J.D. Willson, an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, will validate his new method, Innovative Density Estimation Approach for Secretive Snakes (IDEASS), by estimating the number of southern hognose snakes and
eastern diamondback rattlesnakes at Fort Stewart, Georgia, one of the Army's most active training installations.
There are 32 species of
rattlesnakes that range from southern Canada to Argentina and 16 species live in the US (
Eastern Diamondback, Western
Diamondback, Sidewinder, Lower California, Timber, Rock, Speckled, Blacktail, Twin - spotted, Red Diamond, Mojave, Tiger, Western, Ridgenose, Massasauga, and Pigmy
rattlesnake).