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Curriculum vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE

Wulf Schleip Bonn, Germany

Born in 1968, Bonn, Germany
Special interest Besides my general interest in all kinds of sciences, I am interested in all aspects of Herpetology such as Ecology and Evolution, Physiology and Morphology, Biology, and Systematics of snakes, especially Pythons. I am also very interested in biogeography. My favorite boid snakes are definitely White-Lipped Pythons (genus Leiopython). As an amateur herpetologist, I try to study these snakes in captivity. However, little is known about the ecology and physiology of these beautiful pythons, and they are yet only rarely kept in captivity. Education High school diploma I studied chemistry (Technician diploma) Profession IT-Projectmanager, Consultant Member of the following Societies BHS - The British Herpetological Society, U.K. HL - Herpetologists´ League, USA IBS - The International Biogeography Society SSE - The Society for the Study of Evolution SSB - Society of Systematic Biologists SSAR - Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, USA Course participation Analysis of Organismal Form (BIOL30111), Instructor: Chris Klingenberg, University of Manchester, UK Presentations 2007: "inofficial talk", Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA, USA: White-Lipped Pythons, the genus Leiopython Hubrecht 1879 Blogs and Opinions: Schleip, W. D. 2009. Nomenclatural convention versus taxonomic judgment: Linnaeus was unaware of monophyly - A response to the point of view of Gregory B. Pauly, David M. Hillis, and David C. Cannatella. PDF The original paper this comment refers to can be found at the CNAH website: Pauly, Gregory B., David M. Hillis & David C. Cannatella. 2009. Taxonomic Freedom and the Role of Official Lists of Species Names. Herpetologica. 65(2): 115-128 Publications (in peer-reviewed journals) Schleip, W. D. 2009. Natural History Notes: Leiopthon albertisii .Behavior. *Herpetological Review* 40(2): 231 PDF Schleip, W. D. 2008. Revision of the Genus Leiopython Hubrecht 1879 (Serpentes: Pythonidae) with the Redescription of Taxa Recently Described by Hoser (2000) and the Description of New Species. *Journal of Herpetology* 42(4): 645–667. PDF (600 dpi) (~1.3MB) / PDF (1200 dpi) (~5MB)

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