taxonomy; Video: Cane Toads
Feb 16 Gas Transport and Metabolism in Amphibians Ch. 7
Feb 21 Respiration and Circulation in Reptiles Ch. 7 Turtles and Crocodilians; Amphibian Review; Video: Crocodiles & Alligators, Turtles
Feb 23 Active Metabolism of Amphibians Ch. 7
Feb 28 Reptile Metabolism, Energetics, and Diet Ch. 7 FIRST LAB PRACTICAL (Amphibians)
Mar 2 Energy Budgets and Energy Allocation Ch. 7
Mar 7 SPRING BREAK ---------- SPRING BREAK
Mar 9 SPRING BREAK ----------
Mar 14 Amphibian Reproductive Modes Ch. 8 Lizard Taxonomy
Mar 16 Biology of Amphibian Larvae Ch. 8, 11
Mar 21 Ecological Aspects of Amphibian Metamorphosis Ch. 8 Lizard Taxonomy; Video: Lizards
Mar 23 Reptile Eggs and the Evolution of Viviparity Ch. 9
Mar 28 Reptile Life History Strategies Ch. 9 Snake Taxonomy
Mar 30 Communication and Mating Systems of Salamanders Ch. 13, 14
Apr 4 Frog Vocal Communication: Behavioral Aspects Ch. 13 Snake Taxonomy; Evolution of Snake Dentition
Apr 6 Frog Vocal Communication: Call Production and Reception Ch. 13
Apr 11 Mating Systems and Sexual Selection in Anurans Ch. 14 Reptile Review; Video: Snakes
Apr 13 Modes of Communication in Squamate Reptiles Ch. 13
Apr 18 Mating Systems and Sexual Selection in Squamates Ch. 14 SECOND LAB PRACTICAL (Reptiles)
Apr 20 Social Behavior and Communication in other Reptiles Ch. 13, 14
Apr 25 Ecology of Terrestrial Amphibian and Reptile Communities Ch. 15, 16 Field Trip (Yale Forest)
Apr 27 Competition and Predation in Aquatic Amphibian Communities Ch. 15, 16
May 4 FINAL EXAM ----------


Course Information

Field Trips:
There will be a scheduled field trip to the Yale Forest during lab time Monday, April 25th. There will be additional evening field trips once the weather is warm enough. We will begin evening field trips as soon as the first amphibians start breeding, which could be as early as late March. Many of these will be arranged on short notice. We will try to do enough of these so that everyone has a chance to get out in the field a few times.


Additional Resources




Herps in the News

Jan 14, 2011: Frog hitches ride on snake during Queensland flooding

Retrieved from "http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=EEB5265_S2011&oldid=16666"