Robert Powell (herpetologist)
Robert Powell (born 1948 in Germany[1]) is an American herpetologist. His main research is the herpetofauna of the Caribbean.
Career
Powell was born in Germany but raised in Missouri. He graduated to Bachelor of Arts in 1970 at the University of Missouri and to Master of Arts in 1971 at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. In 1984, he promoted to Ph.D. at the University of Missouri with the thesis ″Variation in Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) from Missouri.″ In 1989, he became professor and coordinator in the biology area at the Avila College in Kansas City and since 1994 he is professor of biology at the Avila University in Kansas City. In 2005, he described the gecko species Gonatodes daudini from Union Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in collaboration with Robert W. Henderson.[2]
Powell is member in the following organisations: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, American Society of Mammalogists, Association of College and University Biology Educators, Association of Systematics Collections, Biological Society of Washington, Chicago Herpetological Society, Council on Undergraduate Research, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde, Herpetologists’ League, International Iguana Society, IUCN Diminishing Amphibian Task Force, IUCN Iguana Specialist Group, Kansas City Herpetological Society, Kansas Herpetological Society, Maryland Herpetological Society, Missouri Academy of Science, Missouri Herpetological Association, Missouri Prairie Foundation, Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, and Vida Silvestre Neotropical.[3]
Publications
- Powell, R., J.T. Collins, and E.D. Hooper, Jr. 2012. A Key to the Herpetofauna of the Continental United States and Canada. 2nd ed., revised and updated. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
- Henderson, R.W. and R. Powell. 2009. Natural History of West Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
- Henderson, R.W. and R. Powell (eds.). 2007. The Biology of Boas and Pythons. Eagle Mountain Publishing LC, Eagle Mountain, Utah.
- Powell, R., R.W. Henderson, and J.S. Parmerlee, Jr. 2005. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Dutch Caribbean: St. Eustatius, Saba, and St. Maarten. St. Eustatius National Parks Foundation, Gallows Bay, St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles.
- Henderson, R.W. and R. Powell (eds.). 2003. Islands and the Sea: Essays on Herpetological Exploration in the West Indies. Soc. Study Amphib. Rept. Contrib. Herpetol., vol. 20. Ithaca, New York.
- Hodge, K.V.D., E.J. Cenksy, and R. Powell. 2003. The Reptiles and Amphibians of Anguilla, British West Indies. Anguilla National Trust, TheValley.
- Powell, R., J.T. Collins, and E.D. Hooper, Jr. 1998. A Key to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Continental United States and Canada. Univ. Press Kansas, Lawrence.
- Powell, R. and R.W. Henderson (eds.). 1996. Contributions to West Indian Herpetology: A Tribute to Albert Schwartz. Soc. Study Amphib. Rept. Contrib. Herpetol., no. 12. Ithaca, New York.
References
- ↑ Robert W. Henderson: Successfully Wearing Two Hats: A Profile of Robert Powell In: Iguana Volume 12, Number 3 • September 2005,p. 183-186
- ↑ Powell, Robert, and Robert W. Henderson 2005. A new species of Gonatodes (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the West Indies. Caribbean Journal of Science 41 (4): 709-715
- ↑ CURRICULUM VITAE: ROBERT POWELL, Ph.D.