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Robert Jadin in Guerrero, Mexico
Photo by: Coleman M. Sheehy, III
This website is dedicated to the
conservation of reptiles and amphibians, their habitat, and
other animals that they live
with. One goal that I have for my life is to assist in
educating people and getting them interested in animals and
conserving the environment they live in. I hope that my
photographs and research will shed some light on how
important these animals are to our world. This is my calling
in life and it is what I live for. I love all animals
but believe that since reptiles and amphibians probably get
misunderstood the most by man I should teach about
conserving them. Once people learn to love the animals with
undeserving bad reputations, the cuddly and harmless
ones should be easy.
Through my photographs, I try to show nature as it naturally is. All
of the photographs on this website (or any other work that I
do) are taken in the wild of wild animals unless mentioned otherwise. I mainly use Canon
EOS camera equipment. This rattlesnake photo was
taken with my back-up camera, an Elan 7e with a 28-70 f/2.8
lens.
Some Biography Info:
I was born on March 25, 1982. In
2005 I completed my bachelor's of science degree with a double
major in biology at
Northeastern State University in Oklahoma and I just
finished my master's degree in biology at the University
of Texas at Tyler. Now
I am continuing my education at the University of Texas
at Arlington as a Ph.D. student in
Quantitative Biology.
I enjoy
reading herpetology books quite a bit so I have started a
small collection of my own reference papers and books.
Personally, I like to have reference materials immediately
available to me that I can look up quickly rather than
having to find a resource elsewhere. One of my goals is to
own a literature collection that contains a photograph,
distribution map, and natural history information on every
species of snake in the world. Since there are nearly 3,000
species of snakes on the planet, I imagine it will take me
quite a while. Here are some short reviews on some of the books that I
own and recommend.
Books Every Herper Needs to Have,
Snake Books I Recommend,
and
Other Herp Books I Recommend.
Eventually, after finishing my education, I am hoping to get
a professor/curator position at a University and/or museum to
teach while continuing research.
Current
Research:
I am highly interested in the
evolution and species diversity
of Middle American, South American, and Asian pitvipers. Pitvipers
are very fascinating and are being investigated by many fellow
scientists who are attempting to reveal the relationships
among all the species of this
large subfamily (i.e., Crotalinae). For my master's
thesis I examined
the evolutionary relationships of several pitviper genera
(i.e., Atropoides, Cerrophidion, and
Porthidium) in Middle America using morphological systematics. During my
Ph.D. I will extend my work to include
molecular data as well as Asian species.
Pitviper genera in
Middle and South America are
Agkistrodon,
Atropoides, Bothriechis,
Bothrops, Bothriopsis, Bothrocophias, Cerrophidion, Crotalus, Lachesis,
Ophryacus, Porthidium, and
Sistrurus.
Asian pitviper clades are equally fascinating and reside in the genera
Calloselasma, Ceratrimeresurus, Deinagkistrodon, Hypnale,
Gloydius, Ovophis, Protobothrops,
Triceratolepidophis,
Trimeresurus sensu lato, Tropidolaemus, and Zhaoermia.
When I am not
studying at a University I am usually traveling and
finding snakes, alligators, frogs, and other animals. I take tons
of pictures and go to remote places in search of some rarer
species. Here is my herp
lifelist.
Photo by: Joshua R. Engelbert
Me riding on a logging truck in Bolivia.
I spent
24 hours on this truck that
brought
me back to La Paz!
A hognose pitviper (Porthidium nasutum) that my friend Josh and I
found in Costa Rica.
Caiman yacare in Bolivia
One of the many timber
rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) that I radio-tracked during the summer of 2004.
My passion
in life is conservation which focuses on herpetology.
I have been so fortunate to have a
loving family and friends to support me through all of my endeavors and
understand my extensive absence.
This website is not meant for non-experienced
people to handle dangerous animals or get into harms way to take photographs. Handling venomous snakes or
working
with other dangerous animals isn't for most people. One mistake can and probably will leave you scarred for life. However, this site is here to teach people about the beautiful things in
nature and to keep ignorant people, with little knowledge or concern for animals, from
running over them on the road or just murdering them for the fun of it.
All pictures and images on this site belong to Robert Jadin and may not be used for any
reason without the direct permission of Robert Jadin.
Robert Jadin's Herpetology Journal
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