Author Archives for Jessa Watters

Translocation Success Analysis for Philippine Crocodile

September 10, 2021 1:39 pm Published by Comments Off on Translocation Success Analysis for Philippine Crocodile

Intermediate metrics of translocation success are useful for long-lived, slow to mature species where survival and reproduction happen over decades. With fewer than 150 individuals in the...


Invasive guppy eDNA protocol development

August 30, 2021 1:24 pm Published by Comments Off on Invasive guppy eDNA protocol development

We describe the development and validation of a qPCR assay to detect Poecilia reticulata, a highly invasive species of freshwater fish invasive to the Caribbean islands, through...


Claudia Goss Biography

August 16, 2021 12:50 pm Published by Comments Off on Claudia Goss Biography

Claudia Goss is an undergraduate junior at the University of Oklahoma majoring in Biology and minoring in Psychology. She was admitted to the University with plans to...


Carmen Lessani Biography

August 16, 2021 12:44 pm Published by Comments Off on Carmen Lessani Biography

Carmen joined the Siler lab in the Fall of 2021 as a volunteer after having taken Field Herpetology during the spring intersession. She is majoring in Biology...


Isiah Caldwell Biography

August 9, 2021 2:28 pm Published by Comments Off on Isiah Caldwell Biography

My name is Isiah Caldwell, and I am from Oklahoma City. I have had an interest in herpetology since I was a kid, and I would spend...


Jordon Henderson Biography

August 5, 2021 11:45 am Published by Comments Off on Jordon Henderson Biography

Hello, my name is Jordon Henderson. I am a MES student at OU that majors in Hydrology and Water Security with a focus on water management. For...


Texas horned lizard: spatial patterns & survivorship

August 4, 2021 7:41 pm Published by Comments Off on Texas horned lizard: spatial patterns & survivorship

Habitat fragmentation has negative consequences on threatened and endangered species by creating isolated populations. The Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) is experiencing population declines and localized extirpations...


Katherine Stroh Biography

July 27, 2021 9:42 pm Published by Comments Off on Katherine Stroh Biography

Katherine is a research and field technician who graduated from OU with a dual B.S./B.A. in biology and Spanish, both with Honors. She grew up in Piedmont,...


Gracie Hedgpeth Biography

July 27, 2021 9:41 pm Published by Comments Off on Gracie Hedgpeth Biography

GracieĀ is an undergraduate student in the Honors College at the University of Oklahoma earning her dual B.S./B.A. degree in biology and criminology. She joined the Siler Lab...


Emma Clary Biography

July 27, 2021 9:40 pm Published by Comments Off on Emma Clary Biography

My name is Emma Clary. I am an undergraduate junior at the University of Oklahoma, and I am double-majoring in Biology and Psychology and minoring in Chemistry....


Alex Fulton Biography

July 19, 2021 2:04 pm Published by Comments Off on Alex Fulton Biography

Alexandria (Alex) Fulton joined the Siler Lab in the summer of 2021 as a MS student. She is interested in the conservation of reptiles and amphibians and...