Our van in the desert

Scott Lupien and myself on the Great Wall of China

A golden snub-nosed monkey in Shennongjia National Nature reserve comes close to investigate. Photo courtesy of KRM

Gloydius brevicaudus

Who knew the Great Wall is covered in vipers?

Touring the various laboratories at Nanjing forestry University

Kevin and I after finding our first specimens of a suspected new species to science

bathing in the Colorado River

Let's take it home!

Student dorms at Nanjing Forestry University

Getting acquainted with the King Ratsnake

Hooray for fieldwork!

dissecting salvaged road-kill in the field

Welcome to China

A Bamboo viper peeks out of the bamboo flanking our stream. I was warned by Kevin that we were likely to encounter them "at about face height"

Kevin Messenger and I spent many evenings scrambling our way up this stream. We nicknamed this particular obstacle "the wall".

Pearl Tower

Posing with a Dinodon rufozonatum

Returning to the scene to try and figure out what happened. I flipped the rock indicated while searching a tea plantation when my leg received several painful stings.

Sitting atop a guard tower in a ruined section of the Great Wall of China

Exploring the Shanghai History Museum

Transgenic plants at Nanjing Forestry University

A Rock Rattlesnake in situ

Kudzu in its native range

A Twin-spot Rattlesnake

The whole gang posing at the grand canyon. I spent a month in a van with these goons. We had a great time and hit all of our sampling goals. From left to right: Jason Strickland, Rhett Rautsaw, myself, and Greg Territo

The Bund in Shanghai

Posing with a /Bufo gargarizans/ in Wuyishan National Nature Reserve. The toad was measured, sampled for a small amount of tissue, and released.

Camp in the desert with our beloved UCF Biology van. We named her "Betty White"

From left to right: Jason Strickland, Craig Trumbower, Rhett Rautsaw, and myself