Our final, 5th question of the week: What essential part of your project has proved to be the most tedious? 🐸🐢🐍🦎

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Five days, five questions, Q4: What three words describe the most satisfying part of undertaking your project? 🐸🐢🐍🦎

Five days, five questions, Q3: In three words, what advice would you give to a student about to embark on a herpetological research project? 🐸🐢🐍🦎

Five days, five questions, Q2: What three words describe the biggest challenges you faced at the start of your project?🐸🐢🐍🦎

Five days, five questions, Q1: Were you specifically interested in herpetology before starting on your research project? 🐸🐢🐍🦎 (Give your answer in the comment section).

Our fifth confirmed plenary speaker is Dato' Dr Dionysius S.K. Sharma from Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia. He will speak about The Challenges and Successes in the Conservation of Coastal Nesting Turtles in Peninsular Malaysia. More details here:

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Dr. Jason R. Rohr, from Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, USA, is our 4th plenary speaker at WCH10. Dr. Rohr will discuss The Roles of Climate Change and Biodiversity in Mediating Amphibian Disease Risk and Declines.

Julie Hanta Razafimanahaka from Madagasikara Voakajy, Madagascar, will be giving a plenary talk at WCH10. Julie will focus on the challenges of conserving reptiles and amphibians in Madagascar. More info about the plenary speakers and their talks here:

Our 2nd plenary speaker at WCH10, Prof Madhava Meegaskumbura from Key Lab in Forest Ecology & Conservation, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, China. Prof. Meegaskumbura will speak about Decoding Frog Diversification: Cues from Old-World Tree Frogs.

The details of the 5 plenary talks are now on our website. Today, we introduce Dr. Emma Sherratt, from Division of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Adelaide, Australia. Emma will talk about Evolvability of the Explosive Sea Snake Radiation:

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10WCH Student Travel Grants Global Women in Herpetology, Carl Gans Fundation, 10WCH – Sarawak State Government, 1StopBorneo, World Congress of Herpetology and GARD24 are offering various grants to support students and early career researchers. Apply at

WCH10 plenary speakers, list of symposia and student grant applications are available on the website of the event. For more details visit

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New Zealand J. Ecology special issue to honour P. Bishop! An amazing scientist, conservationist, teacher and colleague. He brough 100s of herpetologists to WCH9 in New Zealand in 2020 & was Secretary General Elect of WCH and helped set WCH10 in Malaysia.

Interested to organize a symposia during the forthcoming World Congress of Herpetology (WCH10)? Find out about the details here: