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Trent Bell. Principal Herpetologist. Trent was formerly based at
Landcare Research from 2004—2009, initially as a
Research Technician, then as a Herpetologist. Trent
developed the NZ
Lizards Database, has published seven
lizard-related papers in peer-reviewed journals,
produced 14 unpublished reports to stakeholders and
given 13 seminar talks over a time period from 2007 to
present day to a wide range of audiences from experts
to amateur conservation groups, both in New Zealand
and overseas. Trent also has considerable experience
in field work with lizards, having worked across the
length and breadth of New Zealand and on several
remote offshore islands. Trent is a member of the
Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in NZ
(SRARNZ), and is currently serving on the SRARNZ
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Sarah Herbert. Ecologist. Sarah was formerly based at the
University of Otago, as an MSc student, then as a
research assistant, working on various aspects of the
disease dynamics of amphibian chytrid fungus. Sarah
has been working with herps (reptiles and amphibians)
for the past five years, but has broad interests
incorporating herpetology, conservation, disease and
parasite ecology, fungal and plant ecology and applied
statistics. Sarah is a member of SRARNZ and the New
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