Vol. 26 (2006), No. 3

the newsletter of the

minnesota herpetological society

• March Meeting: White Snake Sale!

• New MHS Occasional Paper • Do you know your MHS History?

WEB VERSION

Kids: C this m heck out on Herp th’s Juve er Pa ge! page 12

Information edited/removed to respect privacy concerns.

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Board of Directors

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NATURAL HISTORY, 10 CHURCH STREET SOUTHEAST, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455-0104

President Bruce Haig

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Vice President Tim Banovitz

Minnesota

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Recording Secretary Ellen Heck

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Membership Secretary George Richard

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Treasurer Nancy Haig

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Newsletter Editor Asra Halvorson Members at Large Fred Bosman

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The Purpose of the Minnesota Herpetological Society is to:

Sarah Richard

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David Dewitt Carmelita Knudson

Committees Adoption Sarah Richard Education Jan Larson Library Tim Banovitz Webmaster Anke Reinders theMHSwebmaster@yahoo.com

Further the education of the membership and the general public in care and captive propagation 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.

The Minnesota Herpetological Society is a non-profit, 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 information, opinions and resources.

General Meetings are held at Borlaug 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). The meeting starts at 7:00pm and lasts about three hours. Please check the MHS Voice mail for changes in schedules or cancellations.

Submissions 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 and should be in electronic file format if possible. See inside back cover for ad rates.

Submissions may be sent to: The Minnesota Herpetological Society Attn: Newsletter Editor Bell Museum of Natural History 10 Church St. SE. Minneapolis, MN 55455.0104

Copyright 2006, Minnesota Herpetological Society. Except where noted, contents may be reproduced for non-profit, noncommercial use only. All material must be reproduced without change. Proper credit will be given including the author/photographer and the MHS Newsletter citing: volume, number and date.

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Note from the President The February 2006 meeting was more than a little different; instead of a prepared lecture from a single speaker, several people came to the front of the room to share experiences and stories with the rest of the members. Many commented afterwards on how much they enjoyed the relaxed and comradely atmosphere. For those that were “just about to raise their hands”; please do so in the future and add to everyone’s enjoyment of getting together.

The February meeting showed that a couple of meeting traditions should be resurrected. “Herp Hints” will be re-introduced to the agenda at the April meeting. Anyone with a question, comments about new products they like or dislike, available veterinary services, etc. is strongly encouraged to share their concerns and ideas with the rest of the members. Also, although “Critter of the Month” participation always drops off during the winter; this drop-off has not been helped by the lack of advance notice of the meeting speaker and topic. Please bring healthy animals that you want to share (but not to the March White Snake Sale meeting); they are a focus of after-meeting socializing when they are there.

New ideas on how to make the club better are welcome. The “Juve Herper Page” in the newsletter initiated by Dan Monson (and associates) is a good example. If you make the club work for you, it works better for everyone; so don’t just watch, join in.

Bruce Haig

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Minnesota Herpetological Society Occasional Paper Number 7 MHS has completed the newest in its series of papers by producing a monograph written by longtime member and Timber Rattlesnake biologist Dr. Dan Keyler entitled: Venomous Snakebites: Minnesota & the Upper Mississippi River Valley 1982 – 2002.

This paper presents historical detail on the occurrence of snakebite, reviews selected individual accounts and provides an overview of this phenomenon in Minnesota. As Dr. Keyler is a Toxicologist with the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, his career has led to many unique encounters related to venomous snakebite. He has consulted with a number of hospitals regarding venomous snakebite cases across the nation and internationally, participated in many symposiums on venomous snakes and snakebite as well as performed field biological and molecular studies of Timber Rattlesnakes in the upper Midwest.

This publication will be mailed to all who have a current membership in MHS and is one of the benefits of joining the society. In addition, copies of this paper will be available for sale at the monthly general meetings.

Institutions or other people interested in obtaining a copy can contact the society at: Minnesota Herpetological Society, Bell Museum, 10 Church Street South East, Minneapolis, MN 55455.

Price per issue is $2.00 shipping is an additional $1.00.

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News, Notes & Announcements How well do YOU know MHS History?

Last October we celebrated the 21st Anniversary of the Midwest Herpetological Symposium. Created by our own society, it now has a life of its own.

In 2006 we celebrate another landmark anniversary.

DO YOU KNOW: When was the first MHS meeting?

Where was the meeting held?

Who was the first MHS president?

What is the purpose of the MHS? What was the first animal adopted?

Find the answers on page 11.

From the Education Chair

February Adoption Report

By Sarah Richard, Adoption Chair

I would like to thank the 40 volunteers who clocked 526.5 hours in 2005. Without you our education program would not be successful.

Hopefully 2006 will bring out even more volunteers. Please remember this is your society. Its success depends on you. We had 10 hands-on activities and visited 29 schools. Hopefully these numbers will grow this year.

Thank you, Jan Larson, Education Chair Cover Photo: Solomon Island or Monkey-tail skink mother and baby Corucia zebrata © Sarah Richard Page 4

Pretty quiet around here…no major excitement. We pretty much had a routine month. We had an Iguana, 3 water turtles, a Water Dragon, 2 Boas and a Ball python come in. All were placed.

Thanks to the people that came up to claim the hard to place guys. You know who you are. I got a call from someone today who wanted to know why we didn’t have Egyptian tortoises for adoption. Oops, I did laugh. Then I told them how to get to our web site, and invited them to the meeting. Hope they come.

Next month will be light as well as it is the White Snake Sale and I will try to push as much as possible to April.

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NOTICE OF MEMBERSHIP DUES INCREASE At the meeting held February 4, 2006 the board unanimously voted to propose an increase in the membership fees as follows: Basic: increase from $15 to $20 Contributing: increase from $30 to $40 Sustaining and Commercial will remain the same at $60 and $25, respectively.

The board can only propose the increase. It is up to the general membership to vote on it. The voting will take place at the May general meeting, which is scheduled for the 5th of that month at 7pm. The change would go into effect June 1st, 2006.

In order to vote, you must 1. be a member in good standing.

2. attend the general meeting. No provision will be made for absentee voting.

The change was deemed necessary because the current base membership no longer covers the cost of producing and mailing the newsletter, speakers for the meetings and other operating expenses. The membership fee has remained unchanged for so long that people can literally not remember the last increase, but it was in the mid 1980’s when the fee went from $12 to the current $15. MHS is currently operating on a deficit budget, as posted in the February 2006 newsletter, page 11.

Frog Killer What do an old pregnancy test for women and a mysterious fungus that is killing frogs have in common?

Plenty, according to researchers at North-West University in South Africa, who believe they have traced the spread of the killer fungus to trade in the African clawed frog, used for decades in a bizarre but effective way of determining pregnancy.

“We think we have traced the origin of the spread of the amphibian chytrid fungus to the “frog” pregnancy test for women, which was widely used from the 1930s to the 1960s,” said Che Weldon, a zoologist at North-West

University who has been researching the phenomenon.

That test involved taking the urine of a woman and injecting it into an African clawed frog. If the woman was pregnant the hormones in her urine would stimulate ovulation in the frog and it would spawn within a matter of hours.

The species was exported to labs around the world in huge quantities from South Africa from the 1930 – the decade in which Weldon has traced the first recorded case of the fungus by examining preserved frogs in museum collections.

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February Meeting Review

by Ellen Heck, Recording Secretary

There was no formal speaker this month, so various members filled in with stories and a little Q & A. Most of the stories underlines the rather … off-center(?) nature of the lives of herpers, both professional and hobbyist. You know— like warning people to NEVER look into your freezer, head-bobbing at the drivers that annoy you, having a house that sounds like late summer all year round because of the 1 or 2 happy little crickets that escape and chirp their joy all night long.

Bruce led off the stories with a tale of a scorpion from Jamaica. Apparently the people at Nancy’s office discovered a scorpion in the building and shut it into a room. But then it disappeared and when Bruce and Nancy arrived, everyone was out in the parking lot, refusing to enter the building. Bruce, having some experience with, or at least working knowledge of, scorpion behavior, went into the building and inspected the room.

Realizing that the scorpion would be in the only dark corner, Bruce had a man who trusted him go in with him, a cup and broom. They knocked the scorpion into the cup and thus was born the legend of Bruce.

This tale was followed by a brief Q & A on chameleons, their color changes and the causes thereof. Their colors tend to be brighter at night, as they are nocturnal animals. Also, color changes in bearded dragons tend to be heat related. Animals trying to absorb more heat tend to be darker.

Jake, generally known for tortoise tales, told a story of the Badlands. Apparently, he, Donna, and the couple they were with were gazing into a mud puddle. Soon others came by and also gazed into the puddle. Eventually someone asked what it was they were all looking at. They Page 6

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were disappointed to discover it was a toad. But what do they know?

Heather told a tale of a small alligator disappearing into the wall for several days (and I thought I had trouble with mice). Sara had a 5’ Nile monitor disappear in a 5’x7’ bathroom. Having a minimum sized bathroom myself, I can understand the bewilderment at having an animal that large disappear in a space that small. Apparently the monitor got into the space under the vanity by squeezing through a crack several inches wide.

Dan Keyler regaled the group with two tales of venomous snake bites, both from the Show Me state of Missouri. The first involved a black necked spitting cobra and, not surprisingly, a significant amount of tequila. The man in question went into respiratory arrest on the way in to the hospital and was treated with 11 vials of antivenom. Eventually he recovered consciousness and removed the breathing tube himself. Two weeks later there was an article in the paper about the incident entitled “Amateur Herpetologist Saves Life by Immunizing Self”.

Apparently the man had allowed the snake to bite him before in the belief that he could achieve resistance, and it was this that he attributed his survival to and not anti-venom or trauma teams.

His second story involves a rhino viper bite. The man in question had been brought in to the St. Louis hospital and was doing well with 8 vials anti-venom for a bite in his thumb. His wife walked in and said basically “Honey, I didn’t know you had venomous snakes”, or snakes of any kind, for that matter. The mystery, however, was solved about 10 minutes later when his girlfriend walked in. Apparently, all the snakes were at her house. And apparently neither woman knew about the other. When realization dawned, a fistfight á la Jerry Springfield broke out in the middle of the ICU that was broken up by the

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sheriff, who hauled them off to jail. The man checked himself out of the hospital AMA (against medical advice) because he wanted to get clear before one or the other of the women showed up and shot him. He did surface eventually a couple of months later, minus a digit.

Dav Kaufman, exhibiting a certain amount of clairvoyance, had brought slides of various species of rattlesnake (Crotalus) taken over a number of years and at various locations.

Several interesting facts came up, such as the dispelling of the myth that you can tell the age of a rattler by the number of rings in the rattle.

Apparently, they get a new one each shed, but the rattle itself is fragile and breaks off regularly.

The Mojave green rattler is definitely one of the prettiest, but has another claim to fame. Some (and it is determined by region) have a neurotoxin like a cobra, rather than a hemotoxin like most rattlers, and in fact some other green rattlers.

Things like crotalus volleyball and cobra roulette, however, are best left for another occasion.

Sara talked briefly about a wet lab she had done for the U of M vet students, but more extensively on the subject of animal control seizures of animals and the necessity of having an evacuation plan ready in case you suddenly need it. She stated that everyone should be aware of the laws in their city and be aware that someone can come knocking at any time. One seizure was the result of a fire in the house. Another near seizure was because the person on question was on public assistance and an inspector came through. Another was because someone was angry at the person in question and phoned in a complaint to animal welfare/control. The point is to be aware that this can happen and be prepared to deal with it. §

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At the March meeting...

THE ANNUAL

W HITE S NAKE S ALE !

If you’ve never been to our White Snake Sale, you don’t know what you’re missing! Hundreds of great herp-related items, including cages, tshirts, herp food, knick-knacks, jewelry, toys, lighting, food dishes,... you will find all this and more!

The White Snake Sale is the herpetological version of a White Elephant Auction. It’s a great way to shop for items at significantly lower than market value and you never know what treasure you may find!

Please give generously! We use the proceeds to buy library books, bring in speakers, make grants, and plan society functions. Have fun!

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Frog, continued from page 5

here.

Some of the exported frogs were released or escaped into the wild where it is believed they spread the fungus, which can move quickly through a water system and can jump from one frog species to another.

A team of researchers said in early January that the fungus had been aggravated by global warming and has killed entire frog populations in Central and South America.

The first case of the fungus recorded outside South Africa was in 1961 in Quebec, Canada.

Adding weight to the case for an African origin is the fact that the fungus is widespread in southern Africa but frogs in the region appear to have developed a resistance to it. However, it remains unclear if its roots are in southern Africa or elsewhere on the continent.

“Frogs here for the most part are resistant to it.

Some do succumb to it but we have not witnessed the mass die-offs experienced elsewhere,” said Weldon.

The African clawed frog itself shows no clinical symptoms of the disease, which means it is the perfect vector: a carrier which does not die from the fungus.

However, other species in southern Africa are not resistant, although there are none of the dieoffs recorded in other parts of the world. The clinical signs are obvious to experts: crazy frogs.

“The symptoms are neurological and seem to affect their behaviour,” said Weldon.

River frogs, for example, are found far above the water level in plants and even high up in trees.

Nocturnal species come out in daylight. Frogs infected with the fungus also display an excessive shedding of their skin.

The fungus is having a devastating impact on frog populations around the world, lending a sense of urgency to the research being done Page 8

North-West University zoologist Louis du Preez said it had been detected in the Americas, Africa, Australia and Europe but, so far, not Asia but this might be simply because scientists have not made a concerted effort to find it there.

About a third of the 5,743 known species of frogs, toads and other amphibians are classified as threatened, according to the Global Amphibian Assessment. Up to 167 species may already be extinct and another 113 species have not been seen in recent years. Habitat loss is a major threat but species have also died off in pristine environments, pointing to other causes such as the fungus.

The team is off this month to the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar to see if the fungus is present there. Madagascar, famed for its weird and wonderful wildlife, is home to about 250 frog species, all but one of which are found nowhere else, according to du Preez.

The ecological stakes are high.

“Amphibians are right in the centre of the food chain. They keep insect numbers down and serve as food themselves for many species, including wading birds, reptiles and even fish,” said Weldon.

“If you remove that link you remove an enormous flow of energy from the ecosystem,” he said.

-Ed Stoddard, Reuters. Accessed from thestar.com

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Proposed Regulations in PA: Bad News for Rattlesnake Roundups, Good News for Herps

reproduce only once every 3-5 years. Research shows Timbers may abandon den sites that have been molested. Survival rates are well No two states handle wildlife management the under 25% for snakes released outside of their same way, especially when it comes to herps. In small 1-2 mile home range. During roundups, Pennsylvania, centuries went by before any dens are commonly disturbed or destroyed and agency took responsibility for reptiles and snakes that aren’t killed or kept are often amphibians. Even after the PA Fish and Boat released outside their home range. After Commission reluctantly took charge of state decades of roundups, these actions have taken herps in 1980, the state’s seventy-six reptile and their toll. A several year study by state biologists amphibian species and subhas shown 71% of species remained an unwanted Pennsylvania’s South burden and were continually Mountain Timber rattlesnake tossed back and forth between population has gone the way PFBC and the PA Game of the buffalo.

Pennsylvania is home to no less Commission. While most fish than nine or ten rattlesnake and wildlife create millions of Under current regulations, a dollars of state revenue through $5 permit allows roundup parroundups per year, despite the hunting and fishing licenses, ticipants to take up to two reptiles and amphibians are not Timber rattlesnakes per year, fact that PA’s rattlesnakes are a so lucrative to manage. Neither regardless of sex or age. In candidate-threatened species agency has ever wanted to fact, “heaviest rattlesnake” deal with herps, so they have prizes are awarded at (Crotalus horridus) and an remained largely unregulated in roundups, encouraging particendangered species (Sistrurus c.

PA—until recently. ipants to seek out and capture gravid females from the catenatus).

With this history in mind, it wild. Under the proposed regshould come as no surprise ulations, Timbers will receive that PA is one of the seven much more protection. states where rattlesnake Hunting permits will cost $50 roundups are still legal. Among the states where instead of $5, and participants will only be roundups are legal (TX, OK, NM, KS, AL, GA, allowed one snake instead of two. Females will and PA), Pennsylvania has always been one of be completely off-limits, and males must be a the notorious. PA is home to no less than nine or minimum of 42 inches to be taken (the average ten roundups per year, despite the fact that PA’s adult length of a male Timber is 41 inches). rattlesnakes are a candidate-threatened species Although roundups will still be legal, they will be (Crotalus horridus) and an endangered species far less harmful to populations under the pro(Sistrurus c. catenatus). posed regulations.

Unlike the relatively resilient Western diamondback collected for most southwestern roundups, the candidate-threatened Timber rattlesnake collected in PA is quite vulnerable. Adults only reach sexual maturity after 8-10 years, and

Pennsylvania also leads the union with more roads per square mile than any other state.

Consequently, PA herps have really felt the sting Rattlesnake, continued on page 11 Page 9

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2005 Year End Treasurer’s Report prepared by Nancy Haig Income: Membership Ads Library Fines Raffle Adoption Donation-Misc Donation-Hands On Donation-Renfest Clothing Sales Small Item Sales Rodent Sales Book Sales White Snake Sale Holiday Banquet Renfest Income Midwest Income Recovery of Returned Checks Refund of Speaker Cost

3,760.00 110.00 10.00 947.50 1,303.00 225.00 549.92 3,048.17 132.00 154.00 4,924.80 40.00 944.50 553.00 2,500.00 15,166.00 110.00 50.00

Total Income

34,527.89

Beginning Checkbook Balance Transfer into Checking Transfer out of Checking Change to Cash on Hand Net Gain / (Loss) Ending Checkbook Balance

3,296.49 8,946.39 (5.00) 6,109.94 18,347.82

2005 was an interesting year. It started out rather slow with registrations barely trickling in for the Midwest Herpetological Symposium. So slow there were some doubts we could pull it off. As you can see, although the expenses were high, we mangaged to host another successful Midwest and increase the bankbook. Many, many thanks to all who attended the event, volunteered their time and experience and kept our baby alive.

Happy Herpin , Nancy Haig Page 10

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Expenses: Newsletter Printing Newsletter Postage Bulk Mail Permit White Page Printing Occasional Papers & Postage Promotional Items Printing Other Printing & Postage Supplies Refreshment Insurance Voicemail Phone Student Org Resignation Fee Program Library Books Adoption/Vet Costs Conservation/Donation Rodent Costs Small Item Cost Renfest Hands-On Supplies Holiday Banquet Expenses Midwest Expense Volunteer Award Cost Returned Checks Service Charges Misc Expenses

4,996.23 370.22 150.00 345.77 1,346.67 361.83 803.12 89.14 50.21 1,020.00 1,222.16 15.00 900.00 286.47 809.95 1,550.00 1,293.50 432.20 383.10 890.73 179.21 10,343.27 315.59 175.00 10.00 78.58

Total Expense:

28,417.95

Net Gain/(Loss): Cash Balance: Checking Account Saving Balance Interest in Savings CD Cash on Hand Total Placement of Cash:

6,109.94

18,347.82 9.63 155.00 18,512.45

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Rattlesnake, continued from page 9 of fragmentation and habitat loss. Other changes proposed in the new regulation aim to sustain many other declining herp populations. Northern Copperheads will be given a closed season and collection permit for the first time. A new permit system for Snapping turtles will monitor their collection much more closely. Snapping turtle regulation changes come after a single Philadelphia meat vendor reportedly sold 12,000 pounds of Snapper meat per year. Additionally, every other herp in the state is given extra protection with possession limits being dropped from two to one. Several species which have been impacted by collection from the wild, like the Eastern Box turtle, will no longer be legal to collect at all.

This comes after wildlife groups like the Sierra Club have urged PFBC to ban collection of the Eastern Box turtle and other turtles from the wild.

How Well Do You Know MHS History? Answers from page 4 Did you know?

-Reprinted from the January 2006 issue of The Michigan Herpetologist, the newsletter of the Michigan Society of Herpetologists. Originally edited from Notes from Noah, December 2005.

The original purpose of the MHS still stands today: to further the education of the membership and the general public in the care and captive propagation of reptiles and amphibians; to educate the membership and the general public in the ecological role of reptiles and amphibians; to promote the study and conservation of reptiles and amphibians.

The first meeting of the Minnesota Herpetological Society was May 1, 1981. 75 people attended and 36 were members. (membership was $5.00). The constitution and by-laws were approved and the first Board of Directors was elected.

The meeting was held in Room 225 Smith Hall on the Univ. of MN Campus.

Delvin Jones was instrumental in creating the MHS, drafting the constitution and served as the first president. He held the office from 1981-1983. For all his contributions to the MHS he was given a lifetime membership.

The adoption program was discussed in 1981 although the first adoptions took place in May 1982. Jim Gerholdt presented 1 green anaconda, 1 common boa, 1 burmese python and 2 alligator lizards from a referral via the Minnesota Zoological Gardens for animals they could not accept at the zoo. ยง

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P a g e r e H v erpe u Drum Roll Please!

The winner of the February 2006 MHS Juve Herper Survey is the TR EE FROG !

(7 votes of 19)

Juve Interview Name: Anthonie Draaijer Age: 10.7 Lives with: My mother, Elizabeth

2nd place: Aquatic Turtle (6 votes of 19) It was a close one!

3rd place: Box Turtle (4 votes of 19) 4th place: PacMan Frog (2 votes of 19)

How long have you been going to MHS meetings? I have been going to MHS meetings for 6 years.

We had 19 voters for February.

Some of the comments on why they voted for the tree frog:

What’s best about MHS? The best things about MHS are the speakers and adoptions!

What’s your favorite herp? My favorite herp is my mom’s legless lizard. I also like tree frogs and geckos.

We used to have chuckwallas and I really like those too!

Next herp you would like to get? The next herp I would like to get is a pair of sand boas. I think they are really interesting. I would like to keep them in my room.

What are your pets’ names?

Dogs: Leo, Sunnee, and Emma Legless lizard: Houdini Blue tongued skink: Lucas Box turtle: Shellie Hedgehog: Grumpy

Birthday wishes go out to

Jessmine March 25

Josh: Because it’s a tree frog Wil M.:They’re all cool Kayla: Cuz they are really cool and green and slimy Olivia:They’re little and they have suction cups Joclyn: I can say frog and ribbit Tamer: I like how they stick to stuff.

March Herp-Help Tip: Learn as much as you can about your reptiles you keep.You can do this by purchasing a good book, going to the library, getting on the internet-- lots of good stuff there (just make sure it’s a reputable site).

Make your own book on your herp. Keep a record of the date you got it (maybe take a photo), size of setup, the heating device, the temperature you keep at, favorite things it likes to do, what it likes to eat, what kind of lighting, etc.There are lots of things to put in your book!

Got a good tip or idea for the Juve Herper Page? Email or call Dan Monson. See you at the meeting! -Dan FishMan Page 12

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Classified Ads: All active members are allowed a classified ad, run free of charge as space permits. Ads may be run three consecutive months, after which time they may be resubmitted. Corresponding members are allowed a complimentary business card advertisement monthly as space permits. Due to federal restrictions on non-profit mailing permits, we are not allowed to run ads for travel, credit, or insurance agencies.

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