PROGRAM

James Gibbs in his laboratory at the State University of New York in Syracuse


Sam Lee and “Godzilla,” a Nile monitor at the Bronx Zoo Reptile House


Peter Pritchard examines a Chinese softshell turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis, while touring villages along the Red River in Vietnam in 2000


Robert Zappalorti finds an adult male bog turtle at the base of a sedge grass tussock in a mark-recapture study area.

James Gibbs, Associate Professor, Conservation Biology & Wildlife Management, State University of New York, Syracuse

“Can Road Mortality Limit Turtle Populations?”









Sam Lee, Reptile Keeper, Department of Herpetology, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx Zoo, New York

“Health Assessment of Resident and Repatriated
Eastern Box Turtles at Caumsett State Park, New York”



Peter C. H. Pritchard, Director, Chelonian Research Institute, Oviedo, Florida

“On the Trail of Rafetus swinhoei — the Quest for
the World’s Largest Freshwater Turtle Moves North into China”



Robert Zappalorti, Herpetological Associates, Inc., Jackson, New Jersey

“The Ecology and Nesting Behavior of the Bog Turtle
(Clemmys muhlenbergii) at Three Pennsylvania Locations”