Month

Year

Speaker

Topic
January 2000 John Meltzer So You Want to Breed Reptiles Professionally?
February 2000 None Great White Snake Sale
March 2000 Bruce Means Diamonds in the Rough: Natural History of the E. Diamondback Rattlesnake
April 2000 Carrol Henderson Costa Rican Odysseys
May 2000 Dan Meinhardt Miniaturization and the Anuran Skull
June 2000 John Hogston Monitor Lizards: An Overview of Varanids of the World
July 2000 Sandra Borland Axolotls and the Indiana University Axolotl Colony
August 2000 Tony Murphy Frogs in the Curriculum: A K-12 Example
September 2000 Fred Janzen Understanding Environmental Sex Determination in Reptiles
October 2000 Robert Powell Adventures in the Caribbean: Herpetology on Tropical Islands
November 2000 Jim Gerholdt Herpin' New Mexico, part deux
December 2000 Richard Bartlett A Slide Tour to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Baja California
January 2001 Minnesota Breeders Jake Jacobsen-Tortoises; Jodi Aherns-Leopard Geckos; Jeff LeClere-Colubrid Snakes
February 2001 Adam Britton Crocodilians: 21st Century Dinosaurs
March 2001 None White Snake Sale
April 2001 Lyle Puente Breeding Chameleons
May 2001 Dan Keyler Venomous Bites and Remedies Over the Millennia
June 2001 Jim Gerholdt Geckos of Minnesota: A Photo Tour of Minnesota's Gecko Breeders
July 2001 Uli Sacchet Captive Husbandry of Indo-Australian Pythons
August 2001 Tim Halliday Amphibian Population Declines and Their Possible Causes
September 2001 Monty Krizan Monty's Travelling Reptile Show
October 2001 John P. Levell Reptiles and the Law
November 2001 Carol Hall The Minnesota County Biological Survey: Reptiles and Amphibians
December 2001 Robert Sprackland The Status of Africa's Savannah and Cape Monitors: The Case Against Subspecies
January 2002 Ann Paterson Interactions in Territorial Neighborhoods: Why Some Lizards are (Relatively) Nice to Their Neighbors
February 2002 Bert Langerwerf Breeding Argentine Tegus
March 2002 None White Snake Sale
April 2002 Christopher Austin Systematics and Biogeography of New Guinea Scincid Lizards: A Molecular Genetic Perspective
May 2002 John Weins Treasures of the Sierra Madre: sex, color, and evolution in the Mexican spiny lizard
June 2002 Dr. William E. Duellman Life in the Rainforest: An Amazonian Herpetofauna
July 2002 Curtis Eckerman Geographic Variation and the Systematics of the Hognose Snakes (Genus: Heterodon)
August 2002 Robert McKinnell Herpes and herpetology: How Minnesota's leopard frogs could help cure cancer
September 2002 Kirsten Love Veterinarians: why do I need one?
October 2002 Ray Pawley Strange True Tales from the Brookfield Zoo Reptile House
November 2002 Herpetological Health: Veterinary Case Studies Dr. James Rasmussen (MN Zoo): Foreign-body ingestion in a Komodo monitor
Dr. Pan Burrill (Cedar Pet Clinic): Egg-binding in snakes
Film "Snakes and Flowers" (1971) from the Science Museum of Minnesota
December 2002 Bill Love Splendid Isolation - Exploring Madagascar’s Herpetofaunal Diversity
January 2003 Ron Tremper Reptile Ranching at the Center for Reptile and Amphibian Propagation
February 2003 Anthony Steyermark Biology and conservation of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea)
March 2003 None White Snake Sale
April 2003 Tony Gamble The Impact of Commercial Harvest on Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta)
May 2003 Aaron Bauer Herpetological Exploration in Arid Southwestern Africa - Forgotten History and Recent Discoveries
June 2003 Dave Kizirian Evolution of Galapagos Lava Lizards
July 2003 Maureen Kearney Reptiles Underground: Systematics and Evolution of Amphisbaenians
August 2003 William Souder A Brief History of Amphibian Malformations
September 2003 Daryl Karns Buffalo wallows, tidal mudflats, and rice paddys: The ecology and evolution of rear-fanged water snakes in Southeast Asia
October 2003 Charles Innis, VMD Post-Mortem Examination of Reptiles: How the Herpetoculturist Can Contribute to Our Knowledge of Reptile Diseases
November 2003 Tim Watkins Tadpoles: The Other White Meat
December 2003 Paul Freed Venomous Snakes of the World
January 2004 Jeanine Refsnider Trials and Tribulations of Turtle Telemetry
February 2004 Bobby Espinoza The Evolution of Herbivory in Reptiles and The Herpetofauna of South America's Southern Cone: New Discoveries from the Andean Peaks to the Patagonian Steppe
March 2004 None White Snake Sale
April 2004 Walt Sadinski An introduction to the national Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative
May 2004 Dr. Adam Summers Neither eels, nor worms, nor even Italians - understanding form and function in the limbless amphibians
June 2004 Barney Oldfield New Mexico's Rattlesnakes - Protection & Persecution
July 2004 John Moriarty Turtles and Turtle Watching
August 2004 Jason Naber, Mike Majeski Herpetological Surveys: Herpetological surveyors share field
experiences from recent massasauga and wood turtle projects
September 2004 Bob Duerr Snakes and Flowers
October 2004 Jodi Aherns Keeping and breeding African fat-tailed geckos
November 2004 Dr. Jeffrey Bender Reptiles and Salmonella
December 2004 Allen Salzberg
 The Net and Herps, Past, Present and Future, The Good and The Bad
January

2005

 Tony Gamble Herpetological Research in Brazil
February 2005 Kristi Curry Rogers Dinosaur research at the Science Museum of Minnesota
March 2005 None White Snake Sale
April 2005 Dr. Dan E. Keyler Venomous Snakes, Snakebites and Their Current Treatment
May 2005 Jeff LeClere How to "herp"
June 2005   The Iguana Relocation Network
July 2005 Michelle Hewitt Trials and tribulations owning egg-eating snakes
August 2005 Dav Kaufman Herpin' in the Holyland
September 2005 Alyse DeVries Artificial Insemination of E. E. guttata
October 2005 George Richard Galapagos Islands' Herps & Animals
November 2005 Tony Gamble The food could have been better: Herpetological explorations in southern Africa
December 2005 Dr. Gary Caspar Butler's Gartersnake Taxonomy and Conservation
January 2006 Jamie Pastica Herping in Peru
February 2006 no speaker  
March 2006 None White Snake Sale
April 2006 Three speakers: Ed Quinn: Field Herping Opportunities for MHS members; Franklin C. Jesse, Jr.: BugCo: The Business of Bugs; Craig Renier: Keeping and Breeding Fire Salamanders
May 2006   MHS 25th Anniversary: Laddie Elwell, Delvin Jones, Jim Gerholdt, Dan Keyler, Todd Turner
June 2006 Noah Anderson Exploring the chelonioscape: Research into temperature regulation and biomechanics of turtles
July 2006 Rebecca Christoffel Presenting Herps to the Public
August 2006 John Moriarty The Master Naturalist Program
September 2006 George Richard Foreign Herping: Galapagos Islands, Costa Rica and Beliz
October 2006

Madeleine Linck

 Blandings Turtle Study
November 2006 Melinda Knudson

Farm Ponds and Amphibians
December 2006 Alejandro Velez

Behavioral Ecology of Poison Dart Frogs, and its Application for their Sustainable Use
January 2007

Ruthie Schneider

Reptilian training
February 2007 Matt Martin Monster Cages
March 2007 no meeting  
April 2007 None White Snake Sale
May 2007 Bruce Delles Funny mishaps and mistakes in herpetology
June 2007 T. Keyler and Friend

Trip to Australia
July 2007 Jennifer Hensley Renfest and hands-on dos and don'ts
August 2007 Rick Staub California Mountain Kingsnake (Lampropeltis zonata)
September 2007 Chase Delles Serpent Dancers - Shades of Arabia. A night of dance, comedy and education
October 2007 "Jake" Glen Jacobsen Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands
November 2007

Mark Bee

Acoustic Communication in Gray Tree Frogs
December 2007 Mike Pingleton Redfoot Tortoises: Natural History, Behavior and Captive Care
January 2008    
February 2008 Jamie Pastika Report of a trip to Belize and Guatemala
March 2008 Doug Rossman The garter snakes & their relatives: a continental model of adaptive radiation
April 2008 None White Snake Sale
May 2008 James E. Gerholdt

Feel the Buzz… Rattlesnakes
June 2008 Bruce Larson Care and raising of veiled chameleons and panther chameleons
July 2008 Brad Baysinger Snakes and hooks with Brad Baysinger - the Snake Guru
August 2008 Kathy Claugherty Resource for Iguana Care and Adoption
September 2008 Frank Ziegler Romanian reptiles
October 2008 Amy Kizer, Kathy Love Common veterinary concerns in reptiles (AK), Cornsnakes (KL)
November 2008 Jeff LeClere Midwest Herp Symposium report/timber rattlesnake project/short tour of big breeder facility
December 2008 Joe Wasilewski American Crocodiles, back from the brink
January 2009 Andrew Wyatt The United States Association of Reptile Keepers (USARK)
February 2009 John Moriarty Herps and the Law – Minnesota Style
March 2009 Ken Kozak Lungless in the Appalachian and Mesoamerican Highlands: a tour through the two salamander capitols of the world
April 2009 no speaker White Snake Sale
May 2009 Bryan Christy Reptile Smuggling: Past, Present...and Future?
June 2009 Brian Crnobrna Fauna Forever Tambopata Conservation Biology Including Honduras and Peru
July 2009 Blake Sheldon Minnesota Herps
August 2009 Doug Mader Medical marvels of the herp world
September 2009 Terry Odegaard Adventures in herping or How I found herping heaven - didn't have to die to get there, only had to drive 500 miles to get there
October 2009 T J Uriona How alligators rock and roll
November 2009 Benjamin K Chan Parental care in Dendrobates auratus
December 2009 Kate Jackson Mean and Lowly Things: Snakes, Science and Survival in the Congo
January 2010 Marc Bailey Ball python breeding (and an update on the current, ongoing legislation battle in the pet trade)
February 2010 Amy Kizer Common diseases of captive reptiles
March 2010 Daniel Keyler In the Field with New York's Timber Rattlesnakes
April 2010 No Speaker White Snake Sale
May 2010 Charles (Chuck) Pritzel Corn Snake Morphology
June 2010 Brad Birchfield and Jeremy Sloan The unique herps and habitats of Arkansas/an overview of herping 'The Natural State'
July 2010 Heather Waye
 Brown Tree Snakes of Guam
August 2010 Benjamin Lowe Reptiles of the Colorado Desert
September 2010    
October 2010    
November 2010    
December 2010    

Anthony Steyermark gave an excellent presentation about
leatherback sea turtles in February 2003.

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