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Curriculum vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE

Wulf Schleip Bonn, Germany

Born in 1968, Bonn, Germany
Special interest Besides my general interest in all kinds of sciences, I am interested in all aspects of Herpetology such as Ecology and Evolution, Biogeography, Physiology and Morphology, Biology, and Systematics of snakes, especially Pythons. My favorite boid snakes are definitely White-Lipped Pythons (genus Leiopython). Education Technician diploma in chemistry High school diploma Profession IT-Projectmanager, Consultant, Developer Member of the following Societies SSAR - Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, USA - Member of the Membership committee - Section editor "Herpetoculture", Herpetological Review HL - Herpetologists´ League, USA IBS - The International Biogeography Society SSE - The Society for the Study of Evolution Course participation Analysis of Organismal Form (BIOL30111), Instructor: Chris Klingenberg, University of Manchester, UK Blogs and Opinions: Schleip, W. D. 2009. Nomenclatural convention versus taxonomic judgment: Linnaeus was unaware of monophyly - A response to the point of view of Gregory B. Pauly, David M. Hillis, and David C. Cannatella. PDF The original paper this comment refers to can be found at the CNAH website: Pauly, Gregory B., David M. Hillis & David C. Cannatella. 2009. Taxonomic Freedom and the Role of Official Lists of Species Names. Herpetologica. 65(2): 115-128 Publications (in peer-reviewed journals) Schleip, W. D. and O'Shea, M. 2010. Annotated checklist of the recent and extinct pythons (Serpentes, Pythonidae), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution. *ZooKeys* 66: 29–79. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.66.683 PDF HTML Schleip, W. D. 2009. Natural History Notes: Leiopthon albertisii .Behavior. *Herpetological Review* 40(2): 231 PDF Schleip, W. D. 2008. Revision of the Genus Leiopython Hubrecht 1879 (Serpentes: Pythonidae) with the Redescription of Taxa Recently Described by Hoser (2000) and the Description of New Species. *Journal of Herpetology* 42(4): 645–667. PDF (600 dpi) (~1.3MB) / PDF (1200 dpi) (~5MB)

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