Environmental Scientist specializing in Herpetology with focus in herpetofauna surveys and inventories, as well as habitat restoration. Certified venomous snake handler for NJ DEP's Endangered and Nongame Species Program, Venomous Snake Response Team and Environmental Monitor. With past experience as professional zookeeper and reptile and amphibian husbandrist, I continue to maintain a very modest personal collection of reptiles including specimens of Xenodermus javanicus, and a 30+ year old Grammostola (Chilean Rosehair Tarantula) sp! Secondarily to Herpetology I am highly interested in Arachnology, particularly buthid scorpions of Africa. I've performed field work from New Jersey, USA, to Africa (Botswana and South Africa), and Singapore, though my absolute favorite regions to visit remain s. Arizona, e. North Carolina, and the Eastern Escarpment of South Africa's Mpumalanga province.