Email phil.bishop@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
Publications:
Dr Bishop's publications are available here
Table of herpetofaunal reintroductions for Conservation Biology paper  (PDF 164 KB)
Teaching:
Research Interests:
- Amphibian behavioural ecology
- Animal communication
- Declining frog populations and frog diseases
- Properties of spider silk and spider locomotion
Potential Postgraduate Projects :
- Acoustic communication in Australian and Fijian frogs.
- Communication in New Zealand frogs (Leiopelma spp.).
- The breeding behaviour of Leiopelma frogs.
- A comparative study of the properties of silk from native spiders.
Current Postgraduate Students
- Jennifer Germano - PhD 'Aspects of the reproductive biology of Leiopelma'
- Sabine Melzer - PhD 'The role of skin secretions in communication, behaviour and defense in New Zealand frogs'
- Bastian Egeter – MSc Predators of native frogs
- Sarah Herbert - MSc 'The interplay between climatic variables and chytridiomycosis in frogs in New Zealand'
- Kalinka Rexer-Huber – MSc Cold tolerance of brown tree frogs
- Helen White – MSc Chemical communication in tadpoles
Recent Research Students
- Kim Delaney - MSc 'Communication in Leiopelmatid frogs'
- Amy Frost - MSc '2008 The use of footprint tracking in monitoring frogs in New Zealand'
- Jennifer Germano - MSc 2006 'Aspects of the biology of the Maud Island frog
(Leiopelma pakeka)'
- Yvonne Bazin - MSc 2006 'Anuran overwintering strategies'
- Jack Mace - MSc 2006 'Acoustic interactions between two species of introduced
frog'
- Traci Allen - MSc 2005 'Ecological habitat assessment and spatial mapping of the former range of South Island Leiopelmatids'
 Other Links:
Please visit the New Zealand Frog Research Group Page
The New Zealand Frog Survey
Arthroleptella ngongoniensis (The Mist Belt Chirping Frog)
Bufo superciliaris (The Zaire Toad)
Images of New Zealand Frogs
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