Robert Powell (zoologist)

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Robert "Bob" Powell (born August 17, 1948 in Germany ) is an American herpetologist . His research focus is the herpetofauna of the Caribbean .

Life

Powell was born in Germany but grew up in Missouri . In 1970 he received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Missouri and in 1971 a Master of Arts from the University of Missouri-Kansas City . In 1984 he was with the dissertation variation in spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) from Missouri to Ph.D. PhD from the University of Missouri. In 1989 he became Professor and Coordinator in the Biology Department at Avila College in Kansas City and. From 1994 to 2018 he was Professor of Biology at Avila University in Kansas City.

Powell is a member of numerous organizations including the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists , American Society of Mammalogists , Association of College and University Biology Educators, Association of Systematics Collections, Biological Society of Washington, Chicago Herpetological Society, Council on Undergraduate Research, German Society for Herpetology and Terrarium Studies , Herpetologists' League , International Iguana Society, IUCN Diminishing Amphibian Task Force, IUCN Iguana Specialist Group, Kansas City Herpetological Society, Kansas Herpetological Society, Maryland Herpetological Society, Missouri Academy of Science, Missouri Herpetological Association, Missouri Prairie Foundation, Societas Europaea Herpetologica , Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, and Vida Silvestre Neotropical.

From 1991 to 2004 Powell was an editor for the Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles (CAAR). He has been one of the supervisors of the online edition since 2013. He was also an editor at Iguana , the journal of the International Iguana Society.

In 2005, Powell, in collaboration with Robert W. Henderson, described the gecko species Gonatodes daudini , which occurs on Union Island in the Grenadines . In 2010 he was part of his team of scientists who rediscovered the blind snake species Amerotyphlops tasymicris on Union Island , previously known only from two specimens collected on Grenada in 1968 .

Fonts (selection)

  • RW Henderson, R. Powell (Ed.): Amphibians and Reptiles of the St. Vincent and Grenada Banks, West Indies Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 2018. ISBN 978-3-89973-483-6
  • R. Powell, Roger Conant , Joseph T. Collins : Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Boston and New York, 2016. ISBN 978-0-544-12997-9
  • R. Powell, JT Collins, ED Hooper, Jr .: A Key to the Herpetofauna of the Continental United States and Canada . Second edition, revised and updated. University of Kansas Press. Lawrence, Kansas, 2012. ISBN 978-0-70061-833-0
  • RW Henderson, R. Powell (Eds.): Natural History of West Indian Reptiles and Amphibians . University of Florida Press. Gainesville, Florida, 2009. ISBN 978-0-81303-394-5
  • RW Henderson, R. Powell (Eds.): The Biology of Boas and Pythons . Eagle Mountain Publishing LC. Eagle Mountain, Utah, 2007. ISBN 978-097201-543-1
  • R. Powell, RW Henderson, JS Parmerlee, Jr. 2005. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Dutch Caribbean: St. Eustatius, Saba, and St. Maarten . St. Eustatius National Parks Foundation. Gallows Bay, St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles. ISBN 978-0-96739-588-3
  • RW Henderson, R. Powell (Eds.): Islands and the Sea: Essays on Herpetological Exploration in the West Indies . Soc. Study Amphib. Rept. Contrib. Herpetol., Vol. 20. Ithaca, New York, 2003. ISBN 978-0-91698-462-5
  • Karim VD Hodge, Ellen Joan Censky, Robert Powell: The Reptiles and Amphibians of Anguilla, British West Indies . Anguilla National Trust. The Valley, 2003. ISBN 978-0-96739-589-0
  • Robert Powell, Joseph T. Collins, Errol D. Hooper, Jr .: A Key to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Continental United States and Canada . Univ. Kansas Press. Lawrence, Kansas, 1998. ISBN 978-0-70060-929-1
  • R. Powell, RW Henderson (Eds.): Contributions to West Indian Herpetology: A Tribute to Albert Schwartz . Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. Contrib. Herpetol., No.12. Ithaca, New York, 1996. ISBN 978-0-91698-437-3

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SURNAME Powell, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Powell, Bob (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American herpetologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 17, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Germany