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Amphibians moving tonight

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, conservation, herping, road search, updates

Herpers, if the current forecast holds and roads are wet after dark, amphibians should be moving tonight. It should be good conditions to get out and fill in some missing data gaps by taking photos of the targeted amphibians you…

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Successful Herp Survey in the Northeast Kingdom

Posted on 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…

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Herp Updates and a request

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in conservation, salamander, turtles, updates

Herpers, I am just starting to get reports of baby Snapping Turtles emerging from nests. Taking a quick look at HerpAtlas records, they are right on schedule with most records of emerging snappers in Vermont occurring between August 28 and…

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Atlas Update

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, conservation, herping, reptiles, support, updates

Fundraising I have left our GoFundMe fundraiser site up and running for the last six months. That seems about as long as I can stretch it for what we called an annual fundraiser. One of the reasons I have kept…

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More on the Rough-skinned Newt and the American Bullfrog and other herp news

Posted on 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 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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Herp Update

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

Herpers, as we move into August I have been receiving lots of reports of recently metamorphosed American Toads.  Young American Toads are tiny.  They could fit on top of a dime.  If you look closely at them, you can see…

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Current Herp Activity & Videos

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in frogs, herping, updates

a note from Jim Herpers, with this warm weather American Toads, American Bullfrogs, and Gray Treefrogs are all starting to chorus. This Friday night’s rains should generate movement of all three of these frogs. It may also generate some movement…

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Vernal Pool Video by K. Briggs

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, conservation, education, frogs, salamander

Kiley Briggs of the Orianne Society put together an excellent video on vernal pools.  It is roughly 30 minutes long and covers vernal pools, amphibians that use them, egg-mass ID, and a few invertebrates that use vernal pools.  It is…

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Need some good questions

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, education, news, salamander, updates

Note from Jim: Herpers, I will be joining Jane Lindholm on VPR’s Vermont Edition this Tuesday May 12 from 1 to 2 PM for a Vermont herp discussion.  We usually do this about once a year and it is a…

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