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Herp Update: Lizards, Migration, Presentation – March 2, 2025

Posted on March 2, 2025 by

Flyer describing a free presentation on Vernal Pool Reptiles and Amphibians.

Recent Herp Activity Southern Alligator Lizard Allissa Shethar sent this photo of a Southern Alligator Lizard found by her son Sasha F in Bridport last week. He found it in his laundry basket after driving across country from California. The…

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: reports of turtles, frogs — June 13, 2022

Posted on June 13, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in updates

Current Herp Activity Herpers, I continue to receive a steady stream of reports of Snapping Turtles, Painted Turtles, and even a couple Northern Map Turtles laying eggs. I also am receiving quite a few reports of Wood Turtles traveling on land, but since they feed on land,…

Vernal Pool Video by K. Briggs

Posted on May 11, 2020 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…

Tagged with: amphibian eggs, amphibians, frog, salamanders, spring, vernal pool

Event: Cornwall Walk, May 18

Posted on May 14, 2019 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, education, event, updates

Come for A Walk in the Woods, as we join Jim Andrews for the Follow-up Walk of “Slippery Creatures: Salamanders and Frogs!” We’ll look for vernal pools in the woods, with salamander and frog eggs, as well as see them…

Protecting amphibians (video interview with Jim)

Posted on April 30, 2019 by

Kir Talmage Posted in amphibians, conservation, education, updates

Enjoy this brief video interview with Jim about conserving amphibians Via NBC Boston at https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/vt-researcher-aims-to-protect-amphibians-from-car-tires-other-threats/123450/

Tagged with: amphibians, community, conservation, education, forest, vernal pool, video