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Herp Update: Map turtle mystery; fall frog calls; bullfrog gape — September 2, 2022

Posted on September 2, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in frogs, turtles, updates

Herpers, it has been too long since I sent out an update. Here in the office we have been really busy keeping up with the records that are being sent in by others (~375 during July and August) and those…

Herp Update: Moving Snappers, Herp Activity, & Concert—July 29, 2022

Posted on July 29, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in education, event, frogs, snakes, turtles, updates

male American Bullfrog showing yellow throat and swollen thumbs, held face facing camera in a human hand

Our latest video: Moving Snapping Turtles We had been looking for an opportunity to show on video what we feel is the safest way to move larger Snapping Turtles. While doing a herp survey on a piece of St. Michael’s…

Herp Update: Turtle activity, documentation needed —May 16, 2022

Posted on May 16, 2022 by

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

Recent Turtle Activity and Needed Photo-documentation Herpers, I am now receiving reports of Snapping Turtle and Painted Turtle females on land looking for suitable open and sunny egg-laying locations. Nest sites are often in yards, gardens, compost piles, and sometimes…

Herp Update: recent activity — May 5, 2022

Posted on May 5, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in education, snakes, turtles, updates

Recent Activity Last weekend was a field trip weekend for my Conservation of Vermont Reptiles course that I am teaching through Hogback Community College in Bristol (non-credit non-graded courses, for more info see https://familyforests.org/past-hogback-community-college-courses/). The weather was cool to cold…

Herp Update: migration starts, vacation – March 20, 2022

Posted on March 20, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, frogs, herping, road search, salamander, turtles, updates

Amphibian migrations have started Herpers, I just returned from a warm southerly vacation to find that temperatures in Vermont were just as warm, at least temporarily. So, I have been scrambling to get caught up. The warm weather at the…

Herp Update: Field Trip Winner, Cellamanders, Exotics – March 1, 2022

Posted on March 1, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in conservation, lizards, turtles, updates

Field Trip Winner One of the promotional gifts during our annual fundraiser is entering anyone who contributes $200 to $999 in a drawing for a free herp field trip in Vermont for them and up to ten friends. Yesterday, I…

Tagged with: anole, exotic, gecko, pets, turtles

Herp Update: Critical Habitat Protection – February 11, 2022

Posted on February 11, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in conservation, news, turtles, updates

Spiny Shoftshell turtle basking on a barkless log, in the sun. Photo copyright Josh Lincoln and used with permisson.

Protection of Critical Habitat Herpers, as of this week, the state of Vermont has for the first time designated specific areas of habitat as critical habitat to be protected for two state-listed species. This has been in the works for…

Herp Update: Musk Turtle, Herp Activity, Fundraiser – November 18, 2021

Posted on November 18, 2021 by

Jim Andrews Posted in herping, support, turtles, updates

Eastern Musk Turtle Friend and conservation ally Sue Morse of Keeping Track sent the photo below of a tiny hatchling Eastern Musk Turtle. She was out searching for turtles with Dean B who took her to Niquette Bay in Colchester.…

Tagged with: fundraiser, fundraising, gofundme, musk turtle

Herp Update: Bobbie Summers, Road Search, more – October 31, 2021

Posted on October 31, 2021 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, news, road search, snakes, turtles, updates

Wildlife Hero I am very sad to report that Roberta (Bobbie) Summers passed away last Saturday, October 23rd. Bobbie has been a friend and contributor to the Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas since 2005. She has contributed 451 records of…

Tagged with: amphibians, autumn, community, contributors, data, fall, migration, road search, salamanders, turtles

Herp Update: amphibian and snake activity – October 21, 2021

Posted on October 21, 2021 by

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

Amphibian Activity Reports continue to come in reporting fall uphill migration of amphibians. Although I focused on the fall migrations of Eastern Red-backed Salamanders, Blue-spotted Salamanders, and Four-toed Salamanders in one of my previous Herp Updates, the reports include uphill…

Tagged with: amphibians, fall, frog, graduate research, migration, salamanders, snakes, turtle