RUSSIAN version

Department of Vertebrate Zoology

Vladimir V. SHAKHPARONOV

researcher

e-mail: Wshakh@yandex.ru

Born in 1983 in Moscow, Russia. M.Sc. degree at Faculty of Biology of Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) in 2005. Since 2008 works as a researcher in the Department of Vertebrate Zoology of the Faculty of Biology MSU. Member of A.M.Nikolsky's Herpetological Society.

RESEARCH

I'm engaged in conducting research on the following themes:

- homing behaviour in adult frogs and toads (especially the marsh frog, Rana ridibunda, and the common toad, Bufo bufo)

- chemosensory orientation of juvenile frogs and toads near the native pond.

At present I work at my Ph.D thesis 'Spatial orientation of amphibians belonging to terrestrial and semiaquatic ecological groups' (scientific supervisor - assoc. prof. Sergei V. Ogurtsov).

I'm the author and co-author of 9 publications.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Currently I am engaged in teaching the following courses: General Practice in Vertebrate Anatomy, Special Practice in Vertebrate Anatomy, Data Analysis in Biological Research, Summer Field Practice on Vertebrate Zoology at Zvenigorod Biological station.

PUBLICATIONS available in English:

Shakhparonov V.V., Ogurtsov S.V., 2005. The role of the native pond odour in orientation of the green toad (Bufo viridis) youngs-of-the-year // In: Ananjeva N. and Tsinenko O. (eds.), Herpetologica Petropolitana. Proc. of the 12th Ord. Gen.Meeting Soc. Eur. Herpetol., August 12-16, 2003, St. Petersburg, Russian Journal of Herpetology, 12(Suppl.), pp.209-212.  [download pdf-file]

Shakhparonov V.V., Ogurtsov S.V., 2008. Pond Search Orientation in The Marsh Frog, Rana ridibunda // Problems of Herpetology. Proceedings of the 3rd Meeting of the Nikolsky Herpetological Society. St.Petersberg: St.Petersburg University Press. pp. 439-446. (In Russian with an English Abstract) [download pdf-file]

Shakhparonov V.V., Ogurtsov S.V., 2008. Seasonal and Geographical Variability of Orientation Behavior in the Marsh Frog (Rana Ridibunda) in Search of Its Own Water Body // Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, V.87, N.9, pp. 1062-1076. (In Russian with an English Abstract) [download pdf-file]