Kier Pitogo
- Graduate Student - Herpetology
Contact Info
Lawrence
1345 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS 66045
Biography —
Kier is a Ph.D. student and a wildlife biologist by training, interested in the patterns and processes influencing species diversity and distribution in the Philippines.
He is also into herpetology, ecology, conservation science and practice.
Education —
Selected Publications —
Pitogo, K.M.E., A.J.L. Saavedra, M.E.B. Aurellado, A.P.O. de Guia, and L.E. Afuang. 2021. Functional traits and environment drive montane amphibian distribution in the southern Philippines. Biodiversity and Conservation 30(14): 4177–4197.
Pitogo, K.M.E., A.J.L. Saavedra, and L.E.Afuang. 2021. Amphibians and reptiles of Mount Busa, Sarangani Province: a glimpse of the herpetological community of southern Mindanao, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science 150(5): 1279–1306.
Pitogo, K.M.E.2021. Natural history notes on the elusive Taylor’s Burrowing Snake, Pseudorabdion taylori Leviton and Brown 1959, from southern Mindanao, Philippines. Herpetology Notes 14: 759–763.
Pitogo, K. M. E., and A.J.L. Saavedra. 2021. Rediscovery of Guttman’s Stream Frog, Pulchrana guttmani (Brown, 2015) from the mountains of southern Mindanao, Philippines. Herpetology Notes, 14: 163–167.
Pitogo, K.M.E., T.L.P. Senarillos, M.N. Tubera, and A.J. Barley. 2020. New habitat and altitudinal records for the enigmatic Eutropis englei Taylor, 1925 in southern Mindanao, Philippines. Herpetology Notes 13: 1045–1048.
Awards & Honors —
Pitogo, K.M.E. Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Academic Fellowship on Environmental Issues. United States Department of State. $12,000. 6 weeks. 09/2016–10/2016.
Grants & Other Funded Activity —
Pitogo, K.M.E. Conservation of the Recently Rediscovered Guttman’s Stream Frog (Pulchrana guttmani Brown, 2015): from science to policy. Auckland Zoo Conservation Fund. $2,735. June–December 2021. Funded
Pitogo, K.M.E. Amphibians and reptiles in Mt. Busa, Kiamba, Sarangani Province: species and functional trait responses along forest gradients. United States Agency for International Development (USAID). $3,867. October 2019–December 2020. Funded
Pitogo, K.M.E. Amphibian and reptile diversity of Mt. Busa, southern Mindanao, Philippines: species distributions along forest gradients. The Rufford Foundation. $6,140. March 2010–March 2020. Funded