Dr. Vincent Cobb

Departments / Programs

Degree Information

PHD, Idaho State University (1994)
MS, University of Texas at Tyler (1989)
BA, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (1987)

Areas of Expertise

Behavioral and physiological ecology of reptiles; Thermal biology; Animal telemetry

Biography

Joined the faculty at MTSU in 2002. I am always interested in talking to prospective graduate and undergraduate students interested in herpetology, thermal biology, reptile ecology, or animal telemetry.

Professional Memberships

Publications

Sampling of Pubs

Cobb, V.A. 2004. Diet and prey size in the flathead snake (Tantilla gracilis). Copeia 2004:396-401.
Cobb, V.A., J.J. Green, T. Worrall, J. Pruett, and B. Glorioso. 2005. Initial den location behavior in a litter of ...

Sampling of Pubs

Cobb, V.A. 2004. Diet and prey size in the flathead snake (Tantilla gracilis). Copeia 2004:396-401.
Cobb, V.A., J.J. Green, T. Worrall, J. Pruett, and B. Glorioso. 2005. Initial den location behavior in a litter of neonate Crotalus horridus (Timber Rattlesnakes). Southeastern Naturalist 4:723-730.
Hanna, C.J. and V.A. Cobb. 2006. Effect of temperature on hatching and nest site selection in the Green Lynx Spider, Peucetia viridans (Araneae:Oxyopidae). Journal of Thermal Biology 31:262-267.
Cobb, V.A. and D.L. Shirk. 2006. Living with timber rattlesnakes - our silent neighbors. Tennessee Wildlife 29(6):21-24.
Hanna, C.J. and V.A. Cobb. 2007. Critical thermal maximum of the Green Lynx Spider, Peucetia viridans (Araneae:Oxyopidae). Journal of Arachnology 35:153-156.
Cobb, V.A. and C.R. Peterson. 2008. Thermal ecology of hibernation in a population of Great Basin Rattlesnakes, Crotalus oreganus lutosus. Pp. 291-302 in The Biology of Rattlesnakes. Loma Linda University Press.
Bailey, F.C., V.A. Cobb, T.R. Rainwater, T. Worrall, and M. Klukowski. 2009. Adrenocortical effects of human encounters on free-ranging Cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscivorus). Journal of Herpetology 43:260-266.
Jenkins, C.L., C.R. Peterson, S.C. Doering, and V.A. Cobb. 2009. Microgeographic variation in reproductive characteristics among Western Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus) populations. Copeia 2009:774-780.
Glorioso, B.M., M.L. Niemiller, and V.A. Cobb. 2010. Feeding times of Amphiuma tridactylum at Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 85:87-90.
Jaeger, C.P. and V.A. Cobb. 2012. Comparative spatial ecologies of female Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta) and Red-eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta) at Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 11:59-67.
B.M. Glorioso and V.A.Cobb. 2012. Diel and temporal activity indicated by feeding in the Eastern Musk Turtle, Sternotherus odoratus, at Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee. Herpetological Conservation and Biology.
J.B. Hall, A.J. Pritchard, V.A. Cobb, and A.B. Cahoon. 2013. The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Crotalus horridus (timber rattlesnake). Mitochondrial DNA 24:94-96.
Nordberg, E.J. and V.A. Cobb. 2016. Midwinter emergence in hibernating timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus). Journal of Herpetology 50:203-208.
Webb, A.C., L.D. Chick, V.A. Cobb, and M.K. Klukowski. 2017. Effects of moderate food deprivation on plasma corticosterone and blood metabolites in common watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon). Journal of Herpetology 51:134-141.
Nordberg, E.J. and V.A. Cobb. 2017. Body temperatures and winter activity in overwintering timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) in Tennessee. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 12:606-615.
Grisnik, M., J.E. Leys, D. Bryan, R.H. Hardeman, D.L. Miller, V.A. Cobb, C. Ogle, C. Simpson, J.R. Campbell, R.D. Applegate, M.C. Allender, E.J. Nordberg, A.A. Hoekstra, and D.M. Walker. 2018. Host and geographic range of snake fungal disease in Tennessee, USA. Herpetological Review 49:682-690.