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Herp Update: Toad Tadpoles, Female Turtles Nesting, Needed Reports – May 30, 2024

Posted on May 30, 2024 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, frogs, turtles, updates

Recent Herp Activity We have received the first report of American Toad tadpoles hatched out and on the move. Kate Kelly reported them in Hinesburg. At the same time, there are still some American Toads calling and laying eggs.…

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

Posted on May 1, 2024 by

Jim Andrews Posted in updates

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…

Herp Update: Turtle activity, documentation needed —May 16, 2022

Posted on May 16, 2022 by

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

Recent Turtle Activity and Needed Photo-documentation Herpers, I am now receiving reports of Snapping Turtle and Painted Turtle females on land looking for suitable open and sunny egg-laying locations. Nest sites are often in yards, gardens, compost piles, and sometimes…

Groundwater, Ice, and Herp Survival – January 28, 2022

Posted on January 28, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, herping, updates

Great Blue Heron preying on Green Frog tadpole at an icy pond. Photo © copyright Rich Armitage and used with permission.

Groundwater helps keep herps alive in the winter Herpers, I could not wait until next week to show you this great photo sent to me by wildlife photographer Rick Armitage. Rick lives in Whitehall, NY, but has sent quite a…

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