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12-20-2003, 02:37 AM
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RIP Roger Conant
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12-20-2003, 02:45 AM
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Pardon my ignorance, Matt, but who was Roger?
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12-20-2003, 04:07 AM
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One of the most prominent herpetologists of the last 100 years.
Has a milk snake named after him, L.t.conanti , he also wrote and contributed to numerous field guides of US animals.
If you have a field guide to snakes of virgina, or any of the numerous peterson field guides, his name will likely be on it.
He also did lots of work with the Akistrodon genus, did a nice monograph on them.
Was writing books until not very long ago, he was 94.
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12-20-2003, 04:09 AM
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Wow, he lived a long life! Don't have any field guides.... yet.
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12-20-2003, 04:21 AM
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I highly recommend his published works.
He was a balanced and eloquent writer, only Harry Greene can compare (when it comes to biology related books)
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12-20-2003, 04:37 AM
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hmm how can you mention the agkistradon work...and remember the milksnake but forget A. P. Conanti (fla cotton)?
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12-20-2003, 05:06 AM
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DOH, cause I rarely think of cottons.
Only think of them when I almost step on them.... 
But we have leucostoma, not conanti. |
12-20-2003, 05:39 AM
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First book on the herp shelf is "A field Guide to the Life and Times of Roger Conant". A great loss, but great contributions over a long life.
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