Harvey B. Lillywhite

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Professor & Director of Seahorse Key
Ph.D.  University of
California at Los Angeles, 1970

123 Bartram
Box 118525
Gainesville, FL
32611-8525
Voice: (352) 392-1101
Fax: (352) 392-3704
hbl@zoology.ufl.edu

Research Interests

Physiology and ecology of vertebrates, especially amphibians and reptiles. Current interests in cardiovascular adaptations, gravitational physiology, functional morphology of integument, water balance and distribution of sea snakes, comparative aspects of energetics and temperature regulation, animal coloration, and fire ecology. I also have long-term studies in progress relating to the physiology and ecology of insular cottonmouth snakes.

Students Currently Supervised

Leslie Babonis (PHD.)
http://www.zoology.ufl.edu/babonis/
Physiological and behavioral ecology of marine snakes.

Ryan McCleary (PhD, co-sponsored with M. J. Cohn)
http://www.zoology.ufl.edu/rmccleary/
Evolutionary and developmental studies of snake venoms.

Coleman Sheehy (MS)
Comparative analysis of tail length and habitat use in snakes.

Representative Publications

LILLYWHITE, H.B. 2004. Cardiovascular adaptation to gravity: Lessons from comparative studies of snakes. Chap. 6, pp. 68-81 In P.K. Singal, N. Takeda (eds.), Adaptation Biology and Medicine, Vol. 4, Current Concepts. Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi.

T.R. BARBEAU and LILLYWHITE, H.B. 2005. Body wiping behaviors associated with cutaneous lipids in hylid tree frogs of Florida. J. Exp. Biol. 208:2147-2156.

LILLYWHITE, H.B. 2006. Water relations of tetrapod skin. (invited review) J. Exp. Biol. 209:202-226.

LILLYWHITE, H.B. and C.A. NAVAS. 2006. Animals, energy and water in extreme environments: Perspectives from Ithala 2004. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 79(2):265-273.