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APRIL NEWSLETTER

MAY MEETING

.Friday, May 2, 1986 7: 00 PM Room 335, Borlaug Hall

St. Paul Campus, Uni versi ty of Minnesota

VOLUME VI NUMBER 4

. MEETINGS WILL START AT 7: 00 SHARP FROM NOW ON! IF YOU ARE LATE YOU MAY M.ISS our!

The program at the May meeting will be presented by William Schmid of the Uni­versity of Minnesota. Dr. Schrrdd's presentation will be ort the P~bernation of Amphibians. He has done extensive work on this subject and this should prove to be a very educational meeting. The "Critter of the Month" will be any amphibian that hibernates naturally for an extended period. This would certainly include any of the ~llnnesota species. Use your imagination and see what you can come up with. vJe'll see you there!

Plans for meetings later on this year are not set yet. We'll update you as we get things set. One note to remember is that the July meeting will be held on Friday July 11, rather than July 4 because of the holiday weekend. vve made this change to avoid conflicts and make it possible for you to attend the meeting. Make a note of this on your calendar. Other upcoming activities include the day at Como Zoo, Grand Old Days, our picnic (when and wiiere?), and we should be at the Minnesota State Fair again this year, in the DNR Building in our old spot.

DO YOU PAVE YOUR MHS T-SHIRT? vvARM vVEATHER IS HERE AND YOU vJILL NEED ONE!

Snakebite Emergency Hennepin Regional Poison Center

612-347-3141

BELL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

10 CHURCH STREET S.E. • MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455-0104

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Even before I could read "Bob's Corner" from the San Diego Herp Society News­letter, Bob Applegate stopped writing it. Editorial problems from what I have been told. Bob is one fantastic writer and a book in himself. Bob, I invite you to continue your articles to be printed in the MHS Newsletter. Bob, you have too much to say that should not go unwritteno~k*I am in the process of getting us a working relation with Como Zoo and its docents. The zoo needs a reptile display and I feel MHS can help them out. -k-k-k' 'Hands on" weekend is scheduled for Saturday, May 17 and Sunday, May 18, from 10 to 5. Set up is 9: 00 Satur­day and 9: 30 Sunday. At this writing the entire project will be held in the "old" main building. Contact me for more information. -;"~-kMy baby White's are doing excellent and growing fast on maggots and young crickets. So fast it looks like time lapse photos. There are still many available, a very good "pet" tree frog. -;"-A-kCorresponding members and rural area members remember you are welcome to any monthly meeting if vacationing or visiting the Cities. Give a Board member a call on how to get to our new horne on the St. Paul campus. -;"-A-k

Bor-laug Hall has been open since last September. It is almost a little too rich for our blood. "i'rirkGet your waders out for a tadpole hunt. The Hennepin Parks is looking for a group of volunteers in June to hunt for Spring Peeper tadpoles and immature frogs. Volunteer by calling Deb Vosler at 559-9000. Waders will come in most handy .. -;"-;d\-Skip Kruse from NCHS feels the use of hot rocks, hot spots or spot lights is necessary so male serpents (lizards?) can heat their bodies. Skip feels this makes their sperm more viable. -In\-kFrom "Weekly World News": ~ One person can ruin it for everyone. -Jdrk 1'5. I 5 Remember the farmers' markets are opening. i' These are good places to get tortoise £ood~ I Leaf lettuce, spinach and other greens will C soon be in season. "i'rld~Gar-den season is upon us. Plant one to feed Your herbivorous A 8~ake owner ruined things for eVa critters. "i'rirkMHS is going

eryone when he took his pet python for to have a very a walk in Wilmington, Del., and it es· busy sunrner and we will be looking for vol- eaped. City fathers were so outraged by unteers to man some pro-jects . "i~-kHave a his escapade that they passed a la", say- i: beautiful spring, safe wann surrrner and a ing pet snakes cannot appear in public:' fall to remember. Happy

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"A Letter from the President"

I feel I have a few items to bring up to the MHS membership that are too important for Random Tails.

First of all is the monthly meeting starting time. The new.Board and majority of the members want to start at 7: 00 sharp. Many months because of weather, parking at a premium because of sporting events or concerts, members are a little late for the meeting. I do take this into consideration. I'm all for the 7:00 starting time but I do need your cooperation. The room is open at 6: 30. You may get there at that time to conduct your herp business, trading/ selling, or just old herp BS. This will help the 7: 00 starting time by having most of your personal business done by 7: 00. I am asking the entire Board to be in Room 335, Borlaug Hall at 6:45 to get the meeting set up. Your help will be appreciated so we can start as close to 7:00 as possible.

The second subject is the unnecessary distractions, loud conversations, your herp viewing, trading and general noise going on while the meeting is in sess­ion. There is no reason for us to be militant or a Rambo Delles if need be to quiet the meeting. These distractions make it hard for members who come to listen. Repeating questions or answers makes the meeting last longer cutting into everyone's social time (break). P.S. Please try to speak up when asking a question or answering one. Remember it would be very hard to come up m th a dumb question. Dumb is when a question is asked twice because there is so much unnecessary conversation in the' background.

Third and last·is my personal 1986 membership drive. A drive to keep who we have and add 30 more new members to herp out at 200. A goal that would please us all. If you have any friends that may consider a membership in MHS, let me know. I'll give it my best shot. This is the st.ml11er MRS is going to make our goal. I also want to thank everyone for sticking with us during our building moves. I trust you like our new home. The monthly attendance at monthly meet­ings has been fantastic. Thank you for your continued support. You make it all work! :

Fran

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"Have tve Got A Deal For You Department"

In the January MHS Newsletter, Fran offered a free t-shirt to anyone who would sponsor 6 baby sea turtles for H.E.A.R.T. The ante has been upped even more as you can see from the letter below. Thanks again to Fran for his offer, and also to H.E.A.R.T. for theirs. Now it's our turn!

Ann Porwoll

Box 681231 Houston, Texas 77268-1231 February 15, 1986

Vice President, Minnesota Herp. Society Bell Museum of Natural History 10 Church Street S.E. Minneapolis~ Minn. 55455-0104

Dear Ann:

I received the tape and am pleased so many folks saw itc Your incentive program to sponsor the food for the hatchlings is great. HEART will add even more incentive if you wouJd like. For every T-shirt you give away, we will donate one of our Raisin ' Ridley Sea Turtle Cookie Cutter Kit. You can let me know how many you need in the future, if you want to do this.

~. And what is the price of your T-shirt. lid like to buy oneo

Thanks 'again for all your help ..

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Speaking of turtles, we received a notice of a Turtle Symposium to be held at the Turtle Back Zoo and Staten Island Zoo on April 18 and 19 too late for us to advertise. It dealt primarily with Cl~s species. For more information write Turtle Symposium, Zoological Society ~ew Jersey, Turtle Back Zoo, 560 North­field Avenue, West Orange, NJ 07052. *7n'rinl"'nl\itrln'\;tdnl\;t\Jn'\;'\;'(i'~d\;'n'n'\;',,f\;'dr/\it\i'rirJ,,'n'n',,'(i',;'nn'ri\i'\i'n'\iI(i'\i'r;',,'r;',/\i'(i'r;'n'n'r,'n','/r/\~,I\;'\i'\i'~'\i'\;'\il\/n',/"I\;'\il\if\i',i',

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We had a good turnout for the April meeting. 85 of the MHS faithful found the way to, of all places, the city of St. Paul. Seriously, our new meeting place is by far the nicest we have had. In fact, it is probably too nice for the likes of us. If you had (or have) trouble finding Borlaug Hall, look right underneath the water tower. There is lots of parking (free), including some right in front of the building. There is also plenty of storage space for our library and other bits of accumulated wealth (?). MHS would like to extend a very special thanks to Gordon Murdock for hi's efforts in securing our latest meeting place for us. This is now our pennanent ,home!

The program was an interesting one. It was a slide show from the Herpetological Slide Bank in Texas, entitled "Color Patterns in Snakes". The narrator was one of the recognized authorities in the field, Dr. Bernard Bechtel. He explained the Whys and haws of the various pattern anomalies we are apt to run across. Thanks to Ann Porwoll for her efforts in securing this program for us!

MHS Library

The MHS Library has grown to the point that we now have our first appointed li­brarians. They are Nancy Haig and Becky Filler. From now on, they will be doing all library duties at the meeetings. Please do your best to make them feel com­fortable in their new job. Believe me, it is no small task!

Also, please remember our library policies and abide by them •. Books are to be checked out by MRS members ONLY! They may be checked out for one nnnth only. If books are held for more than one month, you will be fined $1.00 per month per book. No exceptions! When you sign out a book, be sure and put the DATE DUE on the card along with your name. This is the only way we can tell When a bOok is due (or late). Abuse of any library privileges will result in suspension of the use of the library. You will also be held responsible for any lost or damaged books 0

We have a couple of new books. The first was purchased with MHS funds, and the second one was generously presented to us from the Publisher. Thanks! They are:

Turtles of Venezuela by Peter Pritchard and Pedro Trebbau. This is the reg­ular edition of the one we raffled off. Snake Versus Man. A Guide to Dangerous and Comnon Harmless Snakes of Southern Africa by John Marais.

Help A Hapless Herp

Several hapless herps found happy homes at the April meeting. These included 3 Box Turtles, adopted out as a pair and a single female, and a pair of Rainbow Boas that were adopted out separately_ One was a Columbian, and the other a Guinean. The new adoption corrrnittee consists of Fred Bosman, Bob Duerr and Jim Gerholdt. If one of these are absent from a meeting, an alternate will be sel­ected from the Board. If a co~ttee member bids on an animal, he will not be involved in the decision on that animal! Remember, the criteria for adoption are: 1 - have bred the species. 2 - have a mate. 3 - has kept a related spec­ies. 4 - have proper facilities for the animal. In no case will an animal be

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placed with anyone who does not meet at least criterion #4! All hapless herps remain the property of MHS for a period of 5 years. If during that time they can no longer be cared for, they must be rettm1ed to MHS for adoption again. After 5 years, they will become the property of the adopter, but not before. If anyone has any questions on adoption policy, please check with a Board member.

Raffle

We had 2 different raffles at the April meeting. The first was a free one for any member under the age of 12. The prizes were left over items from the White Snake Sale. Josh Yank won a toy frog with a sticky tongue, Gabe Gerholdt won a pack of stickers, Julie Kohuth won a rubber frog, and Matt Gerholdt won another pack of stickers. The regular raffle brought us $15.25. Jim Schneider won a cracked 20 gallon aquarium that had been donated by Armette Le Duc, and Matt Gerholdt won a grab bag of Snake Sale leftovers. Thanks to all who partici­pated.

Grand Old Days

MHS will once again be active at St. Paul's Grand Old Days. We have done this for several years now, and it's always a lot of fun. The day is Sunday June 1! If you have questions, we'll have more at the May meeting, or give Fran a call.

Herp Hints

D. K. Compton once again alerted us to upcoming herp programs on Channel 2. Be sure and check the schedule ahead of time so you catch them. Thanks, D.K. It was brought up that hatchling Com Snakes often refuse pinks, but will readily accept anoles. They can also be tricked into eating "scented" pinks using an anole as a scenter. No, they will not eat worms, either earth or meal types. Fran mentioned that his baby White's Tree Frogs were thriving and growing fast. He also mentioned that one of his gopher snakes had escaped by pushing the top off of its cage. It was found wrapped (as in constricting) his African Burrow­ing Bullfrog. He rescued both of them from themselves. It was pointed out that maybe the frog (being a mouse-eating frog) might have had mouse on its breath and thus attracted the snake? Be sure your cages are secure!

Refreshments

The refreshments at the April meeting were generously supplied by Cheryl Keyler and were consumed with gusto by the assemblage. Thanks to Cheryl from all of us at MHS! Also, a special tharll(S to Helen Schave for her diligent efforts as our refreshment coordinator (or monitor if you wish). She is the one who lines up the goodies and also gets to the meetings early to make the coffee and set up the hot water and punch. Helen, we appreciate you! .

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"Critter of the 'Month"

The "critter" for the 'March meeting was snakes with patterns. We had a pretty good show on this one, with some interesting "critters". They were:

Dumeril's Ground Boa (Acrantophis dumerili) Common Boa (Boa constrictor) Corn Snake (Elaphe g. guttata) Western Fox Snake (Elaphe v. vulpina) Plains Hognose Snake (Heterodon n. nasicus) California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus californiae) striped phase Intergrade Kingsnake (l..arnpropeltis getulus "goini") Desert Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus splendida) Greer's Kingsnake (Larnpropeltis mexicana greeri) Honduran Milk Snake (Larnpropeltis triangulum hondurensis) Red Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum syspila) Eastern Milk Snake (Larnpropeltis t. triangulum) Coastal Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata roseofusca) Southern Pine Snake (Pi tuophis melanoleucus mugi tus )

These were brought by:

Chase Delles Joel Eidbo Jim Ellis Fran Frisch Aaron Hampton John Jesmer Jr ~ Dan Keyler Arm Porwoll Jim Schneider Toni Vangen

Thanks to all of the above from MHS!

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MHS Field Study

The first MHS field trip to the Ordway Natural History Area was made on Strrlday April 13. We tried to call all those who had signed up, but were only able to reach sane of you. For those we missed, we apologize. The next trip will most likely be in early May. We'll let you know. If in doubt caJ::l Jim Gerholdt.

The first 'frogs were heard calling at Ordway on March 28. These were Chorus Frogs (Pseudacris triseriata). On March 31, the Gerholdt clan made a quick trip over the' area. Chorus Frogs were heard calling from the 3 temporary ponds on the site, and a Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens) was collected in the penna.nent pond. The April 13 trip yielded quite a few more herps. Those who took part were Joe Fishbein, Ben, Jim and Matt Gerholdt, Bruce and Nancy Haig, Del Jones, Therese and Greg Samudio, and Paul Spencer. Again, Chorus Frogs were heard at the 3 temporary ponds, and a few Leopard Frogs were seen (one was collected) at temporary pond #3. We also collected, marked and released 6 Plains Garter Snakes (Thamnophis radix), 4 Common Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis), and 1 Prairie Skink (Eumeces septentrionalis). 1 dead Common Garter Snake was fOtmd, along with a shell of a Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) •

The areas of most interest appear to be the upper prairie area above the 2nd set of railroad tracks and the river lake. The river lake is actually a large backwater lake formed by the Mississippi River. A series of buried plastic buckets were uncovered and will be checked daily. For directions to the Ordway Area, check last month's Newsletter. We hope to survey the lake area from can­oes later on this year, and possibly set some turtle traps out.

On the following page you will find a sketch of our latest MRS project. We have comnissioned Ted Schave to build this for us. It is something we have had a need for for a long time. It is a portable folding display of MHS and what we stand for and hope to accomplish. It will be used wherever we feel it would be useful to inform and educate the public, and hopefully, to find new members for us. When it is done and ready, it will be premiered at a monthly meeting. This is something we can use at Como Zoo, Gran~ Old Days, or any other place where there is a need for it. Ted is the one who built our badge box with the MHS logo on the top, so you can see his work anytime you want" More later.

President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Newletter Editor Member-at-large Member-at-Large Member-at-large Member-at-Large Immediate Past President

MHS Officers

Fran Frisch Ann Porwoll Andrea Oster Bruce Haig Jim Gerholdt Fred Bosman Bob D...lerr Dan Keyler John Moriarty Bruce Delles

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488-7619 489-7853 774-7438 789-4637

(Now a 612) 652-2996 476-0306 541-9417 933-2055 781-6732 374-5422

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Our membership continues to rise. The total for the end of March is 172! This will go a little higher with late renewals. Let's keep in going upwards! The breakdown is as follows: 1 Honorary 'Member, 8 Contributing Members, 39 Farnil Y Members, 81 Individual Members, and 43 Out of State Members.

Pat Becchetti and Steve Freund 29 Dwinnell Ave. Dellwood, MN 55110 New Members

Therese Samudio and James H. Douglas see Greg Samudio 2947 Quentin Avenue S. St. Louis Park, MN 55416 612....:927-6761 New Members

Jim Finch 10401 Cedar Lake Road #204 Minnetonka, MN 55343 612-593-1910 New Member

Paul Flick 4032 Lyndale Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55409 612-827-4338 New Member

James A. Fowler Cranbrook Institute of Science 500 Lone Pine Road P.O. Box 801 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48103 New Member

Herb Harper 8975 N. Shore Trail Forest Lake, MN 55025 612-464-3647 New 'Member

Mary Kundel see Ken Kundel 17491 Kilmer Ave. #419 Eden Prairie, MN 55344 New Member

Michael A. Mtmns 5332 Park Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55417" 612-825-1669 New Member

Lola and Roger Stapek 1218 Festler Court Northfield, MN 55057 507-645-5908 New Members

Larry A. Weber 714 Route 104 Barnum, MN 55707 218-384-3851 New Member

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Breeding Notes

Breedings from the April AAZPA Newsletter

Los Angeles Zoo 3 Columbian Rainbow Boa 5 Urutu

Bronx Zoo 6 Coahuilan Box Turtle

St. Louis Zoo 1 Madagascar Day Gecko

Milwaukee County Zoo 1 Spotted Gecko

Saint Catherine's Survival Center 3 Radiated Tortoise

San Diego Zoo 1 Marbled Gecko

Columbus Zoo 2 Gibba Turtle 5 Crucilla Turtle 4 Black Tailed Rattlesnake 9 East African Spitting Cobra 5 Beauty Snake 2 African Fat Tailed Gecko 1 Maculate Gecko 1 Eastern Box Turtle 1 Adanson's Turtle 3 Helmeted Turtle

Phantastic Phenological Phinds

Oops! If I had read the Newsletter before I typed it up last month, I would have realized that Dave Hoppe had beaten the March 15th phind by a large mar­gin. His phind of a Red Belly Snake on February 12 is by phar the phirst phind of 1986! Sorry Dave!

Meanwhile, as reported at the April meeting, garter snakes and gravid frogs were found at the Louisville Swamp on March 30 ~y John Jesmer and Toni Vangenc Reported by a mystery person were a Western Painted Turtle, Northern Leopard Frog, and a Wood Frog heard calling, along with Chorus Frogs, on March 30 e They did not say where.

PLEASE! If you report a phind, list where (as exactly as possible), when, and by Whom. If you feel you may have a new county record, supply a specimen or a picture!

Phantastic Phenological Phinds #2

Andrea Leader March 18, 1986-Minnesota Zoological Gardens, Apple Valley, Dakota Co., Minn.

Tiger Salamander (Ambystama tigrinum). Found in the kitchen of Large Ani­mal Holding. There was a fresh hole in thawed area of ground about 1!2' from door. About 45 minutes later a Tiger Salamander (presumably the same one) was found in the outside tiger yard considerably slowed on ice re­maining in the yard. Returned same to thawed area.

April 5, 1986-Minnesota Zoological Gardens, Apple Valley, Dakota Co., Minn. Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens). Found with a broken leg just out­side of Small Animal Holding. So far it is doing fine.

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The Wisconsin HerpetologicalSociety is announcing the fall Midwestern Herp­etological Seminar in Milwaukee, October 17, 18 and 19, 1986. No list of speakers is available at present. There is a call for papers and slide pres­entations. Please contact: Dave Sorenson, Milwaukee County Zoo, 10001 West Bluemound Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226.

The Milwaukee Zoo is the host site and a beautiful choice. Rooms are available atd the Holiday Inn for $48.00 per night regardless of occupants. The hotel is said to be in walking/party distance of the zoo. Reservations can be made by calling 414-771-4420. Remember to tell them you are coming for the WHS semi-nar.

The seminar and banquet are being held at the Milwaukee County Zoo. Cost is $13.00 for each and $26.00 for both. Pre-registrations must be paid by Sept­ember 20th. There will be a surcharge of paid after that date. The calendar of events are: Friday October 17, ice breaker at the reptile house. Saturday Oct­ober 18, the seminar will be held at the zoo with the banquet following that evening. Sunday October 19, there will be a zoo mobile tour. Guest speaker Dr. Shennan Minton, no time schedule at this writing.

Milwaukee is a very beautiful city with a tavern on every corner and a clock on every building over 5 stories tall. Beer city is a 6 hour drive from the twin Cities. You can also get there by train or plane. Send your registratiorL_ fee to: WHS, c/o John (1Urtle) Raymond, 1519 Park Avenue, Racine, WI 53403.

Please support this second annual event. Your presence will reward WHS for their hard work: See you there •.

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ClASSIFIEDS

EDITOR'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 MHS will not run ads for known sick or illegal animals, we accept no responsibility for the health or legality of any animals advertised here. Please send ALL ads di­rectly to me, Jim Gerholdt, P.O. Box 86, Webster, MN 55088, and not to the MHS address. The deadline for all Newsletter items is the 15th of the month!

MINNESOfA HERPETOLCX;ICAL SOCIEIY DELICATESSEN

REMEMBER-During each meeting we will have available our featured take-out items e

FRESH FROZEN ADULT MICE-$4.00 per dozen. FRESH FROZEN PINKIES AND FUZZIES-$3.00 per dozen.

Due to limited supplies, we have placed a 3 dozen limit on adult mice orders. FRESH FROZEN RATS-JUMBO SIZE-$1.50.

FRESH FROZEN RAT PUPS-$3.00 per dozen.

Remember, if you want rats or mice, they are available by reservation only. You MUST place your order no later than 7:00 PM on Thursday the day before the meet­Ing;. 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 ORDER RATS: Call Bruce or Connie at 593-0298. TO ORDER MICE: Call Jim or Pam at 652-2996. Please note-this is now a 612 call.

FOR SALE: 1986 captive bred hatchling snakes. 12-15 varieties of albinos, Lampropeltis, Pituophis, Ela¥he, and Python~. molurus (endangered species CBW permit required). Send SASE or list. Scott J. Michaels, 403 E. California, Urbana, IL 61801. 217-328-0290.

FOR SALE/TRADE: 0.1 Brown Basilisk. Good color, good feeder. $10.00. 1.0 Coastal Rosy Boa. CH 1985. Feeding well on frozen fuzzies. 18". Make offer. 1.0 Guyanan Red-Tail Boa. 3~'-4'. Nice light color, feeding on frozen rats. Make offer. 10 gal aquarium, holds water. $5.00. Call Aaron at 715-425-7565. If calling from TWin Cities, call Jane at 612-623-4121.

FOR SALE:Distribution maps for all species of reptiles and amphibians of Minne­sota. Compiled by the Records Committee of MHS. These are the most up to date maps available anyWhere and will be updated on an annual basis. $2.50 at the meetings or $4.50 postpaid. Now that spring is here and the herps are once a­gain moving, you should have a set of these!

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FOR SALE: Baby White's Tree Frogse $15.00 each or $12.50 each in groups of 5 or more. Wholesale prices also. Sell. fast, grow fast, ordeF yours today! Call Fran at 612-488-7619.

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FOR SALE: 1.0 Sinaloan Milk Snake. 24" - $50.00. Feeding on frozen fuzziese 1.1 California Kingsnake. Heterozygous. ~le is striped, female is banded. 33" and 34" - $75.00/pai'.r. WANTED: 0.1 melanistic Eastern Garter Snake. Contact Larry at 612-439-4796 or 433-3370.

FOR SALE: 1.1 Ball Python - $65.00 each. 1.0 Bullsnake - $15.00. 1.1 Marine Toad - $25.00/pair. 1.0 Columbian Horned Frog - $20.QOe Cracked 10 gal aquarium -$5.00. Contact Andrea Leader at 612-729-6203. .

FOR SAlE: Aquarium lids. Screen lids for all size aquariums. Handsome, sturdy and efficient for herps and rodents. 5 - 5~ gal 0 $6eOOo 10 gal - $8,50. 20 gal - $17.00. Other sizes can be made very reasonably. Call to place an order: DJ's Reptiles (Don) at 612-922-6294.

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INTI: .TIONAL HERPETOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS JUNE 25 - 28, 1986 .

Wednesday lpm-5pm 6pm-llpm

Thursday 8am-9am

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. friday Sam-9am 9am-5pm 6pm-1Opm'

Saturday 8am-9am 9am-12pm .' lpm-5pm

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"ROGRAM

June 25 Registration

. Ice Breaker at Tower of the Americas .. June 26 Reg i stratlon General Session Name That Herp/Slide Show

June 27 Registration General Session Dinner on Barge on San Antonio River; June 28 Registration General Session Workshops'

. Tour of San Antonio Zoo and Din­ner

WORKSHOPS . The four workshops this year will address: Medi.­cine, Conservation, Amphibian Husbandry and F;eproduction t . and Regional Herpetological Socie­ttes. Added emphasis is being given to theif! or­ganization and implementation.

OPEN HOUSE The Dalluand Ft. Worth Zoos will sponsor an open house on Monday, June 23. The Houston Zoo will open its doors on Tuesday, June 24. All conference registrants are urged to attend.

LIVE ANIMALS Because of city ordanances and hotel re­strictions, please Do Not bring iny live animals to the IHS.

AIRLINES American Airlines is offering a special reduced fare for IHS attendees. To make reservations,

. call 1-800-443-1790 and ask for star code 551131.

PRESENTORS

Captive Reproduction of IIIn Indian Chamaeleon (Chamae­leo ceylanlcus 1

Subba Rao. University ~ Andhra, India

Captive Mililintenance in the Breeding of large Colonies of Small Iguanids CUta stansbu,./ana and Scelopo,.us un­dulatus)

Gary Ferguson, Texas Christian University. " Howard Snell, Memphis State University

field and laboratory Observations of the leut Gecko CSphoerodactylus I'Osouroej; A Key to Captive Propa­gation

Steve Hammack, Dallas Zoo. Texu

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An Overview of Wlterlng Technique. Used for Captive Amphibians Ind Reptiles .

Donald Boye ... · Dallas Zoo, Dall ••

Captive Husbandry and Propagation of the African Spurred Tortoile CCieoche/one sulcata)

Bratt Stearn., Institute fo .. Herpetological. R .. earch

Captive Breeding of' Three Species of AustraUan Skinks; Genus Egernla .

Cris Banks, Itoyal Melbourn Zoo, Australia

Incubation and Growth of Captive Estuarine Crocodiles Crls Bank., Royal Melbourn Zoo, Australia

Captive Reproduction of Six Speclel of Australian Snakes

Nell Charle.! Queena.and, Australia

A Review of the Australian. Frilled lizard (Chlamydo· saUruS klngll) in Captivity . .

Noel Harcurt, Royal Melbourn Zoo, Australia

Microcomputer Applications In Reptile Collections R. Andrew Odum, ,Houston Zoo. Texal :

. Reproduction and Growth In the GUa Monster (Helode,.· ma sU$pectum)

Keith Neltman, Houston Zoo, Texas'

Demographic. of Small Captive Population. , . Hugh QUinn, Houston Zoo, TexIS

Reproduction In the African Fat""tall Gecko CHemitheco­• . nyx caudiclitctus)

AUen And .... olll

Reproduction of Captive Emerald Tree 8011 (Cora/IUS con/nus)

Tom Weidner

Reptile Parasite. Joseph Flanigan, Houston Zoo. Texal

Amphibian Reproduction In Captivity Gall Harris, Ft. Worth Zoo, Tex.s

Captive Reproduction of T rue Vipers Alan Kardo", San ~ntonlo Zoo, TeKe.

Varanid Reproduction at tha Metro-Miami Zoo Bill Zelgle .. , Metro-Miami Zoo, f:loride

Capt.ive Reproduction of the Fal.e Gavial {TomIstomG schlegelllJ

Ron McGill, Metro-Miami Zoo .. florida

Reproduction of the Taipan {OJtyu,.tmus $cutellatusJ P. J. Mlrichln .. Venomous SupplieS, Austr.lla

The Significance of Viral InfectIOns In Reptil.s Elliott Jacoblon. University of Florida

Use and Abuse of Antimicrobial Drugs In Reptile. Elliott Jacobson, University of florida

Captive Reproduction of Terotoscincu$ Robert M. Kellough, Reptile

Breeding Foundation, Canada

Escher/chla coil Bacteria IllS an Enteric Pathogen In Cou­lubrid Snakes - A Case Report

Edward A. Gabler

Husbandry and Reproduction In the Mangrove Snake IBo/ga dendrophllaJ, Including ill Cue of Delayed fertiliution

Daile Bakhn ~nd laura Bakken. Chinookan Ridge Herpetological

Research Center, Canada

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