Vertebrate Zoology

Herpetology | Ichthyology

Gregory Watkins-Colwell
Museum Assistant

203.432.3791
Fax 203.432.9816
gregory.watkins-colwell@yale.edu

Education

B.A. Ohio Wesleyan University (’91 with Dept. Honors in Zoology); M.S. Ohio University (’94).

Research Interest

Biogeography and systematics of lizards (especially geckos) and salamanders. New England herpetology is a special interest.

Joined the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in 1999 as a Curatorial Affiliate and became a full-time employee in 2001.

Recent Fieldwork

New Caledonia (Jan-Feb 2003). Other field work is done throughout the year (except winter) in New England.

Greg is the Specimen Coordinator for the Connecticut Amphibian Monitoring Project and as such is responsible for identifying and properly preserving the specimens collected as part of this long-term scientific study of amphibian populations in the state.

Publications

Bauer, A.M. and G.J. Watkins-Colwell. 2001. On the occurance of Hypsilurus godeffroyi (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) in Palau. Micronesica 34(1):73–86.

Leenders, T.A.A.M. and G.J. Watkins-Colwell. 2003a. Boa constrictor (Boa Constrictor). Diet. Natural History Note. Herpetological Review 34(2):146–147.
——2003b. Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vine Snake). Prey. Natural History Note. Herpetological Review 32(2):152.
——2003c. Morphological and behavioral adaptations in Bolitoglossa colonnea (Caudata, Plethodontidae) in relation to habitat use and daily activity cycle. Phyllomedusa 2(2):101–104.
——2004. Notes on a collection of amphibians and reptiles from El Salvador. Postilla 231:1–31.

Smith, H.M., D. Chiszar, J.A. Lemos-Espinal, G.J. Watkins-Colwell and F. van Breukelen. 2002. Concurrent existence of relictual and contemporary subspecific intergrade populations. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 37(8):139–140.

Watkins-Colwell, G.J. 2002a. A partial albino northern red-bellied snake from Vermont. Northeastern Naturalist 9(2):221–224.
——2002b. Herpetology at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Herpetological Review 33(4):253–255. [PDF 104K]

Watkins-Colwell, G.J. and G. Johnston. 1999. Does the Water Dragon, Physignathus lesueurii (Gray 1831), occur in New Guinea? Herpetological Review 30(2):73–74.

Watkins-Colwell, G.J. and T.A.A.M. Leenders. 2002. Gloyidius blomhofii brevicaudus (Mamushi). Geographic Distribution Note. Herpetological Review 33(3):227.
——2003. Boa constrictor (Boa Constrictor) maximum body size. Natural History Note. Herpetological Review 34(1):61.
——2004. A catalog of larval amphibia in the Yale Peabody Museum
Postilla 232:1–40.

Watkins-Colwell, G.J. and J. de León. 2003a. Chameleo chapini. Geographic Distribution Note 34(2):165.
——2003b. Typhlops angolensis (Angola Blind Snake). Geographic Distribution Note. Herpetological Review 34(2):171.

Watkins-Colwell, G.J., H.M. Smith and D. Chiszar. 2003. Sceloporus sleveni. Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles 771:1–6.

Nonpeer Reviewed Publications

Watkins-Colwell, G.J. 2003. Gecko hunting in New Caledonia. Gekko 3(2):2–8.

Photograph courtesy of Aaron M. Bauer. 
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