13 | Dr. Charles Peterson – Snakes of the Intermountain West

Dr. Peterson is an accomplished Snake Ecologist that has dedicated
his career to studying the ecology of snakes and applying that
knowledge to their conservation. Drs. Jenkins and Peterson discuss
the path Chuck took to becoming a herpetologist. They also discuss
the diversity of snakes in the Intermountain West and what Chuck
has learned from decades of research, including an in depth
discussion of one of the biggest long-term datasets ever collected
on snakes, specifically a data set on Great Basin Rattlesnakes from
Southeast Idaho. The link for the Idaho Amphibian and Reptile
iNaturalist Project is:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/idaho-amphibian-and-reptile-inaturalist-project
Flickr Photo Albums links: Idaho Reptiles:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/petechar/albums/72157625821042969
Snakes:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/petechar/albums/72157689924852796 ISU
Herpetology Laboratory Publications on Intermountain West Snakes
1989-2019 1. Koch, E.D. and C.R. Peterson. 1989. A preliminary
survey of the distribution of amphibians and reptiles of
Yellowstone National Park. In: Rare, sensitive and threatened
species of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, T.W. Clark, D.H.
Harvey, R.D. Dorn, D.C. Genter, and C. Groves (eds.), Northern
Rockies Conservation Cooperative , Montana Natural Heritage
Program, The Nature Conservancy, and Mountain West Environmental
Services. 2. Peterson, C.R. and M.E. Dorcas. 1992. The use of
automated data acquisition techniques in monitoring amphibian and
reptile populations. Pp 369-378 In: Wildlife 2001: Populations.
D.R. McCullough and R.H. Barrett, (eds.). Elsevier Applied Science,
London. 3. Peterson, C.R., A.R Gibson, and M.E. Dorcas. 1993. Snake
thermal ecology: the causes and consequences of body temperature
variation. Pp. 241-314 in Snakes: Ecology and Behavior (R.A. Seigel
and J.T. Collins, eds.). McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New York,
N.Y. 4. Storm, R.M., W.P. Leonard, H.A. Brown, R.B. Bury, D.M.
Darda, L.V. Diller, and C.R. Peterson. 1995. Reptiles of Washington
and Oregon. Seattle Audubon Society, Seattle, Washington. 176 pp.
5. Koch, E.D. and C.R. Peterson. 1995. The Amphibians and Reptiles
of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. University of Utah
Press, Salt Lake City, Utah. 188 pp. 6. Beck, J.M. and C.R.
Peterson. 1995. Movements and habitat selection of the Longnose
Snake (Rheinocheilus lecontei) in southwestern Idaho. Idaho Bureau
of Land Management. Technical Bulletin No. 95-18. 7. Corn, P.S. and
C.R. Peterson. 1996. Prairie Legacies - Amphibians and Reptiles.
Pp. 125-134 In: Prairie Conservation: Preserving North America’s
Most Endangered Ecosystem. F.B. Samson and F.L. Knopf (editors).
Island Press 8. Dorcas, M.E. and C.R. Peterson. 1997. Head-body
temperature differences in free-ranging rubber boas. J. Herp.
31(1): 87-93. 9. Dorcas, M.E., C.R. Peterson, and M.T. Flint. 1997.
The thermal biology of digestion in rubber boas (Charina bottae):
physiology, behavior, and environmental constraints. Physiological
Zoology 70(3):292-300. 10. Dorcas, M.E. and C.R. Peterson. 1998.
Daily body temperature variation in free-ranging rubber boas.
Herpetologica.54(1):88-103. 11. Cobb, V.A. and C.R. Peterson. 1999.
Natural History Notes: Mortality – Great Basin Rattlesnake.
Herpetological Review. 30(1): 45-46. 12. Peterson, C.R, S.R Burton,
D.S. Pilliod, J.R Lee, J.O. Cossel Jr, and R.L Llewellyn. 2001.
Assessing the accuracy of Gap Analysis predicted distributions of
Idaho amphibians and reptiles. Gap Analysis Bulletin 10: 42-49. 13.
Vander Haegen, W. M., S. M. McCorquodale, C. R. Peterson, G. A.
Green, and E. Yensen. 2001. Wildlife communities of eastside
shrubland and grassland habitats. In, D. H. Johnson and T. A.
O'Neil, Editors. Wildlife habitats and species associations in
Oregon and Washington. University of Oregon Press, Corvallis,
Oregon. 14. Scott, J.M., C.R. Peterson, J.W. Karl, E. Strand, L.K.
Svancara, and N.M. Wright. 2002. A Gap Analysis of Idaho: Final
Report. Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Moscow,
ID. 15. Dorcas, M. E. and C. R. Peterson. 2008. Testing the
coadaptation hypothesis: the thermal physiology and
thermoregulatory behavior of rubber boas (Charina bottae). In: R.
Henderson, R. Powell, G. Schuett, and M. Douglass (eds.), Biology
of the Boas and Pythons. Eagle Mountain Publishing, LC, Eagle
Moutain, UT. 16. Jenkins, C.L., C.R. Peterson, and J.O. Cossel, Jr.
2008. Sagebrush Steppe / Desert Shrublands. In: Pilliod, D.S.,
Wind, E., eds., 2008, Habitat Management Guidelines for Amphibians
and Reptiles of the Northwestern United States and Western Canada:
Technical Publication HMG-4, Birmingham, AL, Partners in Amphibian
and Reptile Conservation, 139 pp. 17. Jenkins, C.L. and C.R.
Peterson. 2009. A Trophic-Based Approach to the Conservation
Biology of Rattlesnakes: Linking Landscape Disturbance to
Rattlesnake Populations. Pp. 265-274 in W. K. Hayes, K. R. Beaman,
M. D. Cardwell, and S. P. Bush (eds.), The Biology of Rattlesnakes.
Loma Linda University Press, Loma Linda, California. 18. Cobb, V.A.
and C.R. Peterson. 2009. Thermal Ecology of Hibernation in a
Population of Great Basin Rattlesnakes, Crotalus oreganus lutosus.
Pp. 291-302 in W. K. Hayes, K. R. Beaman, M. D. Cardwell, and S. P.
Bush (eds.), The Biology of Rattlesnakes. Loma Linda University
Press, Loma Linda, California. 19. Jenkins, C.L., C.R. Peterson,
and B.A. Kingsbury. 2009. Modeling Snake Distribution and Habitat.
Pp. 123-148 in S.J. Mullin and R.A. Seigel. Snakes: Ecology and
Conservation. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca , New York.
20. Bosworth, W. and C.R. Peterson. Idaho. 2009. In: Olson, D.H.
(coord. ed.), Herpetological conservation in northwestern North
America. Northwestern Naturalist 90: 61–96. 21. Jenkins, C.L., C.
R. Peterson, S. C. Doering, and V. A. Cobb. 2009. Microgeographic
variation in reproductive characteristics among Western Rattlesnake
(Crotalus oreganus) populations. Copeia 2009, (4): 774–780. 22. C.
R. Peterson and J.R. Lee. 2012. Using Geographical Information
Systems to design reptile surveys. Pp. 34-41 In: M. Foster, R.
McDiarmid, C. Guyer, J.W. Gibbons, and N. Chernoff. (eds.). Reptile
Biodiversity: Standard Methods for Inventory and Monitoring.
University of California Press, Los Angeles, CA. 23. Dorcas, M. E.
and C. R. Peterson. 2012. Automated data acquisition. Pp. 61-68
In:. M. Foster, R. McDiarmid, C. Guyer, J.W. Gibbons, and N.
Chernoff. (eds.). Reptile Biodiversity: Standard Methods for
Inventory and Monitoring. University of California Press, Los
Angeles, CA. 24. Dorcas, M. E. and C. R. Peterson. 2013. Automated
data acquisition. In: G. Graeter and J. Gibbons (eds.), Monitoring
Methods for Amphibians and Reptiles. Partners in Amphibian and
Reptile Conservation - special publication. 25. Jochimsen, Denim,
C.R. Peterson, and L.J. Harmon, 2014. Influence of ecology and
landscape on snake road mortality in a sagebrush-steppe ecosystem.
Animal Conservation, 17(6): 583-592. 26. Bauder, J.D. H. Akenson,
and C.R. Peterson. 2015. Movement Patterns of Prairie Rattlesnakes
(Crotalus v. viridis) across a Mountainous Landscape in a
Designated Wilderness Area. Journal of Herpetology, 49(3): 377-387.
27. Bauder, J.M., H. Akenson, and C.R. Peterson. 2017. Factors
influencing the movement patterns of Prairie Rattlesnakes (Crotalus
v. viridis) across a mountainous landscape in a designated
Wilderness Area. Pp. 154-167 in Dreslik,M.J., S.J. Beaupre, and
S.P. Mackessy (eds.), The Biology of Rattlesnakes II,
Herpetological Publishing and Distribution, Rodeo, New Mexico. 28.
Jenkins, C.L., J.M. Bauder, and C.R. Peterson. 2017. Population
level consequences of microgeographic variation in Great Basin
Rattlesnake reproduction. Pp. 143-153 in Dreslik,M.J., S.J.
Beaupre, and S.P. Mackessy (eds.), The Biology of Rattlesnakes II,
Herpetological Publishing and Distribution, Rodeo, New Mexico. 29.
Spear, S.F., J.M. Parker, C.R. Peterson, C.L. Jenkins, and L.P.
Waits. 2017. Modeling the effect of roads on habitat area and
connectivity of midget faded rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus
concolor) across Southwest Wyoming. Pp. 22-33 in Dreslik,M.J., S.J.
Beaupre, and S.P. Mackessy (eds.), The Biology of Rattlesnakes II,
Herpetological Publishing and Distribution, Rodeo, New Mexico. 30.
Parsons, S.B., C.R. Peterson, C.L. Jenkins, and M.D. Matocq. 2019.
Gene flow and habitat connectivity in a native rattlesnake
population on the Snake River Plain. Western North American
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