DHL M.S. student Kevin Green recently presented at the Texas Academy of Science Annual Meeting held on the UT Tyler Campus in Tyler, Texas. Kevin presented a research poster titled, “Understanding the diet and distribution of newly documented Hemidactylus aff. malcolmsmithi from south Texas, USA.” This was research he began as an ENMU undergraduate, which focused on examining the distribution and diet of a recently established non-native gecko in Texas. Through this work, Kevin was able to document this species in five new counties in south Texas and recorded 13 orders of arthropods in the diet of over 150 individuals. He previously was awarded funding as an undergraduate from the Texas Academy of Science to conduct this research and he was able to return to present his results at the conference. We also were able to visit with DHL collaborator and Curator of Herpetology at The University of Texas at Austin Biodiversity Collections, Travis LaDuc (pictured with Kevin), which is always a fun time!

Congratulations to Kevin for a great poster presentation!