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Herp Update: Northeast Kingdom; Mink Frogs, Gray Treefrogs — June 28, 2022

Posted on June 30, 2022 by

Herps in the Northeast Kingdom (NEK) My assistant Matt Gorton and I recently took a trip to the Northeast Kingdom (NEK) to try to fill in some distribution gaps in Avery’s Gore and Averill. As of the 2020 census, Avery’s…

Herp Update: Recent Herp Activity — May 25, 2022

Posted on May 25, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in frogs, updates

Recent Herp Activity Along with the many choruses of Gray Treefrogs that people have been reporting, the extremely warm weather toward the end of last week even motivated a few American Bullfrogs to call here in the Lake Champlain Valley.…

Tagged with: bullfrog, data gaps, frogs, green frog, identification

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: data gaps, Hinesburg first, PARC Amphibian week — April 19, 2022

Posted on April 19, 2022 by

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

Help us fill in some data gaps for very common species Herpers, we have some embarrassing gaps in our database and maps. There is still one town in Vermont where no one has ever reported a Wood Frog. They are…

Tagged with: data gaps, herping, road search, salamanders, wood frog

Herp Update: migration expected, reports, hormones — April 6, 2022

Posted on April 6, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, herping

Wood frog (L. sylvaticus) amplexing a Spotted Salamander (A. maculatum). Photo by Ashley Bray and used with permission.

Amphibian Migration Expected Tomorrow Night (Thursday) Herpers, the forecast for tomorrow night (Thursday) looks excellent for amphibian migration. Please take a look at our list of common amphibians that still need to be documented from your town. Just type in…

Tagged with: amplexus, data gaps, migration, spring, wood frog

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

Stream Salamander in Norwich, and Video

Posted on September 2, 2021 by

Jim Andrews Posted in salamander, updates

Much of the field work we have done this summer has been focused on filling in distribution gaps for Vermont’s three stream or “saturated soil” salamanders. Part of the reason for this is that these species are only rarely reported…

Tagged with: amphibians, data gaps, salamander, stream salamanders, video

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

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…

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Newt and American Bullfrog

Posted on August 6, 2020 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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