| Contacts for peer reviewers of proposed rule for delisting Concho water snake - June 2008 |
| (* indicates they have agreed to serve) |
| Peer Reviewer | Qualifications | Expertise |
| Andy Price* | PhD, Natural Resources Scientist, TPWD herpetology expert for decades. | Conservation ecology of herps in Texas and participant in CWS Recovery Plan development. |
| Mike Plummer | PhD, Department of Biology, Harding University, Arkansas | Population and physiological ecology of reptiles. |
| Kristin Stanford* | PhD candidate and research associate, The Ohio State University | Recovery Plan Coordinator for the Lake Erie Water Snake. Evaluate recovery achievements of the CWS. |
| Travis LaDuc | PhD, Curator of Herptology, University of Texas at Austin, Texas Memorial Museum | Snake biology. Evaluate conservation status of the CWS related to population biology and life history. |
| Richard King* | PhD, Northern Illinois University | Conservation ecology and genetics of mid-western amphibians and reptiles, including water snakes. |
| Fred Zaidan | PhD, Biology Department, University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg | Herpetology, environment-physiology interactions affecting distribution of water snakes. |
| Bruce Moring* | PhD, USGS aquatic ecologist, Austin | Stream ecology, fisheries biology, instream flow analysis. |
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Dr. Andrew Price Wildlife Diversity Program Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 4200 Smith School Road Austin, TX 8744 512-389-8722, andy.price@tpwd.state.tx.us
Dr. Michael V. Plummer
Kristin Stanford
Dr. Travis J. LaDuc |
Dr. Richard B. King Dept. of Biological Sciences Office: MO 445 Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL 60115 815-753-7833, rbking@niu.edu
Dr. Frederic Zaidan
Dr. J. Bruce Moring |