People

The Myanmar Herpetological Project is a three-way collaboration between the Forest Department, Ministry of Forestry, Myanmar, the California Academy of Sciences and the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. The principal people currently involved with the project are listed below. This project was initiated by the late Dr. Joseph B. Slowinski.

California Academy of Sciences  

Alan E. Leviton, Principal Investigator and Curator, Department of Herpetology

  
Jens V. Vindum, Co-Principal Investigator and Senior Collection Manager, Department of Herpetology  
Jeffery A. Wilkinson, Research Associate, Department of Herpetology  
   
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution  
George R. Zug, Co-Principal Investigator and Curator, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History  
   
Ministry of Forestry, Myanmar  
Aye Myint Maung, Director General, Forest Department  
   
Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division, Forest Department, Myanmar  
Tin Tun, Director  
Win Naing Thaw, Deputy Director  
Tun Paw Oo, Former Director  
Khin Maung Zaw, Former Director  
Tun Nyo, Former Director  
Myint Hlaing, Team Leader  
Kyi Soe Lwin, Field Biologist  
San Lwin Oo, Field Biologist  
Hla Tun, Photographer  
Zaw Htoo Rung, Field Biologist  
Khin Thuza Kyaw, Curator  
Ye Myo Win, Driver  


Collaborators
  A project of this scope would not be possible without the participation of other researchers.
  E.N. Arnold, The Natural History Museum, London. Lacertidae
  Christopher Austin, Louisiana State University. Scincidae
  Aaron M. Bauer, Villanova University. Gekkonidae
  Rafe M. Brown, University of Kansas. Ranidae
  Rafael de Sa, University of Richmond. Microhylidae
  Michelle S. Koo, University of California, Berkeley. Lacertidae
  Ulrich Kuch, Universität Frankfurt and Forschungsinstitut u. Naturmuseum Senckenberg. Viperidae and Elapidae
  Robin Lawson, Osher Molecular Laboratory, California Academy of Sciences. Colubridae
  Jimmy A. McGuire, University of California, Berkeley. Agamidae
  James A. Schulte II, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute. Agamidae
 

Bryan L. Stuart, Field Museum of Natural History, University of Illinois at Chicago. Rana livida complex
  Jeffery A. Wilkinson, California Academy of Sciences. Rhacophoridae
  Mark Wilkinson, The Natural History Museum, London. Ichthyophiidae
  Guin O.U. Wogan, University of California, Berkeley. Ranidae and Bufonidae
  Wolfgang Wüster, University of Wales. Elapidae and Viperidae