Month | Year | Speaker | Topic |
| May | 1981 | Terry
Odegaard | North American Milksnakes |
| June | 1981 | Larry Probst | Rhinoceros Iguana Care, Breeding and Ecology |
| July | 1981 | Bruce Delles | 5th annual Reptile Symposium on Captive Propagation and Husbandry |
| August | 1981 | Kevin O'Brian | Laws and Herps 'The Sting' & U.S. Fish and Wildlife |
| September | 1981 | Jim Gerholdt | Rattlesnakes, Care and Natural History |
| October | 1981 | Films | The Man and the Snake & Deadly African Snakes or The Death of a Logomorph |
| November | 1981 | Don Midow | Cobra Care and Natural History |
| December | 1981 | Siah St. Clair | Photographic Techniques for Reptiles and Amphibians |
| January | 1982 | John Willie Dee | Aquatic Turtles Care and Maintenance |
| February | 1982 | Gary Casper | A Sting Operation Overview From a Herpers Perspective |
| March | 1982 | None | Election and Annual Meeting |
| April | 1982 | Delvin Jones | Herpetological Travelogue of the Southeast US |
| May | 1982 | Daryl
Karns | Preservation Techniques and Basic Taxonomy |
| June | 1982 | Jeff Lang | Cold Blood and Warm Hearts, Crocodiles |
| July | 1982 | Tom Foose | AAZPA and Role of Zoos in Wildlife Conservation |
| August | 1982 | Terry Odegaard | World of Reptiles Terry's Traveling Reptile Show |
| September | 1982 | Daryl Karns | Ecology of the Herpetofauna of Boreal Peatlands of Minnesota |
| October | 1982 | Dan Keyler | Treatment of Venomous Snakebite |
| November | 1982 | Jim Gerholdt | Rattlesnakes, Their Natural History and Care in Captivity |
| December | 1982 | Bruce Delles | Captive Maintenance and Variation in the Rat Snakes of the Genus Elaphe |
| January | 1983 | Jim Gerholdt | Reptiles of California |
| February | 1983 | Carrol Henderson | DNR Non-Game Programs and Herp Priorities |
| March | 1983 | None | Annual Meeting |
| April | 1983 | Film, Science Museum | Darwin on the Galapagos, at the Science Museum |
| May | 1983 | Slide Show | Minnesota DNR's show on the States Frogs and Toads |
| June | 1983 | Dr. Henry Philmon | Anatomy of Snakes |
| July | 1983 | Don Midow | Cobras Care and Natural History |
| August | 1983 | Dr Walter Breckenridge | Research on Canadian Toads and Film on the Spiny Softshell Turtle |
| September | 1983 | Panel | The 7th Annual Reptile Symposium in Texas |
| October | 1983 | Dr. Daryl Karns | Ecology of West African Lizards |
| November | 1983 | Dr. Bruce Cutler | Everything You ever Wanted to Know About Food Insects |
| December | 1983 | Delvin Jones | A Herpetological Odyssey Through The Southwest US |
| January | 1984 | Delvin Jones | Herp Travelogue through the Southeast U.S. |
| February | 1984 | Daryl Karns | The Hot Blooded Dinosaurs |
| March | 1984 | None | Annual Meeting |
| April | 1984 | Bob Duerr film | Snakes and Flowers |
| May | 1984 | Slide show | Frogs and Toads of Minnesota |
| June | 1984 | Dan
Keyler | Venomous Snakebites |
| July | 1984 | John Moriarty | Reptiles and Amphibians of Kentucky |
| August | 1984 | Panel | Basic Herp Care |
| September | 1984 | Panel | 8th International Herpetological Symposium on Captive Propagation and Husb. |
| October | 1984 | Panel | Captive Breeding |
| November | 1984 | Bob Bader | Care and Breeding of the Whites Treefrog |
| December | 1984 | Diane Grone | DNR slide tape The Snakes of Minnesota |
| January | 1985 | Jim Gerholdt | The Basics of Hot Herp Keeping |
| February | 1985 | David Hoppe | Color Variations in Minnesota Amphibians |
| March | 1985 | Tom Johnson | Missouri's Endangered and Threatened Amphibians and Reptiles |
| April | 1985 | Dan Keyler | Venomous Snakes at the Minnesota Zoo and Snakebite photos |
| May | 1985 | John Moriarty | Field Herpetology |
| June | 1985 | Carrol Henderson | Plants and Animals of Costa Rica |
| July | 1985 | Movie | The Man and the Snake / Deadly African Snakes |
| August | 1985 | Panel | 9th International Herpetological Symposium |
| September | 1985 | MN DNR | New Laws |
| October | 1985 | Richard Cary Paull | Turtles and Tortoises and the Role of the Turtle Trust |
| November | 1985 | DR, Mark J. Wiesman | The Basics of Herp Medicine |
| December | 1985 | John Tester | Toads in the Prairies |
| January | 1986 | Videotape | Heartbreak Turtle |
| February | 1986 | None | White Snake Sale |
| March | 1986 | Barney Oldfield | Lets Talk Turtles - Turtle of Minnesota (DNR slide show) |
| April | 1986 | Dr. Bernard Bechtel | Color Patterns in Snakes |
| May | 1986 | Dr. William Schmid | Hibernation of Amphibians |
| June | 1986 | Dr. Walter Breckenridge | Island Ecology in the Mississippi River |
| July | 1986 | Various | Recap 10th Annual Herpetological Symposium |
| August | 1986 | Gary Casper | Breeding of Boas and Pythons |
| September | 1986 | Barney Oldfield | Desert Denizens |
| October | 1986 | Video/ D Hoppe/ J Moriarty | Alligator Snapping Turtle/ Snake Feeding Behavior/ SSAR Meeting |
| November | 1986 | MHS Board | Interesting Herps |
| December | 1986 | Bob Applegate | Tri Colors and Albinos / Travelogue Through SW US |
| January | 1987 | Dr. Dan Keyler | Snakebite |
| February | 1987 | None | White Snake Sale |
| March | 1987 | ? | ? |
| April | 1987 | A.B.
Sheldon | Photographing Reptiles in the Wild |
| May | 1987 | Movies | Snakebite, Rattler |
| June | 1987 | Pat Brown | Microbiological Pathology |
| July | 1987 | Jim Gerholdt / Barney Oldfield | Quest For Crotaphytus |
| August | 1987 | Dr. Phil Cochran | The Mudpuppy: The Fish-Like Amphibian |
| September | 1987 | A. Hampton/ J. Moriarty | Basic Husbandry and Care of Amphibians and Reptiles |
| October | 1987 | Frank Barnwell | Behavioral Study of Dart-Poison Frogs in Costa Rica - A Tropical Frog Essay |
| November | 1987 | Dave Hoppe | Amphibian Feeding Behavior |
| December | 1987 | Bob Bader | Wholesales Perspective/ Travelogue of the Far East |
| January | 1988 | None | Tour of Bell Museum |
| February | 1988 | None | White Snake Sale |
| March | 1988 | John Moriarty | DNR County Biological Survey |
| April | 1988 | Carrol Henderson | Cost Rica Travelogue |
| May | 1988 | Don Perschau | Reptiles and Amphibians of Iowa |
| June | 1988 | Dr. Terry Graham | Recovery in Red - The Plymouth Redbellied Turtle |
| July | 1988 | Panel | IHS / SSAR Wrap-up |
| August | 1988 | Terry Odegaard | Herps in Public Presentations |
| September | 1988 | David Weiner | Care and Housing of Frogs and Toads |
| October | 1988 | Aaron Hampton | Breeding and Husbandry of Colubrid Snakes |
| November | 1988 | Bill Allen | Sea Turtles of the Tortugero |
| December | 1988 | Richard Funk DVM | Basic Veterinary Care |
| January | 1989 | Videos | The Snakes of Missouri, Crocodile Banks of Madras India |
| February | 1989 | None | White Snake Sale |
| March | 1989 | None | Meeting Canceled |
| April | 1989 | Dr. Jeffrey Lang | Making Male Muggers at Madras in May |
| May | 1989 | D. Keyler/ B. Oldfield | Timber Rattlesnakes of Southwestern Wisconsin (from March) |
| June | 1989 | John Moriarty | Getting Ready for the 1989 Field Season |
| July | 1989 | John Meltzer | Pros and Cons of Keeping a Large Collection of Herps |
| August | 1989 | Jim Gerholdt | The Herpetofauna of Aruba |
| September | 1989 | Ron and Margaret Melik | Insight on Vita-Lites |
| October | 1989 | Wayne Hill | Captive Propagation in a Private Vivarium |
| November | 1989 | Fred Bosvay | Adventures of an Alligator Wrestler (or How I Spent My Summer Vacation) |
| December | 1989 | Bill Love | Helping Your Herps Photogenically/ US Travelogue |