Richard Highton

Richard Highton
BornDecember 24, 1927
Alma materUniversity of Florida
Known forHis research in herpetology
Scientific career
FieldsBiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Maryland, College Park
Thesis On the relationships of the salamanders of the genus Plethodon  (1956)
Doctoral studentsStephen Blair Hedges

Richard Highton (born December 24, 1927) is an American herpetologist,[1][2] an expert on the biological classification of woodland salamanders.[3]

  1. ^ Laidman, Jenni (6 August 2006). "Questions Surround Disappearance Of Salamanders". Toledo Blade. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  2. ^ Joel Achenbach (19 January 1993). "The great federal rhino repository". Washington Post. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  3. ^ Reznick, David N. (2009), The Origin then and now: an interpretive guide to the Origin of species, Princeton University Press, p. 160, ISBN 978-0-691-12978-5, Richard Highton has devoted his career to the classification of salamanders in the genus Plethodon.