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Herp Update

Posted on September 30, 2020 by

Jim Andrews Posted in frogs, herping, salamander, snakes, updates

Herpers, there was lots of amphibian movement last night during the rains. Where I was along Route 100 in Granville, the rains did not come through until after 11 PM making for a late night. Still, the team I was…

Tagged with: amphibian eggs, amphibians, autumn, fall, frog, herping, migration, salamanders, snakes

Successful Herp Survey in the Northeast Kingdom

Posted on September 7, 2020 by

Jim Andrews Posted in conservation, frogs, herping, salamander, snakes, turtles, updates

Herpers, this past Friday Matt Gorton, Kate Kelly, and I made a hike into Warners Grant near the Canadian border to locate and photograph reptiles and amphibians. Warners Grant has long been the least surveyed area of Vermont as far…

Tagged with: data gaps, herping

Herp Updates and a request

Posted on September 3, 2020 by

Jim Andrews Posted in conservation, salamander, turtles, updates

Herpers, I am just starting to get reports of baby Snapping Turtles emerging from nests. Taking a quick look at HerpAtlas records, they are right on schedule with most records of emerging snappers in Vermont occurring between August 28 and…

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More on the Rough-skinned Newt and the American Bullfrog and other herp news

Posted on August 8, 2020 by

Jim Andrews Posted in frogs, salamander, updates

Folks, that last video of the American Bullfrog and Rough-skinned Newt was taken out west, not in Vermont. Some further details from Kiley Briggs: “in addition to the Rough-skinned Newt being highly toxic, American Bullfrogs are an invasive species out…

Tagged with: data gaps

Herp Update

Posted on August 3, 2020 by

Jim Andrews Posted in frogs, herping, salamander, turtles, updates

Herpers, as we move into August I have been receiving lots of reports of recently metamorphosed American Toads. Young American Toads are tiny. They could fit on top of a dime. If you look closely at them, you can see…

Tagged with: herping, Lake Champlain Basin, painted turtle, turtles

Vernal Pool Video by K. Briggs

Posted on May 11, 2020 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, conservation, education, frogs, salamander

Herpers, friend, colleague, and former student Kiley Briggs of the Orianne Society put together an excellent video on vernal pools. It is roughly 30 minutes long and covers vernal pools, amphibians that use them, egg-mass ID, and a few invertebrates…

Tagged with: amphibian eggs, amphibians, frog, salamanders, spring, vernal pool

Need some good questions

Posted on May 10, 2020 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, education, news, salamander, updates

Note from Jim: Herpers, I will be joining Jane Lindholm on VPR’s Vermont Edition this Tuesday May 12 from 1 to 2 PM for a Vermont herp discussion. We usually do this about once a year and it is a…

Tagged with: amphibian eggs, amphibians, Jim Andrews, podcast, radio, salamanders, spring

Amphibian Crossings: Chris Slesar interview

Posted on May 8, 2020 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, conservation, education, frogs, herping, salamander

Chris K. Slesar, Environmental Resources Coordinator for the Vermont Agency of Transportation, and frequent contributor to the Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas, did a Facebook Live interview about on habitat connectivity and herps. It’s watchable at https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=682259185675742. [Facebook videos apparently…

Tagged with: amphibians, conservation, crossings, herping

to the Herpers: Spring Amphibian Update

Posted on May 4, 2020 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, frogs, herping, salamander

a note from Jim Herpers, the warm weather of last weekend generated scores of reptile and amphibian reports. At our monitoring site in Lincoln (1,400 ft. in elevation in central Vermont), Wood Frog egg masses are mostly old and many…

Tagged with: amphibian eggs, amphibians, atlas, data gaps, frog, salamanders, spring

to the Herpers: Amphibians on the move last night

Posted on April 27, 2020 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, herping, road search, salamander

Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum, Essex, April 26, 2020, copyright (c) Larry Clarfeld and used by permission)

a note from Jim: Herpers, conditions were good for amphibian migration in the Lake Champlain Basin and at least one central Vermont town last night. Cindy Sprague and Jeff Salisbury both got out in Huntington and reported Spring Peepers, Spotted…

Tagged with: amphibians, frog, road crossing, road seach, roadkill, salamander, toad