James Hanken

Title

 Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Curator in Herpetology and Director, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.

Email

 hanken@oeb.harvard.edu

Telephone

 617-495-2496

Fax

 617-495-5667

Department

 Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

School

 Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Countries of Interest

  Puerto Rico, Panama, Mexico, Costa Rica, Argentina

Mailing Address

 Museum of Comparative Zoology 26 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138

Office Location

 MCZ 109C

Research Interest

 Biology of neotropical amphibians, conservation biology, taxonomy and systematics, biogeography, evolution and development, molecular approaches.

Web Page

 http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/files_research/faculty.cfm#Haig

Courses

 

Publications

 

Wake, D. B., J. M. Savage, and J. Hanken. 2007. Montane salamanders from the Costa Rica-Panamá border region, with descriptions of two new species of Bolitoglossa. Copeia 2007(3). In press.

Parra-Olea, G., M. García-París, J. Hanken,and D. B. Wake. 2005. Two new species of Pseudoeurycea (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the mountains of northern Oaxaca, Mexico. Copeia 2005: 461–469.

Hanken, J., D. B. Wake, and J. M. Savage. 2005. A solution to the large black salamander problem (genus Bolitoglossa) in Costa Rica and Panamá. Copeia 2005: 227–245.

Wake, D. B., J. Hanken, and R. Ibáñez. 2005. A new species of big black Bolitoglossa (Amphibia: Caudata) from Central Panamá. Copeia 2005: 223–226.

Parra-Olea, G., M. García-París, J. Hanken, and D. B. Wake. 2004. A new species of arboreal salamander (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Pseudoeurycea) from the mountains of Oaxaca, México. Journal of Natural History 38: 2119–2131