Pitt Lab alum, Sean Hartzell accepted a position with the PA Fish & Boat Commission where he will be implementing ecological research focusing on amphibians and reptiles in Pennsylvania. His work will support conservation and management programs in the Pennsylvania. Congrats to Sean!
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Sean Hartzell successfully defends his Master’s thesis
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A hearty congrats to my graduate student, Sean Hartzell, who successfully defended his Master’s thesis, Behavior of eastern hellbenders and native and non-native crayfish from the Susquehanna River drainage of Pennsylvania, earning his M.S. in Biology from Bloomsburg University. Read More
Lupita Barajas graduates with Honors in Environmental Science (and French)!
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Congratulations to Lupita Barajas who completed her thesis and graduated with Honors in Environmental Science (and French)! For her thesis research, she evaluated ecotoxicology of urban ponds in the Greater Hartford Area. Lupita will be greatly missed in the Pitt Lab, and we wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors. Read More
New Ozark Hellbender Larval Behavior Note Published
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Amber Pitt, Joe Tavano, and Max Nickerson co-authored a note entitled Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi (Ozark hellbender): Larval habitat and retreat behaviour which was published in the December 2016 issue of Herpetological Bulletin. This note confirms that larval Ozark hellbenders use and will retreat into the interstitial spaces among gravel in stream beds, likely to avoid… Read More
New Fowler’s toad geographic distribution note published
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Undergraduate student Cody Pavlick is the lead author on our co-authored note entitled Anaxyrus fowleri (Fowler’s toad). USA: Pennsylvania: Clinton Co. which was published in the December 2016 issue of Herpetological Review. This describes the first formally documented record of Fowler’s toad in Clinton County, Pennsylvania. Read More
