Presentations of Honours Proposals
The honours students present their proposals in a compressed 5 minute format to members of the Cape Herp Club. Meeting since 2004, the Cape Herp Club comprises all academics and students who work on herps in the Cape Town area.
![Carla, Reesher & Damian face an onslaught of questions](/media/3179171c-5b0e-4b5c-aefc-4f00d5c314db/tpaerw/Blog/Honours_Cape_Herp.JPG)
Speaker 1: Carla Wagener
Talk title: : Linking thermal threshold with widely distributed populations of African clawed frogs (
Xenopus laevis) over
different altitudes
Speaker 2: Damian Van Aswegen
Talk title: A global assessment of invasive snake impacts using two formal frameworks
Speaker 3: Reesher Kearns
Talk title: Assessing the change in
calling densities of the Cape Peninsula moss frog (
Arthroleptella lightfooti) amidst Cape Town’s ongoing drought
After this, I gave a presentation on the
MeaseyLab project: "What can YouTube teach us about why people want amphibians as pets?"
All talks were well received and with some great questions and debate.