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Herp Update: Continuing Migration and Fundraiser– December 7, 2021

Posted on December 7, 2021 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, education, frogs, road search, salamander, support, updates

Man in blue raincoat, facing the camera, holds an adult snapping turtle head downward. The turtle is almost the size of the man's torso.

Continuing Amphibian Activity Herpers, with the temperatures at 50°F and the rains becoming heavy around 5 PM, I had to run over to the Morgan Road amphibian crossing here in Salisbury again last night. Given that this was both warmer…

Herp Update: recent herp activity, fundraising, and our new course – December 3, 2021

Posted on December 3, 2021 by

Jim Andrews Posted in education, herping, road search, salamander, support, updates

Recent Amphibian Activity (last night) Herpers, aside from the occasional reports of snakes and salamanders spending the winter in people’s cellars, current herptile reports have stopped coming in. That said, I did head out to the Morgan Road amphibian crossing…

Herp Update: Annual Fundraiser and a New Course “Conserving Vermont Reptiles” – November 29, 2021

Posted on November 29, 2021 by

Jim Andrews Posted in education, support, updates

A New Course Offering: Conserving Vermont’s Reptiles January through May 2022 through Vermont Family Forests Learn the identification, natural history, survey techniques, conservation, and management of Vermont’s turtles, snakes, and lizards with herpetologist Jim Andrews. The class will begin with…

Tagged with: class, conservation, course, education, fundraiser, fundraising, gofundme, reptiles

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…

Tagged with: email, fundraising, reptiles, winter

to Herpers: conditions for seeking migrating amphibians

Posted on April 5, 2019 by

Jim Andrews Posted in education, herping, updates

Herpers, I have been watching the weather forecast carefully for tonight to see if it would be a good night for amphibian migration. I look for a few predictors. I want to make sure that where I am going to…

Tagged with: amphibians, community, conservation, crossings, reptiles, road seach, spring

Dr. Andrews presents: Establishing Baseline Distribution Data on Vermont’s Reptiles and Amphibians

Posted on February 22, 2019 by

Kir Talmage Posted in conservation, education, event

This video of Jim’s presentation at last fall’s Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) annual meeting was just put on line. In case you weren’t able to attend, you can watch it here: Establishing Baseline Distribution Data on Vermont’s Reptiles and…

Tagged with: amphibians, conservation, data, forest, Jim Andrews, reptiles