Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria

 
Todd Tupper, Ph.D., George Mason University, 2006
Assistant Professor of Biology
Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria Campus
Department of Science, Technology, and  Business
Bisdorf Building, Room 352

3001 North Beauregard Street
Alexandria, VA  22311
Phone: 703-845-6508

Email: ttupper@nvcc.edu

Courses and Research Interests
Courses: General Zoology (Biology 120), General Biology II (Biology 102) and Biostatistics (Biology 293)
Research Interstes: Conservation and ecology of reptiles and amphibians in southern New England and the Mid-Atlantic

Papers, Notes and Other Works 

Tupper TA, Bozarth CA, Galitzin T, Dawson K. (In progress) Detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the eastern spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus h. hollbrookii) at Cape Cod National Seashore, USA. Herpetological Review 0:00

Curtain K, Tupper TA, Aguilar R (In progress): Microhabitat variables influencing site occupancy of the eastern worm snake, Carphophis a. amoenus, at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Maryland USA. Herpetological Bulletin: 0:00.

Tupper TA, Galitzin T, Bozarth CA, Lawlor DM. (In review): Calling anuran surveys at Huntley Meadows Park Fairfax County, Virginia. Banesteria 0:00.

Tupper TA, Streicher J,  Greenspan S, Timm BC, Cook RP. (2011):  Detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in anurans of Cape Cod National Seashore, USA. Herpetological Review 42: 61-65 (uncorrected proof attached).

Cook RP,  Tupper TA, Paton PWC, Timm BC.  (2011): Effects of temperature and temporal factors on anuran detection probabilities at Cape Cod National Seashore:
Implications for long-term monitoring. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 6:25-39

Tupper TA, McLean MD,  Buchanan S. (2009): Oviposition in  northern clade B. fowleri: implications for conservation. Applied Herpetology 6: 343-353.

Tupper TA, Adams LB, Timm BC.  (2009): Bufo fowleri diet.  Herpetological Review 40: 200-201.

Tupper TA, Cook RP.  (2008): Habitat variables influencing breeding effort in northern clade Bufo fowleri: implications for conservation. Applied Herpetology 5:101-119.

Tupper TA, Cook RP, Timm BC, Goodstine A. (2007): Improving call surveys for detecting the Fowler’s toad, Bufo fowleri, in Southern New England, USA. Applied Herpetology. 4: 245-259. 

Paton PWC, Timm BC, Tupper TA. (2003): Monitoring pond breeding amphibians. Long-term coastal monitoring protocol at Cape Cod National Seashore, p. 113. National Park Service. Wellfleet, Massachusetts.

Academic and Environmental Links
Dean of Science, Technology and Buisness, NVCC, Alexandria
Applied Herpetology
Ashuelot Valley Environmental Observatory
Botany at N
VCC
Cape Cod National Seashore
CSE Citation Guidelines
Connecticut Herpetologist's League
Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University
Environmental Studies, Antioch University

EXCEL help
Extended Learning Institute
Focus the Nation: Climate Change
Froglife
Future Weather
Herpetological Conservation and Biology
Huntley Meadows Park
Langkilde Laboratory, Penn State University
Lanscape Ecology, UMASS Amherst
PowerPoint Help
Savannah River Ecology Lab
Save the Frogs!
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Smithsonian Institution Herpetology
Smithsonian Institution National Zoo
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
Student Conservation Association
Sustainable Development & Conservation Biology, UMD, College Park
The Crab Lab, SERC
The Flora of Virginia Project
Towson University Herpetology
University of Rhode Island Natural Resource Science
Virginia Herpetological Society
Virginia Natural History Society
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Wildlife Jobs

The Cause
Basla Andolsun, Musician
Changwoo Ahn, Wetland Systems Scientist
Nicole Cintas, Plant Pathologist
Jenny Deller, Filmmaker
Cody Edwards, Conservation Biologist
Paul Fitzgerald, Zoologist
Nick Flynn, Creative Writer
Diane Foglizzo, Mucisian
Michelle Gaston, Cephalopod Biologist
Kirk M. Goolsby, Ornithologist
Herpetological Associates
Marie Howe, Creative Writer
Kerry Kriger, Conservation Biologist
Kevin McGarigal, Landscape Ecologist
Katy Otto, Musician
Peter Paton, Conservation Biologist
Chuck Ragan, Musician
Jeff Streicher, Herpetologist
The Green Party
Larry R. Rockwood
Rachel K. Thiet, Conservation Ecologist
Brad Timm, Ecologist
Victor Zabielski, Geologist
Izanne Zorin, Geneticist

Other Fun Links
Album of the Year: Covering Ground, by Chuck Ragan
Alexandria Shotokan Karate Club
Aqabah Tang Soo Do
Brad Timm's Hognose Clip 1
Brad Timm's Hognose Clip 2
Brad Timm's Spadefoot Clip

Brown's Tang Soo Do (Moo Duk Kwan)

Cape Cod Road Mortality PSA
FUEL!
Octopus vulgaris!
Rattlesnake Clip 1
Rattlesnake Clip 2
Revival Tour
Skip Lazell's Audio of Fowler's Toad
Sustainable Tourism