Dr. Lance McBrayer

Work in my lab focuses on the ecology and evolution of reptiles and amphibians. My research integrates morphological, ecological, and behavioral analyses to understand how organismal traits evolve. Research projects currently underway in my lab include:

1. Studies of foraging mode evolution and associated morphological characters in lizards.

2. Studies of lizard’s home range size and its relationship to their preferred prey and conspecifics.

3. Tests of a variety of hypotheses regarding the impact of sexual dimorphism on lizard ecology.

4. With graduate students and colleagues, I am developing projects ranging from the role of hormonal variation on biting and running performance in whiptail lizards, to studies of signaling and biting performance in Anolis lizards, to geometric morphometric analyses of the ontongeny of body shape in frogs and tortoises.

I am also the curator of the Georgia Southern's herpetology collection. The collection contains approximately 37,000 specimens of reptiles and amphibians. Most of the material is from southern Georgia, although collections from other areas are included. The collection contains representation from approximately 95% of Georgia's herpetofauna and is the second largest collection in the state. Contact me for more information and please visit the collection page.