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

Posted on 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…

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Herp Update: migration starts, vacation – March 20, 2022

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

Amphibian migrations have started Herpers, I just returned from a warm southerly vacation to find that temperatures in Vermont were just as warm, at least temporarily. So, I have been scrambling to get caught up. The warm weather at the…

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Herp Update: Saturday Night? – December 10, 2021

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

Continuing Amphibian Activity Herpers, looking to replace Christmas movies with herping this weekend? The current weather forecast is for wet and warm (near 50°F) tomorrow evening (Saturday) either before or after dinner. I may not be able to make it…

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Herp Update: Fall Migration of Amphibians – September 29, 2021

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, updates
Red-backed sRed-backed salamander viewed from front: a brownish salamander with a broad red-brown stripe from the back of its head to its tail on wet, yellowish wood. Photo by Kiley Briggs and used by permission.alamander viewed from front: a bownish salamander with a broad red-brown strip from the back of its head to its tail on wet, yellowish wood. Photo by Kiley Briggs and used by permission.

Fall Migration of Amphibians Very few people are aware of the fall migration of amphibians.  The uphill migrations consist of amphibians moving from moist lowlands (near breeding ponds) to better drained upland forests where they will follow small-mammal tunnels and…

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Herp Update: migration, records, oddities – April 25, 2021

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

Amphibian Migration I see a bunch of showers in the forecast for later this week, but the actual amount of rain forecast is minimal and the chance of showers in any one place is pretty low. If the ground and…

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Herp Update : crossing zone results, Mudpuppies

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

Herpers, once again conditions were perfect for amphibian movement last night and I have two sets of herp reports to share.  The women of the Kelly family (K, M, and A) checked the North Street crossing area in New Haven…

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Herp Update

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

Herpers, there was lots of amphibian movement last night during the rains. Where I was along Route 100 in Granville, the rains did not come through until after 11 PM making for a late night. Still, the team I was…

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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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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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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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