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Herp Update: Gray Treefrogs, Nesting Turtles, Bullfrogs

Posted on June 13, 2026 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, turtles, updates

Current Activity Gray Treefrogs Gray Treefrogs have been very active lately. We have received over 60 reports of them calling from the outside walls of houses, decks, grills, and outside furniture since our last Herp Update. The photo below was…

Tagged with: data gaps, gray treefrog, salamanders, turtles

Herp Update: Current Activity, Colonization, Permanent Ponds, and Life on the Edge

Posted on May 15, 2026 by

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

Current Activity All our amphibian and reptile species in Vermont are now active. The early spring-breeding amphibians, such as Spotted, Blue-spotted, and Jefferson Salamanders, and Wood Frogs, have left their breeding waters and are now back up in the woods.…

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Herp Update: Field Trip, Map Turtle, Frog & Cecropia, Habitats & Highways – September 23, 2025

Posted on September 23, 2025 by

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

Join us this Saturday, September 27, for a Field Trip Herpers, I hope some of you will join us this Saturday, September 27th from 9-12 for a reptile and amphibian field trip. Farm and Wilderness asked us to provide this…

Tagged with: education, frog, turtles

Herp Update: Interesting Herp Reports, Metamorphosing Frogs, Survey Work – August 6, 2025

Posted on August 6, 2025 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, lizards, snakes, turtles, updates

Recent Herp Activity We have received some very interesting reports over the last month. A woman in Benson contacted us to report the Common Five-lined Skinks she has on her property. Common Five-lined Skinks are Vermont’s only native lizard, and all…

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Herp Update: Turtle Reports, Frogs Metamorphosing, Frogs Calling – July 9, 2025

Posted on July 9, 2025 by

Jim Andrews Posted in frogs, turtles, updates

Recent Herp Activity The reports of nesting turtles have almost completely ended but people are still reporting turtles seen in, or basking near, water. In the last week we have received photos of Vermont Wood Turtles, Spiny Softshells, Northern Map…

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Herp Update: Turtles, Gray Treefrogs, Mink Frogs, Survey Work – June 17, 2025

Posted on June 17, 2025 by

Jim Andrews Posted in frogs, herping, turtles, updates

Recent Herp Activity Over the last couple weeks, we have received a flood of reports of turtles of almost every Vermont species on land, digging nests, and laying eggs. I suspect a statewide mailing from VT Fish & Wildlife encouraging…

Tagged with: frogs, gray treefrog, turtles

Herp Update: Salamanders, Turtles, Gray Treefrogs – May 23, 2025

Posted on May 23, 2025 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, frogs, turtles, updates

A small turtle with a red belly is held between two fingers

Recent Herp Activity With the recent cold and rainy weather we have concentrated our field surveys on our three saturated-soil salamanders (Spring, N. Dusky, and N. Two-lined in headwater streams and seepages, and Spotted Salamanders in ponds and vernal pools.…

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Herp Update: Amphibian Migration, Other Activity, Herp Names – April 15, 2025

Posted on April 15, 2025 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, migration, updates

Recent Herp Activity Amphibian Migration Timing, Good for Them, Bad for Us Herpers, when I am trying to pick a night to invite people to Morgan Road for one of our educational data-gathering amphibian crossing events, I look for chances…

Tagged with: american toad, amphibians, migration, salamanders, turtles

Herp Update: Green Frog Eggs, Spotted Turtle, Website, Upcoming Presentation – July 14, 2024

Posted on July 14, 2024 by

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

Recent Herp Activity People are now reporting sightings of Green Frog eggs. Green Frogs deposit a film of eggs on the surface of the water (see photos below). Since they deposit their eggs so late in the season, the water…

Tagged with: amphibian eggs, education, snakes, turtles

Herp Update: Metamorphs, First Racer since 2014, Spiny Softshells in Winooski River Delta, Turtles Nesting – June 18, 2024

Posted on June 18, 2024 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, event, frogs, reptiles, snakes, turtles, updates

Recent Herp Activity On a June 11 field trip to Sunderland; Kiley Briggs, Kate Kelly, and I found our first young-of-the-year Wood Frogs. Chris Slesar reported young-of-the-year American Toads in West Haven on June 9. These youngsters were fresh eggs…