General Announcements Upcoming Meetings & Workshops September SEH-Conservation Committee Herpetofauna monitoring course Luxembourg, 24-25 September 2011. Details at http://www.seh-cc.org. 16th European Congress of Herpetology and 47. Deutscher Herpetologentag (DGHT) Luxembourg and Trier, 25-29 September 2011. Details at http://www. symposium.lu/herpetology/. October Conservation Needs Assessment workshop Singapore. October 17-18, 2011. Amphibian husbandry/conservation workshop Singapore. October 19-21, 2011. November ASH Conference 2011 36th Annual General Meeting of Australian Society of Herpetologists. November 8–11, 2011, Paluma, North Queensland. http://www. australiansocietyofherpetologists.org/ ASH_conference2011.html. August 2012 7th World Congress of Herpetology. British Columbia 8-14 August 2012. http://www.worldcongressofherpetology. org/?section=64
Internships & Employment The following information can be found at http://www.parcplace.org/ resources/job-listings.html. Herp jobs are posted as a service to the herpetological community. If you would like to list a job opening for your organization, please send the announcement to herpjob@parcplace. org Biological Aid - Bog Turtle and Bat Research - Delaware Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program Smyrna, DE (9/9/11) Threatened and Endangered Species Habitat Specialist - National Park Service Fort Collins, CO (9/1/11) Post Doctoral Research Associate in Dendritic Network Ecology/Amphibians Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Laural, MD (8/26/11) Herpetological Intern - Herpetological Resource and Management, LLC Lower Michigan Post Doctoral Research Associate Reptiles and Amphibians Conservation & Management - University of California, Davis Scientific Assistant, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History New York, NY Assistant Professor Position - Human Dimensions of Wildlife Conservation University of Florida Gainesville
Assistant Curator of Reptiles and Amphibians - Carnegie Museum of Natural History Pittsburgh, PA Crew Leader Position - Effects of Forest Management on Reptiles and Amphibians West Plains, MO Technician Positions - Effects of Forest Management on Reptiles and Amphibians West Plains, MO Timber Rattlesnake Field Technician - Purdue University Yellowwood and Morgan-Monroe State Forests, Indiana Authorized Desert Tortoise Biologist/ Monitor (On Call) - SWCA Environmental Consultants Las Vegas, NV Authorized Desert Tortoise Biologist SWCA Environmental Consultants Las Vegas, NV Intern Positions (2) - Florida Sand Skink Research Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, FL Government Affairs Associate - The Wildlife Society Conservation Biologist, EDGE of Existence Programme London, UK M.S. or Ph.D. Assistantship - Salamander Conservation Virginia Tech - Blacksburg, VA and Eglin Airforce Base, Niceville, FL Desert Tortoise Monitoring Positions EPG Inc. Phoenix, AZ Assistant/Associate Curator of Herpetology - The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Los Angeles, CA
Full time Research Assistant required - Effects of habitat features and fragmentation on herpetofaunal communities in Western Sarawak We are looking for a full time Research Assistant for a project entitled: ‘Effects of habitat features and fragmentation on herpetofaunal communities in Western Sarawak’. The project is supported by a Fundamental Research Grant from the Ministry of Higher Education, Government of Malaysia. The project will commence soon as an appointment has been made, and the Research Assistant will be employed for 52 | FrogLog Vol. 98 | September 2011
24 months. A month stipend of RM 1,000 is payable, in addition to travel claims. The candidate is expected to register for a PhD with the Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. A brief description of the project is given below. Western Sarawak (comprising the divisions of Kuching and Samarahan), comprising a land area of 9,527 sq km, and is home to several endemic lineages of plants and animals. Its landscape has been heavily modified since the early
1900s, and presently comprises a mosaic of remnant habitats- forests and flood plains, sometimes widely separated by urban and agricultural areas. Within forested fragments are areas protected as National Parks, although knowledge of critical habitat features required for target organisms are often absent. In such landscapes, the capacity to detect early change in assemblages and populations makes it possible to take proactive conservation and management measures. In this study, we will test responses of