Vol. 34 (2014), No. 3

The newsletter of the

Minnesota Herpetological Society

March Meeting Notice General Meeting will be March 7th, 2014 March Speaker Dr. Dan Keyler—Timber Rattlesnakes and the Peril of Frac Sand Mining in the Upper Mississippi River Valley Volunteer Opportunities! Page 6

March 2014

Photo Contest is Coming Up! Page 7

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Chris Smith 612.275.9737 President@mnherpsoc.com Vice President Peter Tornquist 952.797.6515 VicePresident@MnHerpSoc.com

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

Recording Secretary Heather Clayton 612.886.7175 RecSecretary@MnHerpSoc.com

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Membership Secretary Micole Hendricks 651.356.1669 MemSecretary@MnHerpSoc.com Treasurer Nancy Haig 763.434.8684 Treasurer@MnHerpSoc.com Newsletter Editor Ellen Heck 763.593.5414 NewsletterEditor@MnHerpSoc.com Members at Large Kelli Bornholdt 612.710.5919 MemberAtLarge3@MnHerpSoc.com Rebecca Markowitz 409.750.0235 MemberAtLarge4@MnHerpSoc.com Terry Odegaard 612.840.7674 MemberAtLarge1@MnHerpSoc.com Misi Stine 952.217.1267 MemberAtLarge2@MnHerpSoc.com

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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.

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.

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General Meeting Presentation—Dr. Dan Keyler Friday March 7th, 7:00pm; 6:30pm Social Hour Social hour begins at 6:30pm. This is a time for people to minge and catch up before the meeting starts.

Dr. Keyler is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology with the University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy. He holds degrees from Purdue University and the University of Minnesota. Dan has been actively involved in the field of toxicology since completion of his education, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology.

Dan also serves as the Director of Research with Animal Venom Research International, and is a Senior Clinical Toxicologist with SafetyCall International. He has been actively involved with venomous snakes in the field for over 40 years.

He has a passion for studying Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) and has had multiple research grants pertaining to their distribution and genetics in the Upper Mississippi River Valley.

The medical treatment of venomous snakebites continues to be a significant component of his professional career, as he has been involved in the medical treatment of over 365 venomous snakebite patients and coauthored two books on snake envenomations. Dan has served as the Chair of the Envenomations SIG with the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology 2002-2007, and is a founding member and co-author of the Online Antivenom Index, and serves on its Medical Advisory Committee. Dan has been a member of MHS since 1983.

Collette Adkins Giese—Protecting Amphibians and Reptiles through the Endangered Species Act Submitted by Heather Clayton Collette Adkins Giese, a Reptile and Amphibian Senior Attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), gave an informative talk at the February meeting detailing how the CBD works to protect threatened and endangered species of reptiles and amphibians under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The CBD is a nonprofit organization with locations all across the country. They have 70,000 employees, and 625,000 members and supporters. “The Center for Biological Diversity works through science, law, and creative media to secure a future for all species, great or small, hovering on the brink of extinction.” is the mission statement of the CBD. Collette uses experience and position to petition the Fish and Wildlife Department for various protective and restorative actions on behalf of herps. There are several ways the CBD does this, as summarized here from her talk.

First Collette described the severity of the extinction crisis that reptiles and amphibians are dealing with right now.

In the United States alone, she states that a quarter of our herps are at risk of extinction. The threats are the same ones these animals face all over the planet, such as habitat destruction, predation, over-collection, toxins in the environment, and others. With the extreme threat to herps, the CBD has begun a “herp-specific” campaign to protect these species. Already the Center for Biological Diversity has secured protection for hundreds of millions of acres of habitat and hundreds of species under the ESA. The CBD achieves protection for habitat and species by combining scientific data about species, submitting legal petitions, filing lawsuits when needed, and using the leverage of the voices of March 2014

supporters, and “watch dogging” Congress and other government agencies. They must secure enough habitats for species to recover and maintain long term. The CBD uses lobbyists, lawyers, volunteers, signed petitions, scientists, etc. to accomplish these petitions and suits. The process begins with a petition, and if Fish & Wildlife Services (FWS) does not act within the specified allowed time periods, the CBD sues them to induce action. Some examples of herpfocused petitions are as follows.

In 2012 the CBD filed the largest petition ever to FWS on herps, the Mega Herps Petition. This included protecting 6 turtle, 7 snake, 2 toad, 4 frog, 10 lizard, and 24 salamander species in the western U.S. as endangered. Filing this petition under the ESA allowed for submission of petitions from citizens, which in turn allows for a different focus from species suggested by FWS. There was a rigorous selection process to decide which species should be listed, so there was input considered from the public, as well as scientists and the IUCN rankings and Natureserve databases.

This petition had the support of more than 200 scientists.

The F&W had a year to issue its first finding, which it has missed, which is not uncommon, so the CBD has filed a notice of intent to sue to push them forward on this. This petition will take years to finalize, so it is important to pursue it. This case attracted attention in the media, in part because the CBD publicizes these issues through various media channels. Having public knowledge and support of these issues further incentivizes FWS to move on projects, and once listings have been made, things change quickly in protected areas. For example, recreational ordinances may change based on the change in land use designation.

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The CBD has so far achieved a final listing of habitat for the Jollyville Plateau Salamander of 4,331 acres and the Austin Blind Salamander for 120 acres. There have been proposed listings for the Oregon Spotted Frog with 68,000 acres and 24 stream miles, the Northern Mexican Garter Snake with 420,000 and the Narrow-Headed Garter Snake with 210,000 acres. Also included are the Sierra Nevada Yellow-Legged Frog with 1,105,400 acres, the northern DPS of the Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog with 221,498 acres, and the Yosemite Toad with 750,926 acres. The CBD was able to get support for these rulings with good media coverage, LTEs, op-ed, action alerts, and comment letters.

collection is trying to change the very attitudes toward collection. For example, they have worked with local communities to change turtle racing events to a wild life festival.

Teaching people about over-collection and disease spreading, as well as offering alternative activities helps them move away from practices harmful to herp populations.

Another venue is rattlesnake roundups. There are two roundups that still take place that occur within the range of Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes, which are protected under a listing from 2011. Presenting a petition with more than 50,000 signatures on it to the sponsors of these events is beginning to show the public’s opinion of these events is changing, and spreading the word through media In other proposed listings, rulings are expected soon coverage will help change them further. Some examples of from FWS on some species, and other species have been prioritized for listing deadlines under the 2011 listing settle- media the CBD has used are the Huffington Post, the Wall Street Journal, local and regional papers, and LTEs. ment. Some species included are the Eastern Hellbender, with a deadline of 2018, the Boreal Toad for 2017, the FlorThe biggest piece of litigation which has come forth so ida Keys Mole Skink for 2017, and the Barbour’s Map Turtle far is the CBD suing the Environmental Protection Agency also for 2017. A petition was also filed recently for skinks in (EPA) to get pesticides banned in habitats with endangered the U.S. jurisdictions of the Caribbean, identifying 38 enherps, especially amphibians. This has already been denied demic species (only 6 had been recognized previously) at a couple of times, and there is a motion to dismiss this risk of and some possibly already extinct. Soon the CBD will spring. This is an ongoing fight, as the Unites States still be petitioning for protection of 9 skink species in the U.S. uses the pesticide atrazine, which is banned in Europe and Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Threats to these skinks are causes male frogs to become female through interfering the familiar issues of habitat loss and predation. with their endocrine systems. A flagship species is the CaliOther court cases include fighting withdrawal of species fornia Red Legged frog, which had a settlement filed in from protected lists when the proposed recovery plan is not April. FWS has two years to come up with 7 pesticide Biosufficient to support populations of said animals. One exlogical Opinions, which may get revised for the most reaample is the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard in the southwestern sonable solution.

United States. This lizard was on the candidate list for 30 As mentioned earlier, one of the most important compoyears, and FWS proposed the listing in 2010. Following nents of species protection is a good recovery plan on prothat, they withdrew the listing, citing conservation agreetected natural space. Some examples of work the CBD does ments between New Mexico and Texas as a feasible proon this front are habitats for the Dusky Gopher Frog and posed recovery plan. The problem here is that oversight of Ozark Hellbender. Right now the CBD is working with land the conservation agreements is handled by gas and oil lob- developers to preserve thousands of acres of space, combyists, cooperation is voluntary, and the primary threat to plete with buffer space for this frog using funds from the these lizards is habitat loss to those very oil and gas comBP oil spill. For the Ozark Hellbender, found in the Mark panies. The concern is that the land will not be preserved Twain National Forest, they are working to get the forest as needed to sustain the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard. protected to prevent logging, development, etc., as well as This brings us to the next facet of what the CBD does, which is promoting the recovery of listed herps through media coverage and court action if needed. An example is the California Tiger Salamander, which had a protection settlement approved in 2012 and all three populations will have recovery plans enacted in the next five years. Another is the Dusky Gopher Frog, which gained an agreement in April 2013, with a draft of the recovery plan in early 2014 and a final version expected for 2015.

to curb the threat from excessive horse riding in the forest.

Excessive horseback riding causes added erosion at waterways, and the horses leave their waste behind. The CBD is pushing for restricted numbers of horses and horse trails allowed in the forest, and possibly also no motorboat zones, etc.

The most important message the Center for Biological Diversity has is that we need to become aware of the local as well as global extinction crisis. One way to spread the Another of the primary threats to many herp species is word is publications like reports and journals. In September over-collection, and the CBD has focused one petition on the CBD issued its “Ten Most Vulnerable, Least Protected turtles due to the high levels of international turtle trade.

Amphibians and Reptiles” report. This emphasized the need In 2011 they filed a petition for CITES listing of approxifor protection of these animals by the ESA, highlighting 10 mately 20 species of turtle. Most turtles did not get apherps across the United States dealing with an assortment proved, but three did as Appendix II, the Blanding’s and of threats. We can all do our part by signing meaningful Spotted Turtles, and Diamondback Terrapins. This means petitions, communicating with our representatives, and these turtles may be used in international trade, but only spreading the word ourselves through all our social chanwith appropriate permits. Another way the CBD fights over- nels.

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SAVE THE DATE!!! MHS Family Picnic Sunday June 1 2014 Spring Lake Park Reserve, Hastings MN Food, friends, fun activities, and herping! Don't worry if you have ever gone herping, there will be members to teach you how and take you out in the field.

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Snake Salvation Last month I posted a note about the reality television show Snake Salvation, which centers around the Pentecostal religious practice of handling venomous snakes. Saturday, February 15 one of the pastors, Jamie Coots, was bitten and died after refusing medical treatment. http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/16/us/snake-salvation-pastor-bite/index.html?sr=sharebar_facebook

Book Review Reviewed by: John Moriarty, Three Rivers Park District The Map Turtle and Sawback Atlas by Peter V. Lindeman (2013, University of Oklahoma Press, 460 pages, $45.00)

The Map Turtle and Sawback Atlas is the first major work on the Genus Graptemys. It

covers all ascpects of the ecology, evolution, distribution and conservation of this interesting group of river turtles. The 460 pages are broken into eleven chapters and a 42 page reference section with over 800 citations.

The first two chapters, “Introduction to the Biology of Map Turtles and Sawbacks” and “History of Studies of Map Turtle and Sawback Biology”, give a detailed background on the early work on these turtles and a timetable to the splitting of the many of the southern species. Fred Cagle, one of the early and major map turtle biologists, is highlighted by stories of some of his epic field research trips to study and collect turtles. Many of the field research participants went on to have careers in herpetology, including Don Tinkle and Whit Gibbons. These chapters show that there have been few studies on Graptemys compared to other turtle species.

The chapters on “Evolutionary History and Relationships” and “Ecology” provide a level of detail that only a map turtle aficionado can appreciate. There are five different phylogenic trees showing the place of Graptemys in relation to other North American turtle species and four phylogenic trees showing different opinions on relationship of species within the genus. The presentation of so many different trees shows that there is still a lot of work on figuring out the relationship between the different species. Ecological subjects covered include food habitats, growth, breeding, nesting, sex determination, and habitat use. This chapter is heavy on original data to the point of overload. There are 16 tables on food habits, while not exciting reading for the general audience, it is important information that shows the diversity of food types and sizes.

The species accounts are complete summaries for each species. The detailed sections cover description, taxonomic history, range, habitat, reproduction and life history, natural history, populations, conservation status, and needed future research. The species accounts also include detailed distribution maps and color photos of the different sexes, habitats, and basking behaviors. Unfortunately, the photos and maps are not with the individual accounts, but grouped in the center of the book. This makes referencing the map or photos cumbersome compared to having the color sections with each account. While the single color signature provides minimal cost savings, it would have been worth a couple more dollars per book to have them interspersed with the accounts The three species found in Minnesota include the Common (Northern) Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica), False Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica), Ouachita Map Turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis) are well covered in the species accounts. It would have been nice to have these specie accounts before Amphibians and Reptiles in Minnesota (Moriarty and Hall 2104, Univ. of Minnesota Press) went to press.

The last sections of the book are future perspectives. The three chapters raise questions and future research needs in areas of ecology, evolutionary biology and phylogeny, and conservation biology. These chapters make the reader think about the future of these turtles and hopefully stimulate additional research and conservation efforts.

The Map Turtle and Sawback Atlas is a very important addition to the knowledge of

Graptemys and river turtles in general. This book should be in the library of everyone interested in turtles, as well as, anyone interested in river conservation.

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MHS Reports and Announcements Minnesota Herpetological Society Treasurer's Report for Year End 2013 prepared by Nancy Haig

201 3 Income Membership Ads Raffle Adoption Donation-Misc Donation-Hands On Donation-Renfest Clothing Sales Rodent Sales White Snake Sale Holiday Banquet Renfest Income Recovery of Returned Checks Midwest misc Interest

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

2013 Expense Newsletter Printing Newsletter Postage Bulk Mail Permit White Page Printing Occasional Paper Printing other prt & postage Supplies Insurance Student Org Resignation Fee Program Library Books Adoption/Vet Costs Conservation/Donation Rodent Costs Renfest Hands-On Supplies Holiday Banquet Expenses Field survey Phone Website Volunteer Award Cost Returned Checks Service Charges Misc Expenses

$ 959.43 $ 267.82 $ $ $ $ 134.57 $ 31.37 $ 740.00 $ 25.00 $ 1,905.36 $ $ 663.20 $ 11,729.00 $ 4,323.25 $ 426.47 $ 272.00 $ 246.20 $ 208.90 $ 60.00 $ 195.40 $ $ $ 120.46 $ 271.43

Total Income

$ 24,523.43

Total Expense

$

Net Gain (Loss)

$

5,142.74 55.00 496.75 1,613.00 45.00 1,061.28 5,031.59 305.00 6,229.50 1,439.69 310.00 2,750.00 37.13 6.75

22,579.86

1,943.57

Cash Balance Checking TCF/Paypal Savings Paypal Cash on hand Total Placement of Cash

Review.

Grants:

closed

1/15/2013

$ 26,431.54

$500.00 Rebecca Tarvin $1000.00 David Mifsud $250.00 Bell Museum $1500.00 Dan Keyler

March 2014

$ 8,643.32 $ $ 17,206.75 $ 406.47 $ 175.00

$1000.00 Marta Lyons $979.00 Jessie Tanner $1,500.00 Three Rivers Park

Total

$11,729.00

$5000.00 Non Game Wildlife (book) Volume 34 Number 3

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MHS Reports and Announcements Volunteers Needed

January 4, 2014 MHS Board Minutes

Submitted by Rebecca Markowitz Volunteers are needed to help assess road mortality hot spots in three areas: Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Board members in attendance: Chris Smith, Ellen Heck, Nancy Haig, Heather Clayton, Peter Tornquist, Beth Girard, Micole Hen- and northern Washington County. Volunteers need to have a smartphone or tablet and be willing to walk dricks, Rebecca Markowitz, Kelli Bornholdt one to two miles of roadway to look for alive and Visitors: John Bartko, Kimber Anderson, Jeff LeClere, Misi Stine dead amphibians and reptiles this spring, summer, Visitor remarks: Kimber discussed the MHS website and suggest- and fall (ideally at least once per week but frequency ed that it be overhauled and made to be more user friendly. is negotiable).

Kimber would like to change the website over to Word Press.

The forums might be difficult to change, but we could create If interested, or if you have questions please e-mail new archives and put the old forums there. There was discusChris Smith (President@mnherpsoc.com). " sion of posting photos and information about foster and adoption animals on the website. Potential foster animals would be shown only on the member side of the website, but previously Annual MHS Audit adopted animals (as examples) could be viewed on the public side of the webpage. It was also suggested that we could have The MHS treasurer needs 2 volunteers from the a foster email account that would be forwarded to whomever we membership to help with the 2013 audit. The duties involve 2-3 hours of time reviewing the financial needed, including multiple recipients. books and receipts and filling out a check list for veriOld Business: fication. If you are interested please contact Nancy T-shirts: It was decided due to low ordering that we want to Haig at treasurer@mnherpsoc.com to arrange our make purchasing t-shirts available on PayPal and that we want meeting time. to extend the sale of t-shirts through the White Snake Sale. We will make it clear that t-shirts must be picked up at the general meeting.

Legislative Committee Holiday Banquet Recap: We only had 5 people pre-register for the banquet, 27 signed up the night before at the general meeting, and 25 paid at the holiday banquet itself, for a total of 57 attendees. We need to start looking for a new space for the holiday banquet and even for the general meeting.

Recording Secretary: Heather volunteered! Heather Clayton will be taking over the position of Recording Secretary, and her MAL position is now vacant. John Bartko and Misi Stine have both volunteered to be MAL, the board will discuss and decide over the forums.

MHS is looking for individuals to get involved with a new committee aimed at working with cities to help develop herp-friendly statutes.

With Scott Nellis’ petition for certiorari (MN Supreme Court review) being denied and US Ark challenging the ban on certain snakes, it is important that we fight for our rights to keep as pets the animals of our choice. If interested contact MHS President Chris Smith at President@mnherpsoc.com

New Business: Grants: There are two grant proposals, they are posted on the forum for the board to look over.

Legislation Committee: We should define what this means. We may need to create a budget as well. There was talk of finding a lawyer to have on retainer.

At 9:41pm Heather motioned to adjourn, and Ellen seconded.

Board Meeting The board meeting will be held 6pm March 8th in the St Paul Student Union.

Everyone is welcome to attend the board meeting. If you think you may be interested in running for a position, we encourage you to come check it out.

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White Snake Sale Volunteers are needed to help with the sale and auction. This entails means helping out for up to a couple of hours over the course of the evening labeling items, putting them on tables or bringing them away after the auction rounds, some data entry, etc. Pizza and beverages are provided for volunteers. You are also given time to participate in the bidding.

If you are interested in donating any items please contact Ellen at newslettereditor@mnherpsoc.com. If you are interested in volunteering for the event please contact Heather at recsecretary@mnherpsoc.com or you may make a post to the forum on the MHS website, www.mnherpsoc.com.

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MHS Reports and Announcements Upcoming Hands-on Event Schedule Plymouth Lawn & Garden—Friday April 11th, 6-9pm; Saturday April 12th, 9am-1pm. 14800 34th Ave N, Plymouth Kenny Community School Science Night—April 17th 5-7pm. 5720 Emerson Ave, Mpls Glacier Hills Science Night—Friday May 9th, 2014 5-7pm. 3825 Glacier Drive, Eagan, MN 55123 Native Plant Sale—Wednesday June 4th, 2014 3-7pm. Minnetonka Community Center

Here’s the deal- Bring your herp(s) to one of the shows listed above, and talk about them. That’s it! You don’t have to be an expert, you’re not giving speeches. Most of the time you will find that people are more than open to hearing about our misrepresented critters.

Contact Jan at Jan.SkunkHollow@Juno.com for details or if interested in signing up. Or sign up on the website.

Photo Contest The photos/art projects will be on display in the meeting room during the April Meeting (White Snake Sale). All MHS members get to vote for their favorite projects. Voting will take place during the meeting and winners will be announced the same evening. Contact Beth Girard at recsecretary@mnherpsoc.com Categories: 1. Herps in the Wild/ in a Natural Setting: Photographs of animal(s) taken outside and/or in a natural setting. A natural setting that has been staged is also permitted.

2. Herps and Humans / Non-Wild Setting: Subject(s) should be in a non-wild setting – i.e. photographs taken around your home, on or with something that is manmade. Some examples of this are: herps in their cages, people holding a herp, or photographs of animals taken at a zoo.

3. Kids' submissions: Any photo/artwork submission by a member who is 16 years of age or younger.

4. Mixed Media: Herp related artwork by a member or photographs taken by a member that have been altered/ enhanced using photo editing software in any manner other than cropping.

There will also be an award issued for the “People’s Choice”: Members will also vote for one submission from the above categories that they feel is the best overall photograph / piece of artwork. The submission that receives the most votes is the winner of this category.

Rules:

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You must be a current member of the MHS and be the one that took the photograph. However, you do not need to own the herp in the photo.

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All entries need to show herps or be herp related.

Color and/or black and white photographs are acceptable.

Artwork is defined as sculptures, drawings, paintings, etc.

Photos should be no smaller than 5 x 7 and no larger than 11x 14 (outside dimension).

Mounting or matting of photos/art is recommended but not necessary.

Members are allowed to submit up to 2 photos/items in each category.

On the back of the photo, please include: your name and which category you want your picture to compete in.

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Online Classifieds In addition to ads in the newsletter, MHS provides online classifieds via the forums. A valid login (provided to current members) is required to both post and read ads. http://www.mnherpsoc.org/forums/members/classifieds Page 8

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Minnesota Herpetological Society Membership Application New

Name

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Address

Membership #

City, State, Zip Phone

Type Check #

Email

List in MHS Directory? Yes No Contact information only? Yes No

Herp related interests

Active Memberships: Sustaining ($60/year)

Contributing ($40/year) Basic ($20/year)

Corresponding Memberships: Commercial ($25/year, 2 business card ads/year) Required check info. Drivers Lic #

State

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Please enclose the proper payment with your application. Make checks payable to MINNESOTA HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Membership is for 12 months from the date of approval. A receipt will be sent only upon request.

Mail To: Minnesota Herpetological Society, C/O BELL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 10 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Please allow 6-8 weeks for processing.

Rodents!

Order your MHS Rodents today!

Ordering by phone? See the new phone number below.

Mice

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Price

Pinkies

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$7/dz

Fuzzies

5-7 grams

$7/dz

Advertising Policies

Hoppers

8-11 grams

$8/dz

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Adult

25-30 grams

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Jumbo Adult

45+ grams

$14/dz

Rats

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Weanlings

40-45 grams

$17/dz

Small Adult

50-60 grams

$18/dz

Med. Adults

125-150 grams

$22/ 10 rats

fied ad, run free of charge as space permits. Ads may be run three (3) consecutive months, after which time they

Large Adult

200-240 grams

$17/ 6 rats

may be resubmitted.

Jumbo

250-350 grams

$16/ 5 rats

Submissions: All advertisements should be submitted to the MHS Membership Secretary at the general

For pickup at monthly meetings only. Orders may be placed via: 1. At the meeting for the following month 2. Online at www.MnHerpSoc.Com 3. Call the MHS Voicemail: 612.326.6516 Orders MUST be placed 10 days in advance of the meeting to guarantee availability. We no longer keep an inventory of rodents on hand, so if you attempt to place an order after the deadline, there is no way to fill it.

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