Steve Gotte

• BS-Biology, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA, 1982
• MS-Biology, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA, 1988

Care, management, and curation of the Amphibian and Reptile Collections and associated data. Participate in field surveys of amphibian and reptile biodiversity

Journal Article

• Mulcahy, Daniel G., Ibáñez, Roberto D., Jaramillo, Cesar A., Crawford, Andrew J., Ray, Julie M., Gotte, Steve W., Jacobs, Jeremy F., Wynn, Addison H., Gonzalez-Porter, Gracia, McDiarmid, Roy W., Crombie, Ronald I., Zug, George R., and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2022. "DNA barcoding of the National Museum of Natural History reptile tissue holdings raises concerns about the use of natural history collections and the responsibilities of scientists in the molecular age." PLOS ONE, 17, (3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264930.
• Persons, Trevor B., Wright, John W., and Gotte, Steve W. 2021. "Origin of an Arizona Population of the New Mexico Whiptail Lizard (Aspidoscelis neomexicanus): Evidence from Skin Grafting and Review of an Enigmatic Specimen." Sonoran Herpetologist, 34, (3) 70–78.
• Pyron, R. A., Gotte, Steve, and Burbrink, Frank T. 2021. "Additional comments on the types and nomina of several North American ratsnakes (Pantherophis obsoletus complex, Colubridae, Serpentes)." Bionomina, 25, (1). https://doi.org/10.11646/bionomina.25.1.5.
• Bell, Rayna C., Mulcahy, Daniel G., Gotte, Steve W., Maley, Abigail J., Mendoza, Cerrie, Steffensen, Gregory, Barron, Joseph C., Hyman, Oliver, Flint, William, Wynn, Addison, McDiarmid, Roy W., and Mcleod, David S. 2020. "The Type Locality Project: collecting genomic-quality, topotypic vouchers and training the next generation of specimen-based researchers." Systematics and Biodiversity, 18, (6) 557–572. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2020.1769224.
• Dove, Carla J., Whatton, James F., Saucier, Jacob R., Schmidt, Brian K., Gotte, Steve W., Klope, Matthew W., and Rayaleh, Houssein A. 2020. "Avian surveys near Camp Lemonnier and Day Forest, Djibouti, Africa." Check List, 16, (4) 1067–1084. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.4.1067.
• Kabat, Kristin L., Young, Daniel V., Xiong, Peter X., Van Ee, Noah, Bradke, Danielle R., Hileman, Eric T., Gotte, Steve W., Mulcahy, Daniel G., and Nafus, Melia G. 2020. "Hemidactylus cf. platyurus (Asian Flat- tailed House Gecko) Geographic Distribution Note." Herpetological Review, 51, (3) 540.
• Van Ee, Noah, Xiong, Peter X., Young, Daniel V., Kabat, Kristin L., Bradke, Danielle R., Hileman, Eric T., Gotte, Steve W., Mulcahy, Daniel G., and Nafus, Melia G. 2020. "Hemidactylus tenkatei (Spotted House Gecko) Geographic Distribution Note." Herpetological Review, 51, (3) 540–541.
• Barron, Joseph C., II, Gotte, Steve W., Collette, Bruce B., McDiarmid, Roy W., Mulcahy, Daniel G., and Davis, Drew R. 2018. "Scaphiopus holbrookii (Eastern Spadefoot)." Herpetological Review, 49, (4) 710.
• Moser, William E., Richardson, Dennis J., Hammond, Charlotte I., Gotte, Steve W., and Lazo-Wasem, Eric. 2017. "Distribution of Placobdella hollensis (Whitman, 1892) (Hirudinida: Glossiphoniidae)." Comparative Parasitology, 84, (2) 165–168. https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647-84.2.165.
• Gotte, Steve W. 2016. "Diadophis Puntatus Puntatus (Southern Ring-necked Snake). Predation." Herpetological Review, 47, (2) 310.
• Knox, Adam, Holldorf, Elden, Reed, Robert N., Igisomar, Sylvan, and Gotte, Steve W. 2015. "Boiga Irregularis (Brown Treesnake)." Herpetological Review, 46, (1).
• Mccranie, James R. and Gotte, Steve W. 2015. "An investigation into the Swan Island Honduras collecting event of Tiaporus fuliginosus Cope (Reptilia: Teiidae) and its systematic status." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 127, (4) 543–556. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-127.4.543.
• Cardwell, Michael D., Gotte, Steve W., McDiarmid, Roy W., Gilmore, Ned, and Poindexter, James A. 2013. "Type specimens of Crotalus scutulatus (Chordata: Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae) re-examined, with new evidence after more than a century of confusion." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 126, (1) 11–16. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-126.1.11.
• de Albuquerque, Nelson R., Passos, Paulo, and Gotte, Steve W. 2012. "Leptophis santamartensis (Serpentes, Colubridae), a Junior Synonym of Leptophis ahaetulla occidentalis." Journal of Herpetology, 46, (2) 248–252. https://doi.org/10.1670/10-263.
• Zug, George R., Gotte, Steve W., and Jacobs, Jeremy F. 2011. "Pythons in Burma: Short-tailed Pythons (Reptilia: Squamata)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 124, (2) 112–136. https://doi.org/10.2988/10-34.1.
• Gotte, Steve W. and Wilson, L. D. 2005. "Commentary on the type material of Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard, 1853, and Tantilla nigriceps Kennicott, 1860(Reptilia Squamata), with a neotype designation for T. nigriceps." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 118, (3) 596–604.
• Wilson, L. D., Mccranie, James R., Gotte, Steve W., and Townsend, J. H. 2003. "Distributional comments on some members of the herpetofauna of the Mosquitia, Honduras." The Herpetological Bulletin, (84) 15–19.
• Mccranie, James R., Wilson, Larry David, and Gotte, Steve W. 2001. "Three New Country Records for Honduran Snakes." Herpetological Review, 32, (1) 62–63.
• Reynolds, Robert P., Fritts, Thomas, Gotte, Steve W., Icochea, Javier, and Tello, Guillermo. 1997. "Amphibians and Reptiles I: Biodiversity Assessment in the Lower Urubamba Region." Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring, SI/MAB, 1 213–221.
• Lovich, Jeffrey E., Gotte, Steve W., Ernst, Carl H., Harshberger, John C., Laemmerzahl, Arndt F., and Gibbons, J. Whitfield. 1996. "Prevalence and Histopathology of Shell Disease in Turtles from Lake Blackshear, Georgia." Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 32, (2) 259–265.
• Gotte, Steve W., McDiarmid, Roy W., and Renolds, Robert P. 1994. "The snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina, an important component of North American wetlands." U.S.Fish & Wildlife Service, Research Information Bulletin, 32 3.
• Siefert, W. E., Gotte, Steve W., Leto, T. L., and Weldon, Paul. 1994. "Lipids and proteins in the Rathke's gland secretions of the North American mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum)." Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology, 109, (2-3) 459–463.
• Congdon, Justin D., Gotte, Steve W., and McDiarmid, Roy W. 1993. "Ontogenetic changes in habitat use by juvenile turtles, Chelydra serpentina and Chrysemys picta." Canadian Field Naturalist, 106, (2) 241–248.
• Iverson, J. B., Ernst, C. H., Gotte, S. W., and Lovich, J. E. 1989. "The Validity of Chinemys megalocephala (Testudines: Batagurinae)." Copeia, (2) 494–498.

Book Chapter

• Gotte, Steve W., Jacobs, Jeremy F., and Zug, George R. 2016. "Preserving reptiles for research." In Reptile Ecology and Conservation, A Handbook of Techniques. Dodd, C. Kenneth, Jr., editor. 73–86. London: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198726135.003.0006.
• Rodda, Gordon H., Fritts, Thomas H., Clark, Craig S., Gotte, Steve W., and Chiszar, David. 1999. "A State of the Art Trap for the Brown Tree Snake." In Problem Snake Management: The Habu and the Brown Treesnake. 268–284. Comstock Publishing Associates.

Book

• Reynolds, Robert P., Gotte, Steve W., and Ernst, Carl H. 2007. Catalogue of Type Specimens of Recent Crocodilia and Testudines in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 626. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.626.