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People in KU Herpetology are an international group of experts on reptiles amphibians.

Kaitlin Allen Graduate student Herpetology kallen9@ku.edu Dyche Hall	Rafe Brown Curator-in-Charge Herpetology rafe@ku.edu 785.864.3403 Dyche Hall	Kevin Chovanec Graduate student Herpetology k947c454@ku.edu Dyche Hall
Pietro de Mello Graduate student Herpetology p470d241 Dyche Hall	Bill Duellman Curator Emeritus Herpetology duellman@ku.edu 785.864.2360 Dyche Hall	Rich Glor Associate Curator Herpetology glor@ku.edu 785.864.6875 Dyche Hall
Mark W. Herr Graduate Research Fellow Herpetology markherr@ku.edu 785.864.3439 Dyche Hall	Paul Hime Assistant Director of Bioinformatics and Genomics Herpetology p633h050@ku.edu 785.864.9886 Dyche Hall	Carl Hutter Research Affiliate Herpetology carl.hutter@ku.edu 785.864.3439 Dyche Hall
Melissa Mayhew Temporary Collections Assitant Herpetology mrmayhew@ku.edu Dyche Hall	Camila Gibas Meneses Graduate Student Herpetology cgmeneses@ku.edu Dyche	Nikki Realubit Graduate Student Herpetology nikkidyannerealubit@ku.edu Dyche Hall
Hannah Som Graduate Student Herpetology hannahesom@ku.edu Dyche Hall	Walter Tapondjou Graduate Student Herpetology tankwalter@ku.edu Dyche Hall	Javier Torres Graduate Student Herpetology Dyche Hall
Jeff Weinell Graduate Student Herpetology jeffweinell@ku.edu Dyche Hall	Linda Trueb Curator Emerita Herpetology trueb@ku.edu 785.864.3342 Dyche Hall

Herpetology at a Glance

(Amphibians and Reptiles)

Established: 1900

Collection Strengths: 340,000 specimens

Current Research Strengths: biogeography of the Philippines, New World anurans, and West Indian anoles

Curator: Rafe Brown
785.864.3403

Curator: Rich Glor
785.864.6875

The KU Herpetology collection may be browsed online via the VertNet or Specify6 web portals. Advanced users may also download our complete Darwin Core database via GBIF.

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