Dr. Sherril L. Green, DVM, PhD, Diplomat ACVIM, is an emerita professor in the Department of Comparative Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. She earned her veterinary degree from Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine and completed her residency training in large animal medicine at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. She obtained her doctorate degree in neurobiology at the University of California-Davis and has a long established interest in the husbandry and veterinary care of laboratory Xenopus. Dr. Green has authored numerous papers on laboratory Xenopus and frequently gives presentations on this topic at professional meetings.

Xenopus are a major, non-mammalian laboratory animal model. They are a hardy, long-lived and fully aquatic amphibian species. Under laboratory conditions, they can lay eggs year around, thus providing researchers with a steady supply of biological material. Xenopus are used to study vertebrate embryology, cellular biology, biomedical-physiology, toxicology and biochemistry. Dr. Green's research focuses on the biology, health and disease of laboratory Xenopus. Stanford undergraduates and veterinary residents participate in Xenopus research projects on topics ranging from infectious disease, parasitology, husbandry and housing, to animal welfare and behavior.