Jesse Leland Grismer
Jesse Leland Grismer (born March 9, 1983 in California ) is an American herpetologist . He is a research fellow in the Life Sciences Division at Auburn University and the La Kretz Center for Californian Conservation Science at the University of California, Los Angeles .
Life
Jesse Grismer is the son of herpetologist Larry Lee Grismer and his wife Marta. In 2007 he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Life Sciences from Louisiana State University . In 2010 he graduated with a Master of Science degree in Biology from Villanova University . In August 2016 he was awarded the dissertation The fragmentation of Gondwanaland: Influence on the Historical Biogeography and Morphological evolution within Dragon Lizards (Squamata: Agamidae) for Ph.D. PhD from the University of Kansas .
Grismer's research interests include the discovery and research of new species in Central Asia and the South Pacific, the scale patterning of poisonous snakes, boas and skinks as well as their distribution and colonization between South Pacific archipelagos, the development of parthenogenesis in Southeast Asian butterfly agamas and the conservation genetics of the herpetofauna in southern California.
In 2002 and 2003 he worked as a herpetological consultant in two projects of the World Wildlife Federation of Malaysia ( WWF in Malaysia ), on the one hand in herpetological explorations in the Cameron Highlands and in the Genting Highlands in the state of Pahang , in Ulu-Muda- Forest in the state of Kedah and while exploring the herpetofauna in the Temengor Forest Reserve in the state of Perak .
Jesse Grismer and his father described species from the genera Acanthosaura , Cnemaspis , Cyrtodactylus , Gyiophis , Hemiphyllodactylus , Larutia , Leiolepis , Lygosoma , Pseudocalotes , Trimeresurus and Tytthoscincus . With Aaron M. Bauer , Grismer described the Gekkoart Gekko russelltraini in 2009 .
Grismer is a member of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.
In 2002, Grismer made an appearance on National Geographic Television's Snake Wranglers . In 2004, he and his father appeared in the documentary Reptile Kings: Search for the Lost Viper on the station Animal Planet .
literature
Web links
- Youtube: Interview with Jesse Grismer about newly discovered butterfly dragons in Vietnam
- Profile on the University of California, Los Angeles website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grismer, Jesse Leland |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grismer, Jesse |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American herpetologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | California |