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Successful Herp Survey in the Northeast Kingdom

Posted on 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…

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Atlas Update

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, conservation, herping, reptiles, support, updates

Fundraising I have left our GoFundMe fundraiser site up and running for the last six months. That seems about as long as I can stretch it for what we called an annual fundraiser. One of the reasons I have kept…

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Newt and American Bullfrog

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, herping, updates

Herpers, Kiley Briggs forwarded this.  It is not our newt.  It looks like a Rough-skinned Newt from out west.  They are more toxic than our Eastern Newts. Matt Gorton and I were doing some herp survey in Fairfax yesterday.  We…

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Herp Update

Posted on 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…

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Current Herp Activity & Videos

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in frogs, herping, updates

a note from Jim Herpers, with this warm weather American Toads, American Bullfrogs, and Gray Treefrogs are all starting to chorus. This Friday night’s rains should generate movement of all three of these frogs. It may also generate some movement…

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Amphibian Crossings: Chris Slesar interview

Posted on 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…

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to the Herpers: Spring Amphibian Update

Posted on 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…

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to the Herpers: Amphibians on the move last night

Posted on 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…

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to the Herpers: Amphibian Migration Sunday Night

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, herping, updates
Four-toed Salamander (Hemdactylium scutatum, venter, in hand, Bridport, April 7, 2017 copyright (c) Jack Leonard and used by permission)

A note from Jim: Herpers, the current forecast for Sunday night looks good for amphibian migration. Here in the Lake Champlain Basin, Spotted Salamanders may still be moving away from breeding pools, but in the mountains, north-central Vermont, and the…

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Wood Frogs in Lust

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in frogs, herping
Wood Frog in amplexus with a fish. Duxbury, VT. Copyright (c) Jamie Harlow and used by permission.

a note from Jim: Herpers, I am starting to see more Spotted Salamander egg-masses at higher elevations, but they are not done laying eggs yet. They enter pools and lay eggs over a period of about a month. Most of…

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