Rainbow Run

On the season one finale of CheloniaCast, Michael, Jack, and Ken sit down with Dr. Peter Meylan, Professor Emeritus of Biology at Eckerd College, to discuss his past, and present, turtle research and adventures in the field. The discussion ranges from what it is like to work with specimens at the American Museum of Natural History, softshell and side-neck turtle phylogenetics, trips to Mexico in pursuit of turtles, the experience of overseeing the amalgamation of the volume Biology and Conservation of Florida Turtles, and what it is like to run a long-term freshwater turtle population survey in Florida. This episode also incorporates segments with Dr. Peter Scott, Assistant Professor of Biology at Eckerd College, focused on his work with Desert Tortoises recently published in the journal Science, and the current taxonomic arrangement of the Pseudemys complex. A segment with Gabe Weikert, president of the Eckerd College Herpetology Club, focuses on the student perspective at the Rainbow Run turtle surveys, and what it is like to organize such an event.

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You can learn more about Dr. Meylan's research here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter-Meylan

You can learn more about Dr. Scott's research here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=e_5GppEAAAAJ&hl=en

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