Small-mouthed salamander (Ambystoma texanum) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 15
The Authors
James (Jim) Bogart obtained his PhD from the University of Texas in Austin in 1969. He is presently a professor in the Department of Zoology at the University of Guelph. He has taught a senior undergraduate course in herpetology for 20 years and his research is mostly concerned with amphibian genetics. He has numerous publications on the Ambystoma salamander complex and several of his students have also worked on the complex.
Lawrence (Larry) Licht obtained his PhD from the University of British Columbia in 1970. He is presently a professor in the Department of Biology at York University. He teaches a senior level course in herpetology at York and his research is mostly concerned with ecology. Seventeen of his publications deal with Pelee Island salamanders.
Both Drs. Bogart and Licht have engaged in a collaborative effort to understand the interactions of pure species and genomic hybrids on Pelee Island for twenty years.