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James M. Walker |
Degrees:
Ph.D. University of Colorado, 1966.Research Interests:
I have directed students to completion of masters and doctoral degrees in studies of the systematics and ecology of both amphibians and reptiles. My special research interest for over 30 years has involved all aspects of the biology of lizards of the genus Aspidoscelis (Cnemidophorus) found in the United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Academic Interests:
Herpetology, ecology.Lab Website:
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Recent Publications:
Montgomery, C. E., R. N. Reed, H. J. Shaw, S. M. Boback, and James M. Walker. 2007. Distribution, habitat, size and color pattern of Cnemidophorus lemniscatus (Sauria: Teiidae) on Cayo Cochino Pequeño, Honduras. Southwestern Naturalist 52:38–45.Cordes, J. E., and J. M. Walker. 2006. Evolutionary and systematic implications of skin histocompatibility among parthenogenetic teiid lizards: three color pattern classes of Aspidoscelis dixoni and one of Aspidoscelis tesselata. Copeia 2006:14–26.
Taylor, H. L., B. A. Droll, and J. M. Walker. 2006. Proximate cause of a phylogenetic constraint on clutch size in parthenogenetic Aspidoscelis neotesselata (Squamata: Teiidae) and range expansion opportunities provided by hybridity. Journal of Herpetology 40:294–304.
Walker, J. M., S. R. Goldberg, and H. L. Taylor. 2006. ASPIDOSCELIS EXSANGUIS (Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail) x ASPIDOSCELIS SEXLINEATA VIRIDIS (Prairie Racerunner). REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL. Herpetological Review 37:344–345.
Paulissen, M. A., J. M. Walker, and H. L. Taylor. 2006. Diet of sympatric pattern classes C and D of the parthenogenetic whiptail lizard Aspidoscelis tesselata at Sumner Lake, De Baca County, New Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 51:555–560.