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AT23-262 Texas Horned Lizard Reintroduction Project, San Antonio
July 27, 2023 @ 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Event Title: Texas Horned Lizard Reintroduction Project
VMS-AT: AT: Texas Parks and Wildlife (Enter AT#, Class Title as posted, Location, and Presenter)
Comments: AT23-262 Texas Horned Lizard Reintroduction Project, San Antonio, Presenter: Andrew Gluesenkamp (AT=1.5h)
Event Date: 7/27/2023
Event Time: 10:00a-11:30a
Event Summary:
Observe the Lab where Texas Horned lizards are studied and hatchlings are raised for reintroduction onto private landowners property across Texas in an effort to revive the horned lizard population.
Event Description:
The iconic Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) is the state reptile of Texas, and was once abundant across the western two-thirds of the state. Since the late 1960s, horned lizard populations have declined or disappeared in many areas due to a variety of factors including deterioration, fragmentation and loss of habitat; non-native invasive species such as exotic grasses and red imported fire ants; and pesticide use. Many Texans have fond memories of the Texas horned lizard (aka “horny toad”) and wish for its return to its former abundance.
Andrew Gluesenkamp attended the University of California at Davis, where he participated in surveys of rare and threatened amphibians in the San Joaquin Valley, worked as curatorial assistant in the Zoology Museum, and conducted independent field work on reptiles and amphibians in Belize and Ecuador. He graduated with a BS in Zoology in 1993. He entered the graduate program in Zoology at the University of Texas in 1994, where he studied a wide range of topics relating to reptiles and amphibians and worked in various museum collections.
Andy has over 20 years of experience as a biospeleologist and conservation biologist and he served as State Herpetologist for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for seven years. He currently leads several research projects including status assessment and genetic analysis of the rough-footed mud turtle, Texas groundwater salamanders, and the Mexican blindcat; The Texas Horned lizard Reintroduction Project; evolution of cavefish in Texas and Mexico; and establishment of captive colonies of rare and endangered species.
He is currently the director of Center for Conservation and Research (CCR) at San Antonio Zoo
Cost: no charge
Register @:
nyta.brown@tpwd.state.tx.us
Location:
San Antonio Zoo
3903 N. St.Marys
San. Antonio, Texas
Instructor/Presenter:
Andrew Gluesenkamp
Contact Information:
Nyta Brown
nyta.brown@tpwd.state.tx.us
866-978-2287
Organization Website:
https://texanbynature.org/projects/san-antonio-zoo-center-for-conservation-and-research/
Sponsoring Organization:
TPWD
