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Herp Update: Amphibian Crossing, Updated Reports, Snake Migration, Herp Hat – October 30, 2024

Posted on October 30, 2024 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, migration, road search, salamander, snakes, updates

Recent Herp Activity Morgan Road in Salisbury During last night’s rain, I spent 20 minutes at our Morgan Road Crossing here in Salisbury. A light rain started around 8 PM and intensified for the next few hours. The temperature was…

Tagged with: amphibians, data gaps, migration, snakes

Herp Update: Snapping Turtles emerging, Unusual Colorations, Snakes Migrating – September 11, 2024

Posted on September 11, 2024 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, snakes, turtles, updates

Recent Herp Activity Snapping Turtles are hatching We have received a number of reports recently from landowners who have young Snapping Turtles emerging from underground nests in their lawns and gardens. The photo of the fourteen baby snappers below was…

Tagged with: frogs, migration, salamanders, snakes, snapping turtle

Herp Update: Recent Herp Activity – August 27, 2024

Posted on August 27, 2024 by

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

a small green frog perches on a yellow flower with a black center

Recent Herp Activity Isolated Reports This week Ethan Bodin sent us the first ever report and photo of a Blue-spotted Salamander (or related hybrid) from Chittenden. Blue-spotteds are fairly common in the Lake Champlain Basin 1000 ft. lower and two…

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…

Herp Update: American Toads & Gray Treefrogs – May 22, 2024

Posted on May 22, 2024 by

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

Recent Herp Activity We have been receiving a flood of reports lately. I suspect it has to do with the amount of recent press coverage we have had. We have been on local television, VPR, and Vermont Digger this spring…

Herp Update: Activity, Get Data, Radio — April 22, 2024

Posted on April 22, 2024 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, event, herping, snakes, updates

Recent Herp Activity In much of Vermont, the warm and wet weather during the week of April 8-12 generated the bulk of our early-spring-amphibian migration. However, the warm, and dry weather over the past week has generated reports of Common…

Herp Update: Recent Herp and Human Activity – January 22, 2024

Posted on January 22, 2024 by

Jim Andrews Posted in conservation, event, snakes, updates

Annual Fundraiser As I hope you know, we are in middle of our annual fundraiser. We have now raised $8,358 of our goal of $20,000 for this year. Our thanks to the 81 people who have contributed so far. If…

Tagged with: events, fundraiser, greensnake, snakes

Herp Update: New Format & Recent Sightings – October 27, 2023

Posted on October 27, 2023 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, snakes, updates

New Format and Recent Sightings Folks, as a result of the number of people who have requested to receive our Herp Updates, we have moved to a new format using Mailchimp. For friends and family to subscribe: visit vtherpatlas.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63c5df7985d413f2ea204e690&id=c48959eb4b&e=f3cfc2a496 There…

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Herp Update: Amphibians on the move & Fall Calls, Snake Monitoring Video, Non-native Species – October 17, 2023

Posted on October 17, 2023 by

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

Recent and Upcoming Herp Activity Amphibians still on the move After my wife mentioned that an Eastern Red-backed Salamander had found its way into her studio yesterday evening, I decided I should run over to our local amphibian crossing hotspot…

Tagged with: amphibians, herping, non-native, road search, snakes