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Jonathan A. Campbell

b. 1947

American herpetologist

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Born 1947. Jonathan A. Campbell is an American herpetologist, zoologist, university teacher, naturalist and biologist.

Jonathan Atwood Campbell (born May 13, 1947) is an American herpetologist. He is currently professor of biology at University of Texas at Arlington. He was a distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas.

Campbell earned his Bachelor of Science in biology at the University of Texas at Arlington, and he earned his PhD degree in systematics and ecology in 1982 at University of Kansas.

Honors and awards June 2014 - Distinguished Honoree March 2014 - Distinguished Alumnus Award August 2012 - Fitch Award for Excellence in Herpetology June 2008 - W. Frank Blair Eminent Naturalist Award June 2003 - Texas Distinguished Scientist May 2000 - Nominee, Piper Professor Award February 2000 - Research Associate January 2000 - Scientific Achievement Award June 1999 - Distinguished Herpetologist of the Herpetologists’ League May 1999 - Academy of Distinguished Teachers May 1998 - Distinguished Record of Research Award May 1990 - Excellence in Research Award May 1990 - Chancellor's Council Excellence in Teaching Award

Taxa

Named after him Taxa named after him include: Bothrocophias campbelli (Freire-Lascano, 1991) Abronia campbelli E.D. Brodie Jr. & Savage, 1993

Described by him

Taxa he described include: Abronia anzuetoi Campbell & Frost, 1993 Abronia frosti Campbell, Sasa, Acevedo & Mendelson, 1998 Abronia gaiophantasma Campbell & Frost, 1993 Abronia leurolepis Campbell & Frost, 1993 Abronia meledona Campbell & Brodie, 1999 Abronia mitchelli Campbell, 1982 Abronia ornelasi Campbell, 1984 Abronia ramirezi Campbell, 1994 Abronia smithi Campbell & Frost, 1993 Adelphicos daryi Campbell & Ford, 1982 Adelphicos ibarrorum Campbell & Brodie, 1988 Amietophrynus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006 Anolis naufragus (Campbell, Hillis & Lamar, 1989) Bokermannohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeler, 2005 Bolitoglossa centenorumCampbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa daryorum Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa eremia Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa huehuetenanguensis Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa kaqchikelorum Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa la Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa ninadormida Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa nussbaumi Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa nympha Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa pacaya Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa psephena Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa suchitanensis Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa tzultacaj Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa xibalba Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bothriechis thalassinus Campbell & Smith, 2000 Bothrocophias Gutberlet & Campbell, 2001 Bothrocophias myersi Gutberlet & Campbell, 2001 Bromeliohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeler, 2005 Cenaspis Campbell, Smith & Hall, 2018 Cerrophidion Campbell & Lamar, 1992 Cerrophidion tzotzilorum (Campbell, 1985) Chapinophis xanthocheilus Campbell & Smith, 1998 Charadrahyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeler, 2005 Charadrahyla nephila (Mendelson & Campbell, 1999) Charadrahyla tecuani Campbell, Blancas-Hernández & Smith, 2009 Coniophanes alvarezi Campbell, 1989 Craugastor adamastus (Campbell, 1994) Craugastor amniscola (Campbell & Savage, 2000) Craugastor aphanus (Campbell, 1994) Craugastor catalinae (Campbell & Savage, 2000) Craugastor charadra (Campbell & Savage, 2000) Craugastor inachus (Campbell & Savage, 2000) Craugastor palenque (Campbell & Savage, 2000) Craugastor pelorus (Campbell & Savage, 2000) Craugastor polymniae (Campbell, Lamar & Hillis, 1989) Craugastor psephosypharus (Campbell, Savage & Meyer, 1994) Craugastor rhyacobatrachus (Campbell & Savage, 2000) Craugastor rivulus (Campbell & Savage, 2000) Craugastor rupinius (Campbell & Savage, 2000) Craugastor sabrinus (Campbell & Savage, 2000) Craugastor trachydermus (Campbell, 1994) Crotalus ericsmithi Campbell & Flores-Villela, 2008 Crotalus tancitarensis Alvarado-díaz & Campbell, 2004 Cruziohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeler, 2005 Cryptotriton monzoni (Campbell & Smith, 1998) Cryptotriton wakei (Campbell & Smith, 1998) Dendrotriton chujorum Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Dendrotriton kekchiorum Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Diploglossus ingridae Werler & Campbell, 2004 Diploglossus legnotus Campbell & Camarillo, 1994 Duellmanohyla Campbell & Smith, 1992 Duttaphrynus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006 Ecnomiohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeler, 2005 Exerodonta abdivita (Campbell & Duellman, 2000) Exerodonta chimalapa (Mendelson & Campbell, 1994) Exerodonta perkinsi (Campbell & Brodie, 1992) Exerodonta xera (Mendelson & Campbell, 1994) Feihyla Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006 Geophis pyburni Campbell & Murphy, 1977 Ingerophrynus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006 Isthmohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeler, 2005 Itapotihyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeler, 2005 Litoria michaeltyleri Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006 Megastomatohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeler, 2005 Micrurus pachecogili Campbell, 2000 Mixcoatlus Jadin, Smith & Campbell, 2011 Myersiohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeler, 2005 Nototriton brodiei Campbell & Smith, 1998 Nototriton stuarti Wake & Campbell, 2000 Oedipina stenopodia Brodie & Campbell, 1993 Otophryne pyburni Campbell & Clarke, 1998 Plectrohyla acanthodes Duellman & Campbell, 1992 Plectrohyla calthula (Ustach, Mendelson, McDiarmid & Campbell, 2000) Plectrohyla cyclada (Campbell & Duellman, 2000) Plectrohyla ephemera (Meik, Canseco-Márquez, Smith & Campbell, 2005) Plectrohyla miahuatlanensis Meik, Smith, Canseco-Márquez & Campbell, 2006 Plectrohyla pokomchi Duellman & Campbell, 1984 Plectrohyla psarosema (Campbell & Duellman, 2000) Plectrohyla tecunumani Duellman & Campbell, 1984 Plectrohyla teuchestes Duellman & Campbell, 1992 Porthidium hespere (Campbell, 1976) Poyntonophrynus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006 Pseudepidalea Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006 Pseudoeurycea aquatica Wake & Campbell, 2001 Pseudoeurycea orchileucos (Brodie, Mendelson & Campbell, 2002) Pseudoeurycea orchimelas (Brodie, Mendelson & Campbell, 2002) Ptychohyla acrochorda Campbell & Duellman, 2000 Ptychohyla dendrophasma (Campbell, Smith & Acevedo, 2000) Ptychohyla panchoi Duellman & Campbell, 1982 Ptychohyla sanctaecrucis Campbell & Smith, 1992 Ptychohyla zophodes Campbell & Duellman, 2000 Rhadinella anachoreta (Smith & Campbell, 1994) Rhadinella xerophila Rhadinophanes monticola Myers & Campbell, 1981 Tantilla ceboruca Canseco-márquez, Smith, Ponce-Campos, Flores-Villela & Campbell, 2007 Tantilla impensa Campbell, 1998 Tantilla sertula Wilson & Campbell, 2000 Tantilla tecta Campbell & Smith, 1997 Tantilla vulcani Campbell, 1998 Tlalocohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeler, 2005 Vandijkophrynus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006 Xenosaurus penai Pérez Ramos, De La Riva & Campbell, 2000 Xenosaurus phalaroanthereon Nieto-Montes De Oca, Campbell & Flores-Villela, 2001

Books Campbell JA, Lamar WW (1989). The Venomous Reptiles of Latin America. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. xiv + 430 pp., 568 figures, 109 distribution maps, 31 tables. . Campbell JA, Brodie ED Jr. (editors) (1992). Biology of the Pitvipers. Tyler, Texas: Selva. xi + 567 pp., 200 figs., 100 tables, 17 plates with 122 color illustrations. . Campbell JA (1998). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Northern Guatemala, Yucatán, and Belize. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. 367 pp. . McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: The Herpetologists League. xi + 511 pp. . Campbell JA, Lamar WW (2004). The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. (2 volumes). Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. xvii + 870 pp., 282 figs., 8 color maps, 113 distribution maps, 1,500 plates, 63 tables. .

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Important facts

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University of Kansas, University of Texas at Arlington
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University of Texas System
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Campbell, Jonathan Atwood Campbell

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Jonathan A. Campbell?

American herpetologist

When was Jonathan A. Campbell born?

Jonathan A. Campbell was born on 13 May 1947 in Lexington.

What is Jonathan A. Campbell's occupation?

Jonathan A. Campbell is a herpetologist, zoologist, university teacher, naturalist and biologist.

What nationality is Jonathan A. Campbell?

Jonathan A. Campbell is American.

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