Vol. 32 (2012), No. 9

the newsletter of the

Minnesota Herpetological Society

Contents Speaker: Dr. Dan Keyler on Animal Venom Research International - Sri Lanka August Speaker Recap: Conservation of North American Herps

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B OA R D OF DI R E C TOR S President Christopher E Smith president@mnherpsoc.com

C/O Bell Museum of Natural History, 10 Church Street Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455-0104

651.315.7760

Vice President Dāv Kaufman 612.669.4567 vicepresident@mnherpsoc.com Recording Secretary Ellen Heck recsecretary@mnherpsoc.com

763.593.5414

Membership Secretary Heather Clayton 612.886.7175 memsecretary@mnherpsoc.com Treasurer Nancy Haig treasurer@mnherpsoc.com

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Newsletter Editor Christopher Rueber 952.594.0101 newslettereditor@mnherpsoc.com Members at Large Jeff LeClere 651.488.6388 memberatlarge4@mnherpsoc.com

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THE PURPOSE OF THE MINNESOTA HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY IS TO • • •

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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.

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.

Jacob Mee memberatlarge1@mnherpsoc.com

SUBMISSIONS TO THE NEWSLETTER

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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 elec- tronic file format if possible.

See inside back cover for ad rates. Submissions may be sent to:

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COMMITTEES Adoption Sarah Richard RealSarah@aol.com

612.781.9544

Education Jan Larson jan.skunkhollow@juno.com

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SNAKE BITE EMERGENCY

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HENNEPIN REGIONAL POISON CENTER 800-222-1222 Cover Photo Credit: Moss Photography Taken at Como Cottage in 2011

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General Meeting Presentation - Friday, September 7th - Starting at 7 P.M. University of MN - St. Paul Campus, Borlaug Hall, Room 335 Dan Keyler will be presenting on...

Herpetology in Sri Lanka For the past 3 years Dan Keyler has been involved with Animal Venom Research International, a non-profit humanitarian organization who’s mission is to aid in the development of a poly-specific antivenom for Sri Lanka’s medically important snakes. Dan serves as Director of Research on the Executive Board. Sri Lanka is a teardrop-shaped island nation 20 miles off the peninsular coast of India. It is home to some of the world’s most dangerous snakes. It also boasts the 4th highest diversity of reptiles in the world. Of the 98 species of snakes, 52 are endemic to the country, and five major venomous species are responsible for Sri Lanka most likely having the highest snakebite fatality rate in the world. The Russell’s viper, Hump-nosed viper, Sawscaled viper, Asian cobra, and common krait are the main species of medical significance. Currently, the country buys antivenom from mainland Asia suppliers, and it is the ineffectiveness of these antivenom that contribute to the high mortality. Dan has been in the field collecting, in the serpentarium milking, and directing the project for developing a new antivenom produced using venom from Sri Lanka snakes rather than similar species on mainland Asia that have different venom profiles. The project has involved the coordinating of meeting with scientists and physicians at the University of Colombo and University of Peradeniya Medical Schools in Sri Lanka, and the Instituto Clodimiro Picado with University of Costa Rica. Dan’s talk will share the background of snakebite in Sri Lanka, the field-work collecting snakes, the building of the Serpentarium, and many colorful aspects of herpetology in Sri Lanka. Don’t miss it – you won’t be disappointed.

And, in case you missed the July general meeting, here is a recap just for you!

Conservation of North American Herps

By Ellen Heck The speaker in August was Dr Noah Anderson. Noah, an associate professor of biology at the University of Wisconsin-Baraboo, has been a herp society member since 1995. He spoke about two projects he has been working on in the past few years.

The first involves some “lost” turtles in Idaho. Painted turtles have a fairly wide-spread distribution in the US. Idaho has the western variety in the northern part of the state. However, several years ago there were reports of turtles further south along the Snake River in the eastern part of the state. Scott Farnsworth, who had been contacted originally about the turtles, went out to see it the reports were true. He saw somewhere between 20 and 30 animals, so he and Noah decided to study the situation further.

The area where the turtles were found is in an oxbow of the river. The area immediately along the river is good

turtle habitat but the land more than about 10’ away is not only desert but actually lava flow, as the nearby butte is all that is left of an extinct volcano. In other words, not very good turtle habitat. The area is south of the continental divide but there is no direct path from the current turtle populations in the north to this isolated population – unlike tortoises, turtles are not blindly obstinate enough to climb over (or burrow through) mountains.

When an isolated population shows up apparently out of the blue, there are several possibilities as to its origin. The population may have been artificially created, either through pet releases or by companies in the area that were using the animals for research and then released them at the end of the study. Natural populations could be caused either by migration, or it could be a “relictual” population – one that has been there for a very long time (thousands of years) but has been unnoticed until now.

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The Newsletter of the Minnesota Herpetological Society If a population has been artificially created, the characteristics of the animals will vary from that of a “normal” population. For example, if it were created by a pet release, the population would be fairly small, since few people have more than one or two turtles as pets at any given time. There will be a lot of inbreeding and usually other species will be present. If it were a release from a company, the animals would most likely be larger and older than those in a normal group, with few or no young animals. They would probably be genetically related to the eastern painted populations rather than western.

Noah and Scott went out twice to trap and study the turtles, setting hoop traps baited with sardines. Animals were measured, marked and had genetic samples taken from a snip off the end of the tail before being released. They had a “short” season in 2006 but nonethe-less caught 32 animals. In 2007 they caught 121, 8 of which were recaptured. From this they estimated a fairly large population of around 462. When graphed by size, they indicate a fairly normal distribution, which suggests a stable population. This pretty much rules out the pet or company release theories.

It is possible that the population is the result of migration, although it is also possible the migration took place during one of the many glaciations periods prior to the Pleistocene that covered North America and pushed populations of many animals south. Contrary to long-held popular belief, most of the animals did not migrate straight south but rather in a more piecemeal manner.

The genetic testing should determine this – if the animals are genetically similar to the northern populations the migration occurred relatively recently, although it remains to be seen how the turtles crossed the mountains. If however the migration occurred further in the past, they will be a genetically distinct retlictual population. Unfortunately the genetic data has not been studied yet, so this question remains to be answered.

Noah and Scott plan on doing this soon, when a few more hands (or students) are available for the work.

The second study involves the affect of water depth on neoteny in the tiger salamander. The study comes about because of a population of neotenic salamanders found in a holding pond on a former munitions plant in Wisconsin. Neoteny is basically when an adult animal continues to display a juvenile form even though sexu-

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ally mature and able to breed. The normal salamander life cycle is from egg to aquatic larva to terrestrial adult.

The juvenile form is characterized by a larger head, no tongue, large gills and a tail fin. The neotenic adults have smaller gills, longer body, smaller tail fin and a slightly different head shape. And the ability to breed.

This population has evolved in the last 50 years, which is how long those ponds have been there. As the munitions plant has been closed and the land reclaimed for other use, the ponds are scheduled to be drained and filled in. Some animals have been removed in an attempt to establish an assurance colony, but this has failed as the animals metamorphose into the normal adult form; hence the study.

The triggers to change to a terrestrial adult can be larval density, food availability, water level and predators.

Basically, as long as there is enough to eat and few or no predators in the water, there is no reason to become terrestrial and leave. Since not all factors could be tested, it was decided to test the affect of water level.

The pond is approximately 25’ deep, which is difficult to simulate in a lab. So some 55 gallon drums were acquired. Two animals were placed in each barrel. 10 barrels were kept at a full level as a control while the water level in the other 10 was dropped over time. All animals were measured daily for body, gill and top fin length as well as head size.

As a result, most of the animals in the barrels whose water level dropped metamorphosed, while most of the animals in the control barrels did not. It was also found that the metamorphosis occurs fairly quickly, taking about one week as opposed to normal metamorphosis, which takes about a month. Some of the animals in the experimental barrels did not change, even when kept for several weeks at the low water level. It is possible that age may play a factor; the animals may simply be too old to change no matter what environmental pressures are put on them. Noah plans on continuing the tests next year and include some juveniles as a control.

Although it was proved that water level does play a role, exactly which characteristic, such as the amount of light or water pressure, of deeper water causes the change is not known. It does appear that at least 1 meter of water is needed to create, or at least preserve, neoteny in the salamanders. Hopefully some of this can be determined with further testing.

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Board Minutes for July 14th, 2012

The meeting was called to order at 6:10pm. There were 75 people at the general meeting. The calendar was reviewed for action items.

Adoption Committee Last month 31 animals came into the adoption system.

18 were at the meeting; 11 were adopted. Right now, less than half the animals being taken in get adopted so we are developing a backlog Old Business Website – Some pages still need to be updated and redundant screens eliminated. Several adoption policies were corrected to reconcile differences between versions – 1.2, 2.3.1 and 3.5. An announcement will be made to the membership for someone to take over as webmaster.

New Business Grants – After discussion, Beth moved that the MHS award grants to Thomas Radzio in the amount of $175

and Paul Davis in the amount of $915.75; 2nd: Heather.

Motion passed.

RICA – Due to changes in circumstances, the agreement between RICA and the MHS in regard to iguana adoption may need to be revised. The discussion will be tabled until Kathy Claugherty, as head of RICA, can attend the meeting.

City of Mpls Permit – Minneapolis Animal Control notified the MHS that since reptiles are banned within city limits, a permit is required for the exhibition of reptiles in Minneapolis. Ellen will look into getting the permit.

Reptile Show – The reptile show in Bloomington will be held August 19th. Chris will confirm whether MHS will be given a table and let Jan know.

Motion to adjourn: Ellen; 2nd: Jeff. Meeting adjourned 8:59pm

Minnesota State Fair Announcement

The 2012 Minnesota State Fair will take place between Thursday, August 23rd, and Monday, September 3rd. On each of these twelve days, the Minnesota Herpetological Society provides animals for an exhibit in the DNR building (located at the corner of Carnes Avenue and Nelson

Street). Thanks to this display, visitors to the building can view six species of native snakes and four species of turtles.

Jim Gerholdt, a lifetime member of MHS, graciously allows us to use one of his timber rattlesnakes for the centerpiece each year! Longtime member, John Moriarty, provides four species of turtles for the two display tanks. The other snakes are on-loan from the personal collections of other MHS members.

To adequately provide care for these animals, twelve MHS members agree to serve as “Daily Investigators”. It is necessary for a member to check on the snakes and turtles each evening when the DNR building closes. At this time, the enclosures can be opened so water levels in each bowl and aquarium can be maintained, as well as the removal of any feces or shed skins. The DI must arrive at the DNR building no later than 8:50pm to gain access to the animal area. If you are interested in participating, please contact Beth Girard, MHS State Fair Chair, at 612/616-8431 or by e-mail at beth_girard@msn.com 5

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Be Part of the Board of MHS! It’s that time of the year again! You will be hearing more about the coming elections in the upcoming general meeting, but until then do try to think of any nominations you might like to make!

The Minnesota Herpetological Society is comprised entirely of unpaid, volunteer positions.

Virtually everything accomplished by the Society is done through individual or group incentive, effort and vision. Much of what is done may not be visible, but is necessary for the success of the Society. MHS is very proud of the high percentage of active, dedicated volunteers. There are many opportunities available to those willing to devote their time and energy by becoming a contributor. Contributions need

not be monetary to be effective. Participation of our active membership determines the direction of MHS. Think of how you can help MHS grow, move forward, and find new directions to explore. This is, after all, your society. Get involved! We’ve included the duties and description of MHS board and chair positions so you can see what each job entails. For more information contact someone on the board.

In order to join the board, you must be a current, active member of MHS, and have reached the age of majority.

Come and join the board- Be part of the adventure!

Board Positions President: The president is the good will ambassador and spokesmen for the society. They chair monthly membership meetings and board meetings. Appoint all special and standing comittee chairs; subject to the approval of the Board.

Ensure all decisions by the board are followed.

Notify people of the board’s decisions. Maintain a list of all volunteers, and keep a tally of total hours. Prepare an annual schedule of society events and tasks. Confirm that mandatory deliverables are completed. Confirm insurance coverage is adequate. Confirm that club duties are completed by officers and committees.

Vice President: The Vice President is responsible for coordinating and introducing the speakers at the monthly meetings. He/She also assesses and facilitates the needs of the speakers, as well as adjusting the lighting in the room as needed.

The Vice Presidential duties also include assisting the President, performing his/her duties in case of absence, notifying the newsletter of upcoming speakers and generating an article

to promote those upcoming speakers. He/She is also to attend the board meetings which are held the Saturdays following the monthly meeting.

Treasurer: Responsible for all funds and assets of the MHS. Maintain checkbook and banking accounts. Sets-up and maintains ledgers. Present monthly financial report at board meeting and for newsletter. Maintains expense accounts.

Reconciles statements. Prepares financial documentation on all club activities. Prepares yearend report and submits the records for audit.

Serves on the annual audit committee.

Membership Secretary: Collect payment for membership and provide funds to treasurer, maintain and update membership database. Activates new members on the website. Responsible for supplying a monthly summary of membership activities, and maintaining a file of prior newsletters and responding to all information and membership inquiries. Insures the printing 6

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of the annual white pages. Making backups of all monthly board meeting that takes place the day reports. Newsletter label creation and distribufollowing the general meeting, usually located tion. in student services. Beyond that, all Officers are expected to abide the membership bylaws and Recording Secretary: Records the minutes of policies of MHS. the monthly board and general meetings and provides summaries to the Newsletter Editor.

The Recording Secretary maintains: the minutes of the board meetings, a complete archive of past newsletters, and a listing of the inventory of MHS supplies, fixtures and goods. Other duties include chairing the Election Committee and providing an annual summary of any unresolved action items.

Newsletter Editor: Edits submissions, enters monthly business, and prepares the MHS newsletter for printing. The Editor also solicits articles, items of interest and advertising. The Editor is responsible for the appearance of the newsletter.

Member-at-Large: Participate in the decision making process and volunteer for projects or committees. The Members-At-Large perform other duties as assigned by the President (e.g. pass out information at meetings, field questions, etc).

In addition to all duties listed, all board members are expected to be present during the

Request for Burmese Pythons for Muscle Physiology Study

By Charles Determan, Jr. Edited by Chris Rueber I looking for 8 adult Burmese Pythons (male > 8ft, female >10ft). Either male or female. I have a preference towards wild type, but albino is fine as well. If desired, snakes may be loaned for 3-4 months and be returned. Experimental conditions will take place five times over the entire period, and will include muscle biopsies of 150mg at

most. I have previous experience caring for reticulated pythons. All snakes will be kept in research animal housing that provides all necessary equipment and is staffed with a full time exotics veterinarian. Please contact me if you can assist.

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The Nebraska Herpetological Society proudly hosts the

2012 Midwest Herpetological Symposium “HhEeRrPpin’ in TtHhEe NnEeWw MmIiLlLlEeNnNnIiUuMm” Keytone Speaker: Tom Crutchfield {Tom Crutchfield Enterprises} ”I SEARCHED FOR ADVENTURE AND FOUND MORE THAN I BARGAINED FOR”

Special Presenters:

Tom Crutchfield {Tom Crutchfield Enterprises}

- Systematics of West Indian Boas (Epicrates)

Brian Barczyk {BHB Reptiles:}

- Using Technology to Connect with Herpers

Steve Angeli {“HorridumAngeli” Reptiles}

- Captive Care & Propagation of Heloderma (Gila Monsters and Beaded lizards)

Ed Lewis, PhD/DVM {Molecular Geneticist, Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo} - Madagascar and its Herpetofauna

Dāv Kaufman {Producer & Filmmaker}

- Herpers I,II, and soon Herpers III DVDs

Ari Flagle {Fort Worth Zoo and author}

- The Boelen’s Python and Observation of Thermal and Ultraviolet Light Basking in Morelia boeleni

Robyn Markland {Pro Exotics}

- Taking on a devastating loss in the reptile business and moving forward

Craig Hassapakis {Co-editor and Publisher of the journal “Amphibian and Reptile Conservation”}

- The future of amphibian and reptilian species on planet earth: conservation of species in the 21st century and beyond

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Friday, October 5 : Registration 3:00 pm to 6:00pm; Ice Breaker at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo with 2 guided tours and 1 un-guided tour 7pm-10pm

Saturday, October 6th: 8 speakers from 8am-5pm; Banquet/Keynote Speaker Tom Crutchfield 6pm-10pm; late night Auction 10pm till ???

Sunday, October 7th: Nebraska Reptile Breeders Expo and/or Herping field trip – weather permitting 10am-

4pm

The Midwest Herpetological Symposium will be held at

Omaha Executive Inn and Suites: Rate $59 night, 1-4 people/room 3650 S. 72nd Street Omaha, Nebraska www.omahaexecutiveinns.com - 402-397-3700

Nebraska Herpetological Society – www.nebherp.org

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Como Cottage at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival Originally by Nancy Hakomaki Editted and reauthored by Raelene Rueber Time once again for the Renaissance Festival and all that entails!

Once again it’s time to dig out your bodices, jerkins, kilts and assorted weaponry and join us at Renfest. The Minnesota Herpetological Society has had a presence at the festival since the 80’s through Como Zoo. In the 90’s, MHS replaced Como Zoo at the Renfest and has entertained and educated thousands of Renfest patrons.

Our commitment to Festival depends on MHS members to make it successful. We staff the cottage with MHS volunteers during festival hours (9AM – 7PM) which run August 18th - September 30th (open weekends & Labor Day, plus Friday, September 28th.) It is one of the largest venues MHS has in terms of length and time commitment of its members. The benefit of this commitment is the exposure to the vast numbers of people and the largest donation source for MHS. Although we have a core group of Renfest enthusiasts, we always need more volunteers to fill in during those long days.

Volunteers are expected to work 4 hours (2 – 2 hour shifts) and participate in the daily parade. In the hours

you aren’t on fence, you can enjoy your time around festival seeing stage shows, eating festival food or spending your money on the many and varied merchants of the realm. If you are out there on Saturdays, we encourage you to stay for the end of the day potluck which happens as soon as all the patrons are booted out.

Volunteers are expected be costumed throughout the day in period appropriate attire. MHS does have costumes/and headwear available to volunteers. The only thing we don’t provide is footwear. Generally a plain leather (or leather-look sandal) can be used or plain leather/suede boot (no fringe) would be appropriate.

Women can use sandals, plain flats, or short boots.

In order to volunteer a specific day, I have to add you on to a pass list. So I would need to know by noon on the Wednesday prior to the weekend you want to work.

You may email me or reach me on my cell phone at 612/366-9337.

Sound intriguing? Want to find out more? There are several ways! You can email us at cottage@mnherpsoc.com for specific information or you can join the conversation in the MHS Forums (http:// www.mnherpsoc.com/forum/) where general information will be posted.

Festival Schedule Italian Carnival! - August 18 & 19 Bird Show, Bocce Ball tournament, Arabian Horse show

Wine, Chocolate and Romance - September 15 & 16 Wine & Chocolate Festival, Free Wine Tastings and Charity Auction!

Royal Ale Fest - August 25 & 26 5th Annual Pet Fest, Homebrew competition

Otoberfest - September 22 & 23 Keg Toss and Bavarian Villiage

Silk Road - September 1, 2, & 3 Belly Dancing Competition, Belly Dance Performances and Lessons, Juggling Competition and Long bow competition

Festival Friday- September 28

Highland Fling - September 8 & 9 Highland Games and dancers & Free Beer Tastings!

Shamrocks and Shenanigans - September 29 & 30 Irish Vendors & “Go Green” Vendors!

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Treasurer’s Report for July 2012

Webmaster Needed!

The MHS is seeking 1-2 people familiar with website maintenance. People should have some html experience. Experience using Drupal is a plus! Please e-mail Chris with questions.

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Beginning Balance

$14,776.30

Income: Membership $130.00 Ads

$50.00 Raffle

$40.00 Adoption $160.00 Rodent Sales

$555.00 Misc Donations

$50.00 Hands-On Donations $347.00

Total Income $1337.00

Newsletter Editor Needed!

As of the end of this term period, the current newsletter editor is stepping down from the position due to time constraints. If you are interested, please consider stepping up to take his place.

Currently the newsletter is processed using Adobe InDesign CS5 and Photoshop CS5.

For more details, or if you’re interested in hearing about how the newsletter is put together, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Your current newsletter editor, Chris Rueber crueber@gmail.com

Expense: Newsletter

$175.86 Program $100.00 Insurance

$712.44 Rodent Cost $0.00

Total Expense

$988.30

Cash Increase/Decrease

+$348.70

Ending Balance

$15,125.00

Placement of cash holdings

Checking Account TCF/Paypal

Paypal

Cash on hand

$15,125.00 $811.37 $255.24 $175.00

Total $16,366.61

August Adoption Report

Posted by Sarah Richard, Written by Chris Rueber

A painted turtled, a russian tortoise, a bearded dragon, a brown anole, a green iguana, an albino kingsnake, a ball python, two cornsnakes, four red eared sliders.

Returning Fosters: A ball python, a cornsnake, two common boas, two green iguans, two fire-bellied toads.

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Advertising Policies MHS Ad Policy: The MHS assumes NO RESPONSIBILITY regarding the health or legality of any animal, or the quality or legality of any product or service advertised in the MHS Newsletter. Any ad may be rejected at the discretion of the Newsletter Editor. Due to space limitations, unpaid and complimentary advertisements are subject to occasional omission.

Classified Ads: All active members are allowed a classified ad, run free of charge as space permits.

Ads may be run three (3) consecutive months, after which time they may be resubmitted.

Submissions: All advertisements should be submitted to the MHS Membership Secretary at the general meeting or mailed to: Minnesota Herpetological Society, C/O Bell Museum of Natural History. 10 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Deadline is the night of the General Meeting for inclusion in the next newsletter. Make checks payable to: Minnesota Herpetological Society.

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