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Dr Glenn Shea

Dr Glen Shea Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Veterinary Science
University of Sydney,
NSW 2006
Ph: +61 2 9351-2444 (office)
Fax: +61 2 9351-6880
E-mail:gshea@mail.usyd.edu.au

Qualifications

BVSc (Hons) PhD

Teaching Areas

Current: Current: Anatomy of horses, birds and wildlife; male genital system and respiratory system of all domestic species.
VEIN Projects Reptiles and amphibians

Administration

Sub-dean for BSc (Vet); Member, Faculty Research Committee; Member, Faculty Postgraduate Education and Research Training Committee; First Year Co-ordinator; Member, Faculty Teaching and Learning Committee; Member, Faculty Examinations Committee; Unit of Study Coordinator, Veterinary Anatomy & Physiology 1B; Unit of Study Coordinator, Equine Anatomy.
Research Systematics and natural history of Australasian reptiles and amphibians.
Contributions to the profession and to the community Member, Non-Indigenous Animals Advisory Committee, NSW Department of Agriculture; Member, Australasian Reptile and Amphibian Specialist Group, Species Survival Committee, International Union for the Conservation of Nature; Member, Animal Care and Ethics Committee, The Australian Museum; Member, Native Animals Consultative Committee, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service; Librarian, Australian Herpetological Society.
Selected Publications

Over 80 publications, including the following:

1. Shea GM (1993) Pygopodidae. pp. 234-239 in, Glasby CJ, Ross GJB, Beesley PL (eds). Fauna of Australia Vol. 2A. Amphibia & Reptilia. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. viii + 439pp.

2. Shea GM (1995) A taxonomic revision of the Cyclodomorphus casuarinae complex (Squamata: Scincidae). Records of the Australian Museum 47(1): 83-115.

3. Shea GM, Miller B (1995) A taxonomic revision of the Cyclodomorphus branchialis species group (Squamata: Scincidae). Records of the Australian Museum 47(3): 265-325.

4. Sadlier RA, Shea GM,Bauer AM (1997) A new genus and species of lizard (Squamata, Scincidae) from New Caledonia, Southwest Pacific. pp. 379-385 in, Najt J, Matile L (eds). Zoologia Neocaledonia Vol. 4. Memoires de la Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 171.

5. Shea GM, Horner P (1997) A new species of Ramphotyphlops (Squamata: Typhlopidae) from the Darwin area, with notes on two similar species from northern Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 13: 53-60.

6.Shea GM (1998) Geographic variation in scalation and size of the Black Whip Snakes (Squamata: Elapidae: Demansia vestigiata complex): evidence for two broadly sympatric species. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 14: 41-61.