Kate Sanders

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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. "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.