Unido: 02.jul.2014 Última actividad: 14.oct.2024 iNaturalist
Resides in Boerne, Texas (Hill Country NW of San Antonio). From Rhinebeck, New York (Mid-Hudson Valley). Has lived in Florida, and worked in South Carolina and New York as a State Park Naturalist. Lifelong interest in herpetology. Interested in natural history, field biology and museum collections. Focus area has been the Edwards Plateau, Trans-Pecos and Big Bend area of Texas, and the Mexican Highlands (esp. Sierra Madre Oriental) and adjacent desert regions. Inadvertent image while herping the Ocampo Road north of Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila, Mexico in September 2016.
Texas Master Naturalist, Alamo Area (Founding Chapter), Member of Class 47.
I am a current board member of the Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research, and SnakeDays.
I am one of the project curators of "The Herps of Texas" project:
http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/herps-of-texas
the "Herps of Florida" project:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/herps-of-florida
and the "Amphibians and Reptiles of New England" project:
http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/amphibians-and-reptiles-of-new-england
Recently started: http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/herps-of-new-york-state
Many of my iNaturalist records that have corresponding preserved specimens have been cross referenced with the museum acronym (CM, CUSC, LSUMZ, NYSM, SRSU, TCWC, TNHC, UANL, UMMZ and UTA) with specimen number. I retain most salvageable DOR herps and submit them. If the record states "Imaged only" then only the image is available for that specimen (live specimen released or DOR not salvaged). Digital images have been cataloged at University of Texas at Arlington (UTA-DC) and color transparencies at University of Kansas (KU CT) and applicable I-Nat records have also been cross referenced to reflect those.
Currently assisting in a study of copperhead feeding biology of the two western Texas races (BBCs and TPCs) and am looking for observations of feeding, and behaviors such as foraging and ambush postures.
Also compiling research on Mexicana-group Kingsnakes for 30+ years:
http://mesoamericanherpetology.com/uploads/3/4/7/9/34798824/hansen_and_salmon_-_lampropeltis_mexicana_paper.pdf
Recently I was honored to get the "Archer treatment" for talks at the Chicago Herp Society:
https://sierraherps.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Archer_2013_Salmon_talk_at_CHS.pdf
https://www.dropbox.com/s/m1hby926fb2xfb4/Archer--Salmon.pdf?dl=0