Hi ... new to the group. I'm wondering if anyone in or familiar with Northern RI and SE MA has any good spots to observe 'phib migrations. Please contact me if...
Thanks Bek! Maybe I will look Deb Porter up in the book. My kids teacher also lives in Heath & probably knows her. I greatly appreciate the tips. I might try...
Wednesday night, 4/1, was a good night for amphibian movement at the higher elevation sites on our route, though the lower elevation sites seemed quieter,...
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Apr 4, 2009 1:26 am
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April 3rd - rainy and in the upper 40's Wooded pools are still frozen and snow covered but we saw: spotted blue-spotted complex wood frogs peepers four-toed ...
East west road in dummerston had a few spotted salamander activity tonight Sent from my iPod ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Greetings, Thought people might like to see this most unusual spotted salamander: http://www.pbase.com/jalisk/albino_salamander The photos were taken by Joe...
Nice find. Seems a few albinos pop up every year across the country. Mike VanValen Living Surveys http://ctherpetology.blogspot.com/ Norwalk, Connecticut ... ...
I checked in at the vernal pool Minuteman Tech just behind the NStar Power Station (thus lots of trash ;-( last Sunday, April 5. I saw one spotted salamander...
I returned to a VP in Chelmsford to check on egg masses; I wasn't disapointed--nearly the whole perimeter was littered w/ Spotted & blue-spotted complex eggs....
My pools are in Indiana and I am new to this subject. They are under oak canopy and have much leaf buildup in the bottom. Would the acidity from oak leaves...
The oak canopy might help influence what species you find in the pool to a certain degree, but won't limit productivity. Other factors such as pool size and...
A couple of years ago we adopted two red eared sliders that were posted as needing a home on this list serve. Because of their scars and their personalities,...
I've got an 85 gallon tank with an oak stand. You can have it for free if you pick it up. Sharon Streeter 508-685-6802 ________________________________ From:...
Sharon Streeter
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Apr 14, 2009 11:46 am
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Do any five-lined skinks live in MA? I have thought that we have no native lizards but I saw someone on a video say that they live in southwestern VT, MA and...
No. The Five-Lined Skink is extirpated in MA. This means it existed at some point in the state. I believe there are two obscure records from the 1800's. Mike...
Monday night was raining and 4 C. I was out with the OVPA and MNR looking for salamanders and the frogs the other night in Caledon and Halton on the Escarpment...
One from New Bedford (along with a similarly obscure and lonely record for the eastern worm snake) in the late 1800's and I believe the other is from Worcester...
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 16, 2009 (ENS) - Florida moved toward adopting stronger conservation measures for the harvest of freshwater turtles at the Florida...
Just when you thought the vernal pool breeding season was coming to a close, things are still getting started in the higher elevations of the White Mountains...
I hear a gray tree frog calling from up on Pine Hill in Lincoln. He's a good 1000 feet away from any breeding habitat. Also heard American toads calling from...
I heard some American Toads calling on the eastern side of Seneca Lake yesterday, thought it was a bit early for them...thought it was something the winery did...
At least five gray treefrogs have been trilling from various trees in woods surrounding our house in Guilford, CT for the past three days. Cindi Kobak ...
Maine has recently launched a new vernal pool website for the community based conservation work that is being done at the town level. The website contains a...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/08/BALS17GOBT.DTL Obama administration tries to save local salamander Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff...