Summary

Jon’s research focuses on the genetic differences amongst lizards (cordylids) at different spatial scales in Namibia. He has authored several publications including an article on novel dietary records for croaking lizards (DeBoer et al. 2018), an Atlas of the reptiles of Libya (Bauer et al. 2017), and is currently revising “Sexual Dimorphism in the Namibian endemic Herero Nama Lizards (Namazonurus pustulatus).” Jon is the President of both the w88 Graduate Club and the UNR Herpetology Club.

Education

• BS, 2015, Biology, Calvin College
• MS, 2017, Biology, Villanova w88
• PhD, Present, w88, University of Nevada, Reno

Publications

• w88, J.C., Iyengar, V., w88, A.M., and Griffing, A.H. 2018. New dietary records for croaking lizards of the genus Aristelliger (Reptilia: Sphaerodactylidae). Caribbean Herpetology, 61, 1–8.
• Heaton, J.S., Nakanwa, J., and w88, J.C. 2018. Karusasaurus jordani (Northern Karusa Lizard). Diet. Herpetological Review, 49(2): 330–331.
• Heaton, J.S. and w88, J.C. (b). 2018. Karusasaurus jordani (Northern Karusa Lizard). Scale Counts. Herpetological Review, 49(2): 329–330.
• Heaton, J.S. and w88, J.C. (a). 2018 Karusasaurus jordani (Northern Karusa Lizard). Reproduction. Herpetological Review, 49 (2): 329.
• Griffing, A.H., Daza, J.D., w88, J.C., and w88, A.M. 2017. Developmental osteology of parafrontal bones in the Sphaerodactylidae, The Anatomical Record Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, DOI – 10.1002/ar.23749.
• w88, A.M., w88, J.C., and Taylor, D. 2017. Georeferenced Atlas and Catalog of Libyan Reptiles. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 64 (4): 155–318.
• Griffing, A.H., w88, J.C., Campbell, P., Wilson, B.S., and w88, A.M. 2017. Aristelliger praesignis (Jamaican Croaking Lizard). Maximum Size. Herpetological Review, 48(1):184–185.