Courses Taught:
- RENR 215: Fundamentals of Ecology Lab
- WFSC 302: Natural History of the Vertebrates (website)
Education:
- B.S., Midwestern State University, 1994
- M.S., Texas A&M University, 2000
- Ph.D., University of the Witwatersrand, 2006
Current Research:
- Sexual Selection in the common barking gecko Ptenopus garrulus
- Predator prey relationships in bronze frog tadpoles
- Amphibian and reptile biodiversity
Research Direction:
Natural History and conservation of amphibians and reptiles; Sexual selection and evolutionary ecology.
Selected Publications :
HIBBITTS TJ, MJ WHITING, and DM STUART-FOX. 2007. Shouting the odds: vocalization signals status in a lizard. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology in press.
HIBBITTS TJ and MJ WHITING. 2005. Do male barking geckos (Ptenopus garrulus garrulus) avoid refuges scented by other males? African Journal of Herpetology 54:191-194.
HIBBITTS TJ, ER PIANKA, RB HUEY, and MJ WHITING. 2005. Ecology of the common barking gecko (Ptenopus garrulus) in southern Africa. Journal of Herpetology 39:509-515.
HIBBITTS TJ and LA FITZGERALD. 2005. Morphological and ecological convergence in two natricine snakes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 85:363-371.
RYBERG WA, LA FITZGERALD, RL HONEYCUTT, JC CATHEY, and TJ HIBBITTS. 2004. Vertebrate inventory of Richland Creek Wildlife Management Area in eastern Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 49:528-534.
GOLDSTEIN MI and TJ HIBBITTS. 2004. Summer roadside raptor surveys in the western Pampas of Argentina. Journal of Raptor Research 38:152-157.
HIBBITTS TJ, JH MALONE, JR DIXON, and KJ IRWIN. 2000. A new coloration in the broadhead skink, Eumeces laticeps (Sauria: Scincidae). Texas Journal of Science 52:259-261.
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