Coastal Herpetology
Target Audience: Undergraduate Student
Graduate Student
Institution: Chincoteague Bay Field Station
Institutional Web Link: http://www.cbfieldstation.org/2017-coastal-herpetology.html
Course Description: BIO 417
This course will offer students a comprehensive review of amphibian and reptile diversity, emphasizing origins, biogeography, morphology, ecology, behavior, and conservation. Natural history and evolutionary relationships will be the unifying theme. The course is a combination of lecture and laboratory. The laboratory will give students a practical overview of herpetological diversity using preserved as well as life specimen. The practical experience will be also complemented by hands on, field research, and herpetological sampling techniques. The laboratory portion of this class is intended to complement the lectures and will, when possible, follow the subjects discussed in such lectures.
Course Fees and Expenses: $922 Field Station fee
Funding Source: None
How to Apply: Visit: http://www.cbfieldstation.org/2017-coastal-herpetology.html
Application Closing Date: 04/30/2017
Course Begins: 2017-06-11
Course Ends: 2017-06-30