Dr. Thomas E. J. Leuteritz

• B.Sc., University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada (1990)
• M.S., University of Michigan, MI, USA (1993)
• Ph.D., George Mason University, VA, USA (2001)

Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies
Conservation Ecologist, The Redlands Institute

Duke Hall, Room 208                                                                                                                                                            Tent Tortoises in South Africa
(909) 335-5383 (Tel)

(909) 307-6952 (Fax)

thomas_leuteritz@redlands.edu

www.institute.redlands.edu/ri3/

Contents

• Recent Research & Work

• Publications (last 5 yrs)

Pro• Professional Presentations

Pro• Professional Affiliations

• Teaching

• Other Links

Recent Research & Work  back to contents

2004 - present  Conservation Ecologist / Senior Scientist for the Redlands Institute, University of Redlands, Redlands CA.  Major Project: The Desert Tortoise Project.

2002 - 2004  Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa. Worked on South African tortoise biodiversity and conservation. Specifically examined the ecology of the Tent tortoise (Psammobates tentorius tentorius).

2002  Research Fellow in the Center of Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS) at  Conservation International, Washington DC. Worked on national and international conservation of reptiles and amphibians. Helped in developing a global action plan for turtle and tortoise conservation (Turtle Conservation Fund).

1998 - 2000 Distribution, status, and reproductive biology of the Radiated Tortoise Geochelone radiata in southwest Madagascar.

Publications (last 5 yrs) back to contents

Leuteritz, T.E.J., T. Lamb, and J.C. Limberaza. 2005. Distribution, status, and conservation of radiated tortoises (Geochelone radiata) in Madagascar. Biological Conservation 124(4): 451-456. &

Leuteritz, T.E.J., and R. Ravolanaivo. 2005. Reproductive ecology and egg production of the radiated tortoise (Geochelone radiata) in southern Madagascar. African Zoology. In press.

Milton, S.J., W.R.J. Dean and T.E.J. Leuteritz. 2004. Opportunistic and multiple breeding attempts in plants and vertebrates of semi-deserts with unpredictable rainfall events through the year. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 59 (2): 127-130. &

Leuteritz, T.E.J.. 2003. Observations on the diet and drinking behaviour of radiated tortoises (Geochelone radiata) in southwest Madagascar. African Journal of Herpetology 52 (2): 127-130. &

Leuteritz, T.E.J.. 2003. Namaqua Chamaeleon, Chamaeleo namaquensis. Afric. Herp News. In press.

Leuteritz, T.E.J..  2003. Geochelone radiata  (radiated tortoise). Nocturnal activity. Herpetological Review 34 (3): 240. &

Leuteritz, T.E.J.. 2002. Distribution, status, and reproductive biology of the radiated tortoise, Geochelone radiata (Shaw, 1802) in southwest Madagascar. Fairfax VA, George Mason University. Ph.D. Dissertation. &

Leuteritz, TE.J.. 2001. Field research on radiated tortoises (Geochelone radiata) in Southwestern Madagascar (1997-2000). Bull. Chicago Herp. Soc. 36 (6): 123-130.

Professional Presentations back to contents

2002. A two - year field study on the reproductive biology of the radiated tortoise (Geochelone radiata) at Cap Sainte Marie, Madagascar. Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Seminar Series. Washington, DC.

2002. Distribution, biology, and status of the radiated tortoise, Geochelone radiata in southwestern Madagascar. Program of the 27th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Palm Springs, CA.

2002. Madagascar Tortoise Conservation. Department of Biology Seminar Series, George Mason University. Fairfax, VA.

Professional Affiliations back to contents

 • The Ecological Society of America (ESA)

• Scientific Advisory Committee of the Turtle Conservation Fund (TSA, CI-CABS, IUCN/SSC)

• Member of the World Conservation Union - Species Survival Commission (IUCN/SSC), Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (TFTSG)

• The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR)

• The Herpetologists’ League, Inc (HL)

Teaching back to contents

Other Links back to contents

• Chelonian Biodiversity and Conservation - South Africa

• Center for Applied Biodiversity Science - CI

• Museum of Zoology - University of Michigan

• National Museum of Natural History - Smithsonian Institute

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