The Davis Herpetology Lab attended the recent Southwest Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (SWPARC) meeting held at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque from 7-10 August 2025. Not only did undergraduate student researcher Caden Myers present his first scientific poster, he also took home the top poster presentation award at the meeting with his poster titled “Diet of the non-native Moorish Gecko (Tarentola mauritanica) in Texas, USA.” Caden has spent a portion of the summer sorting through two years of stomach samples and identifying diet items as part of this project, which we hope to expand into a third, and final, year.

Congratulations to Caden!