Education

B.S.  Albright College  1960
M.S.  University of Florida  1963
Ph.D. University of Michigan  1968

Research Interests

Herpetology/biology and systematics of amphibians and reptiles; currently focused on the systematics of the herpetofauna of Oceania and Burma.

Selected Publications

2006 Age and growth in olive ridley seaturtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) from the north-central Pacific: a skeletochronological analysis. Marine Ecology 27: 263-270.  (Zug, Chaloupka, Balazs)

2006 Systematics of the garden lizards, Calotes versicolor group (Reptilia, Squamata, Agamidae), in Myanmar: central dry zone populations. Proc. California Acad. Sci. 57(2): 35-68.  (Zug, H. Brown, J. Schulte & J. Vindum)

2004 The systematics of the Carlia “fusca” lizards (Squamata: Scincidae) from New Guinea and nearby islands. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (5): i-viii, 1-83. (Zug)

2004 Snakes : Smithsonian Answer Book.. Smithsonian Books; Washington.  i-xvii, 1-177.  (Zug & C.H. Ernst, photographs by R.D. Bartlett & Patricia Bartlett)

2003 A new gecko (Lepidodactylus: Reptilia: Squamata) from Tuvalu, south-central Pacific.  Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 116(1): 38-46.  (Zug, D. Watling, T. Alefaio, S. Alefaio & C. Ludescher ) [PDF]

2002  Observations on geographic variation in the Asian frog Hoplobatrachus rugulosus (Anura: Ranidae). Hamadryad 27(1): 90-98.  (T. D. Schmalz & Zug)

2002  Age and growth in Hawaiian green seaturtles (Chelonia mydas): skeletochronology. Fishery Bull. 100(1):117-127.  (Zug, J. Wetherall, G. Balazs, Parker & Murakawa) [PDF]

2001  Herpetology. An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles. 2nd Edition. Academic Press; San Diego.  (Zug, L Vitt & J Caldwell)

1995  Systematics of the Pacific slender-toed geckos, Nactus pelagicus complex: Oceania, Vanuatu, and Solomon Islands populations. Herpetologica 51(1): 77-90  (Zug & B.R. Moon)

1991  The Lizards of Fiji: Natural History and Systematics. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. 2: 1-136.  (Zug)

1991  Age Determination in Turtles. Herpetol. Circ. (20): 1-28.  (Zug)