Check out the blog post for an overview of Herpetology citizen science projects and bios of our #CitSciChat panelists.
Coop's Scoop: Amphibian and Reptile Citizen Science on the next #CitSciChat - CitizenSciThere are millions of people taking part in citizen science across the world, and thousands of practitioners - scientists, educators, computer scientists, and activists - organizing citizen science projects. Citizen science has emerged as a new discipline, with novel ways of enabling scientific research, informing policy and conservation, and motivating learning.
I’m the organizer & moderator (@CoopSciScoop) & I want to thank the #CitSciChat sponsor, @SciStarter <<applause>>- Today’s #CitSciChat theme is #citizenscience with #amphibians & #reptiles, collectively called #herps (herpetology)
- We started this CitSciChat off with some trivia! Find out if you got the right answer.
- Before we start chitchat, let’s have #CitSciChat #herp trivia question (this 1 complements of @bryanlstuart @naturalsciences)...get ready
- #CitSciChat Trivia Q: How many types of poisonous #snakes are there in the world?
- This trivia was tricky, but it brought up a great point about snakes!
- #CitSciChat Trivia A: Maybe just two; the rest are venomous (venom is actively injected; poison passively ingested) http://ow.ly/Qxfe2
@CoopSciScoop Can you clarify what you mean by “the rest”? Not all snakes are either venomous or poisonous #CitSciChat.- @CoopSciScoop To be clear, most snakes are harmless and are not considered venomous or poisonous. #CitSciChat.
- Yes! Thanks for the clarification @AlongsideWild
Welcome Panelists & Guests!
- Intro1: Welcome #CitSciChat panelists, take a few tweets to please tell us about you & your involvement in #CitizenScience & #herps
@CoopSciScoop My name is Chris. I am one of 3 founding members & program admins for @HerpMapper. #CitSciChat http://HerpMapper.org (1/3)- I work as a gov. agency wildlife biologist by day, #CitSci and #SciComm advocate by night. #CitSciChat @CoopSciScoop (2/3)
- I have a BSc in wildlife mgmt, & MSc in cons. biology from U. of Minn. Learn more: http://www.herpmapper.org/about #CitSciChat @CoopSciScoop (3/3)
Intro 1 #citscichat This is Greg Pauly, Curator of Herpetology @NHMLA and also the lead scientist behind the GeckoWatch and...- Intro1b #CitSciChat ...and Reptiles and Amphibians of Southern California (RASCals) citizen science projects. http://www.nhm.org/rascals
- Hi, I study ecology and conservation of amphibians and reptiles at Auburn University #CitSciChat and help to reintroduce Indigo Snake to AL.
- I wrote about how I've helped #citsci citizen scientists/herpetologists become published authors here: http://www.livingalongsidewildlife.com/2015/07/i-caught-fish-with-snake-inside-is-it.html …. #CitSciChat
Orianne Society joining in to participate in chat; work with @HerpMapper in our cit sci efforts @CoopSciScoop #citscichat
USGS Postdoc/wildlifer- building #citsci program to study salamanders & climate change...near term focus = educate4conservation #CitSciChat- Check me out here http://seansterrett23.wix.com/seancsterrett and the dawn of the SPARCnet saga here http://seansterrett.wix.com/sparcnet . #CitSciChat #citizenscience
#citscichat I am here! Richard Smart with the @NHMLA citizen science program! Go Greg!
Amphibian and Reptile Citizen Science - #CitSciChat
Our latest #CitSciChat featured a diversity of projects focused on amphibians and reptiles. The chat was moderated by Caren Cooper (@CoopSciScoop) and sponsored by @SciStarter. Follow us on Twitter to learn about upcoming chats!
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