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Education

B.S., University of Connecticut, 1972, Wildlife Biology
M.S., University of Connecticut, 1974, Wildlife Biology
Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 1978, Zoology

Research Interests

Taxonomy and distribution of amphibians and reptiles in North, Central, and South America; curation, care, and management of natural history collections; ecology of desert snakes; ecology of island reptiles.

Has senior responsibility for operation of the Biological Survey Unit; takes the lead in representing the Unit to the USGS and the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, maintaining relations with the Smithsonian Institution’s Department of Vertebrate Zoology, supervising the Unit’s technical staff, and coordinating and supporting the Unit’s administrative, scientific, and curatorial operations. Serves as leader of the Curation of North American Vertebrates Project for USGS collection management responsibilities at the National Museum of Natural History.  Develops field studies of amphibians and reptiles to document distributions and biodiversity through the collection and permanent archiving of biological samples and associated data.

Selected Publications

Reynolds, R. P., S. W. Gotte, and C. H. Ernst. 2007. Catalog of Type Specimens of Recent Crocodilia and Testudines in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 626, Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington, DC. 56pp. http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Zoology/pdf_hi/SCtZ-0626.pdf

MacCulloch, R. D., A. Lathrop, R. P. Reynolds, J. C. Señaris, and G. E. Schneider. 2007. Herpetofauna of Mount Roraima, Guiana Shield Region, Northeastern South America. Herpetological Review, 38(1):24-30.

Cisneros-Heredia, D. F., and R. P. Reynolds. 2007. New records of Phyllonastes Heyer, 1977 from Ecuador and Peru. Herpetozoa, 19(3/4):184-186.

Reynolds, R. P. 2006. Book Review. Donnelly M. A., Crothers B., Guyer C., Wake M. H., White M. E. (Eds.)., Ecology and Evolution in the Tropics — A Herpetological Perspective, University of Chicago Press, 2005, Pages 675. Biological Conservation 127:128.

Hollowell, T. and R. P. Reynolds, (eds.), 2005. Checklist of the Terrestrial Vertebrates of the Guiana Shield. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, no. 13. (PDF)

Hollowell, T. and R. P. Reynolds. 2005. Introduction. Pp. 1-6. In Hollowell, T. and R. P. Reynolds (eds.), Checklist of the Terrestrial Vertebrates of the Guiana Shield. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, no. 13.

Reynolds, R., R. MacCulloch, M. Tamessar, C. Watson, C. J. Cole, and C. Townsend.  2001.  Preliminary checklist of the herpetofauna of Guyana. http://www.mnh.si.edu/biodiversity/bdg/guyherps.html

Middendorf, G., and R. Reynolds.  2000.  Herpetofauna of the Beni Biological Station Biosphere Reserve, Amazonian Bolivia: Additional information, and current knowledge in context. Pp. 151-169 In O. Herrera-MacBryde, F. Dallmeier, B. MacBryde, J. A. Cominskey and C. Miranda (Eds.) Biodiversity, Conservation and Management in the Region of the Beni Biological Station Biosphere Reserve, Bolivia.  SI/MAB Series No. 4, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 423 pp.

Reynolds, R., T. Fritts, S. Gotte, J. Icochea, and G. Tello.  1997.  Amphibians and reptiles I: Biodiversity assessment in the Lower Urubamba region. pp. 213-221 In F. Dallmeier and A. Alonso (Eds.), Biodiversity Assessment and Long-Term Monitoring, Lower Urubamba Region, San Martin-3 and Cashiriari-2 Well Sites. SI/MAB Series # 1.  Smithsonian Institution/MAB Biodiversity Program, Washington, D. C. 368 pp.

Reynolds, R. P., and J. Icochea M.  1997.  Amphibians and reptiles of the upper Rio Comainas, Cordillera del Cóndor. Pp. 82-86, 202-206 In T. S. Schulenberg and K. Awbrey (Eds.), The Cordillera del Cóndor region of Ecuador and Peru: A Biological Assessment.  Rapid Assessment Working Paper No. 7, Conservation International, Washington, D. C. 231 pp.