Winter 2020/21

The 100% online class is— meaning there is no required time to meet, is designed for students to go at their own pace with the material, and. The scope of the course is much broader than the in-person class as well, in order to highlight the global biodiversity of the animals, the students, and the instructors. We will meeton thelisted below from 6 - 7 pm ( EST = UTC -5:00 ) as 'office hours' — if anyone has questions or would like to communicate directly with the instructor (not required). The course will work through any web browser on PC, Mac, and also on the Moodle app on iPhone, and Android.

The schedule below is a guide for the class, as well as the days of the optional office hours. A given chapter (eg. Frogs) will be made available on the date listed below and will remain available for the duration of the course. Students have 2 weeks to absorb the material, before the next topic is introduced, but can go at their own pace and refer back to earlier topics throughout the course.

The Final Exam will be made available after the (optional) Office Hours on Jan 6, which will serve as a review session for the final.

Sep 30: Introduction

Oct 14: Salamanders

Oct 28: Caecilians

Nov 11: Frogs

Nov 25: Turtles

Dec 9: Lizards

Dec 23: Snakes

Jan 6: Final Exam

The Master Herpetologist Program Online is $300 for the 8 session program. It includes ~50 lectures, a certificate, and final exam.

Registration for Winter 2020/21 Online Course is Now OPEN. Once registration is completed successfully through PayPal, you will be asked to read and sign the Code of Conduct form. Submitting that form will complete your registration. You will be emailed a copy of the signed form, and a receipt from PayPal.

Course Instructors —



Adam Bland, Chester Zoo

Amanda Duffus, Gordon State College

Andy Coleman, Urban Turtle Project & Talladega College

Anthony Herrell, Bâtiment d'Anatomie Comparée- National Museum of Natural History

Arik Hartmann, University of Florida

Brooke Talley, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Carla Bardua, Natural History Museum, London

Chris Jenkins, The Orianne Society

David Bickford, University of La Verne

David Blackburn, Florida Museum of Natural History

David Steen, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

Duncan Irschick, University of Massachusetts

Ed Stanley, Florida Museum of Natural History

Grover Brown, University of Southern Mississippi

Henry Astley, University of Akron

Houston Chandler, Virginia Tech & The Orianne Society

Jen Lamb, St Cloud State University

Jodi Rowley, University of New South Wales

John Measey, Stellenbosch University

Jonathan Losos, Washington University at St Louis

Laura Kojima, Odum School of Ecology/Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia

Mark Mandica, Amphibian Foundation & Agnes Scott College

Matthew Niemiller, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Mark Scherz, University of Konstanz

Max Lambert, UC Berkeley

Robert Sprackland, Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Natural History

Ryan Kerney, Gettysburg College

Sarah Lamar, Victoria University of Wellington

Sarah McGrath-Blaser, University of Florida

Simon Maddock, University of Wolverhampton; Natural History Museum, London & University of Seychelles

Sneha Dharwadkar, Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises Foundation

Steve Allain, Save the Snakes

Taylor West, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. University of Michigan

Tobias Landberg, Amphibian Foundation

Tony Daly-Crews, The Rattlesnake Conservancy

Vladimir Dinets, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Walter E. Meshaka, Jr., State Museum of Pennsylvania

