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Time	Session
0900 - 1600	Pre-congress workshop: An open-source hardware GPS data logger for wildlife movement studies Cost: $150 Limited to 20 people Click here for more information to buy a ticket
0900 - 1700	Taieri Ridge/ Macraes field trip Venue: Please meet in the ISB Link Building
1600 - 1800	Registration open Venue: ISB Link Building

Time

Session

0900 - 1600

Pre-congress workshop: An open-source hardware GPS data logger for wildlife movement studies
Cost: $150
Limited to 20 people

Click here for more information
to buy a ticket

0900 - 1700

Taieri Ridge/ Macraes field trip
Venue: Please meet in the ISB Link Building

1600 - 1800

Registration open
Venue: ISB Link Building

Time	Session
0800 - 1200	Exhibition pack in
0800 - 1930	Registration desk open Venue: ISB Link Building
1200 - 1330	Mihi and welcome Venue: St David & Castle 1 Lecture Theatre
1330 - 1430	Lunch amongst the exhibition Venue: ISB Link Building
1430 - 1515	Keynote: Slowly does it: working with reptiles that may outlive their researchers *Alison Cree*
1515 - 1530	Afternoon tea amongst the exhibition Venue: ISB Link Building
Concurrent sessions	Novel Approaches to Science Communication & Conservation Engagement in Herpetology	Amphibian Bioacoustic Symposium	New & Innovative Technologies for Herpetological Research	Adaptation & Evolution 1	Adaptation & Evolution 2	Species Conservation	Population & Landscape Genetics 1	X-ray Microtomography in Herpetology: A New Era of Morphological Study
1600	When the world falls in love, case study of a small frog going global *Teresa Camacho Badani*	Comparison of call properties, morphometrics and genetics as clade delineating tools in North-Asian Hylid treefrogs *Amaël Borzée*	Utilizing do-it-yourself open-source technologies to make easier the life of the field herpetologist *Patrick Cain*	Digging into the diversification of the mantellid frogs of Madagascar (Anura: Mantellidae) *Angelica Crottini*	First report of extracranial calcified endolymph in Liopholis skinks (Scincidae) and its relationship with burrowing *Rocio Aguilar*	Evaluating long-term population age structure changes of a critically-endangered frog *Sophie McCulloch*	Sex-biased dispersal in the Asp viper *Sylvain Ursenbacher*	Evolution of dermal armour in monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanidae) *Chris Broeckhoven*
1605	The powerhouse of asexual cost? Endurance and mitochondrial efficiency in parthenogenetic whiptail lizards (genus: Aspidoscelis) Randy Klabacka
1610	The role of variable temperatures on acclimation of thermal and performance phenotypes *Mitchell Hodgson*
1615	Using social media to promote positive outcomes for amphibians and reptiles *Steven Allain*	Identifying frog chorusing in environmental recordings using acoustic indices and false-colour spectrograms *Sheryn Brodie*	Lure, Trap & Retreat! Development of a novel 'no-dig' trap for terrestrial herpetofauna *Trent Bell*	Transcriptional comparison of MHC IIß1 in amphibians that are susceptible and resistant to chytrid fungus *Minjie Fu*	Climate change drives reptile community collapse and adaptation on Orchid Island *Wen-san Huang*	Lessons learned from 10 years of Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) conservation *Houston Chandler*	Salamander population persistence from a spatially explicit cross-ecosystem perspective *Kaori Takagi*	Functional morphology and evolution of dorsal shields in horned frogs (Anura: Ceratophryidae) *Genevieve Diedericks*
1630	#Frogtraits and Swamp Trolleys: new art and creative strategies in amphibian conservation and public outreach *CiCi Blumstein (Agent Amphibian)*	Acoustic communication applied for the control of invasive cane toads Rhinella marina *Kiyomi Yasumiba*	Citizens capturing cryptic and charismatic chelonians for conservation: photographic capture-recapture and mobile app development *Matt Cross*	Evolution of antigen processing genes in salamanders *Gemma Palomar*	Microclimate, more than phylogeny, drives interspecific variation in heat tolerance within a subtropical anuran community *Gustavo Adolfo Agudelo Cantero*	Conservation status of endemic mountain chameleons, Nadzikambia mlanjensis and Rampholeon platyceps in Malawi *Yankho Chapeta*	Comparative phylogeography of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest leaf litter lizards (genus Enyalius) *Connor French*	Biomechanics and morphological patterns in head-first burrowing frogs *Marta Vidal-Garcia*
1645	Music, physics, and biology integrated into teaching anuran acoustic communication to children in Patagonia, Chile *Javiera Cisternas*	The structural characteristics of anuran advertisement calls in different habitats *Mike Emmrich*	Evaluation of a camera trapping system for detecting Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes *Gregory Lipps*	Local adaptation to dietary toxins shapes poison frog chemical defenses *Stephanie Caty*	Alpine temperatures and sex reversal of alpine Eastern three-lined skinks in South Eastern Australia *Duminda Dissanayake*	Using movement to inform conservation corridors for Mojave Desert Tortoises *Steven Hromada*	Parasites driving host divergence? Recent research in a long term study of Australian sleepy lizards *Mike Gardner*	Using MicroCT to investigate morphological evolution of elapid snake skulls *Emma Sherratt*
1700	The importance of film for communication and outreach in the field of herpetology *Katherine Garrett*	Beam forming as an acoustic tool for population counts in amphibians *Catharina Karlsson*	CritterPic®: A new tool for passive detection and photography of herpetofauna *Katherine Muchna*	Investigating molecular adaptations in dendrobatid poison frogs *Karen Siu-Ting*	Degrees of change: within and between population variation in phenological reaction norms in a lizard *Erik Wapstra*	Proteus conservation project in Croatia *Petra Kovac Konrad*	Genomic signatures of population structure and disease susceptibility in common toads *Robert Jehle*	Comparative skull morphology of Leptotyphlopidae via Micro-CT images *Claudia Koch*
1715	Using social media to benefit herpetology, your career, and public perception of reptiles and amphibians *Jonathan Kolby*	The relevance of bioacoustic monitoring for reassessing conservation status of bush frogs in Western Ghats *Robin Suyesh*	Fine-scale density modeling of an endangered sand-dune lizard with drone mapping *Ismael Brack*	Fluctuating toxins and the evolution of chemical defenses in a poisonous amphibian *Gary Bucciarelli*	Extreme temperatures and developmental instability across reptiles *Lisa Schwanz*	Conservation status of the Floreana racer (Pseudalsophis biserialis biserialis) in the Galapagos Islands *Luis Ortiz-Catedral*	Population genetic analyses of the rediscovered Hula painted frog uncover unexpected structure *R.G. Bina Perl*	The weird skull of Xenotyphlops and a reinterpretation of blindsnake origins *Mark D. Scherz*
1730	Indigenous culture and folk taxonomy as communication and engagement tools in herpetology *Fortunate Phaka (via video)*	Let the little guys speak! Anuran community ecology and calling acoustics in windfarms *Cory Trowbridge*	Experimental eradication of invasive Brown Treesnakes with an automated bait manufacturing and aerial delivery system *Shane Siers*	Electric blue: novel toxins in long-glanded Calliophis sidestep neurotoxic arms race *Daniel Dashevsky*	Does maternal behavioural plasticity facilitate the evolution of viviparity? *Amanda Pettersen*	Artificial retreats increase the abundance of the endemic and endangered lizard Liolaemus lutzae from Brazil *Carlos Rocha*	Genetic pattern of the eastern golden frog (Pelophylax plancyi) in the megacity, Shanghai *Xu Wei*	Skull anatomy of a rare mid-Cretaceous tetrapod using HRCT data *Juan Diego Daza*
1745	Open Croaks: 'Q+A' session			Twofold stealth; a new perspective on anti-predatory repertoires *Ashadee Miller*	Transcriptomics of viviparity and long egg retention in a bimodally reproductive skink (Saiphos equalis) *Camilla Whittington*		Genetic population assignment as a tool for identifying geographic origin of trafficked freshwater turtles *Matthew Young*	High throughput microCT scanning of small fossils: an example using Australian herpetofauna *Christy Hipsley*
1800 - 1930	Welcome reception amongst exhibition Venue: ISB Link Building

Time

Session

0800 - 1200

Exhibition pack in

0800 - 1930

Registration desk open
Venue: ISB Link Building

1200 - 1330

Mihi and welcome
Venue: St David & Castle 1 Lecture Theatre

1330 - 1430

Lunch amongst the exhibition
Venue: ISB Link Building

1430 - 1515

Keynote: Slowly does it: working with reptiles that may outlive their researchers
Alison Cree

1515 - 1530

Afternoon tea amongst the exhibition
Venue: ISB Link Building

Concurrent sessions

Novel Approaches to Science Communication & Conservation Engagement in Herpetology

Amphibian Bioacoustic Symposium

New & Innovative Technologies for Herpetological Research

Adaptation & Evolution 1

Adaptation & Evolution 2

Species Conservation

Population & Landscape Genetics 1

X-ray Microtomography in Herpetology: A New Era of Morphological Study

1600

When the world falls in love, case study of a small frog going global
Teresa Camacho Badani

Comparison of call properties, morphometrics and genetics as clade delineating tools in North-Asian Hylid treefrogs
Amaël Borzée

Utilizing do-it-yourself open-source technologies to make easier the life of the field herpetologist
Patrick Cain

Digging into the diversification of the mantellid frogs of Madagascar (Anura: Mantellidae)
Angelica Crottini

First report of extracranial calcified endolymph in Liopholis skinks (Scincidae) and its relationship with burrowing
Rocio Aguilar

Evaluating long-term population age structure changes of a critically-endangered frog
Sophie McCulloch

Sex-biased dispersal in the Asp viper
Sylvain Ursenbacher

Evolution of dermal armour in monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanidae)
Chris Broeckhoven

1605

The powerhouse of asexual cost? Endurance and mitochondrial efficiency in parthenogenetic whiptail lizards (genus: Aspidoscelis)
Randy Klabacka

1610

The role of variable temperatures on acclimation of thermal and performance phenotypes
Mitchell Hodgson

1615

Using social media to promote positive outcomes for amphibians and reptiles
Steven Allain

Identifying frog chorusing in environmental recordings using acoustic indices and false-colour spectrograms
Sheryn Brodie

Lure, Trap & Retreat! Development of a novel 'no-dig' trap for terrestrial herpetofauna
Trent Bell

Transcriptional comparison of MHC IIß1 in amphibians that are susceptible and resistant to chytrid fungus
Minjie Fu

Climate change drives reptile community collapse and adaptation on Orchid Island
Wen-san Huang

Lessons learned from 10 years of Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) conservation
Houston Chandler

Salamander population persistence from a spatially explicit cross-ecosystem perspective
Kaori Takagi

Functional morphology and evolution of dorsal shields in horned frogs (Anura: Ceratophryidae)
Genevieve Diedericks

1630

#Frogtraits and Swamp Trolleys: new art and creative strategies in amphibian conservation and public outreach
CiCi Blumstein (Agent Amphibian)

Acoustic communication applied for the control of invasive cane toads Rhinella marina
Kiyomi Yasumiba

Citizens capturing cryptic and charismatic chelonians for conservation: photographic capture-recapture and mobile app development
Matt Cross

Evolution of antigen processing genes in salamanders
Gemma Palomar

Microclimate, more than phylogeny, drives interspecific variation in heat tolerance within a subtropical anuran community
Gustavo Adolfo Agudelo Cantero

Conservation status of endemic mountain chameleons, Nadzikambia mlanjensis and Rampholeon platyceps in Malawi
Yankho Chapeta

Comparative phylogeography of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest leaf litter lizards (genus Enyalius)
Connor French

Biomechanics and morphological patterns in head-first burrowing frogs
Marta Vidal-Garcia

1645

Music, physics, and biology integrated into teaching anuran acoustic communication to children in Patagonia, Chile
Javiera Cisternas

The structural characteristics of anuran advertisement calls in different habitats
Mike Emmrich

Evaluation of a camera trapping system for detecting Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes
Gregory Lipps

Local adaptation to dietary toxins shapes poison frog chemical defenses
Stephanie Caty

Alpine temperatures and sex reversal of alpine Eastern three-lined skinks in South Eastern Australia
Duminda Dissanayake

Using movement to inform conservation corridors for Mojave Desert Tortoises
Steven Hromada

Parasites driving host divergence? Recent research in a long term study of Australian sleepy lizards
Mike Gardner

Using MicroCT to investigate morphological evolution of elapid snake skulls
Emma Sherratt

1700

The importance of film for communication and outreach in the field of herpetology
Katherine Garrett

Beam forming as an acoustic tool for population counts in amphibians
Catharina Karlsson

CritterPic®: A new tool for passive detection and photography of herpetofauna
Katherine Muchna

Investigating molecular adaptations in dendrobatid poison frogs
Karen Siu-Ting

Degrees of change: within and between population variation in phenological reaction norms in a lizard
Erik Wapstra

Proteus conservation project in Croatia
Petra Kovac Konrad

Genomic signatures of population structure and disease susceptibility in common toads
Robert Jehle

Comparative skull morphology of Leptotyphlopidae via Micro-CT images
Claudia Koch

1715

Using social media to benefit herpetology, your career, and public perception of reptiles and amphibians
Jonathan Kolby

The relevance of bioacoustic monitoring for reassessing conservation status of bush frogs in Western Ghats
Robin Suyesh

Fine-scale density modeling of an endangered sand-dune lizard with drone mapping
Ismael Brack

Fluctuating toxins and the evolution of chemical defenses in a poisonous amphibian
Gary Bucciarelli

Extreme temperatures and developmental instability across reptiles
Lisa Schwanz

Conservation status of the Floreana racer (Pseudalsophis biserialis biserialis) in the Galapagos Islands
Luis Ortiz-Catedral

Population genetic analyses of the rediscovered Hula painted frog uncover unexpected structure
R.G. Bina Perl

The weird skull of Xenotyphlops and a reinterpretation of blindsnake origins
Mark D. Scherz

1730

Indigenous culture and folk taxonomy as communication and engagement tools in herpetology
Fortunate Phaka (via video)

Let the little guys speak! Anuran community ecology and calling acoustics in windfarms
Cory Trowbridge

Experimental eradication of invasive Brown Treesnakes with an automated bait manufacturing and aerial delivery system
Shane Siers

Electric blue: novel toxins in long-glanded Calliophis sidestep neurotoxic arms race
Daniel Dashevsky

Does maternal behavioural plasticity facilitate the evolution of viviparity?
Amanda Pettersen

Artificial retreats increase the abundance of the endemic and endangered lizard Liolaemus lutzae from Brazil
Carlos Rocha

Genetic pattern of the eastern golden frog (Pelophylax plancyi) in the megacity, Shanghai
Xu Wei

Skull anatomy of a rare mid-Cretaceous tetrapod using HRCT data
Juan Diego Daza

1745

Open Croaks: 'Q+A' session

Twofold stealth; a new perspective on anti-predatory repertoires
Ashadee Miller

Transcriptomics of viviparity and long egg retention in a bimodally reproductive skink (Saiphos equalis)
Camilla Whittington

Genetic population assignment as a tool for identifying geographic origin of trafficked freshwater turtles
Matthew Young

High throughput microCT scanning of small fossils: an example using Australian herpetofauna
Christy Hipsley

1800 - 1930

Welcome reception amongst exhibition
Venue: ISB Link Building

Time	Session
0800 - 1900	Registration open Venue: ISB Link Building
0830 - 1915	Keynote: Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation of Southeast Asian Amphibians: What can we learn from the Island of Borneo *Ulmar Graffe* Venue: St David & Castle 1 Lecture Theatre
Concurrent sessions	Moving Herpetofauna in the Right Direction Part I: Conservation Translocations	Ecological Interactions 1	Ecophysiology 1	Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 1	Amphibian Disease Susceptibility in a Changing World	Adaptation & Evolution 3	Behavioural Ecology 1	Emerging Frontiers in Sex Chromosome Evolution
0930	Challenges, desperation and hope: a review of herpetofauna conservation translocations *Luke Linhoff*	Anuran larvae disperse seeds and enhance germination of aquatic plants *Ivan Gomez-Mestre*	The future of Western Pond Turtles: what might climate change do? *David Germano*	Chromosome diversity in Malagasy reptiles: an evolutionary perspective from available data and new chameleon karyotypes *Marcello Mezzasalma*	Global impacts of chytridiomycosis on amphibians *Ben Scheele*	Rapid differentiation of sexual signals in Cane toads Rhinella marina *Kiyomi Yasumiba*	Sticky fingers: microhabitat choice, adhesive performance and toe-pad morphology in velvet geckos (genus: Oedura) *Lin Schwarzkopf*	Sex chromosome evolution in snakes and lizards *Tony Gamble*
0945	Modeling strategies and evaluating success during repatriations of elusive and endangered species *Brian Folt*	Putative mutualistic symbiosis between an ant and a snake *Yosuke Kojima*	Metabolic heat in sea turtle nests, does it matter? *Malindi Gammon*	Integrative taxonomy of the rock gecko Cnemaspis siamensis species complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in southern Thailand *Natee Ampai*	The amphibian chytrid fungus in New Zealand *Phil Bishop*	Evolution of caudal luring behavior in Crotalinae Oppel, 1811 (Serpentes: Viperidae) *Aída Giozza*	Which shade of yellow? A preliminary study of dorsal pattern determinants in aposematic salamanders *Raoul Manenti*	Uncovering the mechanisms and drivers of the rapid transitions among frog sex chromosomes *Dan Jeffries*
1000	Learning from UK conservation translocations of Pelophylax lessonae *Jim Foster*	Nature's pitfall trap: salamanders as rich prey for carnivorous plants in a nutrient-poor bog ecosystem *Patrick Moldowan*	Can tuatara offset a male-biased sex ratio wtih behavioural changes? *Lin lin Liu*	Integrative approach using phylogenomics and high-resolution X-ray computed tomography for species delimitation in cryptic taxa *Jane Melville*	Amphibian "silent spring": the catastrophic collapse of a mega-diverse community at La Planada Reserve, Colombia *Patricia Burrowes*	Ecomorphological diversity in natricine snakes *Deepak Veerappan*	Is rapid colour change in Raukawa geckos (Woodworthia maculata) an adaptation to predator avoidance? *Florence Kelly*	Sex chromosomes in reptiles are more stable than thought *Lukáš Kratochvíl*
1015	Preparing for reintroduction: behavioral and morphological fitness of captive-bred amphibians produced from cryopreserved sperm *Sinlan Poo*	Varanus rosenbergi and Nasutitermes exitiosis: commensalism symbiosis? *Peggy Rismiller*	Endocrine disruption alters developmental body condition, energy allocation, and juvenile performance in Rana temporaria *Katharina Ruthsatz*	Integrative taxonomy revealed 23 new taxa of amphibians and reptiles in Eastern Panama *Milan Veselý*	Linking host life history, landscape ecology, and climate to predict epizootics in Brazilian terrestrial-breeding amphibians *C. Guilherme Becker*	A Neogene carettocheliid turtle from Sarawak, Malaysia *Arthur White*	Effect of moon phase on nocturnal snake activity *Kevin Messenger*	Evolution of sex-chromosomes within species – a case study in the Australian Marbled Gecko *Rebecca Laver*
1030 - 1100	Morning tea amongst the exhibition Venue: ISB Link Building
Concurrent sessions	Moving Herpetofauna in the Right Direction Part I: Conservation Translocations	Citizen & Cultural Science	Climate Change & Shifting Phenology in Amphibians: Causes and Consequences	Phylogeography & Biogeography of Neotropical Herpetofauna	Amphibian Disease Susceptibility in a Changing World	So Many Snakes (plus Lizards & Toads) in so Little Time: Celebrating the Career of Rick Shine.	Behavioural ecology 2	Emerging Frontiers in Sex Chromosome Evolution
1100	Reintroduction efforts for two species of Panamanian Harlequin frogs (Genus: Atelopus) threatened by chytrid fungus *Blake Klocke*	Use and traditional knowledge of endemic chelonians of the Mapimi Bolson in northern Mexico. *Rosalinda Palomo*	A global synthesis of phenological responses to climate change in amphibians and other animal taxa *Jeremy Cohen*	Past demography of anurans shows evidence of synchronic responses to climate change in contrasting biomes Amanda Santiago Ferreira Lantyer-Silva	When chytrid fungus invades: Integrating theory and data to understand disease-induced amphibian declines *Cherie Briggs*	Intro *Tracy Langkilde* Forays into understanding mate choice in herps *Tracy Langkilde*	Food, not friend: tadpoles of the sandpaper frog, Lechriodus fletcheri, cannibalise conspecific eggs *John Gould*	Six sex-chromosomes in a Taiwanese frog *Ikuo Miura*
1115	LIFE Trito Montseny: The conservation toolbox for an endemic newt (Calotriton arnoldi) *Gerardo Garcia*	Monitoring amphibian populations with cultural meaning *Javiera Cisternas*	Large-scale monitoring of breeding phenology in tropical and temperate anurans: insights for climate change research *Diego Llusia*	Biogeography and the timing of anole lizard diversification *Richard Glor*	Understanding amphibian declines in complex environments *Lesley Alton*	Shining the light on a career full of sex, conflicts, and transgender tactics *Mats Olsson*	Urban plums and toads: do fleshy fruits affect the post-metamorphic growth of amphibians? *Mikolaj Kaczmarski*	Shared ancient sex chromosomes in varanids, beaded lizards and alligator lizards *Michail Rovatsos*
1130	Survival and recovery of amphibian populations post Bd-emergence can inform strategies for conservation translocations *Steven Whitfield*	Documenting frog distributions using mobile phones and citizen scientists *Renata Platenberg*	Warming, green-up, breeding phenology and development in the wood frog: a 20-year study *Andis Arietta &* *Dave Skelly*	Phylogenomics of the South American Liolaemus lizards demonstrates rapid radiation and rampant reticulation *Damien Esquerré*	Anthropogenic changes in distribution and severity of disease caused by ranaviruses affecting UK common frogs *Trenton Garner*	The return to an aquatic life, propulsive thrust of swimming in terrestrial and marine snakes *Xavier Bonnet*	Metabarcoding as a tool to determine feeding behavior of the European pond turtle *Sylvain Ursenbacher*	Sex Chromosome homologies across dragons (Squamata:Agamidae) *Shayer Alam*
1135	Sex is determined by XX/XY sex chromosomes in Australasian side-necked turtles (Testudines: Chelidae) *Sofia Mazzoleni*
1140	Questions *Shayer Alam & Sofia Mazzoleni*
1145	Mitigating chytrid fungus: successful translocation of a highly susceptible frog species to an environmental refuge *David Hunter*	Using citizen science to reduce detection times for invasive reptiles and amphibians *Greg Pauly*	Impacts of increasing phenological variability on salamander demography and pond community dynamics *Tom Anderson*	Phenotypic and life-history diversification in Anomaloglossus despite past introgressions *Antoine Fouquet*	Impacts of the developmental environment on amphibian disease susceptibility *Michel Ohmer*	Sea snake research in New Caledonia *Claire Goiran*	Winter ambushing site fidelity of individual pit vipers (Ovophis okinavensis) over 22 years *Akira Mori*	ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes in the granite night lizard (Scincoidea: Xantusiidae) *Stuart Nielsen*
1200 - 1300	Lunch amongst the exhibition Venue: ISB Link Building
1215 - 1245	Film: Amphibians of the Appalachian Mountains Venue: Castle 1 Lecture Theatre
Concurrent sessions	Moving Herpetofauna in the Right Direction Part I: Conservation Translocations	Ecology 1	Climate Change & Shifting Phenology in Amphibians: Causes and Consequences	Editors' Symposium	Amphibian Disease Susceptibility in a Changing World	So Many Snakes (plus Lizards & Toads) in so Little Time: Celebrating the Career of Rick Shine.	Adaptation & Evolution 4 (colour)
1300	Can increased environmental salinity facilitate the reintroduction of a chytrid-susceptible species? *Kaya Klop-Toker*	Comparison of population and life-history traits of the Western Pond Turtle across its linear range *David Germano*	Identifying climatic drivers of breeding and emigration phenology in an imperiled salamander *Katie O'Donnell*		Tolerance and resistance in defence against amphibian chytridiomycosis *Laura Grogan*	Between a rock and a hard place: conservation of the endangered broad-headed snake *Jonathan Webb*	The genetic basis of anole dewlap color, a diverse trait in an adaptive radiation *Pietro Longo Hollanda de Mello*
1315	Temporary translocation to dodge the chytrid bullet: The Honduras Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Center strategy *Jonathan Kolby*	Highlights of long-term studies of endemic New Zealand frogs (Anura: Leiopelmatidae) over several decades *Ben Bell*	Shifting breeding phenology and the role of photoperiod as a developmental cue under climate change *Mike Benard*	How does it end? Shifts in chytridiomycosis disease dynamics over time *Jamie Voyles*	The long-term impact of cane toads on Australia's large varanids *Lachlan Pettit*	Experimentally testing the evolutionary drivers of a colorful signal in Anolis lizards *John David Curlis*
1330	Applying species traits that predict invasiveness to inform probability of success for herpetofauna conservation translocations *Melia Nafus*	Ecological and genetic variation of the distribution of various species of amphibians at the southern border of their distribution *Gad Degani*	Do early phenological shifts affect growth and development across life stages in a widespread amphibian? *Hilary Rollins*	Integrating ecotoxicology and art to understand and communicate how human activities influence amphibian disease susceptibility *Jessica Hua*	Toads less travelled: an overview of the ecology of cane toads in New South Wales *Matthew Greenlees*	Crypsis or camaraderie: unlocking signals in the colour pattern polymorphism of an Australian lizard *Genevieve Matthews*
1345	Conservation of the Galapagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) *Luis Ortiz-Catedral*	Nonlinear body size cline in a salamander: patterns due to latitudinal compensation and its prevention *Hisanori Okamiya*	The toad's year: environmental cues of amphibian phenology *David Green*	Amphibian immunity, temperature, and disease: A balancing act between host and pathogen *Louise Rollins-Smith*	Testing the enemy release hypothesis: the global spread of Cane Toads as an accidental experiment *Crystal Kelehear*	Being cool is hot: substrate heat capacity influences ventral color evolution in lizards *Jonathan Goldenberg*
1400	Looking back and leaping forward: New Zealand native frog translocations and future priorities *Sally Wren*	Evaluating aerial descent in the flap-legged geckos (genus Luperosaurus) of the Philippines *Matthew Heinicke*	Effects of experimental warming on hibernation behavior of amphibian populations *Yiming Li*	Early-life microbiota can mediate the effect of pesticides on later-life infection risk *Sarah Knutie*	Revealing patterns in cane toad chorusing using long-term acoustic monitoring *Lin Schwarzkopf*	Using frog genomes in evolutionary genomics: understanding the genetics and evolution of poison-dart frog coloration *Roberto Marquez*
1415		Population structure of the Morelet's Crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in the region of Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico *Robert Jehle*	Disucssion *Mike Benard*	Proactive conservation: developing strategies to combat the salamander-eating fungus *Molly Bletz*	Apex reptilian predators in Northern Australia: can landscape CTA training curb cane toad impacts *Georgia Ward-Fear*	Fine-scale evolution of aposematism in poison frogs *Rebecca Tarvin*
1420	Ecological aspects of Gerrhonotus infernalis in Parque Ecológico Chipinque, Nuevo León, México *Margarita García Bastida*	The amphibian skin microbiome and emerging infectious diseases: disentangling patterns in the Chilean biodiversity hotspot *Leonardo Bacigalupe*
1425	Aspects of the ecology of two freshwater turtle species in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa *Cormac Price*	An interaction between climate change and infectious disease drove widespread amphibian declines *Jeremy Cohen*
1430	Predicting future range shifts of a stream indicator species, Rhyacotriton variegatus, under climate change *Gwendolynn Bury*	Anuran thermal preferences in health and disease: considerations on a complex problem *Carlos Arturo Navas*	Influence of incubation environment on lizard learning *Martin Whiting*	Antipredator defenses promote morphological evolution in uropeltid snakes *Vivek Cyriac*
1445	A comparison of eDNA field sampling methods to characterise amphibian communities in turbid aquatic environments *Bastian Egeter*	Genomic approaches to amphibian conservation *Tiffany Kosch*	Adaptive responses of the embryos of oviparous reptiles to spatial and temporal variations in nest temperatures *Weiguo Du*	Diversification of melanosome shape is linked to physiological shifts in vertebrate taxa *Matthew Shawkey*
1500 - 1530	Afternoon tea amongst the exhibition Venu: ISB Link Building
Concurrent sessions	Conservation Biology	Adaptation & Evolution 5 (Behaviour)	Adaptation & Evolution 6 (Morphology)	Behavioural Ecology 3	Amphibian Disease Susceptibility in a Changing World	So Many Snakes (plus Lizards & Toads) in so Little Time: Celebrating the Career of Rick Shine.
1530	Assessing avian predation on New Zealand's lizard fauna using 3D-printed replicas *Brittany Florence-Bennett*	Metamorphosing strategy of stream tadpoles *Noriko Iwai*	Comparative embryology of the VNO and associated structures in squamate reptiles: a 3D approach *Pawel Kaczmarek*	Proximate factors that elicit centipede-eating behavior of a Japanese Pit Viper Kyosuke Hamanaka	MHC associated differential survival to infection of two strains of Batrachochytrium dendrobatitis in common toads *Jacob Hoglund*	High-country herpetology: insights from a 20-year ecological study of alpine lizards *Melanie Elphick*
1535	Trimeresurus stejnegeri shows a high response to scents of specific frog species *Chun Kai Yang*	Bad neighbours? Amphibian chytrid fungus infection dynamics in three frog species of Sydney *Jordann Crawford-Ash*
1540	Foraging strategy of feeding on sea turtle hatchlings and eggs on Okinawa Island *Kazumasa Matsumoto*
1545	The necessity of long-term data for quantification of recovery of long-lived species of conservation concern *Jacqueline Litzgus*	Evolution of terrestrial reproduction in Old World Tree Frogs (Anura: Rhacophoridae) *Madhava Meegaskumbura*	Variation on the atlas- axis complex in Gekkota *Brittany Cornell*	Life on the edge - Green and Golden Bell Frogs at in a coastal lake *Francis Lemckert*	Effects of population density and timing of hatching on phenotypic selection in an invasive lizard *Daniel Warner*
1550	Using camera traps (NEWTRAP) to produce efficiently high-resolution time series of newt observations *Xavier Mestdagh*
1555	Morphology, performance, and ecology of three sympatric turtles in a tropical dry forest *Taggert Butterfield*
1600	Captive incubation boosts recovery of a relict tuatara population *Susan Keall*	Invasive African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, tadpoles can identify local predators regardless of coexistence time *Natasha Kruger*	Snakelike forms, a buried diversity: head shape evolved in association with burrowing substrate in fossorial lizards *Vinicius Anelli*	Quantity discrimination of an Asian freshwater turtle (Geoemydidae: Mauremys sinensis) *Feng-Chun Lin*	Is Rick Shine really a cognitive neuroscientist in disguise? *James Shine*
1605	Kickboxing like a pirate: lateralization influence foot-flagging display in Kallar dancing frog (Micrixalus herrei) *Gopal Murali*
1610	Hide or escape? Variations in escape behaviour of three North East Asian anurans *Yoonjung Yi*
1615	Evaluating the effectiveness of a 15-year headstarting programme for wood turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) *Damien Mullin*	Phenotypic plasticity and rapid adaption drive response to invasive predators in a threatened frog *Andrea Melotto*	Skull variation within a clade of miniaturized snakes from Australia (Squamata: Typhlopidae: Anilios) *Rebecca Laver*	Toads or fireflies? Which do Asian natricine snakes prefer as a source of steroidal toxins? *Masaya Fukuda*	When research zeal collides with family life *Terri Shine*
1630	Restinga - the north coast of Bahia sand dune herpetofauna, Brazil *Moacir Tinoco*	Co-evolutionary history matters: competition strength between introduced frogs and native toads on Haida Gwaii, Canada *Roseanna Gamlen-Greene*	Ontogeny of the anuran urostyle: the developmental context of evolutionary novelty *Gayani Senevirathne*	Breaking the law: sexual mate choice behavior of female European common frogs *Carolin Dittrich*	A life in science, as seen in the rear-view mirror of an increasingly slow-moving vehicle *Rick Shine*
1645	Delegates move to plenary session
1700	Keynote: Adventures in amphibian conservation: from scientific expeditions to citizen science *Jodi Rowley*
1800 - 1900	Poster session Venue: The Common Room, ISB Link Building

Time

Session

0800 - 1900

Registration open
Venue: ISB Link Building

0830 - 1915

Keynote: Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation of Southeast Asian Amphibians: What can we learn from the Island of Borneo
Ulmar Graffe
Venue: St David & Castle 1 Lecture Theatre

Concurrent sessions

Moving Herpetofauna in the Right Direction Part I: Conservation Translocations

Ecological Interactions 1

Ecophysiology 1

Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 1

Amphibian Disease Susceptibility in a Changing World

Adaptation & Evolution 3

Behavioural Ecology 1

Emerging Frontiers in Sex Chromosome Evolution

0930

Challenges, desperation and hope: a review of herpetofauna conservation translocations
Luke Linhoff

Anuran larvae disperse seeds and enhance germination of aquatic plants
Ivan Gomez-Mestre

The future of Western Pond Turtles: what might climate change do?
David Germano

Chromosome diversity in Malagasy reptiles: an evolutionary perspective from available data and new chameleon karyotypes
Marcello Mezzasalma

Global impacts of chytridiomycosis on amphibians
Ben Scheele

Rapid differentiation of sexual signals in Cane toads Rhinella marina
Kiyomi Yasumiba

Sticky fingers: microhabitat choice, adhesive performance and toe-pad morphology in velvet geckos (genus: Oedura)
Lin Schwarzkopf

Sex chromosome evolution in snakes and lizards
Tony Gamble

0945

Modeling strategies and evaluating success during repatriations of elusive and endangered species
Brian Folt

Putative mutualistic symbiosis between an ant and a snake
Yosuke Kojima

Metabolic heat in sea turtle nests, does it matter?
Malindi Gammon

Integrative taxonomy of the rock gecko Cnemaspis siamensis species complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in southern Thailand
Natee Ampai

The amphibian chytrid fungus in New Zealand
Phil Bishop

Evolution of caudal luring behavior in Crotalinae Oppel, 1811 (Serpentes: Viperidae)
Aída Giozza

Which shade of yellow? A preliminary study of dorsal pattern determinants in aposematic salamanders
Raoul Manenti

Uncovering the mechanisms and drivers of the rapid transitions among frog sex chromosomes
Dan Jeffries

1000

Learning from UK conservation translocations of Pelophylax lessonae
Jim Foster

Nature's pitfall trap: salamanders as rich prey for carnivorous plants in a nutrient-poor bog ecosystem
Patrick Moldowan

Can tuatara offset a male-biased sex ratio wtih behavioural changes?
Lin lin Liu

Integrative approach using phylogenomics and high-resolution X-ray computed tomography for species delimitation in cryptic taxa
Jane Melville

Amphibian "silent spring": the catastrophic collapse of a mega-diverse community at La Planada Reserve, Colombia
Patricia Burrowes

Ecomorphological diversity in natricine snakes
Deepak Veerappan

Is rapid colour change in Raukawa geckos (Woodworthia maculata) an adaptation to predator avoidance?
Florence Kelly

Sex chromosomes in reptiles are more stable than thought
Lukáš Kratochvíl

1015

Preparing for reintroduction: behavioral and morphological fitness of captive-bred amphibians produced from cryopreserved sperm
Sinlan Poo

Varanus rosenbergi and Nasutitermes exitiosis: commensalism symbiosis?
Peggy Rismiller

Endocrine disruption alters developmental body condition, energy allocation, and juvenile performance in Rana temporaria
Katharina Ruthsatz

Integrative taxonomy revealed 23 new taxa of amphibians and reptiles in Eastern Panama
Milan Veselý

Linking host life history, landscape ecology, and climate to predict epizootics in Brazilian terrestrial-breeding amphibians
C. Guilherme Becker

A Neogene carettocheliid turtle from Sarawak, Malaysia
Arthur White

Effect of moon phase on nocturnal snake activity
Kevin Messenger

Evolution of sex-chromosomes within species – a case study in the Australian Marbled Gecko
Rebecca Laver

1030 - 1100

Morning tea amongst the exhibition
Venue: ISB Link Building

Concurrent sessions

Moving Herpetofauna in the Right Direction Part I: Conservation Translocations

Citizen & Cultural Science

Climate Change & Shifting Phenology in Amphibians: Causes and Consequences

Phylogeography & Biogeography of Neotropical Herpetofauna

Amphibian Disease Susceptibility in a Changing World

So Many Snakes (plus Lizards & Toads) in so Little Time: Celebrating the Career of Rick Shine.

Behavioural ecology 2

Emerging Frontiers in Sex Chromosome Evolution

1100

Reintroduction efforts for two species of Panamanian Harlequin frogs (Genus: Atelopus) threatened by chytrid fungus
Blake Klocke

Use and traditional knowledge of endemic chelonians of the Mapimi Bolson in northern Mexico.
Rosalinda Palomo

A global synthesis of phenological responses to climate change in amphibians and other animal taxa
Jeremy Cohen

Past demography of anurans shows evidence of synchronic responses to climate change in contrasting biomes
Amanda Santiago Ferreira
Lantyer-Silva

When chytrid fungus invades: Integrating theory and data to understand disease-induced amphibian declines
Cherie Briggs

Intro
Tracy Langkilde

Forays into understanding mate choice in herps
Tracy Langkilde

Food, not friend: tadpoles of the sandpaper frog, Lechriodus fletcheri, cannibalise conspecific eggs
John Gould

Six sex-chromosomes in a Taiwanese frog
Ikuo Miura

1115

LIFE Trito Montseny: The conservation toolbox for an endemic newt (Calotriton arnoldi)
Gerardo Garcia

Monitoring amphibian populations with cultural meaning
Javiera Cisternas

Large-scale monitoring of breeding phenology in tropical and temperate anurans: insights for climate change research
Diego Llusia

Biogeography and the timing of anole lizard diversification
Richard Glor

Understanding amphibian declines in complex environments
Lesley Alton

Shining the light on a career full of sex, conflicts, and transgender tactics
Mats Olsson

Urban plums and toads: do fleshy fruits affect the post-metamorphic growth of amphibians?
Mikolaj Kaczmarski

Shared ancient sex chromosomes in varanids, beaded lizards and alligator lizards
Michail Rovatsos

1130

Survival and recovery of amphibian populations post Bd-emergence can inform strategies for conservation translocations
Steven Whitfield

Documenting frog distributions using mobile phones and citizen scientists
Renata Platenberg

Warming, green-up, breeding phenology and development in the wood frog: a 20-year study
Andis Arietta & Dave Skelly

Phylogenomics of the South American Liolaemus lizards demonstrates rapid radiation and rampant reticulation
Damien Esquerré

Anthropogenic changes in distribution and severity of disease caused by ranaviruses affecting UK common frogs
Trenton Garner

The return to an aquatic life, propulsive thrust of swimming in terrestrial and marine snakes
Xavier Bonnet

Metabarcoding as a tool to determine feeding behavior of the European pond turtle
Sylvain Ursenbacher

Sex Chromosome homologies across dragons (Squamata:Agamidae)
Shayer Alam

1135

Sex is determined by XX/XY sex chromosomes in Australasian side-necked turtles (Testudines: Chelidae)
Sofia Mazzoleni

1140

Questions
Shayer Alam & Sofia Mazzoleni

1145

Mitigating chytrid fungus: successful translocation of a highly susceptible frog species to an environmental refuge
David Hunter

Using citizen science to reduce detection times for invasive reptiles and amphibians
Greg Pauly

Impacts of increasing phenological variability on salamander demography and pond community dynamics
Tom Anderson

Phenotypic and life-history diversification in Anomaloglossus despite past introgressions
Antoine Fouquet

Impacts of the developmental environment on amphibian disease susceptibility
Michel Ohmer

Sea snake research in New Caledonia
Claire Goiran

Winter ambushing site fidelity of individual pit vipers (Ovophis okinavensis) over 22 years
Akira Mori

ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes in the granite night lizard (Scincoidea: Xantusiidae)
Stuart Nielsen

1200 - 1300

Lunch amongst the exhibition
Venue: ISB Link Building

1215 - 1245

Film: Amphibians of the Appalachian Mountains
Venue: Castle 1 Lecture Theatre

Concurrent sessions

Moving Herpetofauna in the Right Direction Part I: Conservation Translocations

Ecology 1

Climate Change & Shifting Phenology in Amphibians: Causes and Consequences

Editors' Symposium

Amphibian Disease Susceptibility in a Changing World

So Many Snakes (plus Lizards & Toads) in so Little Time: Celebrating the Career of Rick Shine.

Adaptation & Evolution 4 (colour)

1300

Can increased environmental salinity facilitate the reintroduction of a chytrid-susceptible species?
Kaya Klop-Toker

Comparison of population and life-history traits of the Western Pond Turtle across its linear range
David Germano

Identifying climatic drivers of breeding and emigration phenology in an imperiled salamander
Katie O'Donnell

Tolerance and resistance in defence against amphibian chytridiomycosis
Laura Grogan

Between a rock and a hard place: conservation of the endangered broad-headed snake
Jonathan Webb

The genetic basis of anole dewlap color, a diverse trait in an adaptive radiation
Pietro Longo Hollanda de Mello

1315

Temporary translocation to dodge the chytrid bullet: The Honduras Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Center strategy
Jonathan Kolby

Highlights of long-term studies of endemic New Zealand frogs (Anura: Leiopelmatidae) over several decades
Ben Bell

Shifting breeding phenology and the role of photoperiod as a developmental cue under climate change
Mike Benard

How does it end? Shifts in chytridiomycosis disease dynamics over time
Jamie Voyles

The long-term impact of cane toads on Australia's large varanids
Lachlan Pettit

Experimentally testing the evolutionary drivers of a colorful signal in Anolis lizards
John David Curlis

1330

Applying species traits that predict invasiveness to inform probability of success for herpetofauna conservation translocations
Melia Nafus

Ecological and genetic variation of the distribution of various species of amphibians at the southern border of their distribution
Gad Degani

Do early phenological shifts affect growth and development across life stages in a widespread amphibian?
Hilary Rollins

Integrating ecotoxicology and art to understand and communicate how human activities influence amphibian disease susceptibility
Jessica Hua

Toads less travelled: an overview of the ecology of cane toads in New South Wales
Matthew Greenlees

Crypsis or camaraderie: unlocking signals in the colour pattern polymorphism of an Australian lizard
Genevieve Matthews

1345

Conservation of the Galapagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus)
Luis Ortiz-Catedral

Nonlinear body size cline in a salamander: patterns due to latitudinal compensation and its prevention
Hisanori Okamiya

The toad's year: environmental cues of amphibian phenology
David Green

Amphibian immunity, temperature, and disease: A balancing act between host and pathogen
Louise Rollins-Smith

Testing the enemy release hypothesis: the global spread of Cane Toads as an accidental experiment
Crystal Kelehear

Being cool is hot: substrate heat capacity influences ventral color evolution in lizards
Jonathan Goldenberg

1400

Looking back and leaping forward: New Zealand native frog translocations and future priorities
Sally Wren

Evaluating aerial descent in the flap-legged geckos (genus Luperosaurus) of the Philippines
Matthew Heinicke

Effects of experimental warming on hibernation behavior of amphibian populations
Yiming Li

Early-life microbiota can mediate the effect of pesticides on later-life infection risk
Sarah Knutie

Revealing patterns in cane toad chorusing using long-term acoustic monitoring
Lin Schwarzkopf

Using frog genomes in evolutionary genomics: understanding the genetics and evolution of poison-dart frog coloration
Roberto Marquez

1415

Population structure of the Morelet's Crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in the region of Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico
Robert Jehle

Disucssion
Mike Benard

Proactive conservation: developing strategies to combat the salamander-eating fungus
Molly Bletz

Apex reptilian predators in Northern Australia: can landscape CTA training curb cane toad impacts
Georgia Ward-Fear

Fine-scale evolution of aposematism in poison frogs
Rebecca Tarvin

1420

Ecological aspects of Gerrhonotus infernalis in Parque Ecológico Chipinque, Nuevo León, México
Margarita García Bastida

The amphibian skin microbiome and emerging infectious diseases: disentangling patterns in the Chilean biodiversity hotspot
Leonardo Bacigalupe

1425

Aspects of the ecology of two freshwater turtle species in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Cormac Price

An interaction between climate change and infectious disease
drove widespread amphibian declines
Jeremy Cohen

1430

Predicting future range shifts of a stream indicator species, Rhyacotriton variegatus, under climate change
Gwendolynn Bury

Anuran thermal preferences in health and disease: considerations on a complex problem
Carlos Arturo Navas

Influence of incubation environment on lizard learning
Martin Whiting

Antipredator defenses promote morphological evolution in uropeltid snakes
Vivek Cyriac

1445

A comparison of eDNA field sampling methods to characterise amphibian communities in turbid aquatic environments
Bastian Egeter

Genomic approaches to amphibian conservation
Tiffany Kosch

Adaptive responses of the embryos of oviparous reptiles to spatial and temporal variations in nest temperatures
Weiguo Du

Diversification of melanosome shape is linked to physiological shifts in vertebrate taxa
Matthew Shawkey

1500 - 1530

Afternoon tea amongst the exhibition
Venu: ISB Link Building

Concurrent sessions

Conservation Biology

Adaptation & Evolution 5 (Behaviour)

Adaptation & Evolution 6 (Morphology)

Behavioural Ecology 3

Amphibian Disease Susceptibility in a Changing World

So Many Snakes (plus Lizards & Toads) in so Little Time: Celebrating the Career of Rick Shine.

1530

Assessing avian predation on New Zealand's lizard fauna using 3D-printed replicas
Brittany Florence-Bennett

Metamorphosing strategy of stream tadpoles
Noriko Iwai

Comparative embryology of the VNO and associated structures in squamate reptiles: a 3D approach
Pawel Kaczmarek

Proximate factors that elicit centipede-eating behavior of a Japanese Pit Viper
Kyosuke Hamanaka

MHC associated differential survival to infection of two strains of Batrachochytrium dendrobatitis in common toads
Jacob Hoglund

High-country herpetology: insights from a 20-year ecological study of alpine lizards
Melanie Elphick

1535

Trimeresurus stejnegeri shows a high response to scents of specific frog species
Chun Kai Yang

Bad neighbours? Amphibian chytrid fungus infection dynamics in three frog species of Sydney
Jordann Crawford-Ash

1540

Foraging strategy of feeding on sea turtle hatchlings and eggs on Okinawa Island
Kazumasa Matsumoto

1545

The necessity of long-term data for quantification of recovery of long-lived species of conservation concern
Jacqueline Litzgus

Evolution of terrestrial reproduction in Old World Tree Frogs (Anura: Rhacophoridae)
Madhava Meegaskumbura

Variation on the atlas- axis complex in Gekkota
Brittany Cornell

Life on the edge - Green and Golden Bell Frogs at in a coastal lake
Francis Lemckert

Effects of population density and timing of hatching on phenotypic selection in an invasive lizard
Daniel Warner

1550

Using camera traps (NEWTRAP) to produce efficiently high-resolution time series of newt observations
Xavier Mestdagh

1555

Morphology, performance, and ecology of three sympatric turtles in a tropical dry forest
Taggert Butterfield

1600

Captive incubation boosts recovery of a relict tuatara population
Susan Keall

Invasive African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, tadpoles can identify local predators regardless of coexistence time
Natasha Kruger

Snakelike forms, a buried diversity: head shape evolved in association with burrowing substrate in fossorial lizards
Vinicius Anelli

Quantity discrimination of an Asian freshwater turtle (Geoemydidae: Mauremys sinensis)
Feng-Chun Lin

Is Rick Shine really a cognitive neuroscientist in disguise?
James Shine

1605

Kickboxing like a pirate: lateralization influence foot-flagging display in Kallar dancing frog (Micrixalus herrei)
Gopal Murali

1610

Hide or escape? Variations in escape behaviour of three North East Asian anurans
Yoonjung Yi

1615

Evaluating the effectiveness of a 15-year headstarting programme for wood turtles (Glyptemys insculpta)
Damien Mullin

Phenotypic plasticity and rapid adaption drive response to invasive predators in a threatened frog
Andrea Melotto

Skull variation within a clade of miniaturized snakes from Australia (Squamata: Typhlopidae: Anilios)
Rebecca Laver

Toads or fireflies? Which do Asian natricine snakes prefer as a source of steroidal toxins?
Masaya Fukuda

When research zeal collides with family life
Terri Shine

1630

Restinga - the north coast of Bahia sand dune herpetofauna, Brazil
Moacir Tinoco

Co-evolutionary history matters: competition strength between introduced frogs and native toads on Haida Gwaii, Canada
Roseanna Gamlen-Greene

Ontogeny of the anuran urostyle: the developmental context of evolutionary novelty
Gayani Senevirathne

Breaking the law: sexual mate choice behavior of female European common frogs
Carolin Dittrich

A life in science, as seen in the rear-view mirror of an increasingly slow-moving vehicle
Rick Shine

1645

Delegates move to plenary session

1700

Keynote: Adventures in amphibian conservation: from scientific expeditions to citizen science
Jodi Rowley

1800 - 1900

Poster session
Venue: The Common Room, ISB Link Building

Time	Session
0800 - 1900	Registration open Venue: ISB Link Building
0830 - 1915	Keynote: Sound communication in aquatic turtles *Camilla Ferrera* Venue: St David & Castle 1 Lecture Theatre
Concurrent sessions	Moving Herpetofauna in the Right Direction Part II: Translocations & Tools To Mitigate For Development	Ecophysiology 2	Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 2	Biology & Conservation of Paedomorphosis in Amphibians	New Perspectives on Biology of Sea Snakes	Ecological Interactions 2	Diversity & Distributions 1	Education, Outreach & Citizen Science
0930	Mitigating for development: where are we at and where are we going? *Jennifer Germano*	Ecophysiological variation in lizards better explained by proximate or distal environmental predictors? *Rodolfo AndersonIs*	History and geography resolve a problem in African Sand Frog taxonomy (Tomopterna) *Alan Channing*	Diversification via paedomorphosis in salamanders *Ronald Bonett*	Introduction Harold Heatwole & Kate Sanders	Investigating patterns of ecomorphological diversification and convergence in savannas from Australia and Brazil *Jessica Fenker*	The role of paleogeographic history in the evolution of Afro-Arabian squamate reptiles: a large-scale perspective *Hector Tejero-Cicuendez*	The role of education in amphibian conservation *Marcileida Maria Dos Santos* *(via video)*
0945	How can mitigation guidelines be applied effectively? *Lea Randall*	Maternal effect as an adaptation to drought in a desert-dwelling oviparous lizard *Yang Wang*	An update and taxonomic review of snakes housed in the herpetological collection from Auckland Museum *María Hoyos*	Lifetime fitness, sex-specific life history, and the maintenance of a polyphenism *Howard Whiteman*	The species status of the viviparous sea snakes *Arne Rasmussen*	Competition and resources shape multidimensional trophic niche overlap in Brazilian thin-toed frogs (Leptodactylus sp) *Travis Ingram*	Diversification and biodiversity dynamics of the Arabian squamate reptiles *Jiri Smid*	Online instruction of herpetology for gifted students *Allison Metler*
1000	Past and present status of development mitigation for herpetofauna in the UK *Richard Griffiths*	Thermal biology of Pristimantis medemi along an altitudinal gradient in the Colombian Andes *Andres Aponte*	The status of caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) collections at the Natural History Museum, London, UK *Rachunliu Gaiduwan Kamei*	Conservation ecology of facultative paedomorphosis in newts in a world of introduced alien species *Mathieu Denoël*	Diversification dynamics in viviparous sea snakes *Kate Sanders*	Disentangling the mechanisms behind lizard-spinifex relationships *Kristian Bell*	Contribution to the herpetofauna of south-eastern Angola *Werner Conradie*	Community engagement in amphibian and reptile research as a path for the new century *Maureen Donnelly*
1005	Niche differentiation of two coexisting tadpoles on Emei Mountain *Zhao Tian*
1010	Family specific herbivory in West-African Sabre-toothed Frogs *Marvin Schäfer*
1015	A novel approach to addressing development impacts on Triturus cristatus, a strictly protected UK amphibian *Jim Foster*	Climatic preferences of a sand lizard population (Lacerta agilis Linnaeus 1758) in western Germany *Dennis Rödder*	Johann Gottlob Schneider's Historiae Amphibiorum (1799-1801), a seminal contribution to herpetology *Aaron Bauer*	Rediscovering the axolotl as a model for paedomorphosis *Randal Voss*	The evolution and development of microcephalic sea snakes *Emma Sherratt*		Amphibians and reptiles in two geothermal localities in the state of Puebla, México *Jesús Mauricio Rodríguez Canseco*	Using crowd-sourced data for conservation: the Idaho Amphibian and Reptile iNaturalist Project *Charles Peterson*
1020	Present and recent past habitat suitability ranges of northeast Asian treefrogs using maximum entropy models *Desiree Andersen*
1025	The diversity of Short-legged Toad (Anura: Megophryidae: Megophrys) in China *Yao Li*
1030 - 1100	Morning tea amongst the exhibition Venue: ISB Link Building
Concurrent sessions	Moving Herpetofauna in the Right Direction Part II: Translocations & Tools to Mitigate for Development	Beyond CTmax & CTmin: Advances in Studying the Thermal Limits of Reptiles & Amphibians.	Amphibian Conservation in the Anthropocene – Challenges, priorities, & Solutions for the Human Epoch	Biology & Conservation of Paedomorphosis in Amphibians	New Perspectives on Biology of Sea Snakes	Education & Outreach	Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis 1
1100	Lizard mitigation in New Zealand *Jennifer Germano*	How temperature variation drives latitudinal differences in ectotherm sensitivity to heat extremes during warming *Alex Gunderson*	Amphibian decline in the Anthropocene: knowledge and uncertainties *David Green*	Spatiotemporal variability of paedomorphosis in Ambystoma talpoideum across two metapopulations *Thomas Anderson*	Using high throughput sequencing to elucidate the evolutionary history of sea snakes *James Nankivell*	Progress report on herpetological sampling and oVert (Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D) *Gregory Watkins-Colwell*	Cross-continental, interlineage competition and virulence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis *Trenton Garner*
1115	Walking the line: balancing the needs of wildlife and development *Jacqui Wairepo*	Will the world be too hot for Lepidosauria to survive? *Luisa Diele-Viegas*	Multiple kinds of success in amphibian conservation *Evan Grant*	Ecological divergence of the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens *Mizuki Takahashi*	Variations of jaw size across genetically homogenous sea snake populations reveal phenotypic plasticity Xavier Bonnet	Urban herpetofauna and evaluation of public attitude towards significance and conservation of amphibians and reptiles *Muhammad Rais*	Resolving Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis lineage distribution and ecology in South Africa *Pria Ghosh*
1130	Does mandating mitigation translocations result in conservation benefits? *Ox Lennon*	Adaptive radiation in the multidimensional phenotype *Brooke Bodensteiner*	Accounting for uncertainty: pathogen detection and management of amphibian disease *Brittany Mosher*	Functional diversity of predators drive variable trait- and density-mediated effects on prey life history *Jason Bohenek*	It came from the land: venom variation in aquatic snakes relative to terrestrial ancestors *Bryan Fry*	Positive perceptions of the enigmatic Eastern Hellbender Salamander: content analysis of historical to current media *Shem Unger*	Ancestral chytrid pathogen remains hypervirulent following its long co-evolution with amphibian hosts *Bruce Waldman*
1145	Is habitat enhancement for reptile conservation a viable strategy in pest-invaded landscapes? *Sarah Herbert*	Ecophysiology predicts the fundamental niche of native and invasive populations of the African Clawed Frog *Dennis Rödder*	The importance of scale in amphibian conservation: species responses to fragmentation *Staci Amburgey*	Does size structure in a facultatively paedomorphic predator (Ambystoma talpoideum) alter prey density and diversity? *Cy Mott*	Overcoming human-herpetofauna conflict using snakebite as a case-study *Allwin Jesudasan*	Habitat fragmentation reduces genetic diversity and increases susceptibility to infections in frogs of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest *Anat Belasen*
The use of social media to educate and increase awareness of snakes *Hiral Naik*
Microscopic and macroscopic photography: bringing the small to the world *Mark Smith*
1200 - 1300	Lunch amongst the exhibition Venue: ISB Link Building
1215 - 1245	Film: Herpetological Namesakes Venue: Castle 1 Lecture Theatre
Concurrent sessions	Moving Herpetofauna in the Right Direction Part II: Translocations & Tools to Mitigate for Development	Beyond CTmax & CTmin: Advances in Studying the Thermal Limits of Reptiles & Amphibians.	Amphibian Conservation in the Anthropocene – Challenges, priorities, & Solutions for the Human Epoch	Conservation Ecology 1	New Perspectives on Biology of Sea Snakes	Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 3	Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis 2
1300	Salvage, translocation and radio-telemetry of ngahere geckos (Mokopirirakau 'southern North Island') to Mana Island, NZ *Trent Bell*	Factors affecting the thermal tolerance of reptile embryos: lessons from Anolis lizards *Joshua Hall*	Optimising habitat management for amphibians: from simple models to complex decisions *Geoff Heard*	Distribution, occupancy, and habitat associations of grassland-associated reptile and amphibian species in Northwest Arkansas *Ethan Royal*	The paradox of stenotopy and eurytopy in the Yellow-Lipped Sea Krait, Laticauda colubrina *Harold Heatwole*	Expedition in search of Asian pit-vipers through China: field survey and systematic study (Viperidae, Crotalinae) *Jingsong Shi*	Did Bd-CAPE drive the Kihansi spray toad (Nectophrynoides asperginis) to extinction in the wild? *Thomas Sewell*
1315	Assessing wildlife translocation proposals: the Victorian experience *Kim Miller*	Low embryonic heat tolerance increases vulnerability to climate change in low-latitude lizards *Baojun Sun*	Understanding probabilities of movement at different scales to inform conservation strategies *Erin Muths*	Species diversity, distribution and microhabitat preferences of anurans in Mount Kalatungan, Bukidnon, Central Mindanao Philippines *Von Carlo Dela Torre*	Sea snakes of the Sahul Shelf: spatial temporal changes and threats, 1993 to 2017 Mick Guinea	Phylogenetic relationships in the slug-eater snakes, Duberria (Lamprophiidae) *Shelley Edwards*	Understanding limits to recruitment can help inform chytrid fungus mitigation strategies *Matt West*
1330	Role of research reintroductions in successful habitat restoration of threatened amphibians *Michael Mahony*	Behavioral and physiological responses of desert lizards to climate change *Weiguo Du*	Leiopelma conservation: progress and key uncertainties *Phil Bishop*	The contribution of wetland succession to declines of threatened amphibians *Angela Burrow*	Discussion *Harold Heatwole & Kate Sanders*	Phylogenetics and undiscovered diversity of the Mexican leopard frogs *Anne Chambers*	Associations between the fungal and bacterial microbiomes of frogs, with implications for disease management *Donald McKnight*
1345	Outcome bias of auditory survey methods may negatively affect detectability of anurans *Alex Callen*	A new explanation for the evolution of TSD provides broad insight into thermal limits of reptiles *Njal Rollinson*	Conserving Panamanian Harlequin Frogs by integrating captive-breeding and research programs *Brian Gratwicke*	Context-dependent effects of non-native vegetation on amphibian development in prairie ecosystems *Chelsea Kross*	Finding needles in haystacks: using niche models to locate previously unknown population of sea snakes *Vinay Udyawer*	Phylogenetic relationship of Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex in Thailand: implication for taxonomic status *Korkhwan Termprayoon*	Elevated salinity blocks amphibian chytrid transmission and improves host survival: implications for translocations *Simon Clulow*
1400	Use of photorecognition and habitat manipulation in mitigation and post-development monitoring *Liam Russell*	It's getting hot in here: predicting how diving ectotherms will be impacted by climate warming *Essie Rodgers*	Facilitated discussion *Erin Muths*	Permanent water body provides micro-refuge for frogs in a fire prone landscape *Dean Lenga*	Integrating underwater surveys, telemetry and citizen science to understand drivers of movement in sea snakes *Claire Goiran*	Independent evolution of habitat preferences in 238 species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 *Lee Grismer*	A Wildlife Vaccine Campaign: caccinating amphibians against the chytrid fungus *Taegan McMahon*
1415		Unraveling the role of body size in thermal maxima *Emily Taylor*	Is vegetation mapping a suitable proxy for predicting occupancy of threatened frogs? *Grant Webster*	Evolutionary loss of drinking response in marine snakes *Harold Heatwole*	A global phylogeny of monitor lizards, and the contribution of competition to extreme size disparity *Ian Brennan*	Survival strategies of the chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis within and outside its amphibian host *Michael San Francisco*
1430	What mechanism sets thermal tolerance in reptiles and amphibians? *Rory Telemeco*	Conservation status of the world's skinks: geographic and taxonomic patterns in extinction risk *David Chapple*	Discussion *Harold Heatwole & Kate Sanders*	A new Approach to Building the amphibian tree of life *Ana Serra Silva*	Indirect terrestrial transmission of chytrid fungus from reservoir to susceptible host species causes fatal chytridiomycosis *Thomas Burns*
1445	Two tests of the hierarchical mechanisms of thermal limitation hypothesis in lizards *Eric Gangloff*	Sister newt species facing landscape changes: comparing key landscape features and resilience patterns *Bernardo Antunes*	What have we learned from the tree of herps? *Luke Harmon*	Variation of the skin bacterial community and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in the frog Philoria loveridgei *Mariel Familiar*
1500 - 1530	Afternoon tea amongst the exhibition Venue: ISB Link Building
Concurrent sessions	Population Ecology & Monitoring	Beyond CTmax & CTmin: Advances in Studying the Thermal Limits of Reptiles & Amphibians.	Amphibian Conservation in the Anthropocene – Challenges, Priorities, & Solutions for the Human Epoch	Adaption & Evolution 7	Reproductive Biology	Behavioural Ecology 4	Amphibian Disease & Ecology	Diversity & Distributions 2
1530	Latest news of environmental DNA metabarcoding approach for monitoring amphibian species in tropical forests *Carla M Lopes*	Discussion and writing for Special Issue *Rory Telemeco*	Facilitated Discussion continued *Erin Muths*	Biomechanical modeling of turtle jaws: linking brevirostry and edentulism in Testudines *Domenic D'Amore*	The evolution of direct development in Southeast Asian Rhacophorid frogs (Anura, Rhacophoridae, Philautus) *Laurence Etter*	Seasonal dynamics and calling behaviour of the terrestrial-breeding microhylid Cophixalus australis *Ross Alford*	A meta-analysis reveals temperature, dose, life stage, and taxonomy influence host susceptibility to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis *Erin Sauer*	Population trends of European amphibians and reptiles are jointly determined by multiple drivers *Mattia Falaschi*
1545	Social networking of the Otago Skink (Oligosoma otagense) at Orokonui Ecosanctuary *Vanitha Elangovan*	Evolutionary trajectories of a shell-adapted respiratory apparatus: the turtle dilemma(s) *Markus Lambertz*	Optimising captive recovery for the critically endangered Baw Baw frog *Deon Gilbert*	Diurnal calling behaviour in the nocturnal túngara frog (Engystomops pustulosus) on Isla Taboga, Panama *Heather Gray*	Evaluating environmental-DNA as a tool for detecting an amphibian pathogen using an optimized extraction method *Laura Brannelly*	What determines the range margins of the Delicate Skink (Lampropholis delicata)? *Jules Farquhar*
1550	Occupancy modeling as an approach to evaluate effectiveness of conservation translocations in a temperate-zone rattlesnake *Jonathan Choquette*
1555	The snake that made it back on its own: recolonization by the Puerto Rican Racer *Renata Platenberg*	Conclusions and future directions *Evan Grant*
1600	High variability in Red Tree Frog advertisement calls may act as buffer to anthropogenic disturbance *Brittany Mitchell*		Comparative studies of egg tooth development in squamate reptiles *Mateusz Hermyt*	Sex or candy? Neuroendocrine mechanisms of seasonal life-history transitions in garter snakes *Deborah Lutterschmidt*	The unexpected genetic mating system of a terrestrial breeding toadlet (Pseudophryne coriacea) *Daniel O'Brien*	Behavioral changes throughout the Span of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) infection in various salamander species *Gordon Burghardt*	Ecological and environmental drivers of global diversity patterns in lizards *Alex Skeels*
1605	Conservation Project: uncovering the well-kept secrets of Lachesis stenophrys ecology *Laura Ruysseveldt Bushmaster*
1610	Using red fox (Vulpes vulpes) behaviour to protect Bell's turtle (Myuchelys bellii) nests in Australia *Geoffrey Hughes*
1615	Assessing body condition of Bermuda skinks in relation to threats and habitat change *Helena Turner*	Intertwined evolution of swimming, morphology and microhabitat in tree frogs from the subfamily Hylinae *Itzue Caviedes - Solis*	How to (un)make a sexy snake: suppression of female pheromone production via steroid action *Rocky Parker*	Genetic benefits of extreme sequential polyandry in a terrestrial-breeding frog *Phillip Byrne*	Look, that salamander is being eaten alive! *Debra Miller*	Climate extremes, variability and trade shape biogeographical patterns of herpetological fauna in the Anthropocene *Xuan Liu*
1620	Agricultural intensification driven landscape modification as determinants of herpetofaunal abundance *Deyatima Ghosh*	Implementing of environmental DNA detection method in the surveillance of amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans *David Lastra Gonzalez*
1625	Habitat assessment for the reintroduction of the agile frog in a human-dominated landscape *Louise Masters*
1630	Bioacoustics reveal the calling activity of an endangered frog (Philoria kundagungan) in response to climate *David Newell*			Effects of polyandrous mating on fertilization, embryo survival and offspring development in the emerald treefrog *Yuan-cheng Cheng*	Sexual dimorphism and reproductive ecology of the South-American rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus in the Brazilian Cerrado *María Hoyos*	Breaking the law: Sexual mate choice behavior of female European common frogs *Carolin Dittrich*	Cryptic diversity and evolution of Asian horned toads (Megophryidae) *Jinmin Chen*
1635	Breeding behavior of Indochinese Spitting Cobra (Naja siamensis) in Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand *Curtis Radcliffe*
1640	Re-regeneration to reduce negative effects associated with tail loss in lizards *James Barr*
1645	Delegates move to plenary session
1700 - 1745	Keynote: Life on the edge – unlocking the secrets of a Lost World *Phillipe Kok* Venue: St David & Castle 1 Lecture Theatre
1800 - 1900	Poster session Venue: The Common Room, ISB Link Building
1900 - 2000	Annual General Meeting & Presentations of bids to host WCH10 Venue: St David & Castle 1 Lecture Theatre

Time

Session

0800 - 1900

Registration open
Venue: ISB Link Building

0830 - 1915

Keynote: Sound communication in aquatic turtles
Camilla Ferrera
Venue: St David & Castle 1 Lecture Theatre

Concurrent sessions

Moving Herpetofauna in the Right Direction Part II: Translocations & Tools To Mitigate For Development

Ecophysiology 2

Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 2

Biology & Conservation of Paedomorphosis in Amphibians

New Perspectives on Biology of Sea Snakes

Ecological Interactions 2

Diversity & Distributions 1

Education, Outreach & Citizen Science

0930

Mitigating for development: where are we at and where are we going?
Jennifer Germano

Ecophysiological variation in lizards better explained by proximate or distal environmental predictors?
Rodolfo AndersonIs

History and geography resolve a problem in African Sand Frog taxonomy (Tomopterna)
Alan Channing

Diversification via paedomorphosis in salamanders
Ronald Bonett

Introduction
Harold Heatwole & Kate Sanders

Investigating patterns of ecomorphological diversification and convergence in savannas from Australia and Brazil
Jessica Fenker

The role of paleogeographic history in the evolution of Afro-Arabian squamate reptiles: a large-scale perspective
Hector Tejero-Cicuendez

The role of education in amphibian conservation
Marcileida Maria Dos Santos
(via video)

0945

How can mitigation guidelines be applied effectively?
Lea Randall

Maternal effect as an adaptation to drought in a desert-dwelling oviparous lizard
Yang Wang

An update and taxonomic review of snakes housed in the herpetological collection from Auckland Museum
María Hoyos

Lifetime fitness, sex-specific life history, and the maintenance of a polyphenism
Howard Whiteman

The species status of the viviparous sea snakes
Arne Rasmussen

Competition and resources shape multidimensional trophic niche overlap in Brazilian thin-toed frogs (Leptodactylus sp)
Travis Ingram

Diversification and biodiversity dynamics of the Arabian squamate reptiles
Jiri Smid

Online instruction of herpetology for gifted students
Allison Metler

1000

Past and present status of development mitigation for herpetofauna in the UK
Richard Griffiths

Thermal biology of Pristimantis medemi along an altitudinal gradient in the Colombian Andes
Andres Aponte

The status of caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) collections at the Natural History Museum, London, UK
Rachunliu Gaiduwan Kamei

Conservation ecology of facultative paedomorphosis in newts in a world of introduced alien species
Mathieu Denoël

Diversification dynamics in viviparous sea snakes
Kate Sanders

Disentangling the mechanisms behind lizard-spinifex relationships
Kristian Bell

Contribution to the herpetofauna of south-eastern Angola
Werner Conradie

Community engagement in amphibian and reptile research as a path for the new century
Maureen Donnelly

1005

Niche differentiation of two coexisting tadpoles on Emei Mountain
Zhao Tian

1010

Family specific herbivory in West-African Sabre-toothed Frogs
Marvin Schäfer

1015

A novel approach to addressing development impacts on Triturus cristatus, a strictly protected UK amphibian
Jim Foster

Climatic preferences of a sand lizard population (Lacerta agilis Linnaeus 1758) in western Germany
Dennis Rödder

Johann Gottlob Schneider's Historiae Amphibiorum (1799-1801), a seminal contribution to herpetology
Aaron Bauer

Rediscovering the axolotl as a model for paedomorphosis
Randal Voss

The evolution and development of microcephalic sea snakes
Emma Sherratt

Amphibians and reptiles in two geothermal localities in the state of Puebla, México
Jesús Mauricio Rodríguez Canseco

Using crowd-sourced data for conservation: the Idaho Amphibian and Reptile iNaturalist Project
Charles Peterson

1020

Present and recent past habitat suitability ranges of northeast Asian treefrogs using maximum entropy models
Desiree Andersen

1025

The diversity of Short-legged Toad (Anura: Megophryidae: Megophrys) in China
Yao Li

1030 - 1100

Morning tea amongst the exhibition
Venue: ISB Link Building

Concurrent sessions

Moving Herpetofauna in the Right Direction Part II: Translocations & Tools to Mitigate for Development

Beyond CTmax & CTmin: Advances in Studying the Thermal Limits of Reptiles & Amphibians.

Amphibian Conservation in the Anthropocene – Challenges, priorities, & Solutions for the Human Epoch

Biology & Conservation of Paedomorphosis in Amphibians

New Perspectives on Biology of Sea Snakes

Education & Outreach

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis 1

1100

Lizard mitigation in New Zealand
Jennifer Germano

How temperature variation drives latitudinal differences in ectotherm sensitivity to heat extremes during warming
Alex Gunderson

Amphibian decline in the Anthropocene: knowledge and uncertainties
David Green

Spatiotemporal variability of paedomorphosis in Ambystoma talpoideum across two metapopulations
Thomas Anderson

Using high throughput sequencing to elucidate the evolutionary history of sea snakes
James Nankivell

Progress report on herpetological sampling and oVert (Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D)
Gregory Watkins-Colwell

Cross-continental, interlineage competition and virulence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Trenton Garner

1115

Walking the line: balancing the needs of wildlife and development
Jacqui Wairepo

Will the world be too hot for Lepidosauria to survive?
Luisa Diele-Viegas

Multiple kinds of success in amphibian conservation
Evan Grant

Ecological divergence of the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens
Mizuki Takahashi

Variations of jaw size across genetically homogenous sea snake populations reveal phenotypic plasticity
Xavier Bonnet

Urban herpetofauna and evaluation of public attitude towards significance and conservation of amphibians and reptiles
Muhammad Rais

Resolving Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis lineage distribution and ecology in South Africa
Pria Ghosh

1130

Does mandating mitigation translocations result in conservation benefits?
Ox Lennon

Adaptive radiation in the multidimensional phenotype
Brooke Bodensteiner

Accounting for uncertainty: pathogen detection and management of amphibian disease
Brittany Mosher

Functional diversity of predators drive variable trait- and density-mediated effects on prey life history
Jason Bohenek

It came from the land: venom variation in aquatic snakes relative to terrestrial ancestors
Bryan Fry

Positive perceptions of the enigmatic Eastern Hellbender Salamander: content analysis of historical to current media
Shem Unger

Ancestral chytrid pathogen remains hypervirulent following its long co-evolution with amphibian hosts
Bruce Waldman

1145

Is habitat enhancement for reptile conservation a viable strategy in pest-invaded landscapes?
Sarah Herbert

Ecophysiology predicts the fundamental niche of native and invasive populations of the African Clawed Frog
Dennis Rödder

The importance of scale in amphibian conservation: species responses to fragmentation
Staci Amburgey

Does size structure in a facultatively paedomorphic predator (Ambystoma talpoideum) alter prey density and diversity?
Cy Mott

Overcoming human-herpetofauna conflict using snakebite as a case-study
Allwin Jesudasan

Habitat fragmentation reduces genetic diversity and increases susceptibility to infections in frogs of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Anat Belasen

The use of social media to educate and increase awareness of snakes
Hiral Naik

Microscopic and macroscopic photography: bringing the small to the world
Mark Smith

1200 - 1300

Lunch amongst the exhibition
Venue: ISB Link Building

1215 - 1245

Film: Herpetological Namesakes
Venue: Castle 1 Lecture Theatre

Concurrent sessions

Moving Herpetofauna in the Right Direction Part II: Translocations & Tools to Mitigate for Development

Beyond CTmax & CTmin: Advances in Studying the Thermal Limits of Reptiles & Amphibians.

Amphibian Conservation in the Anthropocene – Challenges, priorities, & Solutions for the Human Epoch

Conservation Ecology 1

New Perspectives on Biology of Sea Snakes

Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 3

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis 2

1300

Salvage, translocation and radio-telemetry of ngahere geckos (Mokopirirakau 'southern North Island') to Mana Island, NZ
Trent Bell

Factors affecting the thermal tolerance of reptile embryos: lessons from Anolis lizards
Joshua Hall

Optimising habitat management for amphibians: from simple models to complex decisions
Geoff Heard

Distribution, occupancy, and habitat associations of grassland-associated reptile and amphibian species in Northwest Arkansas
Ethan Royal

The paradox of stenotopy and eurytopy in the Yellow-Lipped Sea Krait, Laticauda colubrina
Harold Heatwole

Expedition in search of Asian pit-vipers through China: field survey and systematic study (Viperidae, Crotalinae)
Jingsong Shi

Did Bd-CAPE drive the Kihansi spray toad (Nectophrynoides asperginis) to extinction in the wild?
Thomas Sewell

1315

Assessing wildlife translocation proposals: the Victorian experience
Kim Miller

Low embryonic heat tolerance increases vulnerability to climate change in low-latitude lizards
Baojun Sun

Understanding probabilities of movement at different scales to inform conservation strategies
Erin Muths

Species diversity, distribution and microhabitat preferences of anurans in Mount Kalatungan, Bukidnon, Central Mindanao Philippines
Von Carlo Dela Torre

Sea snakes of the Sahul Shelf: spatial temporal changes and threats, 1993 to 2017
Mick Guinea

Phylogenetic relationships in the slug-eater snakes, Duberria (Lamprophiidae)
Shelley Edwards

Understanding limits to recruitment can help inform chytrid fungus mitigation strategies
Matt West

1330

Role of research reintroductions in successful habitat restoration of threatened amphibians
Michael Mahony

Behavioral and physiological responses of desert lizards to climate change
Weiguo Du

Leiopelma conservation: progress and key uncertainties
Phil Bishop

The contribution of wetland succession to declines of threatened amphibians
Angela Burrow

Discussion
Harold Heatwole & Kate Sanders

Phylogenetics and undiscovered diversity of the Mexican leopard frogs
Anne Chambers

Associations between the fungal and bacterial microbiomes of frogs, with implications for disease management
Donald McKnight

1345

Outcome bias of auditory survey methods may negatively affect detectability of anurans
Alex Callen

A new explanation for the evolution of TSD provides broad insight into thermal limits of reptiles
Njal Rollinson

Conserving Panamanian Harlequin Frogs by integrating captive-breeding and research programs
Brian Gratwicke

Context-dependent effects of non-native vegetation on amphibian development in prairie ecosystems
Chelsea Kross

Finding needles in haystacks: using niche models to locate previously unknown population of sea snakes
Vinay Udyawer

Phylogenetic relationship of Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex in Thailand: implication for taxonomic status
Korkhwan Termprayoon

Elevated salinity blocks amphibian chytrid transmission and improves host survival: implications for translocations
Simon Clulow

1400

Use of photorecognition and habitat manipulation in mitigation and post-development monitoring
Liam Russell

It's getting hot in here: predicting how diving ectotherms will be impacted by climate warming
Essie Rodgers

Facilitated discussion
Erin Muths

Permanent water body provides micro-refuge for frogs in a fire prone landscape
Dean Lenga

Integrating underwater surveys, telemetry and citizen science to understand drivers of movement in sea snakes
Claire Goiran

Independent evolution of habitat preferences in 238 species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827
Lee Grismer

A Wildlife Vaccine Campaign: caccinating amphibians against the chytrid fungus
Taegan McMahon

1415

Unraveling the role of body size in thermal maxima
Emily Taylor

Is vegetation mapping a suitable proxy for predicting occupancy of threatened frogs?
Grant Webster

Evolutionary loss of drinking response in marine snakes
Harold Heatwole

A global phylogeny of monitor lizards, and the contribution of competition to extreme size disparity
Ian Brennan

Survival strategies of the chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis within and outside its amphibian host
Michael San Francisco

1430

What mechanism sets thermal tolerance in reptiles and amphibians?
Rory Telemeco

Conservation status of the world's skinks: geographic and taxonomic patterns in extinction risk
David Chapple

Discussion
Harold Heatwole & Kate Sanders

A new Approach to Building the amphibian tree of life
Ana Serra Silva

Indirect terrestrial transmission of chytrid fungus from reservoir to susceptible host species causes fatal chytridiomycosis
Thomas Burns

1445

Two tests of the hierarchical mechanisms of thermal limitation hypothesis in lizards
Eric Gangloff

Sister newt species facing landscape changes: comparing key landscape features and resilience patterns
Bernardo Antunes

What have we learned from the tree of herps?
Luke Harmon

Variation of the skin bacterial community and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in the frog Philoria loveridgei
Mariel Familiar

1500 - 1530

Afternoon tea amongst the exhibition
Venue: ISB Link Building

Concurrent sessions

Population Ecology & Monitoring

Beyond CTmax & CTmin: Advances in Studying the Thermal Limits of Reptiles & Amphibians.

Amphibian Conservation in the Anthropocene – Challenges, Priorities, & Solutions for the Human Epoch

Adaption & Evolution 7

Reproductive Biology

Behavioural Ecology 4

Amphibian Disease & Ecology

Diversity & Distributions 2

1530

Latest news of environmental DNA metabarcoding approach for monitoring amphibian species in tropical forests
Carla M Lopes

Discussion and writing for Special Issue
Rory Telemeco

Facilitated Discussion continued
Erin Muths

Biomechanical modeling of turtle jaws: linking brevirostry and edentulism in Testudines
Domenic D'Amore

The evolution of direct development in Southeast Asian Rhacophorid frogs (Anura, Rhacophoridae, Philautus)
Laurence Etter

Seasonal dynamics and calling behaviour of the terrestrial-breeding microhylid Cophixalus australis
Ross Alford

A meta-analysis reveals temperature, dose, life stage, and taxonomy influence host susceptibility to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Erin Sauer

Population trends of European amphibians and reptiles are jointly determined by multiple drivers
Mattia Falaschi

1545

Social networking of the Otago Skink (Oligosoma otagense) at Orokonui Ecosanctuary
Vanitha Elangovan

Evolutionary trajectories of a shell-adapted respiratory apparatus: the turtle dilemma(s)
Markus Lambertz

Optimising captive recovery for the critically endangered Baw Baw frog
Deon Gilbert

Diurnal calling behaviour in the nocturnal túngara frog (Engystomops pustulosus) on Isla Taboga, Panama
Heather Gray

Evaluating environmental-DNA as a tool for detecting an amphibian pathogen using an optimized extraction method
Laura Brannelly

What determines the range margins of the Delicate Skink (Lampropholis delicata)?
Jules Farquhar

1550

Occupancy modeling as an approach to evaluate effectiveness of conservation translocations in a temperate-zone rattlesnake
Jonathan Choquette

1555

The snake that made it back on its own: recolonization by the Puerto Rican Racer
Renata Platenberg

Conclusions and future directions
Evan Grant

1600

High variability in Red Tree Frog advertisement calls may act as buffer to anthropogenic disturbance
Brittany Mitchell

Comparative studies of egg tooth development in squamate reptiles
Mateusz Hermyt

Sex or candy? Neuroendocrine mechanisms of seasonal life-history transitions in garter snakes
Deborah Lutterschmidt

The unexpected genetic mating system of a terrestrial breeding toadlet (Pseudophryne coriacea)
Daniel O'Brien

Behavioral changes throughout the Span of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) infection in various salamander species
Gordon Burghardt

Ecological and environmental drivers of global diversity patterns in lizards
Alex Skeels

1605

Conservation Project: uncovering the well-kept secrets of Lachesis stenophrys ecology
Laura Ruysseveldt Bushmaster

1610

Using red fox (Vulpes vulpes) behaviour to protect Bell's turtle (Myuchelys bellii) nests in Australia
Geoffrey Hughes

1615

Assessing body condition of Bermuda skinks in relation to threats and habitat change
Helena Turner

Intertwined evolution of swimming, morphology and microhabitat in tree frogs from the subfamily Hylinae
Itzue Caviedes - Solis

How to (un)make a sexy snake: suppression of female pheromone production via steroid action
Rocky Parker

Genetic benefits of extreme sequential polyandry in a terrestrial-breeding frog
Phillip Byrne

Look, that salamander is being eaten alive!
Debra Miller

Climate extremes, variability and trade shape biogeographical patterns of herpetological fauna in the Anthropocene
Xuan Liu

1620

Agricultural intensification driven landscape modification as determinants of herpetofaunal abundance
Deyatima Ghosh

Implementing of environmental DNA detection method in the surveillance of amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans
David Lastra Gonzalez

1625

Habitat assessment for the reintroduction of the agile frog in a human-dominated landscape
Louise Masters

1630

Bioacoustics reveal the calling activity of an endangered frog (Philoria kundagungan) in response to climate
David Newell

Effects of polyandrous mating on fertilization, embryo survival and offspring development in the emerald treefrog
Yuan-cheng Cheng

Sexual dimorphism and reproductive ecology of the South-American rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus in the Brazilian Cerrado
María Hoyos

Breaking the law: Sexual mate choice behavior of female European common frogs
Carolin Dittrich

Cryptic diversity and evolution of Asian horned toads (Megophryidae)
Jinmin Chen

1635

Breeding behavior of Indochinese Spitting Cobra (Naja siamensis) in Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Curtis Radcliffe

1640

Re-regeneration to reduce negative effects associated with tail loss in lizards
James Barr

1645

Delegates move to plenary session

1700 - 1745

Keynote: Life on the edge – unlocking the secrets of a Lost World
Phillipe Kok
Venue: St David & Castle 1 Lecture Theatre

1800 - 1900

Poster session
Venue: The Common Room, ISB Link Building

1900 - 2000

Annual General Meeting & Presentations of bids to host WCH10
Venue: St David & Castle 1 Lecture Theatre

Time	Session

0800 - 1800	Registration open Venue: ISB Link Building
0830 - 0915	Keynote: The evolutionary ecology of family living in lizards *Geoff While* Venue: St David & Castle 1 Lecture Theatre
Concurrent sessions	Temperature, Moisture & Environmental Change: Conservation Physiology of Lepidosaurs in an Age of Climate Disruption	Conservation Biology	Biology of the Frog Family Microhylidae	Genetic & Genomic methods	Recovering Amphibian & Reptile Species from the Brink of Extinction: Developing Best-Practice Guidelines	*Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans*	Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 4
0930	Modeling incubation microclimates to predict impacts of climate change on embryonic development in tuatara *Anna Carter*	A review of the conservation status of the Galapagos Islands terrestrial snakes (Pseudalsophis spp) *Luis Ortiz-Catedral*	Introduction *Marta Vidal - Gacia*	Novel, cost efficient and minimally destructive methodology for sequencing mitochondrial genomes of historical museum specimens *Stephen Mahony*	Better together: collaborative planning in threatened species recovery *Sally Wren*	Germany, the hotspot of Bsal emergence *Michael Veith*	Detecting selection in urban dragons with a comparison of neutral markers and quantitative trait divergence *Nicola Kent*
0945	Cellular and whole-organism effects of prolonged vs. acute heat stress in a montane, desert lizard *Jeanine Refsnider*	Stream-riparian forest management for herpetofauna: Beyond Best Management Practices *Deanna (Dede) Olson*	The past, present, and future of research on Madagascar's microhylids *Mark D. Scherz*	Benchmarking tissue preservation methods for ultra-high molecular weight DNA and long-read genome sequencing technologies *Hollis Dahn*	Archey's frog - an evolutionarily distinct and long-lived terrestrial frog at risk in New Zealand *Ben Bell*	Broad host range of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans equates to high invasion probability in North America *Matthew Gray*	Re-assessment of taxonomy and geographic distribution of Fejervarya cancrivora complex from Thailand and nearby countries *Siriporn Yodthong*
1000	Crossroads or tipping points: does thermal melanism hypothesis hold across lizards of different body size? *Federico Massetti*	Snakebite envenoming and rattlesnake conservation vulnerability zones in the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico *Jesús Mauricio Rodríguez Canseco*	A non-invasive in situ underwater DNA sampling method applied to the olm (Proteus anguinus) *Judit Vörös*	The conservation management of Grand and Otago skinks as a case study *James Reardon*	Winter is coming: temperature dependent virulence of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans *Edward Carter*	Macroevolution and taxonomy of Oriental Brown Frogs (Rana spp.) across the East-Palearctic *Siti Norhidayah Binti Othman*
1015	Upper voluntary thermal limit and water loss in a temperate viviparous gecko: an interactive effect *Christian Chukwuka*	Zoo-led collaboration for conservation- gecko monitoring on Matiu/Somes Island *Chye-mei Huang*	Analysis of ultraconserved elements supports African origins of narrow-mouthed frogs *Jeffrey Streicher*	Surveying frogs from the bellies of their parasites *Timothy Cutajar*	Restoring the Critically Endangered mountain chicken in the face of chytridiomycosis *Jeff Dawson*	Managing host density and habitat structure could influence contact rates and transmission of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans *Matthew Gray*
1030 - 1100	Morning tea amongst the exhibition Venue: ISB Link Building
Concurrent sessions	Temperature, Moisture & Environmental Change: Conservation Physiology of Lepidosaurs in an Age of Climate Disruption	Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR) for Invasive Reptiles & Amphibians	Biology of the Frog Family Microhylidae	Reproductive Technologies & Biobanking for Amphibian Conservation	Recovering Amphibian & Reptile Species from the Brink of Extinction: Developing Best-Practice Guidelines	Ecology 2	Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 5
1100	Conservatism and plasticity in the ecophysiology of a lizard across a steep environmental gradient *Miguel A. Carretero*	Mechanisms for coordinating expertise: New Zealand's Island Eradication Advisory Group *Keith Broome*	Recent advances on the taxonomy, systematics and biology of cophyline frogs of the genus Plethodontohyla *Angelica Crottini*	The role of reproductive technologies in amphibian captive breeding programs *Aimee Silla*	How the "World's rarest snake" was saved, and its implications for other endangered Caribbean species *Jennifer Daltry*	Consequences of keystone plant decline for reptiles in fragmented agricultural landscapes *Sara Balouch*	A snake in the grass: a molecular study of the widespread genus Psammophylax *Chad Keates*
1115	Wind speed alters the thermoregulatory behaviour of skinks even when substrate temperature remains constant *Jo Virens*	New Zealand border and post-border detection and response strategies *Dylan Van Winkel*	The biology of the microhylid subfamily Hoplophrynine *Simon Loader*	Applying assisted reproductive techniques to a multi-year study into biotic factors influencing necturus captive breeding *Monica Stoops*	Recovery efforts for the critically endangered Southern Corroboree Frog (Pseudophryne corroboree) *Michael McFadden*	Habitat use by Leiopelma archeyi in disturbed and undisturbed sites on the Coromandel Peninsula, Aotearoa *Emily Hotham*	Filling in the phylogenetic gaps: targeted taxon sampling clarifies relationships of Indian agamids and snakes *Deepak Veerappan*
1130	Linking physiological and behavioural variation to territory thermal quality and fitness in an African lizard *Karla Alujevic*	Improving early detection and rapid response for cryptic species: a review of current analytical tools *Amy Yackel Adams*	Morphological convergence in bouldering frogs *Marta Vidal-Garcia*	Spermiation and changes in serum hormone levels in the mountain yellow-legged frog, Rana muscosa *Natalie Calatayud*	Rebuilding the endemic reptile community of Gunner's Quoin, Mauritius *Nik Cole*	Population success of common skinks (Oligosoma polychroma) following mitigation translocation *Sydney Dean*	Are local molecular clocks misleading? – the case of Mediterranean amphibians *Michael Veith*
1145	The influence of species assemblages on thermoregulation and habitat use in novel environments *Carla Piantoni*	Decision analysis for early detection and rapid response: modeling to advance identification of optimal management *Staci Amburgey*	Relict distribution of Microhyla in the Ryukyu Archipelago: high diversity in East-Asia maintained by insularization *Atsushi Tominaga*	Examining variation in sperm response in divergent populations of Red-eyed treefrogs *Leah Jacobs*	Empowering communities and new generations in Lake Patzcuaro: the case of Achoque (Ambystoma dumerilii) *Gerardo Garcia*	Using monitors to monitor restoration: how does Australia's largest lizard respond to mine site restoration? *Sophie Cross*	Inadvertent paralog inclusion drives artefactual topologies and timetree estimates in Lissamphibia *Karen Siu-Ting*
1150	Using environmental DNA sampling to delimit a European newt invasion in Australia *Reid Tingley*	Varanus rosenbergi use of spatial habitat, adaptation and social structure *Michael McKelvey*
1155	Camera traps for early detection and rapid response and management of an invasive reptile *Staci Amburgey*	Spatial ecology of Indochinese Spitting Cobra (Naja siamensis) Within Rural Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve, Thailand *Bartosz Nadolski*
1200 - 1300	Lunch amongst the exhibition Venue: ISB Link Building
1215 - 1245	Film: Herpetologists Past and Present Venue: Castle 1 Lecture Theatre
Concurrent sessions	Temperature, Moisture & Environmental Change: Conservation Physiology of Lepidosaurs in an Age of Climate Disruption	Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR) for Invasive Reptiles and Amphibians	Biology of the Frog Family Microhylidae	Reproductive Technologies & Biobanking for Amphibian Conservation	Recovering Amphibian & Reptile Species from the Brink of Extinction: Developing Best-Practice Quidelines	Conservation Ecology 2	Adaptation & Evolution 8
1300	Discussion *Alison Cree*	Targeted eDNA sampling for cryptic, arboreal snakes Based on microhabitat selection *Melia Nafus*	Microhylids of India: Could new discoveries from India untangle the colonization routes of Asian microhylids? *Sonali Garg*	Nasal GnRH administration elicits sperm production in both Bufonidae and Ranidae *Allison Julien*	The Golden Mantella frog: a species on the way to recovery? *Rodlis* *Raphali Andriantsimanarilafy*	Using environmental DNA to map winter hibernacula in temperate freshwater turtles *Wenxi Feng*	Insights from evolution and biomechanics reveal form-function relationships in reptile eggshells *Liliana D'Alba*
1315	Strategy and tool development for invasive plague skinks (Lampropholis delicata) on Aotea, Great Barrier Island *Jaqui Wairepo*	There and back again: invasions of Microhyla (Amphibia: Microhylidae) frogs from Southeast Asia to India *Vladislav Gorin*	Obtaining gametes by hormonal induction from Australian temperate frog species: differential phylogenetic and sex responses *John Clulow*	The Madagascar ploughshare tortoise programme – between recovery and extinction of an iconic species *Matt Goetz*	Site occupancy and eDNA concentrations of eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis) in a large river *Mizuki Takahashi*	Evolution of skin hydrophobicity in Australian geckos (Diplodactylidae and Carphodactylidae) *Jendrian Riedel*
1330	Rapid assessment of eradication success of an invasive lizard *Marlene Baling*	Recent progress in studies of Asian narrow-mouthed frogs (Anura: Microhylidae) *Nikolay A. Poyarkov*	Development and application of assisted reproductive technologies in several endangered Panamanian amphibian species *Gina Della Togna*	Recovering the white-bellied frog in south-west Western Australia: successes, challenges and the importance of collaborations *Kay Bradfield*	Spatial ecology of an endangered amphibian Litoria raniformis within modified Tasmanian landscapes *Tim Garvey*	Evolutionary morphology of osteoderms in anguimorph lizards *Bryan Minne*
1335	Dietary specialisation in fang 3D shape and sharpness of venomous snakes *Silke Cleuren*
1340	Can endocranium shape reveal the sensory ecology of 'aquatic' snakes? *Marion Segall*
1345	Two contrasting incursions of Lampropholis delicata in New Zealand's South Island *Rod Hitchmough*	Open discussion: the future of research on the frog family Microhylidae *Marta Vidal - Garcia*	Linking in situ and ex situ populations of the Southern Rocky Mountain boreal toad (Anaxyrus boreas boreas) *Cecilia Langhorne*	Preventing the extinction of two of Australia's most threatened lizards *Jon-Paul Emery*	Habitat selection and spatial ecology of a hot-spring endemic toad *Brian Halstead*	Recent studies of adrenal enlargement in toad-eating snakes *Alan Savitzky*
1400		Rapid eradication tool testing for invasive amphibians: Duttaphrynus melanostictus in Madagascar *James Reardon*	Refinement of spermatozoa cryopreservation techniques in Ambystoma tigrinum for salamander conservation and management *Amanda Gillis*	Discussion *Jeff Dawson*	Braiding data streams: building an Integrated Population Model for the Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog, Rana boylii *Jonathan Rose*	Visual adaptation of full and semi aquatic sea snakes *Takashi Seiko*
1415		Controlling cane toads with traps: what have we learned? *Lin Schwarzkopf*	Generation of amphibians from cryopreserved sperm: proof of capacity for development beyond metamorphosis *Rose Upton*	Effect of male phenotype and nest quality on mating success in the northern corroboree frog *Shannon Kelleher*	Limb reduction in skinks (Squamata: Scincidae): a comparative analysis based on morphological literature *Marco Camaiti*
1430		Alpine newt delimitation, containment and eradication strategies *Dylan Van Winkel*	Linking in situ and ex situ populations of threatened amphibians using the National Amphibian Genome Bank *Carrie Vance*	Niche partitioning as a mechanism for the coexistence of pygmy bluetongue lizards and burrowing spiders *Jessica Clayton*	Longevity is not influenced by metabolic rates across the vertebrate tree of life *Gavin Stark*
1445		The Asian Toad in Madagascar, when EDRR fails *Karen Freeman*	Putting the ARTs into practice: emerging opportunities and priorities for the application of amphibian ARTs *Simon Clulow*	Population genetics of timber rattlesnake populations in Northeastern United States *Anne Stengle*
1500 - 1530	Afternoon tea amoungst the exhibition Venue: ISB Link Building
Concurrent sessions	Physiology & Reproductive Biology	Captive Breeding	Diversity & Distributions 3	Reproductive Technologies & Biobanking for Amphibian Conservation	Conservation Ecology 3	Invasion & Disease Ecology
1530	Breadth of the thermal response captures individual and geographic variation in temperature-dependent sex determination *Anna Carter*	Habitat choice of hatchling Murray River Turtles (Emydura macquarii): informing headstarting programmes *Claudia Santori*	Synopsis of the amphibians from a poorly surveyed African country: Equatorial Guinea *Ignacio De La Riva*	Status of the U.S. National Amphibian Genome Bank and future efforts to conserve anuran biodiversity *Andrew Kouba*	Is individual variation in growth rates relevant to population dynamics of long-lived reptiles? *Doug Armstrong*	Cattle and Spears: damages of an uninvited guest to the Mediterranean herpetofauna *Roy Talbi*
1545	Timing is critical when inducing oviposition in turtles *Mark Feldman*	Cost-effective amphibian captive breeding using biobanking to meet IUCN 100-year, 90 percent heterozygosity criteria *Lachlan Howell*	Combining micro- and macrohabitat analyses to understand niche evolution in European cave salamanders *Gentile* *Francesco Ficetola*	Discussion session: developing a global strategy for amphibian biobanking *Aimee Silla*	Conservation of Miyako grass lizard, Takydromus toyamai: life history traits, population genetics, and conservation measures *Mamoru Toda*	The impact of non-native trout on endangered and endemic amphibians of the Peruvian Andes *Andrew Watson*
1600	Thermal plasticity in metabolic physiology in a widespread Australian lizard *Daniel Noble*	Applying SNP-derived genotyping to the captive management of the endangered Mountain Yellow-legged frog *Natalie Calatayud*	Implications of continuous amphibian diversity monitoring in Daweishan of tropical SE Yunnan, China *Jian Wang*	A population viability analysis of a declining population of the Moorish tortoise of west-central Morocco *Mohammed Znari*	Preliminary analysis on network-scale effects of invasive species on spatially-structured amphibian populations *Raoul Manenti*
1605	Time of year affects study of gut microbiota of the lizard Sceloporus consobrinus (Phrynosomatidae) *Mark Paulissen*
1610	Sexual dimorphism in external and skeletal morphology of Japanese lentic breeding salamander (Amphibia: Urodela: Hynobiidae) *Sotaro Hara*
1615	Genomic and transcriptomic investigations of the evolutionary transition from oviparity to viviparity *Wei Gao*	Behavioural observations of the Bermuda Skink Plestiodon longirostris in captivity: informing in-situ and ex-situ conservation *Gerardo Garcia*	Populational dynamics of the stream-dwelling frog Boana poaju in Southern Brazil *Sophia Kusterko Novaes*	The potential for artificial selection in a reintroduction program: exploring individual variation in chytridiomycosis susceptibility *Luke Linhoff*
1620	The invasion of the Asian Toad in Madagascar *Angelica Crottini*
1625	The source of reptile and amphibian pandemics in the Anthropocene *Jonathan Kolby*
1630	Superior start to life? Effect of carotenoids on the growth and development of corroboree frogs *Emma McInerney*			Incubation temperatures and intestinal length, are they telling us something about sea turtle hatchling survival? *Debra Miller*
1645	Delegates move to plenary session
1700	Keynote: Sending them south: appraising assisted colonisation of reptiles threatened by climate change *Nicki Mitchell* Venue: St David & Castle 1 Lecture Theatre
1745	Day close
1900 - 2300	Congress dinner Venue: Dunedin Town hall, 1 Harrop Street (please make your way to and from the Dunedin Town Hall) Dress code: Semi fromal to view a map on how to get there from the ISB Link Building

Time

Session

0800 - 1800

Registration open
Venue: ISB Link Building

0830 - 0915

Keynote: The evolutionary ecology of family living in lizards
Geoff While
Venue: St David & Castle 1 Lecture Theatre

Concurrent sessions

Temperature, Moisture & Environmental Change: Conservation Physiology of Lepidosaurs in an Age of Climate Disruption

Conservation Biology

Biology of the Frog Family Microhylidae

Genetic & Genomic methods

Recovering Amphibian & Reptile Species from the Brink of Extinction: Developing Best-Practice Guidelines

Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 4

0930

Modeling incubation microclimates to predict impacts of climate change on embryonic development in tuatara
Anna Carter

A review of the conservation status of the Galapagos Islands terrestrial snakes (Pseudalsophis spp)
Luis Ortiz-Catedral

Introduction
Marta Vidal - Gacia

Novel, cost efficient and minimally destructive methodology for sequencing mitochondrial genomes of historical museum specimens
Stephen Mahony

Better together: collaborative planning in threatened species recovery
Sally Wren

Germany, the hotspot of Bsal emergence
Michael Veith

Detecting selection in urban dragons with a comparison of neutral markers and quantitative trait divergence
Nicola Kent

0945

Cellular and whole-organism effects of prolonged vs. acute heat stress in a montane, desert lizard
Jeanine Refsnider

Stream-riparian forest management for herpetofauna: Beyond Best Management Practices
Deanna (Dede) Olson

The past, present, and future of research on Madagascar's microhylids
Mark D. Scherz

Benchmarking tissue preservation methods for ultra-high molecular weight DNA and long-read genome sequencing technologies
Hollis Dahn

Archey's frog - an evolutionarily distinct and long-lived terrestrial frog at risk in New Zealand
Ben Bell

Broad host range of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans equates to high invasion probability in North America
Matthew Gray

Re-assessment of taxonomy and geographic distribution of Fejervarya cancrivora complex from Thailand and nearby countries
Siriporn Yodthong

1000

Crossroads or tipping points: does thermal melanism hypothesis hold across lizards of different body size?
Federico Massetti

Snakebite envenoming and rattlesnake conservation vulnerability zones in the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico
Jesús Mauricio Rodríguez Canseco

A non-invasive in situ underwater DNA sampling method applied to the olm (Proteus anguinus)
Judit Vörös

The conservation management of Grand and Otago skinks as a case study
James Reardon

Winter is coming: temperature dependent virulence of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans
Edward Carter

Macroevolution and taxonomy of Oriental Brown Frogs (Rana spp.) across the East-Palearctic
Siti Norhidayah Binti Othman

1015

Upper voluntary thermal limit and water loss in a temperate viviparous gecko: an interactive effect
Christian Chukwuka

Zoo-led collaboration for conservation- gecko monitoring on Matiu/Somes Island
Chye-mei Huang

Analysis of ultraconserved elements supports African origins of narrow-mouthed frogs
Jeffrey Streicher

Surveying frogs from the bellies of their parasites
Timothy Cutajar

Restoring the Critically Endangered mountain chicken in the face of chytridiomycosis
Jeff Dawson

Managing host density and habitat structure could influence contact rates and transmission of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans
Matthew Gray

1030 - 1100

Morning tea amongst the exhibition
Venue: ISB Link Building

Concurrent sessions

Temperature, Moisture & Environmental Change: Conservation Physiology of Lepidosaurs in an Age of Climate Disruption

Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR) for Invasive Reptiles & Amphibians

Biology of the Frog Family Microhylidae

Reproductive Technologies & Biobanking for Amphibian Conservation

Recovering Amphibian & Reptile Species from the Brink of Extinction: Developing Best-Practice Guidelines

Ecology 2

Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 5

1100

Conservatism and plasticity in the ecophysiology of a lizard across a steep environmental gradient
Miguel A. Carretero

Mechanisms for coordinating expertise: New Zealand's Island Eradication Advisory Group
Keith Broome

Recent advances on the taxonomy, systematics and biology of cophyline frogs of the genus Plethodontohyla
Angelica Crottini

The role of reproductive technologies in amphibian captive breeding programs
Aimee Silla

How the "World's rarest snake" was saved, and its implications for other endangered Caribbean species
Jennifer Daltry

Consequences of keystone plant decline for reptiles in fragmented agricultural landscapes
Sara Balouch

A snake in the grass: a molecular study of the widespread genus Psammophylax
Chad Keates

1115

Wind speed alters the thermoregulatory behaviour of skinks even when substrate temperature remains constant
Jo Virens

New Zealand border and post-border detection and response strategies
Dylan Van Winkel

The biology of the microhylid subfamily Hoplophrynine
Simon Loader

Applying assisted reproductive techniques to a multi-year study into biotic factors influencing necturus captive breeding
Monica Stoops

Recovery efforts for the critically endangered Southern Corroboree Frog (Pseudophryne corroboree)
Michael McFadden

Habitat use by Leiopelma archeyi in disturbed and undisturbed sites on the Coromandel Peninsula, Aotearoa
Emily Hotham

Filling in the phylogenetic gaps: targeted taxon sampling clarifies relationships of Indian agamids and snakes
Deepak Veerappan

1130

Linking physiological and behavioural variation to territory thermal quality and fitness in an African lizard
Karla Alujevic

Improving early detection and rapid response for cryptic species: a review of current analytical tools
Amy Yackel Adams

Morphological convergence in bouldering frogs
Marta Vidal-Garcia

Spermiation and changes in serum hormone levels in the mountain yellow-legged frog, Rana muscosa
Natalie Calatayud

Rebuilding the endemic reptile community of Gunner's Quoin, Mauritius
Nik Cole

Population success of common skinks (Oligosoma polychroma) following mitigation translocation
Sydney Dean

Are local molecular clocks misleading? – the case of Mediterranean amphibians
Michael Veith

1145

The influence of species assemblages on thermoregulation and habitat use in novel environments
Carla Piantoni

Decision analysis for early detection and rapid response: modeling to advance identification of optimal management
Staci Amburgey

Relict distribution of Microhyla in the Ryukyu Archipelago: high diversity in East-Asia maintained by insularization
Atsushi Tominaga

Examining variation in sperm response in divergent populations of Red-eyed treefrogs
Leah Jacobs

Empowering communities and new generations in Lake Patzcuaro: the case of Achoque (Ambystoma dumerilii)
Gerardo Garcia

Using monitors to monitor restoration: how does Australia's largest lizard respond to mine site restoration?
Sophie Cross

Inadvertent paralog inclusion drives artefactual topologies and timetree estimates in Lissamphibia
Karen Siu-Ting

1150

Using environmental DNA sampling to delimit a European newt invasion in Australia
Reid Tingley

Varanus rosenbergi use of spatial habitat, adaptation and social structure
Michael McKelvey

1155

Camera traps for early detection and rapid response and management of an invasive reptile
Staci Amburgey

Spatial ecology of Indochinese Spitting Cobra (Naja siamensis) Within Rural Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve, Thailand
Bartosz Nadolski

1200 - 1300

Lunch amongst the exhibition
Venue: ISB Link Building

1215 - 1245

Film: Herpetologists Past and Present
Venue: Castle 1 Lecture Theatre

Concurrent sessions

Temperature, Moisture & Environmental Change: Conservation Physiology of Lepidosaurs in an Age of Climate Disruption

Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR) for Invasive Reptiles and Amphibians

Biology of the Frog Family Microhylidae

Reproductive Technologies & Biobanking for Amphibian Conservation

Recovering Amphibian & Reptile Species from the Brink of Extinction: Developing Best-Practice Quidelines

Conservation Ecology 2

Adaptation & Evolution 8

1300

Discussion
Alison Cree

Targeted eDNA sampling for cryptic, arboreal snakes Based on microhabitat selection
Melia Nafus

Microhylids of India: Could new discoveries from India untangle the colonization routes of Asian microhylids?
Sonali Garg

Nasal GnRH administration elicits sperm production in both Bufonidae and Ranidae
Allison Julien

The Golden Mantella frog: a species on the way to recovery?
Rodlis Raphali Andriantsimanarilafy

Using environmental DNA to map winter hibernacula in temperate freshwater turtles
Wenxi Feng

Insights from evolution and biomechanics reveal form-function relationships in reptile eggshells
Liliana D'Alba

1315

Strategy and tool development for invasive plague skinks (Lampropholis delicata) on Aotea, Great Barrier Island
Jaqui Wairepo

There and back again: invasions of Microhyla (Amphibia: Microhylidae) frogs from Southeast Asia to India
Vladislav Gorin

Obtaining gametes by hormonal induction from Australian temperate frog species: differential phylogenetic and sex responses
John Clulow

The Madagascar ploughshare tortoise programme – between recovery and extinction of an iconic species
Matt Goetz

Site occupancy and eDNA concentrations of eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis) in a large river
Mizuki Takahashi

Evolution of skin hydrophobicity in Australian geckos (Diplodactylidae and Carphodactylidae)
Jendrian Riedel

1330

Rapid assessment of eradication success of an invasive lizard
Marlene Baling

Recent progress in studies of Asian narrow-mouthed frogs (Anura: Microhylidae)
Nikolay A. Poyarkov

Development and application of assisted reproductive technologies in several endangered Panamanian amphibian species
Gina Della Togna

Recovering the white-bellied frog in south-west Western Australia: successes, challenges and the importance of collaborations
Kay Bradfield

Spatial ecology of an endangered amphibian Litoria raniformis within modified Tasmanian landscapes
Tim Garvey

Evolutionary morphology of osteoderms in anguimorph lizards
Bryan Minne

1335

Dietary specialisation in fang 3D shape and sharpness of venomous snakes
Silke Cleuren

1340

Can endocranium shape reveal the sensory ecology of 'aquatic' snakes?
Marion Segall

1345

Two contrasting incursions of Lampropholis delicata in New Zealand's South Island
Rod Hitchmough

Open discussion: the future of research on the frog family Microhylidae
Marta Vidal - Garcia

Linking in situ and ex situ populations of the Southern Rocky Mountain boreal toad (Anaxyrus boreas boreas)
Cecilia Langhorne

Preventing the extinction of two of Australia's most threatened lizards
Jon-Paul Emery

Habitat selection and spatial ecology of a hot-spring endemic toad
Brian Halstead

Recent studies of adrenal enlargement in toad-eating snakes
Alan Savitzky

1400

Rapid eradication tool testing for invasive amphibians: Duttaphrynus melanostictus in Madagascar
James Reardon

Refinement of spermatozoa cryopreservation techniques in Ambystoma tigrinum for salamander conservation and management
Amanda Gillis

Discussion
Jeff Dawson

Braiding data streams: building an Integrated Population Model for the Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog, Rana boylii
Jonathan Rose

Visual adaptation of full and semi aquatic sea snakes
Takashi Seiko

1415

Controlling cane toads with traps: what have we learned?
Lin Schwarzkopf

Generation of amphibians from cryopreserved sperm: proof of capacity for development beyond metamorphosis
Rose Upton

Effect of male phenotype and nest quality on mating success in the northern corroboree frog
Shannon Kelleher

Limb reduction in skinks (Squamata: Scincidae): a comparative analysis based on morphological literature
Marco Camaiti

1430

Alpine newt delimitation, containment and eradication strategies
Dylan Van Winkel

Linking in situ and ex situ populations of threatened amphibians using the National Amphibian Genome Bank
Carrie Vance

Niche partitioning as a mechanism for the coexistence of pygmy bluetongue lizards and burrowing spiders
Jessica Clayton

Longevity is not influenced by metabolic rates across the vertebrate tree of life
Gavin Stark

1445

The Asian Toad in Madagascar, when EDRR fails
Karen Freeman

Putting the ARTs into practice: emerging opportunities and priorities for the application of amphibian ARTs
Simon Clulow

Population genetics of timber rattlesnake populations in Northeastern United States
Anne Stengle

1500 - 1530

Afternoon tea amoungst the exhibition
Venue: ISB Link Building

Concurrent sessions

Physiology & Reproductive Biology

Captive Breeding

Diversity & Distributions 3

Reproductive Technologies & Biobanking for Amphibian Conservation

Conservation Ecology 3

Invasion & Disease Ecology

1530

Breadth of the thermal response captures individual and geographic variation in temperature-dependent sex determination
Anna Carter

Habitat choice of hatchling Murray River Turtles (Emydura macquarii): informing headstarting programmes
Claudia Santori

Synopsis of the amphibians from a poorly surveyed African country: Equatorial Guinea
Ignacio De La Riva

Status of the U.S. National Amphibian Genome Bank and future efforts to conserve anuran biodiversity
Andrew Kouba

Is individual variation in growth rates relevant to population dynamics of long-lived reptiles?
Doug Armstrong

Cattle and Spears: damages of an uninvited guest to the Mediterranean herpetofauna
Roy Talbi

1545

Timing is critical when inducing oviposition in turtles
Mark Feldman

Cost-effective amphibian captive breeding using biobanking to meet IUCN 100-year, 90 percent heterozygosity criteria
Lachlan Howell

Combining micro- and macrohabitat analyses to understand niche evolution in European cave salamanders
Gentile Francesco Ficetola

Discussion session: developing a global strategy for amphibian biobanking
Aimee Silla

Conservation of Miyako grass lizard, Takydromus toyamai: life history traits, population genetics, and conservation measures
Mamoru Toda

The impact of non-native trout on endangered and endemic amphibians of the Peruvian Andes
Andrew Watson

1600

Thermal plasticity in metabolic physiology in a widespread Australian lizard
Daniel Noble

Applying SNP-derived genotyping to the captive management of the endangered Mountain Yellow-legged frog
Natalie Calatayud

Implications of continuous amphibian diversity monitoring in Daweishan of tropical SE Yunnan, China
Jian Wang

A population viability analysis of a declining population of the Moorish tortoise of west-central Morocco
Mohammed Znari

Preliminary analysis on network-scale effects of invasive species on spatially-structured amphibian populations
Raoul Manenti

1605

Time of year affects study of gut microbiota of the lizard Sceloporus consobrinus (Phrynosomatidae)
Mark Paulissen

1610

Sexual dimorphism in external and skeletal morphology of Japanese lentic breeding salamander (Amphibia: Urodela: Hynobiidae)
Sotaro Hara

1615

Genomic and transcriptomic investigations of the evolutionary transition from oviparity to viviparity
Wei Gao

Behavioural observations of the Bermuda Skink Plestiodon longirostris in captivity: informing in-situ and ex-situ conservation
Gerardo Garcia

Populational dynamics of the stream-dwelling frog Boana poaju in Southern Brazil
Sophia Kusterko Novaes

The potential for artificial selection in a reintroduction program: exploring individual variation in chytridiomycosis susceptibility
Luke Linhoff

1620

The invasion of the Asian Toad in Madagascar
Angelica Crottini

1625

The source of reptile and amphibian pandemics in the Anthropocene
Jonathan Kolby

1630

Superior start to life? Effect of carotenoids on the growth and development of corroboree frogs
Emma McInerney

Incubation temperatures and intestinal length, are they telling us something about sea turtle hatchling survival?
Debra Miller

1645

Delegates move to plenary session

1700

Keynote: Sending them south: appraising assisted colonisation of reptiles threatened by climate change
Nicki Mitchell
Venue: St David & Castle 1 Lecture Theatre

1745

Day close

1900 - 2300

Congress dinner
Venue: Dunedin Town hall, 1 Harrop Street (please make your way to and from the Dunedin Town Hall)
Dress code: Semi fromal

to view a map on how to get there from the ISB Link Building

Time	Session
0800 - 1830	Registration open Venue: ISB Link Building
0830 - 0915	Keynote: Using an integrative approach to explore the diversity and evolution of amphibians and reptiles in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau *Jing Che* Venue: St David & Castle 1 Lecture Theatre
Concurrent sessions	Improving the Interface between Research and Management for Conservation of New Zealand Reptiles & Frogs	Amphibian Conservation Research Symposium (ACRS)	Adaptation, Evolution & Genetics	Physiology & Ecotoxicology	Social behaviour	Host-Parasite Ecology	Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 6
0930	Tuatara conservation through Maori involvement in policy Louisa Paul	The global effort to conserve amphibians under threat *Phil Bishop*	Adaptation and evolution of Tiger Snakes *Vicki Thomson*	A Curly Tale: stress and immunity across nonnative populations of differing ages in Leiocephalus carinatus *Natalie Claunch*	Aggressive behaviors and their effect on resource use by female Little Brown Skinks, Scincella lateralis *Mark Paulissen*	Cool or not to cool? Intestinal coccidians disrupt the thermoregulatory response to tick infestation *Rodrigo Megía-Palma*	Origins of lizard diversity in the continental island of Sri Lanka: insights from scincid lizards *Kanishka Ukuwela*
0945	Conservation management of New Zealand frogs *Amanda Haigh*	World's largest tropical island may provide refuge from the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis *Deborah Bower*	Repeated evolution of insular dwarfism across three reptile species with population and functional genomic insights *Tonia Schwartz*	Impacts of locust control pesticides on the physiology and behaviour of the central bearded dragon *Isabella Contador-Kelsall*	Social tactics and dominance relationships in a long-lived reptile, the eastern water dragon, Intellegama lesueurii *Sarah Ball*	Enteric bacteria in sleepy lizards vary in richness, prevalence and co-occurrence patterns *Ko-Huan Lee*	Peacocks of the lizard world: phylogeny and taxonomy of the spectacular African flat lizards (Platysaurus) *Mitzy Pepper*
1000	Research priorities for lizard conservation in New Zealand *James Reardon*	How to find a frog in forest - can detection dogs be used for conservation? *Deon Gilbert*	Determinants of phenotypic and genetic variation along a latitudinal gradient in a widespread amphibian *Anssi Laurila*	Radiocesium accumulation and spatial ecology of rat snakes (Elaphe spp.) in Fukushima Japan *Hannah Gerke*	Contrasting sociality in two sympatric skink species; Oligosoma otagense and O. grande *Penny Jacks*	Testing a mechanistic hypothesis: how does climate predict the distribution of parasites in lizards? *Rodrigo Megía-Palma*	Species delimitation, phylogenetic relationship and biogeography of Hemiphyllodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in Yunnan Karsts *Ade Prasetyo Agung*
1015	Conservation progress for critically endangered lizard taxa in Aotearoa/New Zealand *Jo Monks*	Victory against all odds: the successful conservation story of the Admirable Red-Belly Toad in Brazil *Michelle Abadie*	Examining Spotted Marsh Frog Limnodynastes tasmaniensis call races using large-scale citizen science data *Kathy Potter*	Using stable isotopes to investigate trophic transfer of mercury and radiocesium in Nerodia floridana *Melissa Pilgrim*		Prior pathogen exposure and a preliminary vaccine increase amphibian resistance to chytridiomycosis *Anthony Waddle*	The tenses of existence of the skink Eugongylus rufescens (Shaw, 1802) (Scincidae) *Glenn Shea*
1020
1030 - 1100	Morning tea amongst the exhibition Venue: ISB Link Building
Concurrent sessions	Improving the Interface between Research and Management for Conservation of New Zealand Reptiles & Frogs	Amphibian Conservation Research Symposium (ACRS)	Amphibian Genome Assembly & Evolution	Herps in the City: Mechanisms of Responses to Human-Induced Environmental Change	Sociality of Amphibians & Reptiles	Disease Ecology (pathogens)	Ecology (Nesting & Incubation)
1100	Conservation of Nationally Critical Chesterfield skinks in situ – a response to changing climate and risks *Lynn Adams*	Understanding why endangered frogs survive or perish on a tiny scale *Emily Hoffmann*	Polyploidy and adaptation in Australian burrowing frogs Neobatrachus *Polina Novikova*	The use of community science to study the ecology of herpetofauna in cities *Bree Putman*	Scaly sociality: testing for the presence of kin-based sociality in Australian and African Lizards *Julia Riley*	World Wide Web portals for herpetofaunal pathogen data *Deanna (Dede) Olson*	The effect of constant egg incubation temperatures across life stages in the brown anole *Jenna Pruett*
1115	NZ conservation management of Data Deficient and Data Poor lizard taxa: progress, challenges, future directions *Dylan Van Winkel*	Saving cows, saving frogs: if you love amphibians, you should care for farm animals too *Luis Fernando Marin da Fonte*	Towards the complete genome of the golden poison frog *Denis Jacob Machado*	Bold New World: urbanisation promotes an innate behavioural trait in a lizard *James Baxter-Gilbert*	Testing for the presence of kin-based sociality in Midland Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta marginata) *Carter Rouleau*	Emerging or enzootic? Disruption of long-term host-pathogen dynamics *Gonçalo Rosa*	The embryos of turtles can influence their own sexual destinies *Yinzi Ye*
1120	Social tolerance behaviour in a reptile, the Eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii): a new perspective *Coralie Delme*
1125	Aggregative behaviour in New Zealand's native lizards *Stephanie Godfrey*
1130	Applied conservation research meets ecological restoration: assessing early translocation success of captive-born Duvaucel's geckos *Manuela Barry*	Reproductive habitat use of endangered Minervarya greenii (Amphibia: Dicroglossidae) in montane cloud forests of Sri Lanka *Meegamage Chamara Prabhath*	Sequencing and annotation of the Western Spadefoot toad (Pelobates cultripes) *Ivan Gomez-Mestre*	City life alters the gut microbiome and stable isotope profiling of eastern water dragons *Nicola Kent*	Does temperature mediate social conflict in a family-living skink? *Geoff While*	Identification of divergent serpentoviruses in free-ranging invasive pythons in southern Florida, United States *Steven Tillis*	Nest-site selection and hatchling success of box turtles (Terrapene carolina) at their northern range limit Joseph Altobelli
1145	Captive management for conservation – ex situ interventions past, present and future *Richard Gibson*	A primer of amphibian research and conservation in Pakistan: current situation and the way forward *Muhammad Rais*	Assembling the Rana temporaria genome to inform the evolution of Anuran sex chromosomes *Daniel Jeffries*	One hundred years of urbanisation makes an endangered species of Canberra's Grassland Earless Dragon *Stephen Sarre*	The role of spatial structure on the social dynamics of estuarine crocodile Crocodylus porosus *Cameron Baker*	Species-dependent amplification of Ranavirus prevalence and infection severity in multi-host amphibian communities *David Lesbarrères*	Incubation temperature affects the color expression and embryonic development of a terrestrial salamander *Annette Evans*
1200 - 1300	Lunch amongst the exhibition Venue: ISB Link Building
Concurrent sessions	Improving the Interface between Research & Management for Conservation of New Zealand Reptiles & Frogs	Amphibian Conservation Research Symposium (ACRS)	Amphibian Genome Assembly & Evolution	Herps in the City: Mechanisms of Responses to Human-Induced Environmental Change.	Sociality of Amphibians & Reptiles	Physiology 1	Adaptation & Evolution 9
1300	Enhancing conservation management of New Zealand's lizards – the relevance of laboratory-based studies *Alison Cree*	Research to conservation practice through Durrell's SAFE Strategy 2014-2020 *Jeff Dawson*	The smallest amphibian genome: genomic characterization of the Australian frog Platyplectrum ornatum *Sangeet Lamichhaney*	Impacts of translocation on a large urban-adapted venomous snake *Bill Bateman*	Social structure of the Spiny-Tailed Iguana, Ctenosaura similis: network, personality, and genetic relatedness *Ann-Elizabeth Nash*	Effects of larval ultraviolet-B exposure regime on physiology, performance and condition of Litoria caerulea *Niclas Lundsgaard*	Plasticity allows colonization, and adaptation leads to incipient speciation in a fire salamander population *Joana Sabino Pinto*
1315	A translocated population of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) in a cool southern ecosanctuary: are females nesting? *Jemima Gardiner-Rodden*	Climate change impacts on amphibians in Madagascar: shifts to higher elevation and increased risks of extinction *Christopher Raxworthy*	Genomic and transcriptomic insights into the molecular basis of sexually dimorphic spines in Leptobrachium leishanense *Jun Li*	Thermoregulation strategy of the invasive Asian House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) *Yingyod Lapwong*	Parental care by male Japanese giant salamanders – a note on a partially small den-master found in an upstream section *Sumio Okada*	Anuran larvae exhibit lower upper thermal limits and warming tolerance than a natural predator *Gustavo Adolfo Agudelo Cantero*	Intraspecific differentiation and speciation in three viviparous Phrynocephalus lizards in the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau *Yi-jing Chen*
1330	Responses of arboreal geckos to sanctuary management in pest-invaded environments of New Zealand *Trent Bell*	Population assessment and distribution of the Madagascan golden mantella in the face of climate change *Richard Griffiths*	The axolotl genome *Siegfried Schloissnig*	Surviving in the Suburbs: the Gibbs line and amphibian conservation *David Skelly*	Social complexity drives the evolution of display complexity in agamid lizard Phrynocephalus przewalskii from China *Yin Qi*	Comparative study on antioxidant defense responses to ammonia stress in three fresh water turtle species *Cuijuan Niu*	Roles of isolation, secondary contact, and ecology in diversification and speciation of a temperate frog *Stephen Lougheed*
1345	Community efforts to re-establish grand and Otago skinks, and jewelled geckos, in modified shrub/grassland ecosystems *Grant Norbury*	Confronting amphibian diseases: frontiers in effective mitigation *Molly Bletz*	Improving and using a chromosome-scale assembly of the enormous (32 Gb) axolotl genome *Jeramiah Smith*	Urbanization modulates mating signals and antipredatory strategies in a neotropical frog *Ximena Bernal*	Chemically mediated self and social recognition in Juvenile Common Gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) *Gordon Burghardt*	Sex differences in kidney gene expression: Reproductive costs of the renal sexual segment? *Christopher Friesen*	Is competition causing character displacement and niche segregation in a radiation of cryptic species? *Octavio Jimenez-Robles*
1400	Discussion *Jo Monks*	DNA-based methods for monitoring pond-breeding amphibians: the case of the Natterjack toad in Ireland *Marina Reyne*	Caecilian genomes *Mark Wilkinson*	Green infrastructure from urban sinks to prestigious pads for frogs *David O'Brien*	Allobates femoralis: an optimal model species for studying anuran social behavior and cognition *Walter Hödl*	Effects of maternal diet on reproduction and development in turtles *James Van Dyke*	Premating reproductive isolation between allopatric populations promoted by reproductive character displacement in geckos *Teppei Jono*
1415	The critically endangered Titicaca water frog: Bolivia and Peru conservation efforts *Teresa Camacho Badani*	The identification of sex-linked markers in the vulnerable Green and golden bell frog, Litoria aurea *Jarrod Sopniewski*	Superfrogs in the city - impact of urbanity and agriculture on the morphology of frogs *Stephanie Niemeier*	Where squamate sociality reaches its peak: Egernia stokesii research past, present and future *Mike Gardner*	Regional characteristics of toxic components in Japanese toads *Takato Inoue*	Cryptic and failed speciation in Sulawesi flying lizards (Draco) 1: phylogenetics and species delimitation *Jimmy McGuire*
1430		Longwall mining and amphibian populations – a case study *Samanatha Wallace*	Differential introgression across newt hybrid zones: evidence from replicated transects *Gemma Palomar*	Road avoidance and its energetic consequences for reptiles *James Paterson*		Through the heart: ventricular septum and cardiac conduction system across Sauropsida *Martina Gregorovicova*	Cryptic and failed speciation in Sulawesi flying lizards 2: evidence for mito-nuclear Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibilities *Alexander Stubbs*
1445	Antibiotic susceptibility profiles of Salmonella species isolated from captive amphibians and reptiles in Uganda *James Watuwa*		The Brisbane Python Project: how mitigated translocations potentially affect urban pythons in Brisbane *Chantelle Derez*	Spatio-temporal architecture of pancreatic islets in grass snake embryos *Magdalena Kowalska*	Genetic diversity and mito-nuclear discordance in Neotropical toads (Rhinella) *Danielle Rivera*
1500	Afternoon tea amongst the exhibition Venue: ISB Link Buiding
Concurrent sessions	Human Impacts	Ecophysiology 3	Host-Parasite & Disease Ecology	Herps in the City: Mechanisms of Responses to Human-Induced Environmental Change	Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 7
1530	Scales, tails, and trails: a review of recreational effects on reptiles and amphibians *Samantha Dean*	Salt tolerance in frogs: a widespread trait conferring adaptative capacity for global change? *Craig Williams*	Of poisons and parasites-the defensive role of tetrodotoxin against infections in newts *Amber Stokes*	Hooked on humans? Daboia palaestinae in reptile assemblages in natural versus anthropogenic habitats in Israel *Boaz Shacham*	Optimizing phylogenomics with Rapidly Evolving Long Exons: examples from all squamates and New Caledonian geckos *Todd Jackman*
1545	Impacts of agriculture and roads on amphibians in the Prairie Potholes of Manitoba, Canada *Pamela Rutherford*	Tolerance to salinity and dehydration in the Blue-eyed Turtle, Mauremys leprosa saharica in Southern Morocco *Mohammed Znari*	Threat assessment of Taruga eques (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) endemic on the tropical island of Sri Lanka *Meegamage Chamara Prabhath*	The bioaccumulation of contaminants across an urban gradient in a wetland snake (Notechis scutatus) *Damian Lettoof*	Evidence for ancient hybridization between the Komodo dragon and Australian monitor lizards *Carlos Joaquín Pavón Vázquez*
1600	The New Caledonian Leopard Skink Lacertoides pardalis: ecology and conservation in a mining context *Matthias Deuss*	Integrating spatial and temporal studies to model salamander demographic responses to climate *John Maerz*	Disease and disturbance: investigating the factors that drive amphibian reservoir host occurrence and distribution *Danielle Wallace*	A ten-year study of an urban turtle metapopulation *Mark Mills*	The undescribed frog diversity of the Australian Monsoonal Tropics *Renee Catullo*
1615	Diversion mini-hydropower plants in the Balkans and impact on local amphibian (and reptile) populations *Jelka Crnobrnja-isailovic*	The global diversity and distribution of lizard clutch sizes *Shai Meiri*	Parasites of invasive amphibians and where to find them *Hsuan-wien Chen*	Sex in the city: urbanization broadens the reproductive season of lizards *Joshua Hall*	Revisiting phylogenetic problems of Huia (Amphibia, Ranidae): which one is the true Huia? *Umilaela Arifin*
1630	Effects of urbanisation and hydrological change on a freshwater turtle *Anthony Santoro*	How does incubation temperature affect behaviour, physiology and growth in delicate skinks? *Madeleinede Jong*	Does malaria mediate the reliability of testosterone and dewlap coloration of Anolis sagrei? *Jhan-Wei Lin*	Nestled in the city: nesting behaviour enhances embryo survival in urban areas *Sarin Tiatragul*	Dalmatian oddities: functional divergence of head shape in lizards on two peculiar islands in the Adriatic *Simon Baeckens*
1645	Delegates move to plenary session
1700 - 1745	Keynote: To be advised *Ana Carnaval*
1745	Closing ceremony and awards

Time

Session

0800 - 1830

Registration open
Venue: ISB Link Building

0830 - 0915

Keynote: Using an integrative approach to explore the diversity and evolution of amphibians and reptiles in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
Jing Che
Venue: St David & Castle 1 Lecture Theatre

Concurrent sessions

Improving the Interface between Research and Management for Conservation of New Zealand Reptiles & Frogs

Amphibian Conservation Research Symposium (ACRS)

Adaptation, Evolution & Genetics

Physiology & Ecotoxicology

Social behaviour

Host-Parasite Ecology

Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 6

0930

Tuatara conservation through Maori involvement in policy
Louisa Paul

The global effort to conserve amphibians under threat
Phil Bishop

Adaptation and evolution of Tiger Snakes
Vicki Thomson

A Curly Tale: stress and immunity across nonnative populations of differing ages in Leiocephalus carinatus
Natalie Claunch

Aggressive behaviors and their effect on resource use by female Little Brown Skinks, Scincella lateralis
Mark Paulissen

Cool or not to cool? Intestinal coccidians disrupt the thermoregulatory response to tick infestation
Rodrigo Megía-Palma

Origins of lizard diversity in the continental island of Sri Lanka: insights from scincid lizards
Kanishka Ukuwela

0945

Conservation management of New Zealand frogs
Amanda Haigh

World's largest tropical island may provide refuge from the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Deborah Bower

Repeated evolution of insular dwarfism across three reptile species with population and functional genomic insights
Tonia Schwartz

Impacts of locust control pesticides on the physiology and behaviour of the central bearded dragon
Isabella Contador-Kelsall

Social tactics and dominance relationships in a long-lived reptile, the eastern water dragon, Intellegama lesueurii
Sarah Ball

Enteric bacteria in sleepy lizards vary in richness, prevalence and co-occurrence patterns
Ko-Huan Lee

Peacocks of the lizard world: phylogeny and taxonomy of the spectacular African flat lizards (Platysaurus)
Mitzy Pepper

1000

Research priorities for lizard conservation in New Zealand
James Reardon

How to find a frog in forest - can detection dogs be used for conservation?
Deon Gilbert

Determinants of phenotypic and genetic variation along a latitudinal gradient in a widespread amphibian
Anssi Laurila

Radiocesium accumulation and spatial ecology of rat snakes (Elaphe spp.) in Fukushima Japan
Hannah Gerke

Contrasting sociality in two sympatric skink species; Oligosoma otagense and O. grande
Penny Jacks

Testing a mechanistic hypothesis: how does climate predict the distribution of parasites in lizards?
Rodrigo Megía-Palma

Species delimitation, phylogenetic relationship and biogeography of Hemiphyllodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in Yunnan Karsts
Ade Prasetyo Agung

1015

Conservation progress for critically endangered lizard taxa in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Jo Monks

Victory against all odds: the successful conservation story of the Admirable Red-Belly Toad in Brazil
Michelle Abadie

Examining Spotted Marsh Frog Limnodynastes tasmaniensis call races using large-scale citizen science data
Kathy Potter

Using stable isotopes to investigate trophic transfer of mercury and radiocesium in Nerodia floridana
Melissa Pilgrim

Prior pathogen exposure and a preliminary vaccine increase amphibian resistance to chytridiomycosis
Anthony Waddle

The tenses of existence of the skink Eugongylus rufescens (Shaw, 1802) (Scincidae)
Glenn Shea

1020

1030 - 1100

Morning tea amongst the exhibition
Venue: ISB Link Building

Concurrent sessions

Improving the Interface between Research and Management for Conservation of New Zealand Reptiles & Frogs

Amphibian Conservation Research Symposium (ACRS)

Amphibian Genome Assembly & Evolution

Herps in the City: Mechanisms of Responses to Human-Induced Environmental Change

Sociality of Amphibians & Reptiles

Disease Ecology (pathogens)

Ecology (Nesting & Incubation)

1100

Conservation of Nationally Critical Chesterfield skinks in situ – a response to changing climate and risks
Lynn Adams

Understanding why endangered frogs survive or perish on a tiny scale
Emily Hoffmann

Polyploidy and adaptation in Australian burrowing frogs Neobatrachus
Polina Novikova

The use of community science to study the ecology of herpetofauna in cities
Bree Putman

Scaly sociality: testing for the presence of kin-based sociality in Australian and African Lizards
Julia Riley

World Wide Web portals for herpetofaunal pathogen data
Deanna (Dede) Olson

The effect of constant egg incubation temperatures across life stages in the brown anole
Jenna Pruett

1115

NZ conservation management of Data Deficient and Data Poor lizard taxa: progress, challenges, future directions
Dylan Van Winkel

Saving cows, saving frogs: if you love amphibians, you should care for farm animals too
Luis Fernando Marin da Fonte

Towards the complete genome of the golden poison frog
Denis Jacob Machado

Bold New World: urbanisation promotes an innate behavioural trait in a lizard
James Baxter-Gilbert

Testing for the presence of kin-based sociality in Midland Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta marginata)
Carter Rouleau

Emerging or enzootic? Disruption of long-term host-pathogen dynamics
Gonçalo Rosa

The embryos of turtles can influence their own sexual destinies
Yinzi Ye

1120

Social tolerance behaviour in a reptile, the Eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii): a new perspective
Coralie Delme

1125

Aggregative behaviour in New Zealand's native lizards
Stephanie Godfrey

1130

Applied conservation research meets ecological restoration: assessing early translocation success of captive-born Duvaucel's geckos
Manuela Barry

Reproductive habitat use of endangered Minervarya greenii (Amphibia: Dicroglossidae) in montane cloud forests of Sri Lanka
Meegamage Chamara Prabhath

Sequencing and annotation of the Western Spadefoot toad (Pelobates cultripes)
Ivan Gomez-Mestre

City life alters the gut microbiome and stable isotope profiling of eastern water dragons
Nicola Kent

Does temperature mediate social conflict in a family-living skink?
Geoff While

Identification of divergent serpentoviruses in free-ranging invasive pythons in southern Florida, United States
Steven Tillis

Nest-site selection and hatchling success of box turtles (Terrapene carolina) at their northern range limit
Joseph Altobelli

1145

Captive management for conservation – ex situ interventions past, present and future
Richard Gibson

A primer of amphibian research and conservation in Pakistan: current situation and the way forward
Muhammad Rais

Assembling the Rana temporaria genome to inform the evolution of Anuran sex chromosomes
Daniel Jeffries

One hundred years of urbanisation makes an endangered species of Canberra's Grassland Earless Dragon
Stephen Sarre

The role of spatial structure on the social dynamics of estuarine crocodile Crocodylus porosus
Cameron Baker

Species-dependent amplification of Ranavirus prevalence and infection severity in multi-host amphibian communities
David Lesbarrères

Incubation temperature affects the color expression and embryonic development of a terrestrial salamander
Annette Evans

1200 - 1300

Lunch amongst the exhibition
Venue: ISB Link Building

Concurrent sessions

Improving the Interface between Research & Management for Conservation of New Zealand Reptiles & Frogs

Amphibian Conservation Research Symposium (ACRS)

Amphibian Genome Assembly & Evolution

Herps in the City: Mechanisms of Responses to Human-Induced Environmental Change.

Sociality of Amphibians & Reptiles

Physiology 1

Adaptation & Evolution 9

1300

Enhancing conservation management of New Zealand's lizards – the relevance of laboratory-based studies
Alison Cree

Research to conservation practice through Durrell's SAFE Strategy 2014-2020
Jeff Dawson

The smallest amphibian genome: genomic characterization of the Australian frog Platyplectrum ornatum
Sangeet Lamichhaney

Impacts of translocation on a large urban-adapted venomous snake
Bill Bateman

Social structure of the Spiny-Tailed Iguana, Ctenosaura similis: network, personality, and genetic relatedness
Ann-Elizabeth Nash

Effects of larval ultraviolet-B exposure regime on physiology, performance and condition of Litoria caerulea
Niclas Lundsgaard

Plasticity allows colonization, and adaptation leads to incipient speciation in a fire salamander population
Joana Sabino Pinto

1315

A translocated population of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) in a cool southern ecosanctuary: are females nesting?
Jemima Gardiner-Rodden

Climate change impacts on amphibians in Madagascar: shifts to higher elevation and increased risks of extinction
Christopher Raxworthy

Genomic and transcriptomic insights into the molecular basis of sexually dimorphic spines in Leptobrachium leishanense
Jun Li

Thermoregulation strategy of the invasive Asian House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)
Yingyod Lapwong

Parental care by male Japanese giant salamanders – a note on a partially small den-master found in an upstream section
Sumio Okada

Anuran larvae exhibit lower upper thermal limits and warming tolerance than a natural predator
Gustavo Adolfo Agudelo Cantero

Intraspecific differentiation and speciation in three viviparous Phrynocephalus lizards in the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Yi-jing Chen

1330

Responses of arboreal geckos to sanctuary management in pest-invaded environments of New Zealand
Trent Bell

Population assessment and distribution of the Madagascan golden mantella in the face of climate change
Richard Griffiths

The axolotl genome
Siegfried Schloissnig

Surviving in the Suburbs: the Gibbs line and amphibian conservation
David Skelly

Social complexity drives the evolution of display complexity in agamid lizard Phrynocephalus przewalskii from China
Yin Qi

Comparative study on antioxidant defense responses to ammonia stress in three fresh water turtle species
Cuijuan Niu

Roles of isolation, secondary contact, and ecology in diversification and speciation of a temperate frog
Stephen Lougheed

1345

Community efforts to re-establish grand and Otago skinks, and jewelled geckos, in modified shrub/grassland ecosystems
Grant Norbury

Confronting amphibian diseases: frontiers in effective mitigation
Molly Bletz

Improving and using a chromosome-scale assembly of the enormous (32 Gb) axolotl genome
Jeramiah Smith

Urbanization modulates mating signals and antipredatory strategies in a neotropical frog
Ximena Bernal

Chemically mediated self and social recognition in Juvenile Common Gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis)
Gordon Burghardt

Sex differences in kidney gene expression: Reproductive costs of the renal sexual segment?
Christopher Friesen

Is competition causing character displacement and niche segregation in a radiation of cryptic species?
Octavio Jimenez-Robles

1400

Discussion
Jo Monks

DNA-based methods for monitoring pond-breeding amphibians: the case of the Natterjack toad in Ireland
Marina Reyne

Caecilian genomes
Mark Wilkinson

Green infrastructure from urban sinks to prestigious pads for frogs
David O'Brien

Allobates femoralis: an optimal model species for studying anuran social behavior and cognition
Walter Hödl

Effects of maternal diet on reproduction and development in turtles
James Van Dyke

Premating reproductive isolation between allopatric populations promoted by reproductive character displacement in geckos
Teppei Jono

1415

The critically endangered Titicaca water frog: Bolivia and Peru conservation efforts
Teresa Camacho Badani

The identification of sex-linked markers in the vulnerable Green and golden bell frog, Litoria aurea
Jarrod Sopniewski

Superfrogs in the city - impact of urbanity and agriculture on the morphology of frogs
Stephanie Niemeier

Where squamate sociality reaches its peak: Egernia stokesii research past, present and future
Mike Gardner

Regional characteristics of toxic components in Japanese toads
Takato Inoue

Cryptic and failed speciation in Sulawesi flying lizards (Draco) 1: phylogenetics and species delimitation
Jimmy McGuire

1430

Longwall mining and amphibian populations – a case study
Samanatha Wallace

Differential introgression across newt hybrid zones: evidence from replicated transects
Gemma Palomar

Road avoidance and its energetic consequences for reptiles
James Paterson

Through the heart: ventricular septum and cardiac conduction system across Sauropsida
Martina Gregorovicova

Cryptic and failed speciation in Sulawesi flying lizards 2: evidence for mito-nuclear Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibilities
Alexander Stubbs

1445

Antibiotic susceptibility profiles of Salmonella species isolated from captive amphibians and reptiles in Uganda
James Watuwa

The Brisbane Python Project: how mitigated translocations potentially affect urban pythons in Brisbane
Chantelle Derez

Spatio-temporal architecture of pancreatic islets in grass snake embryos
Magdalena Kowalska

Genetic diversity and mito-nuclear discordance in Neotropical toads (Rhinella)
Danielle Rivera

1500

Afternoon tea amongst the exhibition
Venue: ISB Link Buiding

Concurrent sessions

Human Impacts

Ecophysiology 3

Host-Parasite & Disease Ecology

Herps in the City: Mechanisms of Responses to Human-Induced Environmental Change

Taxonomy & Phylogenetics 7

1530

Scales, tails, and trails: a review of recreational effects on reptiles and amphibians
Samantha Dean

Salt tolerance in frogs: a widespread trait conferring adaptative capacity for global change?
Craig Williams

Of poisons and parasites-the defensive role of tetrodotoxin against infections in newts
Amber Stokes

Hooked on humans? Daboia palaestinae in reptile assemblages in natural versus anthropogenic habitats in Israel
Boaz Shacham

Optimizing phylogenomics with Rapidly Evolving Long Exons: examples from all squamates and New Caledonian geckos
Todd Jackman

1545

Impacts of agriculture and roads on amphibians in the Prairie Potholes of Manitoba, Canada
Pamela Rutherford

Tolerance to salinity and dehydration in the Blue-eyed Turtle, Mauremys leprosa saharica in Southern Morocco
Mohammed Znari

Threat assessment of Taruga eques (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) endemic on the tropical island of Sri Lanka
Meegamage Chamara Prabhath

The bioaccumulation of contaminants across an urban gradient in a wetland snake (Notechis scutatus)
Damian Lettoof

Evidence for ancient hybridization between the Komodo dragon and Australian monitor lizards
Carlos Joaquín Pavón Vázquez

1600

The New Caledonian Leopard Skink Lacertoides pardalis: ecology and conservation in a mining context
Matthias Deuss

Integrating spatial and temporal studies to model salamander demographic responses to climate
John Maerz

Disease and disturbance: investigating the factors that drive amphibian reservoir host occurrence and distribution
Danielle Wallace

A ten-year study of an urban turtle metapopulation
Mark Mills

The undescribed frog diversity of the Australian Monsoonal Tropics
Renee Catullo

1615

Diversion mini-hydropower plants in the Balkans and impact on local amphibian (and reptile) populations
Jelka Crnobrnja-isailovic

The global diversity and distribution of lizard clutch sizes
Shai Meiri

Parasites of invasive amphibians and where to find them
Hsuan-wien Chen

Sex in the city: urbanization broadens the reproductive season of lizards
Joshua Hall

Revisiting phylogenetic problems of Huia (Amphibia, Ranidae): which one is the true Huia?
Umilaela Arifin

1630

Effects of urbanisation and hydrological change on a freshwater turtle
Anthony Santoro

How does incubation temperature affect behaviour, physiology and growth in delicate skinks?
Madeleinede Jong

Does malaria mediate the reliability of testosterone and dewlap coloration of Anolis sagrei?
Jhan-Wei Lin

Nestled in the city: nesting behaviour enhances embryo survival in urban areas
Sarin Tiatragul

Dalmatian oddities: functional divergence of head shape in lizards on two peculiar islands in the Adriatic
Simon Baeckens

1645

Delegates move to plenary session

1700 - 1745

Keynote: To be advised
Ana Carnaval

1745

Closing ceremony and awards

Time	Session
0800 - 1900	Otago Peninsula coastal walk fieldtrip Venue: Please meet in the ISB Link Building
0945 - 1445	Orokonui Ecosanctuary fieldtrip Venue: Please meet in the ISB Link Building

Time

Session

0800 - 1900

Otago Peninsula coastal walk fieldtrip
Venue: Please meet in the ISB Link Building

0945 - 1445

Orokonui Ecosanctuary fieldtrip
Venue: Please meet in the ISB Link Building

Programme Overview

Sunday 5 January

Monday 6 January

Tuesday 7 January

Wednesday 8 January

Thursday 9 January

Friday 10 January

Saturday 11 January