Matt Turner

I specialise in herpetofauna (lizards and frogs) with over three years’ experience working with lizards. I have a strong passion for lizards and I completed my MSc in Ecology at the University of Canterbury, designing and testing new and current monitoring method for lizards.

I have undertaken many lizard salvage and translocations, biodiversity surveys and population monitoring throughout New Zealand using a variety of monitoring methods including artificial refuges, live trapping, spotlighting, and diurnal visual and manual searches for terrestrial and arboreal lizards and frogs. I have prepared Assessment of Ecological Effects and Lizard Management Plans for renewable energy projects and residential and infrastructural developments. I have also performed ecological surveys and assessments for other terrestrial fauna and flora.

Qualifications

MSc in Ecology, University of Canterbury, NZ
BSc in Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, NZ

Affiliations

Member, Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand
Member, New Zealand Ecological Society