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Eastern racer samples needed for study
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by Chris_Harper on May 23, 2007
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We like for the SHHS to participate in educational forays, so if anyone can help this guy out, please do so. ~webmaster
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CNAH RESEARCH REQUEST Number 129
The Center for North American Herpetology
Lawrence, Kansas
http://www.cnah.org
23 May 2007
RACER RESEARCH REQUEST
I am a doctoral student at Kansas State University studying the interactions between grassland birds and their snake predators. I radio-track grassland
snakes that have been documented to consume birds or their eggs with an emphasis on Eastern Racers (Coluber constrictor). I am adding a landscape genetic aspect to better understand Eastern Racers on and around the Konza Prairie Biological Station near Manhattan, Kansas. I am also interested in the population structure of Eastern Racers in the Flint Hills and the environmental features that may act as barriers to their gene flow. If appropriate, I would like
to request tissue samples from the herpetological community to expand my sample size to a regional scale.
I can be contacted at:
Page Klug
Division of Biology
232 Ackert Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas 66506-4901
(402) 250-6890
pklug@ksu.edu
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RE: Eastern racer samples needed for study
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by Cro on May 23, 2007
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Update on research area of interest. If you live or herp there, you might want to contact the researcher.
"I am interested in fine scale genetic structure using micosatellites and am focusing my work in the tallgrass prairie of Kansas and Oklahoma."
Hope this helps.
Best Regards JohnZ
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by skyChimp on May 23, 2007
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Sounds like a neat project. I live in eastern Virginia and Northern Black Racers (C. c. constrictor) are possibly the most abundant large snake we have around here. I find at least one on almost every herp trip I take, and many times find two or three.
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