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Herp Update: Fall Migration for Snakes – October 8, 2021

Posted on October 8, 2021 by

On sunny and warm fall days another really interesting and dangerous (for them) herp migration takes place. It is the movement of snakes back to their dens. The cool nights and shorter days cue snakes that it is time to…

Tagged with: fall, migration, snakes

Herp Update: Fall Movement of Snapping Turtles – October 5, 2021

Posted on October 5, 2021 by

Jim Andrews Posted in turtles, updates

One type of fall movement of reptiles is the emergence of baby Snapping Turtles (see Pat Perry’s photo below) from their underground nests. Our other common turtle, the Painted Turtle, lays eggs at about the same time in the spring…

Tagged with: data gaps, fall, nesting, snapping turtle, turtles

Herp Update: migration, records, oddities – April 25, 2021

Posted on April 25, 2021 by

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

Amphibian Migration I see a bunch of showers in the forecast for later this week, but the actual amount of rain forecast is minimal and the chance of showers in any one place is pretty low. If the ground and…

Tagged with: frogs, gartersnake, herping, snakes, spring, wood frog

Herp Update: Frogs Calling, Egg Masses, Skink – April 9, 2021

Posted on April 9, 2021 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, frogs, herping, lizards, salamander, updates

Herpers, here in the Lake Champlain Basin I have been hearing lots of Northern Leopard Frogs calling from the floodplains of Otter Creek. We have received reports of calling Wood Frogs now from way up in Montgomery and Jay, and…

Tagged with: egg mass, salamanders, skink, spotted

Herp Update: frozen Gartersnake – April 3, 2021

Posted on April 3, 2021 by

Jim Andrews Posted in event, snakes, updates

Herpers, one of the more interesting reports to come in over the last two days was this report and photo from Ken Hatch of a Common Gartersnake frozen into a thin layer of ice in Addison. Ken reported: “I found…

Tagged with: call-in, garter snake, interview, migration, radio

Herp Update, January 18, 2021

Posted on January 18, 2021 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, turtles, updates

Herpers, surprisingly I have received reports of two Wood Turtles, one Spotted Salamander and one Gray Treefrog in the last two weeks. The Spotted Salamander was reported by Kristine G in Burlington. She sent a video that showed the poor…

Tagged with: salamander, treefrog, turtles, winter

Herp Update: first report of 2021

Posted on January 5, 2021 by

Jim Andrews Posted in frogs, herping, reptiles, road search, snakes, turtles, updates

Herpers, our first herp report of the year came in on January 1st from Kiley Briggs and Melanie L who checked in on an overwintering site for Wood Turtles. He sent a video that showed two or three turtles underneath…

Still some herps and hats

Posted on December 14, 2020 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, herping, snakes, updates

Herpers, over the last few days we have received reports of an adult Spotted Salamander moving over the snow in Lyndon (Jim Connor) and an American Toad crossing a road in Cambridge (Zach Cota-Weaver). Often winter movement is the result…

Tagged with: hat, salamander, snake, toad

Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas e-mail List update + some reptiles

Posted on December 2, 2020 by

Jim Andrews Posted in reptiles, support, updates

from an email Jim sent: Folks, I just received a report of a Painted Turtle out yesterday in Fair Haven. Eastern Red-backed Salamanders were moving two nights ago here in Salisbury, and a Common Gartersnake was seen on the surface…

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Herp Update

Posted on December 1, 2020 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, snakes, updates

Herpers, with temperatures in the 50’s last night and after an afternoon of rain, once again conditions looked perfect for amphibian migration last night. Thankfully, most of the amphibians appear to have found their overwintering locations by now. I went…

Tagged with: frog, salamander, snake, winter