MINNESOTA- HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY AUGUST NEWSLETTER SEPTEI'I1BER MEETING Friday, September 6, 1985 7:00 PM Room 375, ccience Classroom Building East Bank, University of lYlinnesota VOLUME V NUMBER 8 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx rrhe September meeting will be concerning the new laws and the J'lIinnesota Department of Natural Resources. will be two representatives from the DNR to talk about the recent changes and answer our questions. Don't miss this one! \ve have the opp- ortunity to learn a lot at this one! The "Critter of the Nonth" will be your-oldest herp. So check those longevi ties and see. what you can come up with. It 1tJill be in- teresting to see just what is the oldest of all. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The seminar is drawing near! If you haven't registered, do so now. There is infor- mation on sponsors in this Newsletter if you are interested. The October meeting will be presented by Richard Faull of 'l'urtle rrrust and should be a good one. The IIcrittertl will, oddly enough, be the assorted members of the orderChelonj.a. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx There will be NO MHS herp exhibit at the state Fair this year! There will also be no nongame DNRdisplay at the State Fair this year! \ve found this out quite by accident as we had been preparing for the exhibit all along. Nongame also had no prior notice. Certainly letters of protest to the DNR and verbal gripes at the fair are in order. Let's let them know about this one! Send any and all letters to the Bureau of Information and Education. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx *** Now Available *** The Records Corrrrnittee of T1HS has just finished and printed new distribution maps for Hinnesota. They are $2.50 at the meeting or $4.50 postpaid. BELL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 10 CHURCH STREET S.E. • MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455-0104
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MINNESOTAHERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY
AUGUST NEWSLETTER
SEPTEI'I1BER MEETING
Friday, September 6, 1985 7:00 PM Room 375, ccience Classroom Building
rrhe September meeting will be concerning the new laws and the J'lIinnesota Department of Natural Resources. ~here will be two representatives from the DNR to talk about the recent changes and answer our questions. Don't miss this one! \ve have the opportunity to learn a lot at this one! The "Critter of the Nonth" will be your-oldest herp. So check those longevi ties and see. what you can come up with. It 1tJill be interesting to see just what is the oldest of all.
The seminar is drawing near! If you haven't registered, do so now. There is information on sponsors in this Newsletter if you are interested. The October meeting will be presented by Richard Faull of 'l'urtle rrrust and should be a good one. The IIcrittertl will, oddly enough, be the assorted members of the orderChelonj.a.
There will be NO MHS herp exhibit at the state Fair this year! There will also be no nongame DNRdisplay at the State Fair this year! \ve found this out quite by accident as we had been preparing for the exhibit all along. Nongame also had no prior notice. Certainly letters of protest to the DNR and verbal gripes at the fair are in order. Let's let them know about this one! Send any and all letters to the Bureau of Information and Education.
*** Now Available *** The Records Corrrrnittee of T1HS has just finished and printed new distribution maps for Hinnesota. They are $2.50 at the meeting or $4.50 postpaid.
BELL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
10 CHURCH STREET S.E. • MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455-0104
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'J;he August meeting was a tldebriefing" by the T~lHS members that attended the 9th International Herpetological Symposium on Captive Propogation and Husbandry that was held in San Diego June 26-30. They each gave a brief rundown on what they got f:DOll1the symposium along with personal highlights. The attendees were Tad Achter- . berg, Bruce Delles, Fran Frisch, Jim Gerholdt, Ann Forwoll, and Brin~ Spencer. Tom Schmitz also attended the symposium but couldn't make the meeting. Jim, Ann, and Brint also showed slides from the trip. Attendance was 69.
August was a busy meeting for herp hints. John Jesmer inquired if anyone else had had problems feeding Leopard Frogs to garter snakes, as his had died shortly after their meals. It was asked if they might have been Pickerel Frogs. The answer was not. Possibly they were contaminated? 'llhe Earine Toad reported last month with an enlarged paratoid gland was updated. 1he glad had been treated with ointment and the raw area became an open sore. The toad.was taken off sphagnum and is now on newpaper being treated with Panalog (the toad, not the paper) and is improving. Has anyone else had problems with sphagnum? Bruce Gutler reported on some recent research in rv:ani toba that showed that some male Red Sided Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) emitted female pheramons. The ratio was 1~ to 15% of all of the males. Possibly this is to confuse the other males in the mating frenzies in the spring. It was also suggested that possibly these might be transplanted San Francisco Garter Snakes?
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Free Book
Fran Frisch ran across a free book on to:r:toises and supplied the address for it. The book is "North American r:eortoises: Conservation and Ecologyll edited by R. Bruce Bury. It is VJildlife Research Report 12 published by the United states , Lepartment of the Interior Fish and wildlife Service. It totals vii plus 126 pages. It is available from the USDI Fish and wildlife Service, Editorial Cffice, .Aulesworth Hall, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523. It is free!
Bob Duerr has informed us that all MRS members will be admitted free to his Snake Zoo at the Ninnesota state Fair. He requests~d_Q:aatiQE.s~,.of ~hed.:.s.nake·::skins.
Three survey trips have taken place this year. A total of 27 sites have been visited by 23 MHS surveyors. \Ve have averaged 12 surveyors per trip.
A total of 19 species have been recorded. The highlights to date are: a five-lined skink from Houston County, which is a major range extension for the state; a Blanding's turtle from Clmstead County, a new county for this threatened species; and bullfrogs from Houston County where we doubled the state range by adding one township!
The last survey trip will be on the 14th and 15th of September. The main emphasis will be a skink report from Fillmore County. rrhose interested in participating should contact John l10riarty (781-673 2) by 9 ceptember.
Any records you may have from individual trips to the Southeast corner of Minne~ sota are requested for our report to the DNR.
Don't forget about the MRS raffle to be held at the Midwestern Herpetological Seminar on October 5, 1985. The winning ticket will be drawn by Dr. Peter Pritchard at the banquet that evening. The item is a patron's edition of "Turtles of Venezuela" by Dr. Pritchard and Pedro Trebbau with the watercolors done by Giorgio Voltolina. This is copy 1/31 .• It consists of two leatherbound volumes in a slipcase. It is exquisitely handbound with red morocco leather spines with raised bands, genuine hand marbled covers with vellum. tips, 24-carat gold top edges, headbands and gold ornamentation. It includes a separate set of the 25 plates on heavy acid-free stock. This edition was limited to only 300 copies and is priced at $300.00. The raffle tickets are· only $1.00 each!
The tlcri tter" for the August meeting \Vas your biggest herp. 'lie had a good showing on this one with some real interesting herps. The "critters" in attendance were:
Common Boa (Boa c. ccnstrictor) Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) Eastern Indigo ~nake (Drymarchon corais couperi) Corn Snake (Elaphe g. guttata) - both normal and double heterozygous lmaconda (Eunectes murinus) Burmese Brown Tortoise (Geochelone emys) Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis) San Luis potosi Kingsnake (Lampropeltis mexicana) Southern Pine Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus) Bullsnake (Pituophis melanoleucus sayi) Ball python (Python regius) I/vater.:: l'lonitor (Varanus salvator)
'hese were brought by: . Fred and Liz Bosman Sue Bunn. Bruce Cutler rvla tt Cutler Bruce relles Jim Gerholdt Aaron Hampton John .Jesmer Greg Kvanbek Joe l~~atzke
ran T1ichael John Jl'Ioriarty lill11 Porw 011 Brint ~pencer Toni 'Tangen Larry Yank
. 'J.banks to all of the above (and their· "cri tters1rj from MHS!
After a rather lean adoption program for a while, we came up with a few at the last meeting. Finding homes were a nice male Burmese python and a clutch of captive hatched Western Fox Snakes that were brought in by John Jesmer. And right now we have some super herps that are also hapless in the works. For the september meeting we have a nice 10" Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis) and likely a San Diego Alligator Lizard (Gerrhonotus multicarinatus webbi). We are also in the process of lining up an adult pair of Common Boas. Things are looking up!
Larry Yank Corn Snake - Okatee (Elaphe g. guttata). Parents captive bred, hatched 6-82. }libernated from 12-84 to 2-85 at 45 to 55 degrees. No previous attempt at breeding. Bred on 2-27, 3-2, 3-4 and 3-10. Maintained at 82 to 84 degrees. 0.1 shed on 3-30. 14 eggs were laid on 4-6. Incubated on damp vermiculite at an average of 82 degrees. All WBre"' fertile and hatched from 6-13 to 6-15. The female was put in with a IIfemale" Everglades Rat Snake that turned out to be a male. After 5 feedings she went off feed and shed 22 days after her last meal. 10 infertile eggs were laid on 6-1. She was in bad shape, but was nursed back to health.
Breedings from August AAZPA Newsletter
Knoxville Zoo 11 Leopard Gecko
1 Seychelles Island Gecko 2 Gold Dust Gecko
Los Angeles Zoo 2 Children's P,ython 3 Leopard Gecko 1 FTehensile Tailed Skink 2 I-Tadagascar Ground Boa
Rio Grande Zoo (Albuquerque) 1 'Ihi te Lipped Tree Viper 1 'uc son Banded Gecko
In' ~ Royal Hel bourne Zoo 8 D!Albert;s Fython
20 fast ern Tiger Snake
Saint Catherine's Survival Center 1 1Tavancor~ Tortoise 2 :Flying Gecko 1 ~outh American Big Headed Turtle
If you are interested in being a sponsor for the r1idwestern Herpetological Seminar please see the following information.
1. Only dry stock may be sold at the seminar. Price lists of animal: stock may be displayed.
2. Display space will be allocated on a first come first applied for basis. The tables are 3' x 6' in dimension.
3. Sponsors are responsible for manning their own tables. 4. Your advertisement will be run in the following:
1. The seminar's program. 2. Cur society's November Newsletter. 3. You will be listed as a sponsor of the seminar in the booklet of the pre
sented papers. 5. 'lhe fee is $50.00. This includes display space, your advertisement being run,
seminar fees and the banquet for one person. 6. We wish that you would donate an item to be used as a door prize at the banquet. 7. r1HS is not reponsible for any lost or damaged goods.
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EDITCR'S NOTE: Classified ads are run in the MHS Newsletter as a free service to the membership. No paid ads are accepted from non members. While lYiHS will not run ads for known sick or illegal animals, we accept no respomsibility for the health or legality of any animals advertised here. Please send ALL ads directly to me, Jim Gerholdt, P.O. Box 86, Webster, IV]N 55088, and not t-;-the T111S address. The deadline for all Newsletter items in the 15th of the month!
REM~~BER-During each meeting we will have available our featured take-out items.
FRESH FROZEN ADULT NICE-$4.00 per dozen. FRESH FRCZEN PINKIES AND FUZZIES-$3~OO per dozen.
Please note the price raise on adult mice to $4.00 per dozen! There is also a 3 dozen .limi t on adult mice \vhen ordering.
}'RESH :B'RCZEN RATS-JID1BO SIZE-$1.5u. F'RESH FRCZEN RAT PUPS-S3.00 per dozen.
Remember, if you want rats or mice, they are available by reservation only. You }'lUST place your order no later than 7: 00 PrvI on IThursday the day before the meet-I ing. Logistics dictate this policy, so please cooperate with us. Don't miss out! Also, please bring your own container so your food animals don't thaw out.
TO CRDER RATS: Call Bruce or Connie at 593-0298.
TO CRDER lVIICE: Call Jim or Pam at 507-65 2- 2996. --
WANTED: I am working on a study collection of all herps. If you have a freezer collection and would be willing to part with it, please bring it to the December meeting. I would appreciate any donations. Contact Ken Kundel at 612-937-8679.
liThe Proceedings of the NCHS-BAARS Conference on Captive Propagation and Husbandry of Reptiles and lunphibians", held in January at Davis, California, will be publ ished this summer. Price will be $20.00. Pre-publication price is $14.00 postpaid. Send check or money order to: Northern California Herpetological Society, 706 Arnold street, Davis, CA 95616.
NKw VERNIN AVAILABLE: "'Ie spare no efforts to procure the most disgusting and tasty live food for your smaller herps. NOW (you saw it here first, folks), Indian r"!eal Ivloth (Plodia interpunctella) starter cultures available. The small naked caterpillars when mature are the size of small meal1tJorms, but are very soft, a good intermediate size between Tribolium larvae and maggots. starter colonies $3.00. Easily grown, instructions provided. Also still "available. Ninimealworms (Tri bolium confusum) starter colonies $2.00. Easily grown, instructions available. Drosophila virilis (winged, larger frui tfly) , :crosophila melanogaster (vestigial winged strain, smaller, flightless) $2.50 each starter colony. Drosophila instant food also available. Contact Bruce Cutler at 612-646-83180
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@C!:(}<!)[i)C311 ~~ l1<Dfil~ ~ Place: The Bell Museum of Natural History, 10 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Time: 9:00 - 3:30 I 8:30 - 9:00 chepk in and late registration Registration: Adults - $13.00, Juniors (16 yrs. & under) - $10.00 until 9/6/85.
Late Registration; Adults - $t5.00, Juniors - $12.00, the price includes coffee break & lunch.
Some of the speakers will be: Peter Pritchard, author and field researcher; John LaM~dica, Brandywine Zoo; Gary Casper, )1ilwaukee Richar'd Cary Paull, founder and trustee of Turtle Trust; Ray Pawley, curator of reptiles~f Brookfield Zoo; Rick Sajdak, curator of reptiles of Milwaukee Zoo.
Evening Banquet: At the Minnesota Zoological Gardens.. Tour the zoo grounds before dinner, dine and afterwards witness Peter Pritchard drawing the winner of his ll~test book, "Turtles of Venezula lf
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the Patrons Edition. Pre-registration banquet.cost is an additional $13.00 per person, late registration is $17.00 after 9/6/85.
Accomodations: The Cricket Irn, 2407 University Ave., SE, Minneapolis, MN Rates: $28.75/single/niggt; $33.25/double/night; $37.75/triple &
quad/night These prices are good until 9/6/85, make your reservaticns by calling 1-800-622-3999. Tell them you're attending the Minnesota Herpetological Society Seminar. In Minnesota call 1-800-446-6466.
There wilJ be some free housing available in members homes. Call Fran Frisch 612-488-7619 or Ann Porwoll 612-489-7853 for information.
You are invited to our regular Friday night meeting: 7:00 at the Science ClasB Building, room 375 on the U of M campus. Richard Cary Paull from Turtle Trust will be the guest speaker. Cash ice breaker will follow.
If you have any questions call Fran Frisch or Ann Porwoll
Pre-Registration Form (Return by 9/6/85)
Registration: Adults - $13.00, Juniors (16 & under) - $10.00 until 9/6/85 Adults - $15.00, Juniors - $12.00 late registration after September 6th,
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