Kate Laura Sanders is a researcher at the University of Adelaide, specialising in the study of sea snakes. She received a PhD from Bangor University in 2003 and was an Australian Research Council Future Fellow (2013-2017).[1] Sanders has undertaken field work that has resulted in the identification of new species, including the sea snake Aipysurus mosaicus.[2]

Sanders has examined and published on the aquatic snakes of seas off the Western Australian and Indonesian coasts.[1][3] Recent work has included new discoveries on the evolution of sea snake vision,[4] cutaneous respiration in the forehead of some sea snakes,[5] the presence of light sensors in the tails of some sea snakes [6] and a description of the squamate clitoris[7] (a hitherto under explored subject).

Sanders's work includes an appointment as co-chair of the IUCN/SSC Sea Snake Specialist Group.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dr Kate Sanders". Researcher Profiles. The University of Adelaide.
  2. ↑ "Aipysurus mosaicus Sanders, Rasmussen, Elmberg, Mumpuni, Guinea, Blias, Lee & Fry, 2012". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
  3. ↑ "'Seeing' tails help sea snakes avoid predators". ScienceDaily.
  4. ↑ "Sea Snakes Have Been Modifying Genetically to See Underwater for 15 Million Years". SciTech Daily. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "Deep breath: this sea snake gathers oxygen through its forehead". The Conversation. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "These sea snakes can sense light using their tails". Earth.com. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  7. ↑ Folwell, Megan; Sanders, Kate; Crowe-Riddell, Jenna (6 June 2022). "The Squamate Clitoris: A Review and Directions for Future Research". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 62 (3): 559–568. doi:10.1093/icb/icac056. ISSN 1540-7063. PMID 35662336.


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