Christian D'Orgeix

Department of Biology
Christian D'Orgeix
Professor
Department of Biology
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Education

  • Ph.D. in Biology, Zoology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  • M.A. in Biology, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA

Research Interests

Conservation Biology:

  • Frog surveys for chytrid fungus, a main cause of amphibian extinction (Suriname & French Guiana, South America)
  • Climate change impact on lizards using high and low elevation populations of lizards (AZ)
  • Climate change and impact on freshwater turtles whose sex is determined by incubation temperature (VA)
  • Impact of railroad tracks on turtles (VA)

Behavioral Ecology:

  • Mating systems and parental behavior of male and female poison dart frogs (S. America)

Ecology, Conservation & Genetics

  • The genetics of polyandry and polygyny using poison dart frogs (S. America)
  • Hybridization and possible extinction of a native turtle species due to hybridization with and introduced species (VSU’s Randolph Farm)
  • Environmental perturbations influence on the genetics of three species of spiny lizards (AZ)

Select Publications (VSU student co-authors in bold)

  • Jairam R., A. Harris, and C.A. d’Orgeix. 2021. The last South American redoubt? Tested Surinamese anurans still chytrid free. EcoHealth 18:465-474. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-021-01566-4
  • d’Orgeix C.A, D. Hardy, S.M. Witiak, L. Robinson, R. Jairam. 2019. The Blue Dyeing Poison- Dart Frog, Dendrobates tinctorius (Dendrobates azureus, Hoogmoed 1969) extant in Suriname based on a rapid survey. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 13(2): 259–264. http://amphibian-reptile-conservation.org/pdfs/Volume/Vol_13_no_2/ARC_13_2_[General_Section]_259-264_e210.pdf
  • Jairam, R., C.A. d’Orgeix, C.H. d’Orgeix, and A. Harris. 2016. Tropical House Gecko, Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) (Squamata: Gekkonidae), in Suriname. Checklist: The Journal of Biodiversity Data 12:1978.
  • d’Orgeix C.A., V. Klimkowski and R. VanDePoel-Versloot. 2015. Rhinella marina (Cane Toads) reproductive costs. Herpetological Review 46: 419.
  • d’Orgeix C., I. Monagan Jr., K. Robinson, P. Scott, R. Jairam. 2015. Male size and reproductive success in the three-striped poison-dart frog, Ameerega trivittata Herpetological Review 46: 72-73.