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Academic Background:
2002
The University of Kansas, Lawrence
Ph.D. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
1995
The University of Kansas, Lawrence
B.Sc. in Systematics and Ecology
1995
La Universidad del Pacifico, Asunción, Paraguay Intensive Spanish Curriculum
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Teaching Assignment:
BL 111/L - Fundamentals of Ecology Lecture & Lab (Non-majors)
BL 159/160 - Principles of Biology III (Biodiversity & Evolution (Lecture/Lab)
BL206/L - Tropical Biology: Study Abroad in Costa Rica
BL 250/251 - Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates (Lecture/Lab)
BL 479 - Special Topics in Biology: Scientific Illustration
BL 479 - Special Topics in Biology: Systematic Biology
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Recent Publications:
In Revision - Sheil, C.A., and D. Portik. Formation and ossification of limb elements in Trachemys scripta and a discussion of autopodial elements in turtles. Zoological Science. 59 MS pages.
In Revision - Jorgensen, M. and C.A. Sheil. Effects of Temperature Regime Through Premetamorphic Ontogeny on Shape of the Chondrocranium in the American Toad, Bufo americanus. Anatomical Record. 34 MS pages; rejected, encouraged revision, in process of revision.
2006 - Tulenko, F.J., and C.A. Sheil. Formation of the chondrocranium of Trachemys scripta (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae) and a comparison with other described turtle taxa. Journal of Morphology 268:127–151.
2005 - Sheil, C.A. Osteology and skeletal development of Macrochelys temminckii (Reptilia: Chelonii: Chelydridae). Journal of Morphology. 263:71–106.
2005 - Sheil, C.A., and H. Alamillo. Osteological and skeletal development of Phyllomedusa vaillanti (Anura: Hylidae: Phyllomedusinae) and a comparison of this arboreal species with a terrestrial member of the genus. Journal of Morphology. 265:343–368.
2005 - Sheil, C.A., and E. Greenbaum. Reconsideration of skeletal development of Chelydra serpentina (Reptilia: Testudinata: Chelydridae): evidence for intraspecific variation. Journal of Zoology, London. 265:235–267.
2005 - Mendelson, J.R. III, B.L. Williams, C.A. Sheil, and D.G. Mulchay. Systematics of the Bufo coccifer Complex (Anura: Bufonidae) of Mesoamerica. Scientific Papers, Natural History museum, The University of Kansas. 38:1–27.
2003 - Sheil, C.A. Osteology and skeletal development of Apalone spinifera (Reptilia: Chelonii: Trionychidae). Journal of Morphology 256(1):42–78.
2001 - Sheil, C.A., and J.R. Mendelson III. A new species of Hemiphractus (Anura: Hylidae: Hemiphractinae), and a redescription of H. johnsoni. Herpetologica 57(2):189–202.
2001 - Sheil, C.A., J.R. Mendelson III, and H.R. da Silva. Phylogenetic relationships of the species of Neotropical horned frogs, genus Hemiphractus (Anura: Hylidae: Hemiphractinae), based on evidence from morphology. Herpetologica 57(2):203–214.
2001 - Sheil, C.A., and T.A. Grant. A new species of Synophis (Colubridae: Xenodontinae) from Colombia. Journal of Herpetology 35(2):204–209.
Research Interests:
I am interested in herpetology, developmental morphology, and evolution. My research primarily focuses on aspects of skeletal development in reptiles, and recently I have been studying element homology in the hands and feet of turtles. Graduate and undergraduate students in my lab have worked on projects that include geometric morphometric analyses of shape change in the skeletons of amphibians, descriptive morphology of embryonic turtles, ecological studies of Blanding’s Turtles and Spotted Turtle (including radiotelemetry, nesting and feeding ecology, and defining niche parameters with predictive modeling). I am actively recruiting students to work in my laboratory.
Important Links:
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Ohio Biological Survey
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
Herpetologists League
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Tree of Life
The University of Kansas Division of Biological Sciences
The University of Kansas Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center
The University of Kansas Division of Herpetology
Society of Systematic Biologists
Morphology Net
Understanding Evolution
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