<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-29/westmont-news/sparkman-offers-california-reptile-talk.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>01/29/2019</pubDate><title>Sparkman Offers California Reptile Talk</title><excerpt>Amanda Sparkman, associate professor of biology at Westmont, explores the wide variety of California reptiles and threats to their survival in a lecture, “Imperiled Reptiles: Diversity and Conservation of California Turtles, Lizards and Snakes,” on Thursday, Jan. 31, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont's Kerrwood Hall. The talk, part of the Sustainability Speaker Series, is free and open to the public.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
            <img src="/_migrated-binaries/sites/default/files/blogs-legacy/2019/01/snakesparkmanwriting-505x308.jpg" alt="Dr. Amanda Sparkman makes a measurement of a snake while at the Channel Islands (Photo: Eirini Pajak)"/>
        </image><caption>Dr. Amanda Sparkman makes a measurement of a snake while at the Channel Islands (Photo: Eirini Pajak)</caption><description>1 Column Content Background Color White Heading...</description></item>