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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…

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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

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

Herp Activity

Posted on May 7, 2019 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, herping, salamander, updates

Herpers, with sun and warmer temperatures arriving over the weekend and through yesterday, many of the later-season, warmth-loving reptiles and amphibians became active. Large-bodied snakes like Eastern Ratsnakes and Timber Rattlesnakes were emerging from their dens. Painted Turtles, Northern Map…

to Herpers: Your Assignment

Posted on April 13, 2019 by

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

Okay herpers, conditions for amphibian migration tomorrow night in the Lake Champlain Basin and other lowland areas of Vermont look almost perfect. It is now time for each and every one of you to contribute some useful information in return…

Tagged with: community, conservation, data, data gaps

Road Crossings for Salamanders: new report

Posted on March 31, 2019 by

Jim Andrews Posted in conservation, salamander

Here’s some good reading for us! There’s a new report out from the Agency of Transportation: Where Do Salamanders Cross The Road? Development Of A GIS Model To Identify Amphibian Road-Crossing Hotspots Authors are Steven D. Faccio, Sean W. MacFaden,…

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Herpers update: mostly Blue-spotted, not much movement

Posted on March 22, 2019 by

Jim Andrews Posted in herping, salamander

Herpers, Kate K found a single Blue-spotted Salamander on North Street in New Haven around 20:30 last night and Kiley B and I found 24 Blue-spotted Group Salamanders and one Wood Frog crossing Morgan Road here in Salisbury at about…

Tagged with: herping, migration, salamanders, spring