kingsnake.com - reptile and amphibian classifieds, breeders, forums, photos, videos and more

return to main index

  mobile - desktop
follow us on facebook follow us on twitter follow us on YouTube link to us on LinkedIn
International Reptile Conservation Foundation  
click here for Rodent Pro
This Space Available
3 months for $50.00
Locate a business by name: click to list your business
search the classifieds. buy an account
events by zip code list an event
Search the forums             Search in:
News & Events: Herp Photo of the Day: Happy Rattlesnake Friday! . . . . . . . . . .  Herp Photo of the Day: Milk Snake . . . . . . . . . .  St. Louis Herpetological Society - July 13, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  San Diego Herp Society Meeting - July 15, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  Colorado Herp Society Meeting - July 19, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  Chicago Herpetological Society Meeting - July 20, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  Bay Area Herpetological Society Meeting - July 25, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  Suncoast Herp Society Meeting - July 26, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  DFW Herp Society Meeting - July 26, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  Tucson Herpetological Society Meeting - July 28, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  Southwestern Herp Society Meeting - Aug 02, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  Greater Cincinnati Herp Society Meeting - Aug 06, 2025 . . . . . . . . . . 

Herpetologist Sean Mckeown passed away ...


[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ The SWHS Forum ]

Posted by Desiree on July 19, 2002 at 11:05:59:

I'm not a part of SWHS, but thot your membership would like to know this.

*******************
Wednesday, July 17, 2002

Expert on reptiles helped Honolulu Zoo
Sean Mckeown / Herpetologist

By Rosemarie Bernardo
rbernardo@starbulletin.com

Herpetologist Sean McKeown, former reptiles curator at the Honolulu Zoo, died Thursday at Stanford Medical Center in California. He was 58 years old.

According to his wife, Wendy, McKeown received zoo awards for being the first to breed Madagascar ploughshare tortoises. He also administered the first long-term breeding program for the Madagascar ground boas, said Wendy in an e-mail letter.

McKeown spent 20 years as a curator of reptiles at the Honolulu Zoo and the Chafee Zoological Gardens in Fresno, Calif. During that time, he helped promote the importance of conservation and captive management and breeding of endangered reptiles and amphibians worldwide. McKeown was also the editor of Vivarium magazine and internationally known as an expert on ecology and conservation of reptiles and amphibians.

McKeown wrote more than 100 articles on the care and breeding of reptiles and amphibians.

Some of his published works include "The General Care and Maintenance of Day Geckos," "Jackson's Chameleons (Cha-maeleo jacksonii): Natural History, Captive Management, and Breeding," and "Hawaiian Reptiles and Amphibians."

McKeown remained an advocate for Hawaiian wildlife preservation after he moved to Los Osos, Calif. from Hawaii.

He worked closely with former Honolulu Zoo director Paul Breese to help keep brown tree snakes out of Hawaii.

"The country has lost one of its most brilliant, hardworking and active leaders in wildlife conservation of this era. We will dearly miss him," said Breese.
***********
Des
http://www.beachy-iguana.com



Follow Ups:



Post a Followup

Name:
E-Mail:

Subject:

Comments:

Optional Link URL:
Link Title:
Optional Image URL:


[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ The SWHS Forum ]