EDUCATION:

Ph.D. (Biological Sciences), In progress, Auburn University

M.S. (Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences), 2007, Texas A&M University

B.S. (Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences), 2001, Texas A&M University

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

●   Ecology and evolutionary biology of aquatic anoles

●   Community ecology of mainland anoles

●   Natural history of amphibians and reptiles

●   Proximate and ultimate causes of species diversity patterns

●   Conservation biology

●   Tropical stream ecology

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Laurencio, D. 2009. Amphibians and Reptiles from Reserva Natural Absoluta Cabo Blanco, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. Checklist: In press.

Saenz, D., C. Adams, J. Pierce and D. Laurencio. 2009. Occurrence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in an anuran community in the southeastern Talamancan region of Costa Rica. Herpetological Review: In press.

Laurencio, D. and J. H. Malone. 2009. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Parque Nacional Carara, a Transitional Herpetofaunal Assemblage in Costa Rica. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 4(1):121-131.

Laurencio, L., Laurencio, D. and L. A. Fitzgerald. 2006. Geographic distribution and habitat suitability of the sand dune lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus) in Texas. Interim report under grant No. E-64-R, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, Texas. 5 pp.

Malone, J. H., Laurencio, D. 2004. The use of polystyrene for drift fence sampling in a tropical forest. Technique Paper. Herpetological Review 35(2) 142-143.

Guyer Lab

Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University

CURRENT PROJECTS:

●   Phylogeny of Aquatic Anoles

●   Phylogeography of Norops aquaticus

●   Phylogeography of Norops oxylophus

●   Herpetofaunal inventory of Reserva Indígena Kèköldi, Limon Province, Costa Rica

●   Calling phenology of a lowland tropical anuran assemblage