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Herp Update: Ribbonsnake rediscovery, activity, events — May 1, 2024

Posted on May 1, 2024 by

Recent Herp Activity Over the last few nights American Toads have been on the move in much of Vermont. Last night Kate and Molly Kelly joined me on a nighttime road search in Benson and West Haven and I was…

Tagged with: american toad, eastern ribbonsnake, egg mass, events, identification, spring peeper, tadpole, wood frog

Herp Update: Morgan Road education and amphibian migration — April 13, 2024

Posted on April 13, 2024 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, frogs, herping, migration, road search, salamander, updates

Folks, each spring the Otter Creek Audubon Society (OSAS) and the Salisbury Conservation Commission host two public educational events on Morgan Road in Salisbury, to introduce people to the wonderful phenomenon of amphibian spring migration. This year our first public…

Tagged with: american toad, amphibian, blue-spotted salamander, eastern newt, eastern red-backed salamander, four-toed salamander, gray treefrog, migration, spotted salamander, spring peeper, wood frog

Herp Update: DeKay’s and Donations — January 13, 2022

Posted on January 13, 2023 by

Jim Andrews Posted in frogs, snakes, support, updates

DeKay's Brownsnake on bare ground with a few dried autumn leaves. Photo by Susan Johnson and used with permission.

Current Herp Activity Herpers, although I have not been out at night checking myself, I am not receiving any reports of amphibians moving above ground during these recent rains. At my house this morning it is raining, has been for…

Tagged with: dekay's brownsnake, disturbance, donation, fundraiser, fundraising, spring peeper, winter

Herp Update: Kickstarter for Field Guide, Fall migration activity—November 15, 2022

Posted on November 15, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in conservation, education, herping, road search, updates

Kickstarter campaign for the first ever Field Guide to Vermont’s Amphibians Teage O’ Conner of Crow’s Path contacted us this spring asking for our collaboration in putting together a waterproof, tearproof, foldable, and super handy field guide to the amphibians…

Tagged with: blue-spotted salamander, crows path, dekay's brownsnake, eastern red-backed salamander, fall migration, field guide, four-toed salamander, fundraiser, gartersnakesnake, gray treefrog, kickstarter, road search, spotted salamander, spring peeper, wood frog

Herp Update: Map turtle mystery; fall frog calls; bullfrog gape — September 2, 2022

Posted on September 2, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in frogs, turtles, updates

Herpers, it has been too long since I sent out an update. Here in the office we have been really busy keeping up with the records that are being sent in by others (~375 during July and August) and those…

Tagged with: american bullfrog, fall, frogs, gape, green frog, mating, migration, northern map turtle, observations, population, records, spring peeper, transporting wildlife, turtles

Herp Update: news, upcoming migration, skink, snakes — April 13, 2022

Posted on April 13, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in updates

Herps in the News Herpers, on the first of our two public educational events at the Morgan Road amphibian crossing here in Salisbury, we had two VPR reporters in attendance. Their coverage went online today. It is a nice piece…

Tagged with: common five-lined skink, common watersnake, dekay's brownsnake, lizards, migration, news, northern leopard frog, skinks, snakes, spring, spring peeper, wood frog

Herp Update: amphibian reports, road search education, salamander ID — April 9, 2022

Posted on April 9, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, education, event, herping

Recent Activity Herpers, many amphibian reports and photos have come in over the past week. At the moment I have about 40 reports in my inbox and it will be a few days before I catch up with them and…

Tagged with: blue-spotted salamander, calls, eastern newt, eastern red-backed salamander, education, four-toed salamander, frogs, reporting, road search, salamanders, spotted salamander, spring, spring peeper, wood frog