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Professor of Zoology

Arkansas State University

Department of Biological Sciences

P.O. Box 599

State University, AR 72476

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strauth@astate.edu

Ph.D. - 1980 Auburn University

M.S. -   1974 University of Arkansas

B.S. -   1970 University of Arkansas                

Selected Grants

An evaluation of the status and ecological requirements of the Ozark hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) in Arkansas.  Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.  1991.  $7,500.

Distribution and status of the Ozark hellbender, Cryptobranchus bishopi (Caudata: Cryptobranchidae), in Arkansas.  Arkansas Nongame Preservation Committee.  1991.  $1,595.

Status of the Ozark hellbender, Cryptobranchus bishopi (Caudata: Cryptobranchidae), in northern Arkansas.  Chicago Herpetological Society.  1992.  $1,000.

Population analysis and status of the Ozark hellbender (Cryptobranchus bishopi) in the Spring River (Fulton County) of northern Arkansas.  Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.  1995.  $15,000.

Population analysis and status of the Ozark hellbender (Cryptobranchus bishopi) in the Spring River (Fulton County) of northern Arkansas.  Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.  1996.  $10,000.

Development of an assessment plan for two NPS sensitive species (Ozark hellbender, Cryptobranchus bishopi and the queen snake, Regina septemvittata) within the Buffalo National River.  National Biological Service.  1996.  $4,750.

Captive propagation in the Ozark hellbender.  Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.  2000-2001. $16,200.  (With Ben A. Wheeler)

Distribution and status of the Ozark hellbender, Cryptobranchus bishopi, in the Upper White River and Black River Basins of northern Arkansas.   Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.  2000-2001. $12,000. (With Ben A. Wheeler)

Status review of the Ozark hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi).  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  2001-2002. $10,000.   

Ozark hellbender habitat characteristics and assessment in the Eleven Point and Spring rivers in Arkansas.  Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.  2003-2004. $38,138.06 (With Al Christian and Ben A. Wheeler).

Non-invasive monitoring of Ozark hellbenders and characterization of their nesting sites in Arkansas.  Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.  2003-2004. $13,521.00.  (With Ben A. Wheeler)

Current distribution and relative abundance of the mussels, crayfish, and aquatic salamanders of the Spring River, Arkansas.  Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.  2005-2006.  $85,000.00  (With Ben A. Wheeler, Waylon Hiler, and Al Christian).

Selected Publications

Trauth, S. E., J. D. Wilhide, and P. Daniel.  1992.  Geographic Distribution.  Cryptobranchus bishopi.  Herpetol. Rev. 23:121.

Trauth, S. E., J. D. Wilhide, and P. Daniel.  1992.  Status of the Ozark hellbender, Cryptobranchus bishopi (Urodela: Cryptobranchidae), in the Spring River, Fulton County, Arkansas.  Proc. Arkansas Acad. Sci. 46:83-86.

Trauth, S. E., J. D. Wilhide, and P. Daniel.  1993.  The Ozark hellbender, Cryptobranchus bishopi, in Arkansas: distributional survey for 1992.  Bull. Chi. Herpetol. Soc. 28:81-85.

Harshbarger, J. C., and S. E. Trauth.  2002.  Squamous cell carcinoma upgrade of the epidermal papilloma reported in an Ozark hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi).  Pp. 43-48.  In  Proceedings 6^th International Symposium on the Pathology of Reptiles and Amphibians.  (R. B. McKinnell and D. L. Carlson, eds.).  Univ. Minnesota Printing Services, Minneapolis, MN. 

Trauth, S. E., J. C. Harshbarger, and P. Daniel.  2002.  Epidermal papilloma in an Ozark hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi) from the Spring River of northern Arkansas.  J. Arkansas Acad. Sci. 56:190-197.

Wheeler, B. A., M. L. McCallum, and S. E. Trauth.  2002.  Abnormalities in the Ozark hellbender, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi.  J. Arkansas Acad. Sci. 56:250-252.