Dr Glenn M. Shea
Senior Lecturer - Vet. Anatomy & Pathology
Faculty of Veterinary Science
Ph:+61 2 9351 2444
Fax:+61 2 9351 6880
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Room 307, 1st floor - B01 - J.D. Stewart
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Qualifications
BVSc (Hons) PhD
Teaching Areas
Anatomy of horses, birds and wildlife;
Male genital system and respiratory system of all domestic species.
VIP Project
Reptiles and amphibians
Administration
Sub-dean for BSc (Vet);
Member, Faculty Research Committee;
Member, Faculty Postgraduate Education and Research Training Committee;
First Year Co-ordinator;
Member, Faculty Teaching and Learning Committee;
Member, Faculty Examinations Committee;
Unit of Study Coordinator, Veterinary Anatomy & Physiology 1B; Unit of Study Coordinator, Equine Anatomy.
Research
Systematics and natural history of Australasian reptiles and amphibians.
Projects
Ph.D. students:
Chris Laing (2000). Comparative studies on plasma Vitamin D binding protein (associate supervisor, with Prof. David Fraser)
B.Sc.(Vet.) students:
Andrew Picton-Barnes (1997). Geographic variation and speciation in the Highlands Forest Skink Nannoscincus maccoyi.
Sarah Gill (1998).An investigation into a chronic paresis/paralysis syndrome seen in the Diamond Python (Morelia spilota spilota)
Patricia Poon (2000). Oviduct morphology, seasonality of mating and sperm storage in five Australian elapid snakes.
Shirley Murray (2010). Haematology and blood chemistry of native reptiles commonly held as pets.
Jelena Vukcevic (2011). Morphological variation in the lower eyelid of scincid lizards.
B.V.Sc.(Hons) students:
Vivien Lance (2008). Reproductive Biology of the Australian Skinks of the Saproscincus challengeri complex
B.V.Sc. Final year research project students:
Marcia Wan (2004) Reproductive biology of Ctenotus robustus (Scincidae).
Karen Kuwahata (2007). The reproductive biology of Eulamprus murrayi.
Stephen Chan (2007).The reproductive biology of the Weasel Skink, Saproscincus mustelinus
B.An.Vet.Biosci. final year projects:
Hayley Pearson (2006). Morphological distinction of genetically different populations of water skink. (A project)
Sally Ferguson (2008). Comparison of reproductive biology of four species of New Caledonian skinks (A project)
Ashleigh Long (2010). The comparative reproductive biology of New Caledonian skinks of the genus Caledoniscincus. (A project)
Grace Hargreaves (2010). Geographic variation in carpet pythons (Morelia spilota) in New South Wales. (B project)
B.Sc.(Hons.) students:
Linda Hancock (1993). A comparative study of the thermal and metabolic biology of blue-tongued lizards (Tiliqua). (associate supervisor, with Prof. Michael Thompson)
Jennifer Koenig (1999). Ecology of a suburban skink: Tiliqua scincoides, the backyard bluetongue. (associate supervisor, with Prof. Rick Shine).
Karen Murphy (2004) Reproductive Seasonality of Three Cold-Temperate Viviparous Skinks from Southeastern Australia (associate supervisor, with Dr Simon Hudson)
B.Sc. Zoology Advanced project students:
Julian Beaman (2008). The reproductive biology of the Eastern Stone Gecko (Diplodactylus vitattus)
Oliver Griffith (2009). Reproductive biology of Anomalopus leuckartii
Hannah Edwards (2010). Reproductive seasonality in reptiles: a study of the effect of climate on the reproductive seasonality of the pygopodid genus Delma.
Contributions to the profession and to the community
Member, Non-Indigenous Animals Advisory Committee, NSW Department of Agriculture;
Member, Australasian Reptile and Amphibian Specialist Group, Species Survival Committee, International Union for the Conservation of Nature;
Member, Animal Care and Ethics Committee, The Australian Museum;
Member, Native Animals Consultative Committee, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service;
Librarian, Australian Herpetological Society.
Publications
Craven, R. & Shea, G.M. (2010). Ramphotyphlops braminus (Brahminy Blind Snake). Kiribati. Herpetological Review 41(4): 518.
Shea, G.M. (2010). The suburban terrestrial reptile fauna of Sydney - winners and losers. Pp. 154-197 in, Lunney, D., Hutchings, P. & Hochuli, D. (eds.). The Natural History of Sydney, Mosman. 438pp.
Shea, G., Jourdan, H., Sadlier, R. & Bauer, A. (2010). Biology of the New Caledonian skink fauna. 1: Why did the Tropidoscincus lose its stripes, and other unsolved mysteries [Abstract]. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 37(1): 97.
Shea, G.M. & Stone, K. (2009). An observation of copulation in the Barred Tree Skink, Emoia trossula Brown & Gibbons, 1986 (Squamata: Scincidae) in Tonga. Herpetofauna 39(2): 100-102.
Bonin, M.J. & Shea, G.M. (2009). First record of the Brahminy Blind Snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), from Samoa, South Pacific. Herpetofauna 39(2): 74-77.
Shea, G.M., Jourdan, H., Sadlier, R.A. & Bauer, A.M. (2009). Natural history of the New Caledonian Whiptailed Skink Tropidoscincus variabilis (Bavay, 1869) (Squamata: Scincidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 30(1): 207-220.
Shea, G.M. & Michels, J.P. (2008). A replacement name for Sphenomorphus keiensis (Kopstein, 1926) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from the southeastern Moluccas, Indonesia, with a redescription of the species. Zoologische Mededelingen 82(52): 737-747.
Shea, G.M. (2008). Rejection of an Australian distribution of the Solomon Islands agamid lizard Hypsilurus longii (Macleay, 1878). Hamadryad 33: 127-129.
Couper, P.J., Sadlier, R.A., Shea, G.M. & Worthington Wilmer, J. (2008). A reassessment of Saltuarius swaini (Lacertilia: Diplodactylidae) in southeastern Queensland and New South Wales; two new taxa, phylogeny, phylogeography and conservation. Records of the Australian Museum 60(1): 87-118.
Pearson, H.E. & Shea, G.M. (2008). First record of the Alpine Water Skink, Eulamprus kosciuskoi (Kinghorn, 1932) (Squamata: Scincidae) from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52(2): 89.
Bauer, A.M., Jackman, T., Sadlier, R.A., Shea, G.M. & Whitaker, A.H. (2008). A new small-bodied species of Bavayia (Reptilia: Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from southeastern New Caledonia. Pacific Science 62(2): 247-256.
Shea, G.M. (2008). A range extension for Lipinia nototaenia (Boulenger, 1914) (Squamata: Scincidae) and the reproductive mode of the species. Hamadryad 32(1): 69-70.
Shea, G.M. (2007). Book review: The snakes of Sulawesi. A field guide to the land snakes of Sulawesi with identification keys. By Ruud de Land and Gernot Vogel 2005. Herpetofauna 37(2): 117-118.
Shea, G.M. (2007). Book review: Snakes of south-east Queensland by Patrick Couper and Amdrew Amey 2007. Herpetofauna 37(2): 109-110.
Shea, G.M. (2007). A possible second record of the Central Ranges Taipan, Oxyuranus temporalis (Elapidae). Herpetofauna 37(2): 95-97.
Shea, G.M. & Scanlon, J.D. (2007). Revision of the small tropical whipsnakes previously referred to Demansia olivacea (Gray, 1842) and Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) (Squamata: Elapidae). Records of the Australian Museum 59: 117-142.
Shea, G.M. & Kraus, F. (2007). A list of herpetological type specimens in the collections of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery and University of Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 1514: 37-60.
Shea, G.M. (2006). Book review: Reptiles of the Solomon Islands by Mike McCoy. Herpetofauna 36(2): 127-128.
Murphy, K., Hudson, S. & Shea, G. (2006). Reproductive seasonality of three cold-temperate viviparous skinks from southeastern Australia. Journal of Herpetology 40(4): 455-465.
Shea, G.M. (2006). Diet of two species of bluetongue skink, Tiliqua multifasciata and Tiliqua occipitalis (Squamata: Scincidae). Australian Zoologist 33(3): 359-368.
Bauer, A.M. & Shea, G. (2006). Lacertidae Pedioplanus inornata (Roux, 1907) Plain Sand Lizard Maximum Size. African Herp News (40): 19.
Kraus, F. & Shea, G. (2005). Additional reptile and amphibian range extensions for Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Herpetological Review 36(4): 471-473.
Amey, A.P., Couper, P.J. & Shea, G.M. (2005). Fatal intra-specific aggression in free-ranging blue-tongued lizards, Tiliqua scincoides (Scincidae). Herpetofauna 35(2): 73-75.
Sadlier, R.A., O'meally, D. & Shea, G.M. (2005). A new species of spiny-tailed gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from inland Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 51(2): 573-582.
Shea, G.M. (2005). The type locality of the Sphagnum Frog Philoria loveridgei (Anura: Myobatrachidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 51(2): 524.
Shea, G.M. (2004). The Horn Expedition (1894) to Central Australia: New Directions in Australian Herpetology. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 52(3/4): 245-273.
Couper, P.J., Amey, A.P. & Shea, G.M. (2004). Comments on the taxonomic status of Cyrtodactylus abrae Wells 2002. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(2): 648.
Greer, A.E. & Shea, G. (2004). A new character within the taxonomically difficult Sphenomorphus group of lygosomine skinks, with a description of a new species from New Guinea. Journal of Herpetology 38(1): 79-87.
Swan, G., Shea, G. & Sadlier, R. (2004). A Field Guide to Reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, Sydney. 304pp.
Greer, A.E. & Shea, G. (2003). Secondary temporal scale overlap pattern: a character of possible broad systematics importance in sphenomorphine skinks. Journal of Herpetology 37(3): 545-549.
Bauer, A.M., Shea, G.M. & Günther, R. (2003). An annotated catalogue of the types of scincid lizards (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae) in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (ZMB). Mitt. Museum für Naturkunde zu Berlin, Zoologische Reihe 79(2): 253-321.
Shea, G.M. (2003). Book Review: Textbook of Veterinary Anatomy. 3rd edn. Dyce KM, Sack WO and Wensing CJG. Australian Veterinary Journal 81(5): 270.
Shea, G.M. (2003). Does Tympanocryptis lineata occur in New South Wales? Herpetofauna 32(2): 83-84.