Vol. 20 (2000), No. 11

THE MINNESOTA HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY November 2000 Newsletter

Upcoming Meeting The Vice-president's Report

By Tony Gamble December General Meeting Program: "A Slide Tour to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Baja California"

Guest Speaker: Richard Bartlett Baja California, streochiog some 800 miles into the Pacific, is one of the longest peninsulas in the world. It contains scorchiog deserts and rugged mountains. The northern end gets dangerously hot (110 to 120"F) and dry ÂŤ4 inches of water/year) while the southern end is battered by wind and tropical storms. This rough terrain has had a bad reputation for centuries, explorer J. Ross Browne, in 1866, said, lithe country was accursed by God,l1 Today, Baja is known for its sandy

beaches, sport fishiog, and endless relaxation Somewhere between these extremes our December speaker, Richard Bartlett, made the trip twice and managed to survive. He will present an overview of the region's 150+ species of reptile and amphibian and some of his adventures traveling there.

Richard Bartlett is a world class photographer of amphibians and reptiles. He is author and co-author of

many books, induding: "In Search of Reptile and Amphibians!!; uA Field Guide to Texas Reptiles and Amphibians" (with Patricia Bartlett); "A Field Guide to Florida Reptiles and Amphibians" (with Patricia Bartlett); IlSnakes of North America" {two volumes}; ItUzard Care From A to z 11 (with Patricia Bartlett); and an endless

Volume 20 Number 11 stream of herp care books published by the Barrons Educational Series. Richard is also a regular contributor of articles and photos to Reptiles magazine and Reptile. and Amphibian Hobbyist magazine.

2001 MRS Board of Directors President

Bill Moss

Vice-President In 1978 he began the Reptile Breeding and Research Institute (RBRI) and has successfully bred over 70 species of amphibians and reptiles.

Richard Bartlett also leads herp adventures to the Peruvian Amazon for Margarita Tours. He has made the trip over 30 times! This is a great opportunity to hear this well respected herpetologist talk about the magical land of Baja, don't miss it!

Tony Gamble

Recording Secretary

Julie Beauvais

Membership Secretary Treasurer

Nancy Haig Marilyn Blasus

Newsletter Editor

Heather Mattson

Members-at-large (5) Melissa Nordos

Upcoming Meetings: December 2, 2000 - Holiday Banquet - Richard Bartlett A Slide Tour to the Herpetofauna of the

Nancy Hakomaki JodiAherns

Peruvian Amazon

Keith Tucker January Breeders

5,

2001

-

Minnesota

February 2, 2001 - White Snake Sale March 2, 2001 - Phil Tremper: Breeding Rare Geckos April 6, 2001 - Lyle Puente: Care of Chameleons Best regards, Tony mailto:tgamble@mediaone.net

The new MHS Board of Directors begin their duties in January 2001.

Melissa Nordos has volunteered to help out with the Photo Contest in February.

Brian and Heather Ingbretson have offered to take over the newsletter folding chair duties from James Rea. We are still looking for someone to run the sales table (I-shirts, books eoc) at the General Meetings. Contact any Board member if you are interested in learning more about the position.

Board of Directors President Bill Moss (651) 488-1383 Mngatorguy@mindspring.com

Vice President Tony Gamble

The Minnesota Herpetological Society Bell Museum of Natural History 10 Church Street, SE, Minneapolis Minnesota, 55455-0104

(612) 818-ffl61 tgamble®mediaone.net

Recording Secretary Julie Beauvais (612) 321.{)958 beauvOO1@tc.umnedu

Voice Mail: (612) 624-7065

Membership Secretary

Email: MinnHerps@aol.com

Mark Schmidtke

(651) 481.(fl27 meschmi@USWestcom

Treasurer Marilyn Blasus (952) 925-4237 mblasus@arbitrade.com Newsletter Editor Nancy Haig (763) 434-8684 nanchaig@citilinkcom Members at large (612) 588-9329 L. Aherm Mike Burpee (651) 894-11722 mbreptiles@aol.com Nancy Hakomald (651) 631-1380 nmgatorgal@mindspring.com Michelle Hewitt (651) 6Q4.ffi14 Keith Tucker (612) 321.{)958 tucke022@tc.umn.edu

Jodi

Internet http://www.onrampinc.net/mhs/ November 2000

Volume 20, Number 11

The purpose of the Minnesota Herpetological Society is to • • •

Further the education of the membership and the general public in care and captive propagation of reptiles and amphibians; Educate the members and the general public in the ecological role of reptiles and amphibians; Promote the study and conservation of reptiles and amphibians.

Committees Adoption Sarah Richard

(612) 232-4152 Rea1Sarah@aol.com

Education

Jan larson

(507) 263-4391 jan.skunkhollo-w@juno.com

Northern Minnesota Jeff Korbel

(218) 586-2588

Rodent Sales Tina Gsewski

(612) 856-2865

Herp Assistance Amphibians Greg Kvanbek John Meltzer John Moriarty

(651) 388-0305 (612) 263-7880 (651)482~109

Ouuneleons Vern & laurie Grassel (612) 428-4625

The Minnesota HerpetolOgical Society is a non-profi~ tax-exempt organization.

Membership is open to all individuals with an interest in amphibians and reptiles. The Minnesota HerpetolOgical Society Newsletter is published monthly to provide its members with information concerning the society's activities and a media for exchanging informatiol\ opinions and resources.

General Meetings are held at Bodaug Hall, Room 335 on the St Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota, on the first Friday of each month (unless there is a holiday conflict). 1be meeting starts at 7:00 pm and lasts about three hour.;. Please check the MHS Voicemail for changes in schedules or cancellations.

SubmissionB to the Newsletter Ads or Notices must be submitted no later than the night of the General Meeting to be included in the next issue. Longer articles will be printed as time and space allows. All active members are allowed a classified ad, run free of charge as space pennits.

Business cards are run for $5.00 per month.

Items may be sent to: or Emailed to: The Minnesota HerpetolOgical Society Attn: Newsletter Editor Bell Museum of Natural History 10 Church S~ SE Minneapolis, MN. 5545!HlI04

nanchaig@citilinkcom

Crocodilians Je££Lang Bill Moss

(701) 772-=7 (651)488-1383

Lizards NancyHaig

(612) 434-8684

Large boas, Pythons TIna Cisewski

(612) 856-2865

Other snakes JeffLeOere John Meltzer

Snakebite Emergency

(651) 488-6388 (612) 263-7880

Hennepin Regional Poison Center

Aquatic Turtles Gary Ash John Levell Terrestrial Turtles Fred Bosman John Levell

1 - (800) - 764 -7661 This should work for both local and out state calIs

(612) 753-{)218

(507) 467-3076 (612) 476-0306

(507) 467-3076

Copyright Mirmesota HerpetolOgical Society 2000. Con!cnts may be reproduced for non-profit use provided that all material is reproduced without change and proper credit is given authors and the MI-5 Newsletterdting: volume, number and date.

MHS Newsleller Volume 20 Number 11

NEWS, NOTES & ANNOUNCEMENTS Raffle Donors

Jim Gerholdt

Black tailed Rattlesnake Crotalus molossus

Julie Rimblas Flourecentfixture

Jake Jacobsen

1 Common Boa, 2 Burmese Pythons, Albino 1 Lg Green Iguana 1 Rough Green snake 3 Toads 1 Scorpion

Tortoise Manouria emys

2 Green Amevias

4 Garter snakes, juv 1 Tokay Gecko, 4 Crocodile Geckos, 1 SuIcata Tortoise 1 Softshelled Turtle, 3 Bearded Dragons 1 Corn snake 1 Mali Turtle, 1 Alligator Snapping Turtle 1 Caiman 1 Burmese Python, med

Joy Nordquist John Levell

Alligator Uzard Gerrlwnotu5 ssp 2-headed Hatchling Snapping Turtle Olelydra serpentina African Bullfrog Pyricepllalus ssp

SaraKnez

Nathan and Leah Helgesen Leopard Gecko Eublepllaris macularis Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum

If you are interested in adopting animals

We are looking for a new T-shirt design to commemorate this milestone.

Items on previous shirts included:

The MRS logo. The Minnesota map with herps (the old Newsletter cover), natural drawings of Minnesota reptiles and amphibians.

T-shirt designs need to be clear black and white line drawings or camera ready items. Deadline for submissions is by the February General Meeting (Feb 2, 2001).

Be creative and

get out your

PHOTO CONTEST RULES There are three categories:

Herps in a Natural Setting Herps with People Miscellaneous styles

Heather C Matson Cedo Breed,r & Phatograph:r

Entries must be: 1. 4i1 x6i1 , 5"x7u , gU x10" mounted on cardboard no larger than 11 i1 x14".

2.

the front of the prints.

612871.7'334 &>1d11 geoo@l?laCi ~hoie.corc 24::6 G'and Ave #207

Minneapolis, Mnnecota

:':6405

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Identified on the back with entrants' name, address, and category. Do not place names on

please contact Sarah Richard at (612) 7819544

have

drawing pens. Let's have a great turnout of ideas to celebrate our 20 th !

Still available 2 Green Iguanas 4 Caimans 2 American Alligators 3 Red eared slider Turtles 2 Burmese Pythons 1 Albino Burmese Python

2001 marks the 2()th anniversity of the Minnesota Herpetological Society.

Bunnese Mountain

Help a Hapless Herp 30 animals were adopted at the November meeting:

New T-Shirt Art Wanted

Critter Of The Month

3.

Members may submit up to five prints.

Bring submissions to the February General Meeting. Winners will be selected by the members during the White Snake Sale.

Special to ABCNEWS.com Snakes have been taking it on the chin ever since a serpent talked Eve

into grabbing that apple. You can still find an occasional rattlesnake I1

roundup!! in the Southwest, where scores of rattlers become fairground entertainment Ifs hard to think of

another critter on this planet as despised and feared as the snake. But scientists are cOming to the rescue with all sorts of promising uses for even some of the deadliest of snakes.

Brain Regeneration David Holtzman, a neuroscientist

and assistant professor of brain and cognitive science at the University of Rochester, believes snakes may even

hold clues for human regeneration of damaged brain tissue. Unlike people, snakes have an amazing ability to keep their brains growing throughout their lives.

"These are not stupid animals that just wander around aimlessly," Holtzman says. "They are capable of sophisticated behavior and they can learn things. n Although experiments have indicated that snakes can't learn much of anything, Holtzman found that the fault lies in the testing, not the snakes.

Some tests showed that snakes couldn't learn to find their way out of a maze suggesting that snakes must be pretty stupid. The snakes were supposed to learn how to slither through the maze like a rat Holtzman noted that snakes donlt live in mazes, and don't act like rats, so any test

needs to be similar to their natural environment He concocted an experiment to see if 24 com snakes could learn anything. The snakes' challenge? To learn the fastest way to escape from a brightly lit arena the size of a child's wading pool.

Escaping the Arena

More Snake Experiments

The arena was divided into four quadrants, each with two holes in the

Holtzman isn't the only scientist turning to snakes for help. At the University of Delaware, Mary Ann

floor that could allow the snake to escape. The problem for the snake, however, was that seven of the eight holes were closed. It had to find the

open hole in the shortest period of time.

Holtzman devised a few cues to help his snakes, including a white card that could be moved around the arena as each snake went through its paces. But the card wasn't placed directly over the open hole.

"While they are being trained, the card is always in the same place relative to the hole, like 90 degrees to the left," he says. The snakes quickly learn to go 90 degrees to the right of the card to find the hole, he adds. "Ifs neat because they are dearly making some caIculations.1t Faster Exits, Growing Brains Snakes took an average of 700 seconds to find the hole on the first day, but by the fourth and final day of the experiment, they averaged only 400 seconds about 6 minutes.

"Some actually found it in less than 30 seconds Holtzman says.

Why all this fuss over snakes?

"In the long, long run, one of the things that might be possible is to figure out why a snake's brain keeps generating new nerve cells,1t Holtzman says. " If we can figure out how they do it, maybe we can figare out ways to do it in people who have brain injuries. II

McLane, an assistant professor in the

Department of Medical Technology, has found that a protein in the venom of a viper can prevent the spread of tumors in mice.

McLane, whose work was published in the Feb. 4 issue of Cardiology Today, found that venom from Macmahon's viper (Eristocophis macmahoni), found in Afghanistan and Pakistan, contains a protein, eristostatin, that blocks the spread of tumors in mice injected with cancer cells.

She doesn't know yet why eristostatin works for mice, but hopes her research will lead to new cancerfighting drugs.

Meanwhile, David Sherman, chief of the division of neurology at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, has found that venom from a pit viper may help people recover from strokes.

Sherman and other researchers

found that the blood in people bitten by vipers falled to clot, so they began testing a drug derived from the venom as an anticoagulant to help keep the blood flOWing through the vessels of stroke victims.

The drug, called Ancrod, was tested on 500 people. The researchers say the tests so far are encouraging. So the next time you run across a snake in the wild, be kind they've got brains and bite.

Lee Dye's column appears Wednesdays on ABCNEWS.com. A former science writer for the Los Angeles Times, he now lives in Juneau, Alaska.

(Submitted by Heather Ingbretson)

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FROM OUR MEMBERS FROG FOUND IN TESCO SALAD

Rattlesnake Roundup For one weekend every March, Taylor, Texas, turns into the Lone Star State writ small. March 6 and 7, every species of Texan from Cub Scouts to cotton farmers, Austin technophiles to University of Texas sorority women arrived in this modest town 40miles northeast of Austin to watch a peculiar rite: the rattlesnake roundup.

Part rodeo, part festival, and part anathema to herpetologists and animal-rights activists, the annual National Rattlesnake Sacking Competition is a part of state lore. The two-day event taps into something deeper than the whooping and hollering that comes when people of all shapes and sizes stuff snakes into a brown burlap bag.

2"'"

As the economic and social forces of today's global society increasingly erode regional quirks and traditions, the roundup is something distinctly different and unabashedly Texan.

The process of watching a human being climb into a 3O-foot-by-30-foot Plexiglas pit teeming with Western diamondback rattlers can be entertaining in one of two ways. First,

the roundup certainly takes a fair bit of skill and derring-do. Competitors are armed only with their hands and if they choose a golf-club-length metal snake-pinning hook. The person who bags 10 diamondbacks the quickest is the winner.

Rick Luddeke, a member of the Heart of Texas Waco-based Rattlesnake Handlers, takes a cynical view of why some fans show up. uJllst like people watch NASCAR for the wrecks and hockey for the fights, they want to see some 'envenomation'" a clinical way of describing an encounter with rattler fangs.

IIAw, man, once you step out into that snake pit and the crowd's cheering for you, and you're heart's beating so fast it feels like ifs up in your throat, there's nothing like it," Luddeke says.

By TOM WORDEN

http://www.the-sun.co.uk/ STUNNED Carol-Anne Trevor opened a packet of salad - and found a tiny live FROG inside. She bought the Uready to eat't Italian-grown rocket

Such rattlesnake festivals were common in Texas at the turn of the century, when the serpents were seen as a threat to cattle and horses.

Modem times have witnessed a

salad at Tesco.

Hopping-mad Carol-Anne, 52, said last night "I just could not believe my eyes.

roundup revival in a haH-dozen Texas

towns as a tourist draw. Taylor, however, eschews the "rounduptl moniker because ria roundup means that you kill all your snakes," says Ronnie Michner, president of the Taylor Jaycees which puts on the show.

"I put the pack - which claims to be freshly washed salad - on the sideboard. Suddenly it started juddering about I opened it up and there were two big eyes staring back at me. I was absolutely appalled and dumbfounded."

Critics charge that the roundups amount to little more than inhumane treatment of the snakes.

The bright green creature is just under an inch long and experts have identified it as a European tree frog.

For his part, Travis Laduc, a researcher studying rattlesnake physiology at the University of Texas

Carol-Anne went on: llHe's incredibly sweet but there's no way he should have ended up in the packet

at Austin, says it's not known whether

the roundups significantly impact the diamondback population here.

None of that seemed to be a concern at the recent Taylor sacking championship. First-time sacker Lance Sorenson had to be taken away in an ambulance after receiving a bite while

posting an impressive time of 75.48 seconds.

Kyle Johnson The Christian Science Monitor

(Submitted by Heather lngbretson)

"If it had been opened by somebody with a weak heart, it could have killed them. The poor little thing must have been trapped in there.

"I had to bin the salad - even after I had washed it I kept imagining seeing things jumping around in it" Carol-Anne, from Paddington, West London, has named the frog Kermit He has been offered a home at London Zoo. How the frog got inside the packet remains a mystery.

A Tesco spokesman said: "We take

this very seriously and it is extremely rare. The salad is washed very thoroughly before it goes in the bag.

"We do not cover the salad in chemicals that would kill frogs because our customers don't want us to."

Of the nine semiprofessional snake handlers on hand for the show, seven can cite an unhappy encounter though the bites are seldom fatal. So why do it?

(Submitted by Tony Gamble)

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From Our Members UNHSTUDY UNH Study Reveals That Environmental Pollution Could Be A Leading Cause Of Frog And Declining Deformities Populations From University of New Hampshire Monday, November 6, 2000

DURHAM, N.H. - A new study for the first time demonstrates that environmental contaminants could be

a leading cause of frog deformities and declining amphibian populations.

Published by University of New Hampshire researchers in the November issue of Environmental Health Perspectives, the pilot study shows that frogs with developmental deformities, like missing Of malformed timbs, also have irregular levels of hormones that are central to

reproduction and development. lilt is clear that something is throwing off these frogs' hormones at a key developmental stage/ says Stacia Sower, UNH professor of biochemistry and one of study's

authors. "Previous research has shown

that chemicals that interfere with the endocrine system by mimicking hormones or by blocking the action of hormones can cause reproductive dysfunction and abnormal development in several species, including fish and alligators. We suspect that these same chemicals are

having similar effects on frogs."

The normal growth and development of amphibian larvae rely on healthy aquatic systems.

Developing frogs are particularly susceptible to chemical contamination that accumulates in rivers, lakes and ponds. Potential sources of endocrine

disrupting

chemicals

include

municipal sewage, pulp mill effluents,

agricultural runoff (pesticides and herbicides), and petroleum from bilge water and two-cycle boats.

UWhat we know is that the cause

Kim Babbitt, UNH assistant professor of natural resources, laid the

is not parasites or predators by

groundwork for these studies by her

themselvesr ll says Sower.

extensive survey of thousands of frogs

from New Hampshire and Massachusetts in 1997 and 1998.

Deformed green frogs (Rana clamitans) and bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) were found at 86 percent of sites sampled (31 or 35 sites).

Deformity rates ranged from zero to 9.3 percent, and the average deformity rate was 4.9 percent for 1997 and 4.1 percent for 1998.

Most malformations involved absence of all or part of a digit or a limb, asymmetrical development of the limbs, and deformed eyes. Sower, Babbitt and and post-doc Karen Reed

liThe

potential

malformities

play

role

in

that

amphibian

decline is not clear/It adds Babbitt ItHowever, the results of our study

suggest an increased effort to determine how malformities affect population growth is warranted.1l

Editors/News Directors: Photo scans of deformed frogs are available by calling the UNH News Bureau at 603-862-1566, or by visiting the Website http://www.unh.edu/news/NovOO/ sk_20001103frogs.htrul

then conducted a series of tests on the

For more information, contact:

normal and deformed frogs. They found that the abnormal frogs had

Keeler Sharon Science Writer University of New Hampshire 603-862-1566

significantly lower concentrations of

sex hormones called androgens and of a brain hormone called gonadotropinreleasing hormone (GnRH), which controls reproduction in vertebrates.

sjkeeler速cisunix.unh.edu Web site: http://www.unh.edu/news

(Submitted by Becky Helgesen)

"These findings suggest that there may be significant interactions among environmental and endocrinological

factors during the development of amphibian larvae that affect different processes including reproduction and

I'

limb development,n says Sower. "We

know, for example, that disruption of the GnRH system can produce infertility."

Sower says that the study does not provide conclusive evidence environmental contaminants

that are

causing the deformities. What it does for the first time show is that frogs with malformations also have abnormal levels of several hormones

vital for development

reproduction

and

Many other hormones, she says,

could

also

be

affected.

Further

research is necessary to determine if

endocrine disrupting chemicals alone are causing the deformitiesr or if it is a synergistic interaction with other

things, like parasites or increased UVB radiation caused by the thinning of the ozone layer.

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Shelley LeTendre,

612-943-4011 Call For An Appointment

MHS Newsletter Volume 20 Number 11

General Meeting Review ~ovell1ber3,2000 Jim Gerholdt, educator, professional photographer and exzookeeper entertained the November audience with stories and pictures from the latest trip to the Southwest United States.

Dr. Barney Oldfield, veterinarian, Dr. Dan Keyler (man of many titles), Delvin Jones, MHS founding father, and Jim are friends from way back in the history of our society. These trips

are not only a chance to see and photograph many of the diverse reptilian and amphibian faunas found in our nations desert ecosystem (although Jim may argue this) but also a chance for old friends to reunite.

Both Barney and Delvin, having moved to the southwest, and being entrenched in a reptilian paradise, is usually all the excuse that is needed to draw Jim and Dan to visit

Unfortunately, on this trip, their timing was off as the adventurers arrived too early in the spring and many animals were not yet active.

Nonetheless, Jim still showed pictures of the many herps they should have seen, as well as the thirty or so species that they' had found. Many lizards and serpents were shown (the venomous ones being of most interest to the team) along with a few of the amphibians that can be found in the area. The latter usually found near man made waterholes.

Even though many animals were not seen, the group was still enchanted by the chance to roam the beautiful desert landscape and to revel in their own company. To this end, Jim's wayward canteen, last viewed with Delvin, turned up occasionally. The errant canteen had last been seen as it progressed south

with Delvin as he journeyed to his new home in the desert It had turned up in many surprising places during the last trip, but much to Jim's disdain, never where he was at the moment. In the same spiril1 Jim's program included scenes with Barney

(the large and purple one) in a hairraising encounter with an enormous

(deadly?) plastic rattlesnake.

Fortunately, all came out well in the encounter.

In all, the presentation was well received and enjoyed by the record 172 people in attendance.

RE Blasus

T\ie \:s-'\Q.'C"'IT ~f\~ ~ \s 'So-a.\~V'rt ~'e~V\ b~ s.~~~s. h~o.."t'c!.

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Coming Events Holiday Banquet December 2, 2000

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sP€dAl RAffles: $5.00 P€R S01) (€.XC€PC chllDR(1) cbA!: tdLL sic 01) YOUR LAP) CABt€tQ.>.R€ tdLL se PRovfl:>€o. fRee SODA AnD COff€€. CASb BAR O1)lU VfUl bAtt 648 € LAUlSOl) sc. PAul, 011) senD fORm A1)D cJ)€CK CO m!)s c/o sell ffiUS€um Of 1)A!:URAl hlSCORU 10 clJuRcb SCR€€C soucl) eAse ml1)OOAroUs 011) 55455-0104

Please contact Gordon Merck at (952) 471- 3582

Herp Photo Contest - February 3, 2001

to sign up for potluck items or if you have other questions concerning the Banquet 8

MHS Newsletter Volume 20 Number 11

M.H.S. BUSINESS Treasurer's Report of October 2000

MRS Coming Events

Prepared by Marilyn Brooks Blasus Beginning checkbook balance:

4,982.37

Income:

Dec 1, 2000 MHS General Meeting and Holiday Banquet (Dec. 2) see flyer for details

Membership: Library Fines Raffle Rodent Sales T-shirt Sales Small item Sales Donations (Renfes!)

Feb 1, 2001 MHS Great White Snake Sale and Photo Contest.

Mar 2, 2001 MHS General Meeting- Phil Tremper Breeding Rare Geckos

Renfest contract

Hands-On(s)

465.00 0.00 38.00 216.00 50.00 22.00 2,276.36 2,500.00 5,567.36

Total income: Expense:

Newsletler (2 mos.)

Misc. prt./post Program Library Supplies Refreshments

Conlact Jan Larson 1-507-263-4391 Or Email jan.skunkhollow@juno.com for more information on these events

Rodent costs Mise (renfes!)

593.00 0.00 217.19 0.00 0.00 0.00 159.90 330.33

Total Expense: Cash increase/ (decrease)

1,300.42 4,266.94

Ending checkbook balance:

9,249.31

Unpaid Expenses Speakeiscomprental 45.00 Display system 3,640.00 Provent a mite 30.00 Roden! cooler 70.00 Tolal

3,885.00

Funds available

~:'lj;:t

Placement of cash holdings Checking account 9,249.31 Savings account 10,174.85 Cash on Hand_ _ _....ll;;150!l..OOw

Captain Bill Young Carolyn Young Owners

Total

. Office: 612-522-7060 Fax: 612-522-7159 214 22nd Ave. N .• Minneapolis, MN 55411 captains@fishnet.com

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Classified ads fire free to !he membership. Deadline is the night of the gene ...... ' m«>lirtg to be included in the next newsletter. Mail 10: MHS F..ditor, 'Bell Mu~um of Nil lura I History, 10 o.urch Sl, SE, Minneapolis, MN, 5~5S 1.0,0= male, 0.1.0" female, 0.0.1 "" unsexed, cb '" captive brod, obo = or best olter, -t~ times ron. (ad$ Me run only 3" unless requested to continue.)

For Sale: 0.1.1 Ban Python .. female adult@4'; subadult@2'; $40.

Each obo. Supplies, tank, heaters, lights, etc also available $1-$20. Call Julie at (763) 767-8304 or email harteOll@tc.umn,edu +++

8-male Leopard Geckos cb 2000 $3000 ·$250.00. s..unsexed Leopard Geckos cb 2000 $15.00 . $25-00, 12 Adult Male Leopard Gecko. cb '95-'97 $35.00 ·$100.00. 1 Adult male Frog-eyed Gecko cb '99 $125.00. 1.1 Ball Pythons cb '98 & '99 feeding on frozen, $150.00 for the pair. Call Jodi 1.

Ahems (612) 588-9329 AFTER 6:00 PM Before 10:00 PM M· F, Sat -Sun home, call anytime.

FLIGHTLESS FRUITFLIES . Excellent food for dart frogs, mantellas, hatchling geckos, baby chameleons, spiderlings, and other smaIl herps. Two species available· Drosophila melanogasfer (small) and D. hydei (large). $5.00/culture or $25.00/6 cultures. Each culture contains 30 to 50 adult flies and has the potential to produce up to several hundred young. Also, MEALWORMS . Two sizes available . regular and mini. $5.00/1000. Can be delivered to MRS meetings. Call Tony Gamble (612) 818-6861 or email tgamble@mediaone.net

0.0.3 White's Tree Frogs. 1 large adult, 2 smaller adults, 1 blue·phase. $60 2.4 Malagasy Ground Geckos·Paredora Pictus. 2 trios of adults. 2.2 striped phase. $110 for both trios· or $65 each. These animals are breeding like crazy!

1.3 Leopard Geckos. 1.2 very nice looking normal/ high yellows. 0.1 leuristic. $100 for group. Most of these geckos were purchased at the Daytona Expo but I am looking at moving and need to part with as many of my herps as I can. Will consider trade on Mexican Rosy Boas or Russian Tortoises. Marc (507) 467-3377 will deliver to herp meeting. +

Frozen Rabbits· all sizes. Prices very reasonable· pinkies to adults. Jim Daluge (763) 295-2818

Wanted:

1.1 CB Panther ChameleollB $300. Sarah Richard 612-781-9544 +

Items for Great White Snake Sale- Start collecting for it now! Fall is a great time to clean out herp rooms, garages and closets. Save any unwanted herp items (in good condition) and donate them to the MRS White Snake Sale in February. Keep an eye out for items while your scoping out the last of the garage sales or attending the Midwest Symposium. While you're at it-don't forget to get your photos ready for the Photo contest Enbies are due in January. Voting takes place at the February Meeting.

Nice Male Albino Cal. Kingsnake. Feeds readily on thawed mice. Also fairly tame 3"7', $45 obo. Also looking for a Baby Corn, any color morph except normal and albino. Plaese call Thomas at (763) 757 5121 or email : to!llTgptile@hotmail.com Thank You! ++ 1.1 Honduran MUksnake .. $125 for pair obo, Call Fred or Liz (612) 476-0306 +++

All the shed snake skins in the world. Needed for giveaways at educational programs contact Bob Duerr 541-

Every year I have a certain Pueblan and Sinaloan milk snakes. Y2K hatchlings Feeding 'well on frozen mice. $40.00 each. I can arrange to bring snakes to the meetings. contact Mark at 651481-0127. ++

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Jim's Rabbit Shack 'Where Spots Are Tops"

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MHS Rodent Sales Mice Pinkies Fuzzies Hoppers Adults

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For pick up at monthly meetings only. Orders must be placed at least one week in advance of date of meeting at which the frozen rodents are Io be delivered. Place orders with Tina (Rat Girl) Cisewski at (612) 856-2865.

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