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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 captivepropagation of reptiles and amphibians;• Educate the members and the general public in the ecological role of reptiles andamphibians;• 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. TheMinnesota Herpetological Society Newsletter is published monthly to provide its memberswith information concerning the society’s activities and a media for exchanging informa-tion, opinions and resources.

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The Newsletter of the Minnesota Herpetological Society November 2005 Volume 25 Number 11

The Vice-President’s Reportby Sean Hewitt

Date: Friday, November 4, 2005Time: 7:00pm

Location: Borlaug Hall, U of M St. PaulCampus

Presenter: Tony Gamble

Program: The Food Could Have Been Better:Herpetological Explorations in SouthernAfrica

Since 1991, Tony Gamble has been a memberof MHS. Former zookeeper and MHS member,Bob (I-want-all-your-snake-sheds) Duerr, firstintroduced him to MHS.

Tony is graduate student in the conservationbiology graduate program at University ofMinnesota. Furthermore, Tony has a Master’sdegree from the University of Minnesota inConservation Biology. His thesis examined theimpact of commercial harvest on painted turtlepopulations in Minnesota.Tony was Vice-president for five years from2000–2004, which is the longest for that posi-tion. He is also currently a Member-at-Large onthe MHS Board of Directors. Besides being amember of MHS, Tony also a member of SSAR(Society for the Study of Amphibians andReptiles), GGA (Global Gecko Association) andASIH (American Society of Ichthyologists andHerpetologists).

When I asked Tony what was his main interestwas he replied “Geckos and turtles.” Then I hadasked what was he favorite species and hereplied was “This question is offensive to me, it’slike asking which is my favorite child.” Hegrinned. Tony obviously cares about all species.

Southern Africa has a rich and diverse herpeto-fauna. Numerous species of snakes, lizards, andfrogs are newly described there every year andmuch more work is needed to fully describe andunderstand the herpetofaunal biodiversity of theregion. Tony Gamble traveled to southern Africain May and June of this year as part of an inter-national team of scientists to survey the region’samphibians and reptiles. Tony traveled through-out South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia for 5weeks collecting animals. He has photos ofmany rarely seen species and the habitats inwhich they occur. While the focus of the talk willbe the areas’ herps, Tony will also show photosof some of the mammals, birds, invertebrates,and people encountered on the trip.

Tony isn’t a very “dynamic” speaker but healways delivers a compelling and fascinatingview at reptiles and amphibians. In addition,another one of Tony’s hallmarks is beautiful andvisually stunning photography. Mark your calen-dars for Friday, November 4, 2005 and comesee Tony’s presentation.


News, Notes & Announcements

October Adoption ReportSarah Richard, Adoption Chair

3 Ball Pythons4 BoasBurmese PythonLeopard Gecko2 Red Eared Slidersand a Russian Tortoise all foundhomes.

Thanks to all who put in applica-tions.

At this time I do have a smallishSulcata (15 lbs) looking for abetter home than the 2x4 ft.container that I can house himin. If you can help with this guy,either temporarily or permanent-ly, please give me a call oremail ASAP.

P.S.I am still looking for people will-ing to help with the program.

Did you hear? Snakes on a Plane! It’s a movie starring thedynamic Samuel L. Jackson. In post-production now, it’ll be outaround August next year. IMDB.com lists the synopsis as the fol-lowing: “On board a flight over the Pacific Ocean, an assassin,bent on killing a passenger who's a witness in protective custody,let loose a crate full of deadly snakes.”

And to think, the final title was going to be Pacific Air 121. Lame!Jackson was insistent upon the working title (Snakes on a Plane).Here’s an interview excerpt with him from Collider.com:

Beaks: One of those films that you’re working on right now is… well, it’s calledPacific Air 121— Jackson: Snakes on a Plane, man! Beaks: Exactly.Jackson: We’re totally changing that back. That’s the only reason I tookthe job: I read the title.Beaks: Snakes on a Plane! That’s everything! Jackson: You either want to see that, or you don’t. Beaks: And how are those snakes? Besides being on a plane? Jackson: Some of them are aggressive, some of them are cool. They’reinteresting to watch, and interesting to interact with. It depends on whatkind of snake it is. One day, it took, like, four guys to bring in this 350 lb.Burmese Python. We were all like, “Where’s that goin’?” And I watched anAlbino Cobra strike airplane seats the other day. I watched it from anotherstudio. It’s actually been a fun show. But we’re taking the name back!

2006 MHS Proposed Ballot

President OpenVice-President OpenRecording Secretary OpenMembership Secretary George RichardTreasurer Nancy HaigNewsletter Editor Asra Halvorson

Member-at-Large (4 needed)Fred Bosman Mike JanniPeter Kazeck Open

Any member can run for office, and at the General Meeting inNovember, there will still be time for nominations from thefloor. The names listed here should by no means be the onlypeople running. Please nominate someone for a position,including yourself!

Message from the Treasurer

Thank you to all who havepre-registered for the

Midwest HerpetologicalSymposium. As you can seein this month’s Treasurer’s

Report (page 12), the incomeis helping to cover the up-

front costs.

-Nancy Haig, MHS Treasurer

Cover photo: “Lonesome George”, GalapagosTortoise. Photo by George Richard


OCTOBER SPEAKER REVIEWby Barbara Buzicky, Recording Secretary

GUEST SPEAKER:George RichardPROGRAM: Trip of a Lifetime: Journey of aMillion Years

This month’s speaker was George Richard whohas been a long time member of MHS. He washere to tell us about his trip to the GalapagosIslands with his wife Sarah who also is a mem-ber of MHS. The first topic of his talk focused onthe time and land transfers involved with actuallygetting to the islands. The flying time is around12-16 hours alone, with total travel time around30 hours. The flights come into Quito, Ecuador,which is a city located high in the mountains ofEcuador. There definitely was an altitude prob-lem as the air is much thinner and the baromet-ric pressure is greater. Then, there is a changeof planes, and the next stop was the island ofBaltra where the airport is located. Baltra Islandis the main gateway to the Galapagos Islands,and during World War II the U.S. built a basethere with many buildings. Currently, the build-ings have been demolished, and just the founda-tions of them remain. George and Sarah werethere— but not quite— as there were severalbuses to go and a ferry across to arrive at theisland of Santa Cruz where the Charles DarwinResearch Station is located.

The Galapagos Islands are located in the PacificOcean with the island of Isabela just bisectingthe equator in the northern region. The officialname of the islands is Archipielago de Colon.The islands belong to Ecuador, and their historygoes back to about 1485 when it is believed thata northern culture from Peru ruled by the Incas,the Chimu, were the first visitors. The islandsweren’t officially discovered until around 1535when a Bishop of Panama, Fray Tomas deBerlanga, while on a ship in route to Peru driftedoff course and landed on one of the islands.They later became known as the Galapagos

Islands.

From about 1593-1710, the islands were justused by swash buckling pirates who hid out hereusing it as a base for water and meat of whichthe giant tortoises fell victim. The industrial revo-lution started on the islands from around 1793-1870 where gold became the least traded com-modity and oil from whale’s blubber became thehot item for the day. Unfortunately, this exploita-tion of the Galapagos Islands brought the tor-toise, fur seals, and sperm whales, to nearextinction.

In 1835, Charles Darwin visited the islands,studying and notating the different flora andfauna on the islands. After twenty years of study,Charles Darwin published his most famous andcontroversial book titled “The Origin of Speciesby Natural Selection.” In 1959, the GalapagosIslands became Ecuador’s first National Parkand the non-profit organization, The CharlesDarwin Foundation, was established to assist inthe preservation of the islands. This also came

about on the 100th anniversary of the publicationof Charles Darwin’s famous book. In 1978, theIslands were declared a World Heritage site byUNESCO signifying its universal value formankind.

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Alligator’s demise adds teeth to long,winding list of snake talesBy John PacentiPalm Beach Post Staff Writer, Tuesday, October 11, 2005

The photo is a gory oddity right out of Ripley’sBelieve It or Not: a 13-foot Burmese python thatswallowed a 6-foot American alligator, only toburst open because its eyes were a bit too big forits stomach.

The photo and accompanying stories of theepochal death match in the Everglades havebeen published and aired worldwide, stirring peo-ple’s primeval fears and chatter among biologistswho study the strange beasts.

“Monstrous fight in deadly swamp,” a headlinetrumpeted in Australia. Days after the story broke,it continued to be one the top e-mailed storiesfrom Florida newspaper Web sites.

On Monday, pythons and their kind appeared tohave been on rampage in recent days: In Miami-Dade County, another python gobbled a petSiamese cat; in Putnam County, a rattlesnake bitand killed a fire marshal despite being shot multi-ple times.

Across the Atlantic, London’s The Daily Mirrorbreathlessly reported that a 12-foot “child killing”python was on the loose — spotted by a streetsweep. Of course, it hadn’t eaten Oliver Twist butanimal experts acknowledged it was quite capa-ble of it.

Fearful fascination with snakes spans not just theglobe, but the ages. Almost every culture hasintegrated the reptiles into their lore or religion:Christianity has the tempestuous snake in theGarden of Eden, ancient Egypt’s Cleopatra com-mitted suicide with an asp, and Greek mythologyhad snake-coiffed Medusa. The python takes itsname from a Greek mythical she-serpent born

from primordial slime.

Some scientists believe the trepidation may havebeen hard-wired into our brains from the dayswhen humans were prehistoric prey. Such feel-ings are stirred when we hear of a battle in theEverglades where a python and bull gator squareoff to be king of the swamp.

“What you are looking at is a battle of titans,” saidWalter Meshaka Jr., a herpetologist who writesabout Florida’s exotic reptiles.

“It’s fascinating and exemplar of everything that iswrong with southern Florida where a once feder-ally protected monster species like the Americanalligator battles another monster species that hasinvaded from another part of the world. It givesyou a feel of primeval biology of large animalseating each other that’s different than a hawkcatching a mouse.”

Unnatural selectionBurmese pythons — natives of Asia — took upresidence in Florida’s River of Grass after petowners abandoned them, probably dismayed athow big they get in a short period of time. Morethan 150 have been removed from theEverglades; the number still out there is any-body’s guess because they blend into the tropicalscenery so well.

The carcasses of the alligator and python werespotted by helicopter pilot Michael Barron onSept. 26, as he flew some researchers over the


remote Shark River Slough.

Photos show the large snake with a ruptured gut,the alligator’s long tail and legs protruding from itsunderbelly.

Pythons are constrictors, suffocating their preyand then swallowing it whole. But if they eatsomething too large, they can suffocate them-selves.

Barron’s discovery quickly captivated the world. “Inever thought it was going to get this big,” he said.

The article was a top hit on The Palm BeachPost’s Web site throughout last week, gettingmore than 15,000 page views. The python eatingthe cat was the Post’s top Web story on Monday.

National Public Radio’s Wait, Wait... Don’t Tell Meprogram featured Florida author Carl Hiaasen,known for spicing up his novels with anecdotesabout poodle-eating gators and snakes. It seemsthat truth is even stranger than his fiction.

“Now it’s turned out to be an epidemic,” saidHiaasen, adding that such weird stories seem toattract people to Florida. “If you moved to Topeka,you’re not going to have stories about pythonswho are trying to eat alligators.”

The Everglades bout has scientists scratchingtheir heads: Was the alligator dead when thepython swallowed it whole? If not, did the gator tryto crawl its way out of the stomach? Did thepython suffocate because of the gator’s toughhide or its girth and then explode from internalgases as the two animals decomposed?

“It’s a mystery,” said Lori Oberhofer, anEverglades National Park wildlife technician. “Thesize of alligator was somewhat of a surprise.”

The photo shows the python’s head missing,

leading some to speculate that the two beastsmight have been posed by some creative poach-er. Barron, though, said he found the jawbone andfigures that other critters ate the serpent’s noggin.

Debate over authenticitySnake experts said the photo depicted somethingunusual but not unbelievable. Others said it wasodd for a python to go after a cold-blooded gator,as they prefer warm-blooded prey. Some specu-late that a sunning alligator may be warm enoughfor the snake.

“Pythons are opportunistic. It’s easy for them tosense warmth,” said Keith Lovett, director of livingcollections at the Palm Beach Zoo at Dreher Park.“The movement of the alligator may attract thepython’s attention.... The fact that it took down analligator is an impressive feat.”

Some herpetologists couldn’t believe that such anepic struggle actually occurred.

Bruce Dangerfield, director of the Treasure CoastHerpetological Society in Vero Beach, said hecouldn’t see the snake swallowing a snapping alli-gator.

“Most of the time, an alligator would win even witha snake 13 feet long. It would simply bite him inhalf,” Dangerfield said. “It possibly could havebeen a dead alligator it swallowed.”

Richard Bartlett, who has authored field guides toFlorida snakes as well as books on pythons, saidhe believes a python could consume an alligatoronly to immediately regret it. “Alligators are noto-riously difficult to kill. There could have beensome reaction left in the animal,” he said.

Bartlett said he is not surprised that the story hasenraptured the snake-fearing world.

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A total description of the islands wouldn’t becomplete without demographic and geographicinformation. There are thirteen major islandscomprising the Galapagos Islands: Santiago,Santa Cruz, Floreana, San Cristobal, Espanola,Genovesa, Santa Fe, Isabela, Fernandina,Darwin, Roca Redonda, Marchena, and Pinta.There are also eight smaller islands and aboutforty islets known as “rocks.” The total area ofthe islands including the sea is 45,000 squarekilometers, and the land only area is 7,882square kilometers. They are about 430 kilome-ters in length. The 1990 population estimate wasaround 12,000, with the current population esti-mated at about 30,000 in 2004.

When it comes to climate, there is great diversityin the islands for weather. The ocean currentslargely determine the weather on the islands.Normally from June to December, there is a coldcurrent coming from the south that creates acool moist fog called a garua close to the oceanthat makes the climate very cool and dry. InDecember, the wind has less force, and theocean is calm with changing currents that sur-round the islands with the warm PanamaCurrent from the North. These conditions createa time of predictable weather that is hot andsunny in the mornings and cloudy with somerain in the afternoon. Thus, June throughDecember, the climate is cool, cloudy, and dry.December through June, the weather is warm,sunny, and the rainy season. Many weatherzones are represented on the islands, includingthe Littoral Zone, Arid Zone, Transition Zone,Scalesia Zone, Miconia Zone, Fern-Sedge Zone,and Pampa Zone.

The islands were mostly formed from volcaniceruptions so there are many formed hard lavabeds all over the islands. None of the volcanoesare active at this time. The largest city on Santa

Cruz is the city of Puerto Ayoro. This is a fishingvillage that has many hotels on it from verycheap to very pricey. There is a large harborarea for yachts to dock. There are many restau-rants located around the area, and their greatesttreat was coconut curried lobster. This city isknown to be the largest “footprint” in all theislands. Tourists can walk around alone, catchcharters, and plan tours from this area. The cur-rency of the island is the U.S. dollar, and the lan-guage spoken is Spanish.

Now the piece de resistance, the animals of theislands. There were many lava lizards every-where along with marine and land iguanas.During their walks, they took great stills andvideo, and they showed us many great picturesalong with short video clips resulting from theirexplorations. The animals have no fear ofhumans as they are protected by strict laws onthe islands. The only animals on the islands thathave to worry about predators are the crabs onthe islands and any small chicks from the birdpopulations. The lizards and iguanas were verymassive in size with very thick limbs, chubbyyou would say, and the pictures were proof thatthey were very well fed. The Darwin ResearchStation does a lot of work with tortoises and hasextensive greenhouses for the islands’ flora vari-eties. There are nine adult tortoise corrals, twen-ty-four juvenile corrals, and tortoise egg incuba-tors. Eggs are consistently collected from theanimals and hatched out in the incubators. Thetortoises stay at the station until they are aboutfive years old, then, they are returned to the wildto flourish. The station also includes iguana andbird areas with pens for raising and keeping theanimals. Of the fourteen species of tortoises thatonce existed, eleven remain. The DarwinResearch Station is working at repopulating theislands with tortoises as they work with all thespecies.

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MHS BOARD MEETING REVIEWOctober 8, 2005by Barb Buzicky, Recording Secretary

The Board Meeting was called to order at 6:17PM CDT at the St. Paul Student Center, Room202, a voting quorum was present.

Board Members not present: None. Non-BoardMembers present were Jeff LeClere, LizBosman, Marilyn Blasus, Randy Blasus.

Minutes from the October 2, 2004, hardcopy out-standing. Minutes from the September 10,2005, meeting was approved with changes.Treasurer’s Report for Year End 2004 Revised,delay holding for 2004 MHS audit. Treasurer’sReport for September, 2005, was approved.Membership Reports for August and September,2005, were approved with changes

General Meeting Attendance for October 7,2005, was 92.

President’s Report:MHS Audit for 2004 has not been completed.Nancy Haig completed a preliminary 2006 budg-et. The Board will be reviewing the budget for2006 and present changes at the NovemberBoard Meeting.

Vice-President’s Report:November Tony Gamble, Trip to South AfricaDecember TBAJanuary Jaime PastikaFebruary TBA

Committee Reports: Adoption: Sarah says it has been a quietmonth, all animals from Animal Control are goingto the Humane Society.Education/Post-Renaissance Festival: Fredsays things went well this year at RenFest. Judywould like to have someone volunteer to assist

next year.Midwest Symposium Update: Symposiumtally passed out, 94 registrations not countingvendors. There was a press release to thePioneer Press, and George is trying to get someTV coverage. The hotel reservation count is notbeing met. People calling were told the roomblock for MHS was full when it wasn’t.Symposium meeting Thursday, October 13,2005, at 7 PM at the St. Paul Student Center.

Old Business: New brochures will be ordered,the Board moved and approved $710 for thispurpose; Marilyn Blasus will be ordering them.George missed the address correction updatefor the newsletter; it will be in the Novembernewsletter. Fred has no more keys right now.Some empty positions on the boardwhere people are not running for the upcomingelection are President, Recording Secretary, and2 Member-at-Large spots.

New Business: Barb Buzicky will place the bal-lot roster in the November newsletter. LizBosman will have the Holiday Banquet insert inthe November newsletter. The Board moved andapproved $225 for space at the Pet Expo 2006,3 spaces will be on the main floor this year. Thechairs need to be confirmed and updated for thenewsletter along with the herp assistance num-bers. George Richard will check with the currentpeople on herp assistance. Sarah Richard willcheck with the chairs. Sean Hewitt will write andsend out solicitation letters for the White SnakeSale asking for donations from vendors. SarahRichard will check with Pretty Pets.Last Minute Items: Nancy Haig says the bill to

Rapid Print for the Occasional paper is$1,346.67. Board approved transferring fundsfrom the savings to the checking for the upcom-ing expenses for the Midwest Symposium.Nancy Haig said that MHS needs to round up all


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“I think anything that has to do with snakes isgoing to be popular,” Bartlett said. “There is a lot ofmysticism involved with snakes, especially withconstrictors, and now the Everglades is fastbecoming well-known for its population ofBurmese pythons.” §

-Article submitted by Bill Moss

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RenFest pictures courtesy ofBill Moss © 2005

For September 2005Beginning Checkbook Balance: 4,870.22

Income:Membership 300.00Library Fines 0.00Raffle 82.00Adoption 255.00Rodent Sales 441.00Small Item Sales 7.00Donations 1,250.00Midwest 5,672.00Other* 55.00

Total Income: 8,062.00

Expense:Newsletter 443.45Misc. Printing and Postage 0.00Program 50.00Library 44.00Supplies 50.72Refreshments 0.00Rodent Cost 0.00Adoption Cost 180.00Insurance 1,020.00Midwest costs 3,213.40Donations 1,000.00Other* 125.00

Total Expense: 6,075.85

Cash Increase/(Decrease): 1,986.15

Ending Checkbook Balance: 6,856.37

Placement of Cash HoldingsChecking Account 6,856.37Savings Account 6,943.01Cash on Hand 150.00Total 13,949.38

Treasurer’s Notes:Income: $125.00 RenFest payment*$55.00 for Newsletter Ads

Expense: $1,000.00 Donation- Timber Rattlesnake Sym.*$110.00 for Hands-On supplies$15 Student Organization Fee

Minnesota Herpetological SocietyTreasurer's ReportPrepared by Nancy Haig, Treasurer


our assets that are with members for inventorypurposes. Marilyn Blasus passed out the 2006meeting dates to the Board, and she says theJanuary 2006 board meeting needs to be atanother location. The Board will decide at thenext board meeting. Per Tony Gamble, theUniversity of Minnesota is giving us a $300 grantfor the Midwest Symposium.

Meeting adjourned at 8:22 PM CDT.

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One tortoise has a nickname called “LonesomeGeorge”, as he is the last existing animal of hisspecies, called the Pinta Island Tortoise. There isa great reward out to try to obtain possible othermembers of this species which may be held inprivate collections. The Research Station wouldlike to breed him if a female is known to exist inorder to keep the species from extinction.

All in all, the pictures and video were spectacularalong with the jokes and anecdotes as George isan excellent speaker with a great sense ofhumor. If you missed this one, you missed somegreat scenery pictures and video of their interac-tions with the animals. MHS looks forward tohearing other talks from George on their travelsof a lifetime as they are planning more exotictrips in the future. Thanks so much George foryour great talk! §

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