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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.

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October meeting: Friday, October 7, 2005, 7:00 p.m.

Program: Galapagos Islands Guest Speaker: George Richard

October’s speaker will be our very own George Richard. He will be presenting a fascinating talk on Sarah’s and his trip to the Galapagos Islands, a historically and biologically significant group of islands with animals that show how some very specific adaptations evolve.

With all the interesting herps (as well as other flora and fauna) found in this region, this is a talk you simply can’t miss!

Upcoming meeting: November 4, 2005 Annual Meeting & Elections Guest Speaker: Tony Gamble, South Africa Trip

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News, Notes & Announcements Reminder: Hands On!

N o t i c e o f E l e c t io n

3M Super Science Fair at 3M, Maplewood, MN Friday, September 30 and Saturday, October 1

The membership of the Minnesota Herpetological Society is hereby notified that the Annual Meeting, including elections for the 2006 Board of Directors, will take place on November 4, 2005 General Membership meeting.

Come out and represent MHS at this fabulous event! For more information and to sign up, contact Jan Larson, MHS Education Chair.

Date: November 4, 2005 Time: 7:00 p.m.

Where: Room 335 Borlaug Hall U of MN St. Paul campus Who: All current MHS members in good standing

October 21-23, 2005

Calling All U of M Students MHS needs know who is a part, full time or graduate students at the U of M immediately. This is to continue to rent the rooms for MHS meetings. If you are currently enrolled, please contact our Membership Secretary, George Richard.

Please identify yourself as a student in the email and include your name, university email address and a phone number.

Also, U of M Alumni should also notify MHS, but this isn’t as time sensitive. Alumni should make sure to clarify they are currently not enrolled. If you have any questions, please contact Marilyn Blasus. -MBB

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September Raffle Donors Jocelyn Ingbretson 55 gallon aquarium Heather & Brian Ingbretson hexagonal aquarium & stand Marilyn Blasus Misc. items

The Midwest Symposium being held here in Minnesota is fast approaching. I am in charge of coordinating the volunteers for this event.

Please e-mail me or call me directly to let me know that you want to volunteer. There are many jobs to do for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. If you leave a message, please leave me the day and times you would be able to volunteer. If you want me to call you back, please leave a number where you can be reached.

Thanks everyone! Let's make a difference!

-Barb Buzicky

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September Adoption Report

by Sarah Richard, Adoption Chair

Following are a list of the animals that came in and were placed at the meeting. All animals that came in were placed— as well as an iguana from foster who found a home! Thank you all for opening your homes and hearts to help our hapless herps!

Alligator 2 Bearded Dragons Horned Toad Nile Monitor Map Turtle Tree Frog

Ball Python 3 Boas 2 Iguanas Painted Turtle Savannah Monitor Box Turtle

HELP WANTED Now I need to ask for more help. The adoption committee is in desperate need of help in several areas.

Foster and or permanent homes for iguanas We have a continuing need for fosters and or permanent homes for iguanas within the Society, but it is apparent that we are simply saturated and need to expand our program to nonmembers. In addition to expanding our pool of available homes for iguanas this is an opportunity for educating the public and exposure for the Society.

I need a few people who are willing to act as liaisons with their local pet shops about posting signs and/or visiting shops to do “adoption days” basically educating people about iguanas without scaring them off. Or come up with your own ideas.

I am open to all the help I can get as long as it starts with “I will” and not “You should”. The goal here is to move iguanas into permanent homes while representing the Society in a positive fashion.

Liz Redmond has agreed to be coordinator for this effort. You can contact her directly.

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It was said by somebody famous (I think) that if you ever become indispensable you should quit.

While I have no intention or desire to move on at this time, it is time to start training someone to fill the position of Adoption Chair so that I can go on vacation without the program shutting down. I wouldn’t mind having a co-chair/s to share some of the responsibilities.

It is not necessary that you be able to house large quantities of animals, you just have to be able to deal with the public.

Here are just a few of the areas that could be delegated: Emergency Response for general public and Authority situations. Must have cell phone and ability to respond in a timely fashion. 0-10 hpm (hours per month) Foster animals in need of emergency placement. 1-5 hpm Taking over some or all of the phone answering. 5-10 hpm Intake of non-emergency placements. 9 hpm Supervising vet student’s hands on of adoption animals. 2 hpm Transporting to the meetings. 2.5 hpm Setting up animals at the meeting. .5 hpm Announcing the animals at the meeting. .25 hpm Watch animals and answer questions while meeting is going on. 2 hpm Supervise the selection procedure. .5 hpm Clean up after the meetings. (meeting site and cage cleaning off site) 3 hpm Prepare monthly report and newsletter article. 1.5 hpm

Rinse and repeat next month.

If you are interested in any or all of these functions but wouldn’t know where to begin, that’s okay. Call, make an appointment and come help me do cleanup. We can talk while we work. Start shadowing and after a while you will see how easy it is. Thanks for taking the time to read all of this. And thanks in advance for your help.

Sarah Richard, Adoption Chair Minnesota Herpetological Society

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2005 State Fair Thanks to all those who supported the exhibit in the DNR Building at the 2005 State Fair.

Animal donors: Jim Gerholdt, Jan Larson, Jeff LeClere and John Moriarty.

Volunteers: Bruce & Nancy Haig, Bill Sandberg, Molly Johnson & Karen Browning, Sam Karsten & Vanessa Carlson, Nancy Hakomaki & Bill Moss, Liz & Fred Bosman, Tali & Jo Rose, Daniel Hawkins, Richard & Liam Bonk, Donna Calander & Glen (Jake) Jacobson. Randy Blasus, also, needs to be thanked for helping me clean before and after, haul all the stuff to and from, pick up and deliver the animals and patience as I again took on a task that he is forced to help with. I wish to thank the DNR staff, Carrol and Adele, for allowing us the opportunity and space to educate so many people. The DNR provided the financial contribution of admittance tickets into the fair for our volunteers.

Editor’s Note: Extra special thanks to Randy and Marilyn Blasus for chairing the State Fair exhibit at the last minute. You saved the day!

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It is fun to stand back and watch the public walk through the building. We are really one of the most popular stops for the DNR. Of course, the fish outside have us beat. The information brochures we provided were even more popular this year. We ran out of some before Labor Day weekend.

Those who saw the exhibit may have noticed a poster next to us showing the new fish display they are planning for the wall. I was told this is a couple years away, so our spot will remain the same until then. When the display is built, they assure me, MHS will have a space. The location is not determined as there is a plan for other changes to dioramas, etc. I don’t think we have to worry about losing the fantastic educational possibility.

If interested in being the Chair this for next year, please let me, Marilyn Blasus, know.

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SEPTEMBER SPEAKER REVIEW

by Barbara Buzicky GUEST SPEAKER: Alyse DeVries PROGRAM: Artificial Insemination in Corn Snakes Alyse comes to us from the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska. She works there as a Reptile and Amphibian Keeper. Her program tonight was on Snake Semen Extraction and Artificial Insemination in reptiles. This practice is not very common at this time in reptiles, and she is working on developing and perfecting the process for several reasons. The most important reason is to use the techniques for the conservation of endangered species. Another reason is to extend the gene pool to an F1 status using semen from animals in the wild to inseminate stagnate breeding colonies in captivity. The final reason is to perfect techniques for extraction so future research and attempts at the practice achieve the goals of conservation and gene pool enhancement.

The process she has been working on starts with the extraction of semen from the snake, leading to the extension and preservation of the semen for future artificial inseminations. The project also wants to extract semen from several species of snakes along with other reptiles, and to hatch and raise the babies for an F1 generation. This project that Alyse has been working on was started around eight years ago at the Henry Doorly Zoo by Naida Loskutoff and Diane Callaway. Over the years, several people have worked on the project using corn snakes and California King snakes. The process up until about a year and a half ago included sperm collection and analyses. With Alyse taking up the time from then, they have successfully formulated an extraction process, and they have been able to preserve semen for up to seven days.

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Further, they produced the first clutch of artificially inseminated corn snakes-- the first ever in the world! What an achievement for the Zoo and the people involved! In the project, there have been many species of snakes used such as the Sonoran Gopher Snake, the Jamaican Boa, the Everglades Rat Snake, the Green Tree Python, and the Madagascan Tree Boa, just to name a few.

The extraction process isn’t too exciting for the male snakes. They are working on trying to train the snake to respond to stimuli so it becomes a behavioral reaction for them so they aren’t uncomfortable. At this time, this is still being worked on. Currently, the snake is put in a clear tube with only that back portion of the snake protruding from the tube where there is easy access to the vent. The snake undergoes a massage to stimulate the snake to respond, and a pipette is inserted into the vent and the semen is suctioned out. It is then placed in a sterile lab container with a cover for processing and analysis.

The semen sample is analyzed for motility of the sperm, the concentration of the sperm, and the longevity of the sperm. Then, the sample is preserved using cryopreservation techniques. It’s interesting to note that each snake species of semen is very different when examined under an electron microscope. The sperm of a snake consists of nucleus which is the inner portion of the head, an acrosome cover over the head, and a plasma membrane surrounding the entire head.

After the semen has been analyzed, the next step is to inseminate it into a female snake. The semen is introduced into the vent with a pipette, and the female snake can and does retain the sperm for long periods of time so future clutches of eggs can be fertilized. If the procedure was successful, the snake would become gravid and hatch eggs after the average gestational period for that snake.

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Boas, and they have a breeding colony with the latest acquisition being a female in May 2005.

When they are going to prepare a male snake for the semen extraction procedure, they start in early September with the snake undergoing an ultrasound. After that, the snake will be fasted for a period of time through the end of September. In October, the snake habitat will change by having a cooler enclosure with a least a 20 degree drop in temperature in the evening along with an increase of humidity by at least 75%. By November, the snake should be ready to start having semen extracted. One of the most important goals for this process is to work with the Jamaican Boa by completing fertility analyses in wild and captive populations and using the semen from wild populations to inseminate females in captivity to improve the gene pool. The Epicrates subflavus has a golden yellow pattern and markings going toward the head with fading into a dark brown to black towards the tail. The snake is found in a wide variety of habitats from forests to swamplands and mangroves. This snake is found in the cockpit country and the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. The status of this snake according to CITES in Appendix 1 is classified as vulnerable. It is expected to be extinct within the next hundred years in the wild, which is why is it so important to continue on with these studies to conserve reptile species that may disappear for future generations.

Believe it or not, there are snake stud books.

The Jamaican Boa is listed in the AZA Jamaican Studbook with 30 snakes noted and 23 of them are managed and considered breedable. The book identifies the location of these snakes, and they reside in zoos around the world. The stud book is a useful tool for zoos working on breeding programs. On the island of Jamaica, the Windsor Research Centre is located in cockpit country which is a little off from the center of the Page 8

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island going northwest and a straight line from Montego Bay which is a little northwest from the Research Centre.

There are many plans for the future in the area of extraction and insemination of reptiles, especially using crocodilians for this process. At the Henry Doorly Zoo, researchers are also working on training tortoises to follow a target (making them easier to move when they are fully grown) along with developing a program for the Anegada Island Iguana. They would also like to breed Uroplatus.

This is a very exciting and useful project to continue with in a very dynamic field. Alyse gave an excellent presentation and answered many questions from the audience. If you ever get a chance, go see the Henry Doorly Zoo as it is a wonderful place to visit and worth the trip. It has a geodesic dome that houses several habitats from a swamp to an arid desert with many species of animals. The swamp is an especially cool exhibit.

Thanks, Alyse!

Surf the Web: Go to Google.com and type in artificial insemination, snakes Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha Naida Loskutoff, reproductive physiologist

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Katrina has had ONE positive effect…

PARIS: Hurricane Katrina has had an unforeseen effect on the French fashion industry, which says it fears it will be hit by a shortage of Louisiana alligator hides in coming months.

While there is no shortage of the saurians in the flood waters of New Orleans, where rescuers say they fear the animals are feeding on the bodies of Katrina’s victims, the hurricane may have seriously damaged alligator farming.

Louisiana alone furnishes 300,000 alligator hides, which end up as expensive watch straps, shoes, handbags and brief cases. About 80 percent of the skins come from hunted animals, and alligator farms in the region supply the rest.

The farming is a patient game — alligators grow only about one foot (30 centimeters) a year — which explains why finished hides can cost up to 1,500 euros.

France is the world’s leading tanner of reptile skins, mostly alligators from Louisiana but also crocodiles from Zimbabwe, Asia and Australia, which supplies the highly prized skins that the

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Hermes fashion house uses to make its signature Kelly handbags.

“Next week, we are going to check the damage at our alligator farm south of New Orleans,” said Dan Lewkowicz, head of France Croco, one of three French tanneries that handle 70 percent of the world trade in reptile hides.

“The electricity has been cut off at the height of the height of the season for hatching, which requires heat. In addition, the animals risk dying of hunger since the workers have abandoned the plant and fled the region,” he said.

Lewkowicz said also that the alligator hunt in the Gulf coast bayous is likely to be called off this year.

The reptiles, which have a complex social and courtship life, are nevertheless protected and the trade in their hides is tightly regulated under the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

—The Peninsula Online, posted at: 9/8/2005, http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/

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Frog legs labeled chicken thighs

a label for frogs.

NEW ZEALAND - The label said “chicken thighs”, but the items on sale in an Auckland shop were actually frozen frogs, the Auckland District Court was told this week.

Only one of the 40 packets of frogs was sold, presumably to the reporter.

Thevi Peung denied a charge laid by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) of having unauthorized goods.

Peung is a director of Soun Lee Ltd, a MAFapproved “transitional facility” in Te Atatu South, and of Green Bay Fruit and Vegetables in Atkinson Ave, Otahuhu. The companies also face charges.

According to MAF, a complaint was made to the Ministry of Health about frozen frogs being sold from Green Bay as “chicken thighs”.

Peung allegedly told a reporter from an Auckland newspaper, who purchased a packet of frogs, that she imported them from Bangkok thinking they were baby chickens, and decided to sell them anyway.

Kathy Lim, who worked at the greengrocery shop, told a Health Ministry investigator that the frogs were supplied to Green Bay by an unknown Asian man.

However, when interviewed by MAF in October last year, Peung allegedly said Soun Lee received a consignment from Thailand containing packages of frozen frogs. They had not been ordered, but she realised they were for eating.

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Peung denied the frogs were imported in another consignment and delivered to Green Bay by an unknown Asian man.

After being tested by the ESR, the frog legs were disposed of.

Peung and her companies will be back in court next month.

10 September 2005, http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3405697a7773,00.html

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MHS BOARD MEETING REVIEW September 10, 2005

Education Chair not present.

by Barb Buzicky, Recording Secretary

Renfest Report: RenFest going well, there was talk about donating funds collected one day to the Katrina Relief for rescuing animals.

The Board Meeting was called to order at 6:10 PM CDT at the St. Paul Student Center, Room 202, a voting quorum was present.

Board Members not present: all were present Non-Board Members present were Liz Bosman and Marilyn Blasus Minutes from the October 2, 2004, meeting was approved with changes, hardcopy outstanding.

Minutes from the August 6, 2005, meeting was approved with changes.

Treasurer’s Report for February – December 2004, Revised, outstanding, holding for MHS Audit.

Treasurer’s Report for Year-end 2004, Revised, outstanding, holding for MHS Audit.

Treasurer’s Report for August 2005, was approved with changes.

Membership Report for July and August 2005, are outstanding.

General Meeting Attendance for September 9, 2005, was 89.

President’s Report: There was no President’s Report.

Vice-President’s Report: October George Richard, Galapagos Islands November Tony Gamble, South Africa Trip December TBA Committee Reports: Adoption Chair Sarah Richard is working to improve relations with the Golden Valley Humane Society and with Minneapolis Animal Control. She is working with Barb Alt to get her home listed as an off-site clinic. This will help with housing adoption animals.

Midwest Symposium Update: Registrations are starting to come in. George will be putting together a small handbook for the symposium for attendees.

Old Business: Formal notice for elections will be put in the newsletter by Asra. Board was discussing elections and who is going to run for positions. Randy and Marilyn Blasus chaired the MHS exhibit in the DNR building at the State Fair so it didn’t have to be cancelled. Thanks Randy and Marilyn!! The MHS Audit will be done in September. Fred gave keys to the MHS cabinet boxes to Board Members, and he will give more out.

New Business: Newsletter Folding Chair resigned, but we may have a replacement. Also, Small Item Sales person resigned with a replacement also pending. Sean Hewitt was appointed by the Board to fill in until the end of term the President’s position. The VicePresident’s position will be vacant until the next Board Meeting. MHS liability insurance cost for 2006 is $1020, the Board moved and approved funds to pay the bill. The Board also approved $15 for the U of M Student Organization fee to be paid. Brochures are low, the discussion was tabled at this time due to the Midwest. Nancy Haig will compile a Budget Committee. Liz Bosman is chairperson for the Holiday Banquet 2005. George will insert a sheet into the newsletter to update addresses for the new White Pages 2006. Tim will sort and inventory library books along with submitting a list of books to be purchased to the Board.

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Minnesota Herpetological Society Treasurer's Report

(Board Meeting continued from page 11)

Prepared by Nancy Haig, Treasurer

Last Minute Items: Nancy Haig wanted to know if the MHS wanted to renew its subscription for Reptiles Magazine. The Board agreed to get two more years for the library.

Vet bill was submitted from Barb Alt for $180, Board approved funds to be paid. Sarah Richard brought up the parking issue for the meetings, Tony Gamble will check into the issue. Tony Gamble says that the Bell Museum is building a new building, and they want the adjunct groups to utilize the new facilities. The Board will discuss further.

For the Month Ending August 31, 2005 Beginning Checkbook Balance:

4,080.96

Income: Membership Library Fines Raffle Adoption Rodent Sales Small Item Sales Donations Midwest Other* Total Income:

310.00 0.00 109.50 0.00 447.00 0.00 0.00 204.00 340.88 1,411.38

Expense: Newsletter Misc. Printing and Postage Program Library Supplies Refreshments Rodent Cost Donations Other* Total Expense:

388.00 0.00 50.00 0.00 50.72 0.00 0.00 0.00 133.10 622.12

Cash Increase/(Decrease):

789.26

Ending Checkbook Balance:

4,871.69

Placement of Cash Holdings Checking Account Savings Account Cash on Hand Total

4,871.69 6,943.01 150.00 11,964.70

Treasurer’s Notes: Income: *$340.88 RenFest tortoise donations Expense: *$133.10 for RenFest supplies

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