On Episode 19 of CheloniaCast Jason, Michael, Jack, and Ken sit down with Scott Thomson to discuss his work with chelonians with a focus on the anatomy and diversification of the turtles within the family Chelidae. Scott is a world renowned herpetologist well known for his work on chelonian paleontology and taxonomy. The discussion ranges from the anatomical differences among Chelid turtles, the use of some analytical methods to describe species and their potential limitations, biogeography and dispersal of the Chelidae, the difference between taxonomy and systematics, among other topics.

Please excuse the poor audio quality from 6-12 minutes. Audio quality improves after 13:00.

Guest social media - Scott Thomson on Facebook You can find Scott’s work at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/...

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Host socials (Instagram) - Jason Wills - @chelonian.carter / Michael Skibsted - @michael.skibstedd / Jack Thompson - @jack_reptile_naturalist_302 / Ken Wang @americanmamushi