From 1999 to 2000 he was Acting Assistant Curator of Herpetology at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, at the University of California, Berkeley. David A. Good was a Curatorial Associate of Herpetology (1985-1989) and Research Associate (1989-1990) at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. David B. Wake has been curator of the herpetological collection at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology since 1969, and directed the museum from1971-1998. He is also a Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley.