Presentations
Below is a summary of presentation made by Townsend Lab members at IUP, regional, national, and international conferences.
* = IUP Undergraduate Student, ** = IUP Graduate Student
* = IUP Undergraduate Student, ** = IUP Graduate Student
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
31 Jul 2015. Itgen, Michael W.**, and Josiah H. Townsend. Molecular and morphological systematics of the Bolitoglossa porrasorum complex reveals cryptic diversity (poster presentation). Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR) 2015 Meeting, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
29 Oct 2014. Townsend, Josiah. Promoting Conservation of Threatened Cloud Forest Fragments through Phylogenetic Inventory: A Case Study from the Cordillera Nombre de Dios, Honduras (oral presentation). The Wildlife Society 21st Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
29 Oct 2014. Firneno, Thomas J.**, and Josiah H. Townsend. Two endemic endangered species or one widespread species? Evaluating species boundaries in closely related Mesoamerican toads (poster presentation). The Wildlife Society 21st Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
29 Oct 2014. Hess, Alexander J.**, and Josiah H. Townsend. Phylogenetic inventory of a private rainforest reserve in northwestern Honduras reveals a cryptic and evolutionarily-significant sympatric population of Nanotriton (poster presentation). The Wildlife Society 21st Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
27 Oct 2014. Mibroda, Julie**, Joseph Duchamp, Josiah Townsend, and Jeffrey Larkin. Understanding factors that influence the distribution of the endemic shorthead garter snake (Thamnophis brachystoma) in northwestern Pennsylvania (oral presentation). The Wildlife Society 21st Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
17 Oct 2014. Firneno, Thomas J.**, Ileana Luque-Montes, and Josiah H. Townsend. Evaluando los límites de especie en especies de sapos (Anura: Bufonidae: grupo Incilius coccifer) estrechamente relacionadas en Honduras. (First Place – Graduate Student Poster Competition). XVIII Congress of the Society of Mesoamerican Biology and Conservation, Copán Ruinas, Honduras.
17 Oct 2014. Hess, Alexander**, Thomas J. Firneno**, Ileana Luque-Montes, and Josiah H. Townsend. La taxonomía de las Nanotriton (Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossa) en Honduras es confusa debido a su morfología altamente conservativa y microsimpatría. (Second Place – Graduate Student Poster Competition). XVIII Congress of the Society of Mesoamerican Biology and Conservation, Copán Ruinas, Honduras.
17 Oct 2014. McCormick, Gretchen*, Kayla Weinfurther*, Ileana Luque-Montes, and Josiah H. Townsend. Filogeografía de anuros de tierras bajas sugiere diferentes patrones de divergencia a través de la Depresión nicaragüense. XVIII Congress of the Society of Mesoamerican Biology and Conservation, Copán Ruinas, Honduras.
14 Oct 2014. Townsend, Josiah. Promoviendo la Conservación de los Bosques Nublados Amenazados en el Bloque Chortís a través de Inventarios Filogenético (Invited Keynote Presentation). XVIII Congress of the Society of Mesoamerican Biology and Conservation, Copán Ruinas, Honduras.
13 Oct 2014. Townsend, Josiah. La Herpetofauna de la Cordillera Nombre De Dios, Honduras: Especies Nuevas, Amenazas, Y Oportunidades. (Oral Presentation). XVIII Congress of the Society of Mesoamerican Biology and Conservation, Copán Ruinas, Honduras.
19 May 2014. Hess, Alexander**, & Josiah Townsend. Taxonomy of Honduran Nanotriton (Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossa) is confounded by highly conserved morphology and microsympatry. (Poster Presentation). 6th Conference on the Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders, University of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
19 May 2014. Hess, Alexander**, Ellen Teygart**, Timothy Hummel**, & Josiah Townsend. Diets of some endemic Magnadigita (Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossa) from the highlands of Honduras. (Poster Presentation). 6th Conference on the Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders, University of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
26 Aug 2013. Rodriguez, Fabiola**, Carlos Andino, Jeffrey Larkin, & Josiah Townsend. Outreach initiative in a Honduran cloud forest: Using avifauna to recruit community ambassadors of Cusuco National Park. (Poster presentation). 5th International Partners in Flight Conference and Conservation Workshop, Snowbird, Utah.
NATIONAL/REGIONAL CONFERENCES
21 Nov 2014. Kenney, Mariah*, & Josiah Townsend. Reassessing the historical biogeography of Mesoamerican highland pitvipers following the discovery of the relict taxon Bothriechis guifarroi (Squamata: Viperidae) (Poster Presentation). 2nd PASSHE Undergraduate Research Conference for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Slippery Rock University.
21 Nov 2014. McCormick, Gretchen*, & Josiah Townsend. The 1st IUP SEEDS Club Seed Swap: Results and lessons learned (Poster Presentation). 2nd PASSHE Undergraduate Research Conference for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Slippery Rock University.
21 Nov 2014. Weinfurther, Kayla*, & Josiah Townsend. Using DNA barcoding to explore the northern distributional limits of the Lithobates taylori (Amphibia: Ranidae) in Honduras and Nicaragua (Poster Presentation). 2nd PASSHE Undergraduate Research Conference for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Slippery Rock University.
5 Apr 2014. Krygeris, Catherine*, & Josiah Townsend. A systematic reassessment of mountain stream frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Ptychohyla) from the Cordillera Nombre de Dios, Honduras. (Poster Presentation). 37th All Florida Herpetology Conference, Gainesville, Florida.
15 Nov 2013. Krygeris, Catherine*, & Josiah Townsend. Systematics and Conservation of Montane Stream Frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Ptychohyla) in Northern Honduras. (Poster Presentation). 1st PASSHE Undergraduate Research Conference for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Slippery Rock University.
9 Nov 2013. Hess, Alexander**, & Josiah Townsend. Comparative community ecology of dusky salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) assemblages in central and western Pennsylvania. (Oral Presentation). 9th Regional Science Consortium Research Symposium, Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Erie, Pennsylvania.
9 Nov 2013. Teygart, Ellen**, & Josiah Townsend. Assessing the distribution and conservation Status of the Mountain Chorus Frog (Hylidae: Pseudacris brachyphona) in Pennsylvania. (Oral Presentation). 9th Regional Science Consortium Research Symposium, Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Erie, Pennsylvania.
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY BIOLOGISTS
12 Apr 2014. Krygeris, Catherine*, & Josiah Townsend. A systematic reassessment of Mountain Stream Frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Ptychohyla) from Northern Honduras based on molecular and morphological evidence. Poster Presentation, 45th Annual Meeting of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University Biologists (CPUB), Bloomsburg University.
12 Apr 2014. McCormick, Gretchen*, & Josiah Townsend. Genetic diversity in Central American leaf-litter toads (Anura: Bufonidae: Rhaebo haematiticus) suggest vicariant divergence across the Nicaraguan Depression. (Poster Presentation). 45th Annual Meeting of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University Biologists (CPUB), Bloomsburg University.
12 Apr 2014. Weinfurther, Kayla*, & Josiah Townsend. Mitochondrial phylogenetics of a rainforest frog, Lithobates warszewitschii (Anura: Ranidae), from the Caribbean Lowlands of Central America. (Poster Presentation). 45th Annual Meeting of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University Biologists (CPUB), Bloomsburg University.
20 Apr 2013. Medina-Flores, Melissa**, & Josiah Townsend. Uncovering a relict lineage of green palm-pitviper (Squamata: Viperidae: Bothriechis) in northern Honduras. (Poster Presentation). 44th Annual Meeting of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University Biologists (CPUB), Clarion University. Awarded Best Graduate Poster.
IUP GRADUATE SCHOLARS FORUM
2 Apr 2014. Hess, Alexander**, & Josiah Townsend. Comparative community ecology of dusky salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) assemblages in Pennsylvania (Poster Presentation). IUP Graduate Scholars Forum.
2 Apr 2014. Teygart, Ellen**, & Josiah Townsend. Assessing the distribution and conservation Status of the Mountain Chorus Frog (Hylidae: Pseudacris brachyphona) in Pennsylvania (Poster Presentation). IUP Graduate Scholars Forum.
IUP UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARS FORUM
1 Apr 2014. McCormick, Gretchen*, & Josiah Townsend. Analysis of genetic diversity in Central American leaf-litter toads (Anura: Bufonidae: Rhaebo haematiticus) suggest vicariance across the Nicaraguan Depression. (Poster Presentation). IUP Undergraduate Scholars Forum.
1 Apr 2014. Weinfurther, Kayla*, & Josiah Townsend. DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity in a rainforest frog (Anura: Ranidae: Lithobates warszewitschii) from the lowlands of Central America. (Poster Presentation). IUP Undergraduate Scholars Forum.
CNSM WOMEN IN SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND TECHNOLOGY FORUM
31 Mar 2014. Krygeris, Catherine*, & Josiah Townsend. A systematic reassessment of mountain stream frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Ptychohyla) from the Cordillera Nombre de Dios, Honduras. (Poster Presentation). IUP College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics Women In Mathematics, Science, And Technology Program.
31 Mar 2014. McCormick, Gretchen*, & Josiah Townsend. Analysis of genetic diversity in Central American leaf-litter toads (Anura: Bufonidae: Rhaebo haematiticus) suggest vicariance across the Nicaraguan Depression. IUP College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics Women In Mathematics, Science, And Technology Program.
31 Mar 2014. Weinfurther, Kayla*, & Josiah Townsend. DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity in a rainforest frog (Anura: Ranidae: Lithobates warszewitschii) from the lowlands of Central America. (Poster Presentation). IUP College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics Women In Mathematics, Science, And Technology Program.
1 Apr 2013. Krygeris, Catherine*, & Josiah Townsend. Cryptic diversity in stream frogs (Hylidae: Ptychohyla): how many species in northern Honduras? (Poster Presentation). College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics Women In Mathematics, Science, And Technology Program.
1 Apr 2013. Medina-Flores, Melissa**, & Josiah Townsend. Systematics of green palm-pitvipers (Squamata: Viperidae: Bothriechis) from northern Honduras (Poster Presentation). College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics Women In Mathematics, Science, And Technology Program. Runner-up, Best Graduate Poster.
CNSM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR SUMMER SCHOLARS POSTER SESSION
7 Aug 2014. McCormick, Gretchen*, Josiah Townsend, Amanda Poole, Carl Luciano, and Holly Travis. The 1st Annual IUP SEEDS Club Seed Swap. College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics Research Experience for Summer Scholars Poster Session.
7 Aug 2014. Hess, Alexander**, Ellen Teygart**, Timothy Hummel**, & Josiah Townsend. Diets of some endemic Magnadigita (Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossa) from the highlands of Honduras. College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics Research Experience for Summer Scholars Poster Session.
31 Jul 2015. Itgen, Michael W.**, and Josiah H. Townsend. Molecular and morphological systematics of the Bolitoglossa porrasorum complex reveals cryptic diversity (poster presentation). Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR) 2015 Meeting, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
29 Oct 2014. Townsend, Josiah. Promoting Conservation of Threatened Cloud Forest Fragments through Phylogenetic Inventory: A Case Study from the Cordillera Nombre de Dios, Honduras (oral presentation). The Wildlife Society 21st Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
29 Oct 2014. Firneno, Thomas J.**, and Josiah H. Townsend. Two endemic endangered species or one widespread species? Evaluating species boundaries in closely related Mesoamerican toads (poster presentation). The Wildlife Society 21st Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
29 Oct 2014. Hess, Alexander J.**, and Josiah H. Townsend. Phylogenetic inventory of a private rainforest reserve in northwestern Honduras reveals a cryptic and evolutionarily-significant sympatric population of Nanotriton (poster presentation). The Wildlife Society 21st Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
27 Oct 2014. Mibroda, Julie**, Joseph Duchamp, Josiah Townsend, and Jeffrey Larkin. Understanding factors that influence the distribution of the endemic shorthead garter snake (Thamnophis brachystoma) in northwestern Pennsylvania (oral presentation). The Wildlife Society 21st Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
17 Oct 2014. Firneno, Thomas J.**, Ileana Luque-Montes, and Josiah H. Townsend. Evaluando los límites de especie en especies de sapos (Anura: Bufonidae: grupo Incilius coccifer) estrechamente relacionadas en Honduras. (First Place – Graduate Student Poster Competition). XVIII Congress of the Society of Mesoamerican Biology and Conservation, Copán Ruinas, Honduras.
17 Oct 2014. Hess, Alexander**, Thomas J. Firneno**, Ileana Luque-Montes, and Josiah H. Townsend. La taxonomía de las Nanotriton (Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossa) en Honduras es confusa debido a su morfología altamente conservativa y microsimpatría. (Second Place – Graduate Student Poster Competition). XVIII Congress of the Society of Mesoamerican Biology and Conservation, Copán Ruinas, Honduras.
17 Oct 2014. McCormick, Gretchen*, Kayla Weinfurther*, Ileana Luque-Montes, and Josiah H. Townsend. Filogeografía de anuros de tierras bajas sugiere diferentes patrones de divergencia a través de la Depresión nicaragüense. XVIII Congress of the Society of Mesoamerican Biology and Conservation, Copán Ruinas, Honduras.
14 Oct 2014. Townsend, Josiah. Promoviendo la Conservación de los Bosques Nublados Amenazados en el Bloque Chortís a través de Inventarios Filogenético (Invited Keynote Presentation). XVIII Congress of the Society of Mesoamerican Biology and Conservation, Copán Ruinas, Honduras.
13 Oct 2014. Townsend, Josiah. La Herpetofauna de la Cordillera Nombre De Dios, Honduras: Especies Nuevas, Amenazas, Y Oportunidades. (Oral Presentation). XVIII Congress of the Society of Mesoamerican Biology and Conservation, Copán Ruinas, Honduras.
19 May 2014. Hess, Alexander**, & Josiah Townsend. Taxonomy of Honduran Nanotriton (Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossa) is confounded by highly conserved morphology and microsympatry. (Poster Presentation). 6th Conference on the Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders, University of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
19 May 2014. Hess, Alexander**, Ellen Teygart**, Timothy Hummel**, & Josiah Townsend. Diets of some endemic Magnadigita (Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossa) from the highlands of Honduras. (Poster Presentation). 6th Conference on the Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders, University of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
26 Aug 2013. Rodriguez, Fabiola**, Carlos Andino, Jeffrey Larkin, & Josiah Townsend. Outreach initiative in a Honduran cloud forest: Using avifauna to recruit community ambassadors of Cusuco National Park. (Poster presentation). 5th International Partners in Flight Conference and Conservation Workshop, Snowbird, Utah.
NATIONAL/REGIONAL CONFERENCES
21 Nov 2014. Kenney, Mariah*, & Josiah Townsend. Reassessing the historical biogeography of Mesoamerican highland pitvipers following the discovery of the relict taxon Bothriechis guifarroi (Squamata: Viperidae) (Poster Presentation). 2nd PASSHE Undergraduate Research Conference for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Slippery Rock University.
21 Nov 2014. McCormick, Gretchen*, & Josiah Townsend. The 1st IUP SEEDS Club Seed Swap: Results and lessons learned (Poster Presentation). 2nd PASSHE Undergraduate Research Conference for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Slippery Rock University.
21 Nov 2014. Weinfurther, Kayla*, & Josiah Townsend. Using DNA barcoding to explore the northern distributional limits of the Lithobates taylori (Amphibia: Ranidae) in Honduras and Nicaragua (Poster Presentation). 2nd PASSHE Undergraduate Research Conference for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Slippery Rock University.
5 Apr 2014. Krygeris, Catherine*, & Josiah Townsend. A systematic reassessment of mountain stream frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Ptychohyla) from the Cordillera Nombre de Dios, Honduras. (Poster Presentation). 37th All Florida Herpetology Conference, Gainesville, Florida.
15 Nov 2013. Krygeris, Catherine*, & Josiah Townsend. Systematics and Conservation of Montane Stream Frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Ptychohyla) in Northern Honduras. (Poster Presentation). 1st PASSHE Undergraduate Research Conference for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Slippery Rock University.
9 Nov 2013. Hess, Alexander**, & Josiah Townsend. Comparative community ecology of dusky salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) assemblages in central and western Pennsylvania. (Oral Presentation). 9th Regional Science Consortium Research Symposium, Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Erie, Pennsylvania.
9 Nov 2013. Teygart, Ellen**, & Josiah Townsend. Assessing the distribution and conservation Status of the Mountain Chorus Frog (Hylidae: Pseudacris brachyphona) in Pennsylvania. (Oral Presentation). 9th Regional Science Consortium Research Symposium, Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Erie, Pennsylvania.
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY BIOLOGISTS
12 Apr 2014. Krygeris, Catherine*, & Josiah Townsend. A systematic reassessment of Mountain Stream Frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Ptychohyla) from Northern Honduras based on molecular and morphological evidence. Poster Presentation, 45th Annual Meeting of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University Biologists (CPUB), Bloomsburg University.
12 Apr 2014. McCormick, Gretchen*, & Josiah Townsend. Genetic diversity in Central American leaf-litter toads (Anura: Bufonidae: Rhaebo haematiticus) suggest vicariant divergence across the Nicaraguan Depression. (Poster Presentation). 45th Annual Meeting of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University Biologists (CPUB), Bloomsburg University.
12 Apr 2014. Weinfurther, Kayla*, & Josiah Townsend. Mitochondrial phylogenetics of a rainforest frog, Lithobates warszewitschii (Anura: Ranidae), from the Caribbean Lowlands of Central America. (Poster Presentation). 45th Annual Meeting of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University Biologists (CPUB), Bloomsburg University.
20 Apr 2013. Medina-Flores, Melissa**, & Josiah Townsend. Uncovering a relict lineage of green palm-pitviper (Squamata: Viperidae: Bothriechis) in northern Honduras. (Poster Presentation). 44th Annual Meeting of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University Biologists (CPUB), Clarion University. Awarded Best Graduate Poster.
IUP GRADUATE SCHOLARS FORUM
2 Apr 2014. Hess, Alexander**, & Josiah Townsend. Comparative community ecology of dusky salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) assemblages in Pennsylvania (Poster Presentation). IUP Graduate Scholars Forum.
2 Apr 2014. Teygart, Ellen**, & Josiah Townsend. Assessing the distribution and conservation Status of the Mountain Chorus Frog (Hylidae: Pseudacris brachyphona) in Pennsylvania (Poster Presentation). IUP Graduate Scholars Forum.
IUP UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARS FORUM
1 Apr 2014. McCormick, Gretchen*, & Josiah Townsend. Analysis of genetic diversity in Central American leaf-litter toads (Anura: Bufonidae: Rhaebo haematiticus) suggest vicariance across the Nicaraguan Depression. (Poster Presentation). IUP Undergraduate Scholars Forum.
1 Apr 2014. Weinfurther, Kayla*, & Josiah Townsend. DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity in a rainforest frog (Anura: Ranidae: Lithobates warszewitschii) from the lowlands of Central America. (Poster Presentation). IUP Undergraduate Scholars Forum.
CNSM WOMEN IN SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND TECHNOLOGY FORUM
31 Mar 2014. Krygeris, Catherine*, & Josiah Townsend. A systematic reassessment of mountain stream frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Ptychohyla) from the Cordillera Nombre de Dios, Honduras. (Poster Presentation). IUP College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics Women In Mathematics, Science, And Technology Program.
31 Mar 2014. McCormick, Gretchen*, & Josiah Townsend. Analysis of genetic diversity in Central American leaf-litter toads (Anura: Bufonidae: Rhaebo haematiticus) suggest vicariance across the Nicaraguan Depression. IUP College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics Women In Mathematics, Science, And Technology Program.
31 Mar 2014. Weinfurther, Kayla*, & Josiah Townsend. DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity in a rainforest frog (Anura: Ranidae: Lithobates warszewitschii) from the lowlands of Central America. (Poster Presentation). IUP College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics Women In Mathematics, Science, And Technology Program.
1 Apr 2013. Krygeris, Catherine*, & Josiah Townsend. Cryptic diversity in stream frogs (Hylidae: Ptychohyla): how many species in northern Honduras? (Poster Presentation). College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics Women In Mathematics, Science, And Technology Program.
1 Apr 2013. Medina-Flores, Melissa**, & Josiah Townsend. Systematics of green palm-pitvipers (Squamata: Viperidae: Bothriechis) from northern Honduras (Poster Presentation). College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics Women In Mathematics, Science, And Technology Program. Runner-up, Best Graduate Poster.
CNSM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR SUMMER SCHOLARS POSTER SESSION
7 Aug 2014. McCormick, Gretchen*, Josiah Townsend, Amanda Poole, Carl Luciano, and Holly Travis. The 1st Annual IUP SEEDS Club Seed Swap. College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics Research Experience for Summer Scholars Poster Session.
7 Aug 2014. Hess, Alexander**, Ellen Teygart**, Timothy Hummel**, & Josiah Townsend. Diets of some endemic Magnadigita (Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossa) from the highlands of Honduras. College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics Research Experience for Summer Scholars Poster Session.
