General Vertebrate Zoology Laboratory—Biology 386L

Department of Biology, UNM

 

 

 

Teaching assistant:          Brittany Barker

                                                Email:   barkerbr@unm.edu

Web:    http://unm.edu/~barkerbr

Work Phone:  505-277-6715

Office Hours: W 2:00 – 4:00 pm in Castetter Rm 31, or by appointment*

*E-mail contact is encouraged

 

 

Click here for syllabus

 

 

Announcements

Week of 5-5-10

·        If you would like to find out your Practical 2 Scores and Final LAB grades—stop by my lab on Friday May 7th from 8-4. Castetter Rm 159 (across from Womens bathroom by Bio office).

 

Tentative Lab Schedule

 

Date

Lab #

Lab Topic

Assignment

Quiz #

Important Dates

Jan 26

1

External Characteristics

Assignment #1

 

 

Feb 1

2&3

Skeleton/locomotion

 

1

Assignment #1 DUE

Feb 8

2&3

Skeleton/locomotion continued

 

 

 

Feb 15

4

Respiration/Circulation

2

 

Feb 22

5

Feeding/Digestion

Assignment #2

3

Mar 1

6

Reproduction/Sensory

 

4

Assignment #2 DUE

Mar 8

 

Lab Practical #1

 

 

 

Mar 15

 

Spring Break: OFF

 

 

 

Mar 22

7

Aquarium Field Trip

Assignment #3

 

 

Mar 29

8

Fish Diversity

 

 

 

Apr 5

9

Amphibian Diversity

 

5

Assignment #3 DUE

Apr 12

10

Reptile Diversity

 

6

 

Apr 19

11

Avian Diversity

 

7

 

Apr 26

12

Mammal Diversity

 

8

 

May 3

 

Lab Practical #2

 

 

 

May 10

 

*Finals Week*

 

Labs (download and bring to lab each week)

 

 

Lab Videos and Vertebrate Diversity Links

·         Bird behavior videos (Avian Diversity Lab 11):

1.      Moonwalking manakin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Bsu4z9Y3k

2.      Lyre bird: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y

·         David Attenborough’s “Life of Birds” videos can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/show?p=S3vPSi1o5nM&pl=D4DAC6370C221A0D

·         “Frogs: The Thin Green Line” that was watched during our Amphibian Diversity Lab can be found at this link:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/frogs-the-thin-green-line/video-full-episode/4882/

·         Reptile database: http://gcmd.nasa.gov/records/GCMD_EMBL_Reptiles.html

·         Mammals of New Mexico: http://www.mammalsociety.org/statelists/newmexico.html

 

 

Lab Study Materials

 

 

Useful Links – General

·         Wikipedia, the digital encyclopedia- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

·         University of Michigan’s Animal Diversity Web- http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html

·         The Tree of Life- http://www.tolweb.org/tree/

·         AmphibiaWeb-http://amphibiaweb.org/index.html

·         EMBL Reptile Database- http://gcmd.nasa.gov/records/GCMD_EMBL_Reptiles.html

·         University of California Berkeley, Introduction to the vertebrates- http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/vertintro.html

·         Mr. Girard’s Vertebrate Zoology website- http://phsgirard.org/VertebrateZoology.html