HERPETOLOGY
TENTATIVE SUMMER COURSE OUTLINE: LECTURE AND LABORATORY

 
Week Topic
1 Lecture: Amphibian features
2 Lecture: Amphibian features
Lab.: Amphibian diversity, keys
3 EXAM I: Amphibia
Lecture: Reptilian features
Lab.: Reptilian diversity, keys
4 Lecture: Reptile features
Field Trip 
5 Lecture: Reptile features
LAB EXAM I
6 Lecture: Water & temperature regulation, gas exchange and blood flow
7 EXAM II: Reptiles 
Lecture: Reproduction, life history and feeding
Field Trip
8 Lecture: Movement, orientation, communication and mating systems
Field Trip
9 Lecture: Foraging ecology, interspecific interactions and species assemblages
LAB EXAM II 
10 FINAL LECTURE  EXAM 

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