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Overview

David M. Sever is affiliated with Southeastern Louisiana University in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, including Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work is further specialized in subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

The core topics addressed in their research include Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, as well as Genetic Diversity and Population Structure. This combination indicates a focus on both organismal biology and molecular approaches applied to ecological and evolutionary questions.

David M. Sever has contributed to academic literature with several publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • Sexually Dimorphic Heads of Eurycea bislineata, 2020, published in Copeia
  • A New Two-Lined Salamander (Eurycea bislineata Complex) from the Sandhills of North Carolina, 2020, published in Herpetologica

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several other researchers, including:

  • Dustin S. Siegel
  • Cody L. Long
  • J. Trent Waltz
  • Shelby A. Wren
  • Kenzie E. Pereira

David M. Sever's work has appeared predominantly in the journals Copeia and Herpetologica. These venues reflect a focus on herpetology as well as broader ecological and biological studies.

Best Publications

  • Female sperm storage in reptiles

    David M. Sever;William C. Hamlett

  • Comparative anatomy and phylogeny of the cloacae of salamanders (Amphibia: Caudata). I, Evolution at the family level

    David M. Sever

  • Uterine epithelial‐sperm interaction, endometrial cycle and sperm storage in the terminal zone of the oviducal gland in the placental smoothhound, Mustelus canis

    William C. Hamlett;John A. Musick;Christopher K. Hysell;David M. Sever

  • Female sperm storage in amphibians.

    David M. Sever

  • Morphology of the Mental Hedonic Gland Clusters of Plethodontid Salamanders (Amphibia, Urodela, Plethodontidae)

    David M. Sever

  • Comparative Anatomy and Phylogeny of the Cloacae of Salamanders (Amphibia: Caudata). VII. Plethodontidae

    David M. Sever

  • Ultrastructure of the reproductive system of the black swamp snake (Seminatrix pygaea): Part I. Evidence for oviducal sperm storage.

    David M. Sever;Travis J. Ryan

  • Comparative biology of sperm storage in female salamanders.

    David M. Sever;Rossana Brizzi

  • Ultrastructure of the reproductive system of the black swamp snake (Seminatrix pygaea). III. Sexual segment of the male kidney.

    David M. Sever;Rebecca A. Stevens;Travis J. Ryan;William C. Hamlett

  • Caudal hedonic glands in salamanders of the Eurycea bislineata complex (Amphibia: Plethodontidae)

    D. M. Sever

  • Sperm Storage in the Oviduct of the American Alligator

    Daniel H. Gist;April Bagwill;Valentine Lance;David M. Sever

  • Spermatophore formation in Desmognathus ochrophaeus (Amphibia: Plethodontidae)

    David M. Sever;Lynne D. Houck

  • Spermiophagy by the spermathecal epithelium of the salamander Eurycea cirrigera

    David M. Sever

  • Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Snakes

    Robert D. Aldridge;David M. Sever

  • Sperm storage in the oviduct of the internal fertilizing frog Ascaphus truei.

    David M. Sever;Emily C. Moriarty;Lisa C. Rania;William C. Hamlett

  • Histological analysis of spermatogenesis and the germ cell development strategy within the testis of the male Western Cottonmouth Snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma.

    Kevin M. Gribbins;Justin L. Rheubert;Matthew H. Collier;Dustin S. Siegel

  • Ultrastructure of the reproductive system of the black swamp snake (Seminatrix pygaea). II. Annual oviducal cycle.

    David M. Sever;Travis J. Ryan;Terasa Morris;Deborah Patton

  • Renal sexual segment of the ground skink, Scincella laterale (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae).

    David M. Sever;William A. Hopkins

  • Comparative anatomy and phylogeny of the cloacae of salamanders (Amphibia: Caudata). II. Cryptobranchidae, Hynobiidae, and Sirenidae.

    David M. Sever

  • Liver Histopathology of the Southern Watersnake, Nerodia fasciata fasciata, Following Chronic Exposure to Trace Element-Contaminated Prey from a Coal Ash Disposal Site

    Lisa Rania Ganser;William A. Hopkins;William A. Hopkins;Lauren O'Neil;Shannon Hasse

  • Ultrastructure of the reproductive system of the black swamp snake (Seminatrix pygaea). IV. Occurrence of an ampulla ductus deferentis.

    David M. Sever

  • Oviductal sperm storage in the ground skink Scincella laterale holbrook (Reptilia: Scincidae).

    David M. Sever;David M. Sever;William A. Hopkins

  • Sperm storage in the spermatheca of the red‐back salamander, Plethodon cinereus (Amphibia: Plethodontidae)

    David M. Sever

  • Comparative anatomy and phylogeny of the cloacae of salamanders (Amphibia: Caudata). IV. Salamandridae.

    David M. Sever

  • Sperm storage in females of the smooth newt (Triturus v. vulgaris L.): I. Ultrastructure of the spermathecae during the breeding season.

    David M. Sever;Tim Halliday;Verina Waights;Jacki Brown

  • Hormones and Reproduction in Free-ranging Snakes

    Robert D. Aldridge;David M. Sever

Frequent Co-Authors

William A. Hopkins
William A. Hopkins Virginia Tech
John H. Roe
John H. Roe University of North Carolina at Pembroke
John A. Pojman
John A. Pojman Louisiana State University
J. Michael Conlon
J. Michael Conlon University of Ulster
John A. Musick
John A. Musick Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Bryan L. Stuart
Bryan L. Stuart North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Alison Cree
Alison Cree University of Otago
Raymond D. Semlitsch
Raymond D. Semlitsch University of Missouri
Lynne D. Houck
Lynne D. Houck Oregon State University

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