World herpetology congress
POSTERS-1 6º World Congress of Herpetology 18 AUGUST 2008
HERP INVENTORIES, CAPTIVE REARING TURTLES, PARASITES
World Congress of Herpetology (WCH) #11
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31. Aug 2028 – 31. Aug 2028
Gijón, Spain
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World Congress of Herpetology (WCH)
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World Congress of Herpetology (WCH)
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1982 Raleigh NC USA
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Promote international interest, collaboration and cooperation in herpetology.
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2028-09 | Gijón, Spain – World Congress of Herpetology (WCH)11 past events available with paid subscription only.
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Data from data
The 9th World Congress of Herpetology was held in Dunedin, New Zealand from 5-10 January 2020. HSS Co-founder, Sankar was fortunate enough to attend the conference and present on “A metabarcoding study of diet and parasites in reticulated pythons in Singapore”.
It might seem strange to host a herpetology conference in New Zealand, a country that famously has no snakes. But New Zealand’s herp diversity is nothing to scoff at! It has over 110 species of geckos and skinks, four species of frogs, and the only species of tuatara in the world!
In 2019, for my Final Year Thesis, I conducted a metabarcoding study of diet and gut parasites in reticulated pythons in Singapore. After graduating, I submitted the abstract to the World Congress of Herpetology, hoping that perhaps I would get a chance to share my work on a global stage. I was thrilled when my abstract was accepted for poster presentation. Over the next few months, with lots of help from Meka, I put together a new poster, just for the WCH9!
Fast forward to the start of 2020, I was getting ready to leave for Dunedin. It was going to be a 10-hour flight to Christchurch, followed by a 1-hour flight to Dunedin itself. At t