VOLUME VI NUMBER 2

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FEBRUARY NEWSLE ER

MARCH MEETING

Friday, March 7, 1986 7:00 PM Room 375, Science Classroom Building

East Bank, University of Minnesota

The March meeting will be our amrual meeting and election of officers. We will also be voting on a constitutional amendment. The details of this amendment appear later in this Newsletter. The norrdnations for this years' elections are listed below. All members are reminded that nominations will also be accepted from the floor at the meeting. 1m 'k indicates an incumbent. The nominees:

President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor Member-at-Large (Vote for four)

ok Fran Frisch 'k Arm Porwoll

Andrea Oster Bruce Haig

ok Jim Gerholdt Fred Bosman Bob Duerr Pat Encinosa Aaron Hampton Don Johnson

Dan K.eyler Dan Michael

-;'~ John Moriarty Tom Schmitz Larry Yank

The "Critter of the Month" will be your favorite critter. This is always an interesting feature and a lot of fun. So, look things over and pick a favorite. A very special "extra" for the meeting will be a showing of Barney Oldfield's 2 projector slide show on the herps of Minnesota. This is the one that debuted at our seminar that you've heard so much about. If you missed it then, this is your chance to see it. Believe me, it's something to see. Don't miss out!

Snakebite Emergency Hennepin Regional Poison Center

612-347-31L~1

BELL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

10 CHURCH STREET S.E. • A1INNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455-0104

The February meeting was a huge success! The Second Annual Great White Snake Sale took in a grand total of $405.60 for MHS! While this was less than we had last year, we have no complaints. MHS would like to thank all of you who do­nated items for the sale, and those who bought thern. Attendance at the meeting was 86 .. 1986 is off to a great start .. Our membership is also up, to Just shy of the 170 mark ..

Refreshments

The refreshments for the February meeting were supplied by Andrea Oster. The rumor that she was trying to buy votes is absolutely not true! Thanks to her fran, MHS for the goodies!

''Help A Hapless Herp"

We had a real nice female Common Boa as an adoptee at the last meeting. There was a lot of interest in her, and the decision was not an easy one. But, we did find a good home for her. where she can hopefully make more boas one of these days. There is nothing as of yet for the March meeting, but who knows what may show up by then. Keep your fingers crossed!

A A A A A A :. A A A A A A A A A A A A * A A A A A A A A A A A A A A l< In'd~'( A A A l< '* A ,'rin'ririri< A '* lc '* A A A A A '* A A A A ****"'n"****ln'r:

MRS Picnic

The armual MHS picnic has been scheduled for Sunday, August 17. We do not have a place chosen for this yet. Does anyone out there have any ideas? If you do, let one of the Board members know. We also need volunteers to work on the picnic plaming. Step right up!

We have some super meetings planned already for this new year. We also have some great activities planned. Besides the picnic there will be a "show and tell" day again at Como Zoo, in early May. Along with this will be Grand Old Days in June and we will be once again setting up the herp display at the Minnesota State Fair in the DNR Building. We'll have more on these for you soon. But, be sure and keep them in ~nd. There will be no DNR funded field trips this year, but we are work­ing on something a little closer than the past two years. Macalester College lLas some 300 acres in Dakota County, in Inver Grove Heights. The Katherine Ordway Natural History Study Area is the name of the site. It looks like tv1HS will be conducting a herp survey of this area. Again, we'll have more on this later.

Herp Hints

Herp Hints was not too busy at the last meeting. Ted Schave related how he had had two Burmese Pythons in a picnic cooler, and one had apparently suffocated. A lot of us use coolers for transport, and have had no problems e Thoughts?

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MINNESOTA HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY INCOME STATEMENT

FOR '!HE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1985

INCOME: Memberships Library Fines Rodent Sales Refreshments Donations T-Shirt Sales Raffle Tickets Miscellaneous Repayment of Advance Monies made for 1985 S.E. Minn, Herp. Survey 1985 White Snake Sale Midwestern Herp. Seminar/Banquet Raffle/Patron's Turtles of Venezuela

TOTAL INCOME

EXPENSES: Postage Printing Program Expenses T-Shirts Library Books Office Supplies Refreshments Mileage ~1iscellaneous Advance Monies for 1985 S.E" Minn. Herp. Survey Rodents Midwestern Herp. Seminar/Banquet Raffle/Patron's Turtles of Venezuela

TOTAL EXPENSES

NET INCOME

$1543.00 45.00

2539.95 50.51 95.00

299.00 290.00 216.03

889.84 533.29

2232.00 617.00

759.01 1694.87 354.77 158.60 327.27 301.36 40.86 82.50

238.55

889.84 1306.60 2276079 106.44

993.16

MINNESOTAL HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FINANCIAL POSITION

FOR TIm YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1985

Cash, January 1, 1985 Gross Income for 1985 Total Expenses for 1985 Net Income for 1985 Cash, December 31, 1985

9530.62 8537.46

Check Book Balance, December 31, 1985~1025.1+8 Cash on Hand, December 3;1, 1985 47.00 Total Cash, December 31, 1985

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$259.32

933.16 1072.48

$1072.48

$9358.62

8537.46

As annotmced at the February meeting, we would like to nm a short biography on each candidate for MHS office in the Newsletter. Hopefully, this will be­come a regular item each springe Only a few were received by the deadline, so here they are:

Ann Porwoll - Vice-President I have worked my way up from a Fotmding Member to Member-at-Large, Sec­retary, and now Vice-President. I would like to continue in this office, where I will work to arrange new and interesting programs. I like most herps with my main interest being tortoises and turtles.

Jim Gerholdt - Newsletter Editor I am a Founding Member and have been Newsletter Editor for 5 years. I have worked in zoos for over 13 years and presently serve on the AAZPA Antivenin Committee and the SSP Group for the Aruba Island Rattlesnake. My main interest is rattlesnakes and I have kept herps for 30 odd years.

Pat Encinosa - Member-at-Large I have been a zoo keeper since 1980 and presently work at the Minnesota Zoo. I have been working with reptiles for 14 years and recently started a business breeding reptiles and amphibians.

Aaron Hampton - Member-at-Large MHS member for 3 years. Biology graduate from university of Wisconsin at River Falls. I have worked with herps for 4 years and have about 30 ani­mals at present. I want to be more active in MHS and if elected would do just that.

There was no raffle at the February meeting due to the Second Annual Great White Snake Sale. The items we had left over from the sale will be used as our raffle items at future meetings. Even so, if you have anything you would like to donate to MHS for raffle use, please do so.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: As you can see from our 1985 financial statement (ably prepared by MHS Treasurer Sally Brewer) MHS had a super year in 1985. Our income was way up, and we finished the year with considerably more cash on hand than we started with. Our biggest jumps in income carne in memberships and rodent sales. The fact that the seminar/banquet showed a profit was a big plus for _ us. The biggest jump in expenses was in printing. Some of this was due to the first issue of the Occasional Papers, but most of it was because of the Newsletter. Again, we ask if anyone our there has an "in" where we could get reduced rates on our printing. If you do, please let one of the Board members know.

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The proposed amendment to the constitution will make the immediate Past Pres­ident a non-elected member of the MH.S Board. The purpose of the amendment is to reserve the four Member-at-Large seats on the Board as elected positions that can be used a a training ground for future officers of the Society ~ How­ever, it is very desirable to retain the experience of the Past President in directing the Society. It is for these reasons that the MH.S Board of Directors is proposing the following amendments:

CONSTITUrION Article IV - Administration

Change from: The MHS shall be a~nistered by the Board of Directors comprised of the elec­ted officers and four (4 ) active members at large, one of whom should be the immediate past president.

Change to: The MHS shall be a~nistered by the Board of Directors comprised of the elec­ted officers, tour (4) active members at large and the immediate past president.

BY - lAWS Article V - Officers & Co~ttees Section 506

Change from: The Board of Directors shall consist of the officers of MHS and four (4) active members at large, one (1) of whom should be the immediate past president ..

Change to: The Board of Directors shall consist of the officers of MHS, four (4) active members at large, and the immediate past president ..

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For those of you who may have noticed something different about this issue of the MHS Newsletter, yes we have a new typewriter. Our new tmit is an Underwood 3500 electric. It has a lot of features that our old one lacked. Probably the most important one is the carbon ribbon. This should give us a better quality of printing on the Newsletter. It also has a better correction featU!e, which I use an awful lot. The old typewriter will now go to the MHS Secretary.

llbra!),

The MHS Library continues to grow. New books 'recently purchased with MHS ftmds are:

A Preliminary Study of the Thermal Requirements of Desert Reptiles by Raymond <B. Cowles and Charles M. Bogert (SSM reprint of 1944) Recent Instances of Albinism in North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Stanley Dyrkacz Reproductive Biology and Diseases of Captive Reptiles by James Be Murphy and Joseph T. Collins (editors) Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada. Volume III. Bibliog­raphy. by Albert H. Wright and Anna A. Wright (SSAR reprint of 1962) Amphibians and Reptiles - Hamlyn Colour Guides by Vaclav Lanka and Zbysek Vit The Snakes of Honduras - Second Edition by Larry D. Wilson and John R. Meyer

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Snake Breeding Data

by

Joel Eidbo

Over the course of the last four years, I have become more and more interested in breeding snakes. By the stmmer of 1985, with the cooperation of Henry Cohen, as well as John Martin and John Meltzer, I had accumulated breeding infonnation on 12 species of snakes. in 5 cases, only a single breeding was recorded. In the rest, multiple breedings took place. The only major goal of recording the myriad of numbers you will find before you in the tables is to establish some base= lines. For example, do all snakes shed prior to laying eggs, and if so, is it possible to tell how soon after shedding they will lay? Another piece of in­formation I wanted to gather is the relative fertility of captive-bred eggs versus wild caught. In any event, this is just a start. I hope to add a lot more numbers to the tables in the next few years, and maybe establish a few guidelines in the process.

Most of the information in the tables is self-explanatory; the units for egg measurement are centimeters. I include in this report a copy of the data form that I have sort of evolved over the last few years. If any of you are success­ful in breeding snakes this spring and are interested, please copy this form and use it to record as much information as you can about the species you are breeding. Send a copy of the data to me, and I'll include it (with all due recognition) in the next breeding report.

In one of the tables there seems to be some discrepancy; where it is recorded, the adult female snake appears to have lost less weight than would account for all her eggs. This is no error, though, and as near as I can guess, the differ­ence is due to the rapid absorption of water by the freshly laid eggs.

Finally, although many of the information categories are pretty bare, more in­fonnation will fill them out, and it is important information--I think.

Tebl. I A 1& CD.' [ F1 ( Dete FrOlll HlPnrv Cohllln » ;-;;::;;~;:-------.----;------;----;;---;---;;---- ---------.------------;~-;-;;-~-;;-;;-~-;;-;;-~-;-;-;-~-;-;-;-~-;~;~; Mating., Det.~ ~-~,4-20.'~ ---- a ---- 3-8-BO& ----- • ----- 14-13-B2 4-10-~314-13-B4. p,..-leyinG S.,.d V.. ---- t VIIIG VIII 110 8 '1'1115 Veli I Vel. I V." • '1'_110 VII! Ii V.....

Detll! S-14-B4 -~-- .-6-6-B~ 4-20-B~. 4-6 & 5-21 8 ----- , 6-5 5-2~ I EGG-l eying Datil! B 5-23-B4 I 6-16-B3 • 6-9-B5 5-6-85 & 6-21-B5 4-22 6-12 I 8-20 6-2B 6-24 6-15 • Tot"l • EGGIIO 7 34 ~ 5 8 9 7B ----- I ----- & EGG'" Sy Clutch 7 34 5 5 9 10 14 I 12 11 14 17 ~tch1"G Date 7-26-B4 8 8-5-83 8 8-5-B~ 7-16-B5. B-B-B5 6-17 a B-2-81& 10-11 B-16 B-16 e-~. • F_rU 1 __ QQ& 3 34 5 4 ~ G 10 4 7 14 16 • J nf II!r U III! .. 0 0 . 2. 4 :? 4 B .. 0 1 • U ". Voung 3 29 5 .. 5 ~ B I 2 .. 12 ~ 4 1!

• D&ad-i n-Shll!ll 1 ~ 0 0 0 6 :z :2 3 2 :2 & .. D.4ormll!d 2. :2 & . 0 0 0 (I . (I 1 1 4 1 &

IncubeUon Tilft. 6~ 50 • ~7 71 4B 56 51, 52 49 53 4 Ii' I

Incubation T_mp. B3& 7B-84 : 75-90 75-90. 75-90 r 70-B8 70-BB I 70-B8 70~Be 70-8B 8 70-B8 • Post-LAying Shll!d V_S VII! & 8 I ----- & ----- = ----- I ----- I

Datil! 7-10-B4 6-13-85 I • ----- : ----- I ----- I ----- I

AVG- Eg; Dimll!ns. 4.1-1.9 2.B-2.0 I 3.9-1.~ 704-3.0br 3.3-2.1 I ----- -----: ----- r ----- I

AVQ. EQG Weight 14gm. ---- I 6.5;m. 42gm. 9.~'QII'. ----- I ---- t ----- I ----- • Size of Young 10" 6" I 9.5" 14" 0" ----- : ---- t ----- t ---- I

Adult. FlI!malll! SizlI! 36" 38" 2~" 42" 26" ----- : Adu! t FlI!malll! Wt. --- I .93;m. 234gff.. ----- t Adult Malll! Size 47" I ---- 36" 21" I ---- I ----- : ----- I F. Wt. LOISE 40;1T1. a BIg. I ----- I ----- t ----- t ----- : ~ of Tot.! wt. --- I 43% 35Yo ----- I I ----- : ----- 8 H1b.rnAtion? Yes I ---- Veli YII!S Vel> I VII! & t YII!ID I YII!& Yes YES. Hibll!rnaUon TlI!mp. 55 55 I 55 I 55 I 55 & 55 5~ 8

~~~_~~~~~-----:----~~-----:----~~-------------~---~~:---:-------___ :-=::::_8_:::::~-==:::_& __ :::::_~ ________ =====_:

.... _ Wi 1 p Ca".lQht

.,. "any matinGs, dates Given for first and last. a· EgGS kept in controlled temp. incubator ~ B~ F. constant temp. bB "-asurements (cm.) Taken just prior to hatching_

AD Gray-Banded KinGsna~e, Lampropeltis "-Micana Alterna Ba Eastern Hognose, Heterodon Platyrhino. ( From "".> C. Red "ilk Snake, LampropeltiE Triangulum syspila C From Kansas Dc "exican Black Kingsnake, Lampropelti& GEtulus NiGritu5 E- Western HognDse, HeterodDn Na&icU5 Nasicus, C ~Dhn "-ltzer ) F- Speckled KinGsnake, Lampropeltis eetulus Holbroo~i

Table lCcont'd). G C Data From Henry Cohen , HI ( Data From Henry Cohen ------,------------------------------------------• Breedings f'laU ngs, Dates & ---

a 5( 1 h C 2 ) • 3-22-Bl 14-6-B2

t ( 3 ) I C 4 ).: ( .lib ). 1~-22-B~.:S-2o-B4J

6(1)&(2), 3-11-7913-20-Bl

( ~ ) : ( 4 ) t

,~-25-S~:

( :!. ) ---- I

( 6 ) I

4-2-S:!.1 Ves t 4-21 5-1

Pret-Iaying Shed Ves 6-6 6-13 •

a ----B -- a ---

Ves Ves 5-4:1 4-3 5-25 4-17

Ve~ 4-16 I

4-~0

Ves 4-20 I

4-30 Date

Elg-L:aying Date Total .. Eggs EIOS, by Clutch Hatchi ng Date

6 5-10 55

5-1

11 1--

7-1B B & 81

10 --- . --- . --- a

• fertile EGgs .. Infertile • Uve Voung .. Dead-in-Shell

6 8-2B

5 1

o

12 7-7-Bl I

12 o

11 1 o

6-29 9 2 9 o o

12 7-6

9 3 7 2 o

9 B 9-10

7 2 7 o o

o 10 o o o

14 6-5

2 12

2 o (I

14

(I

14 (I

o o

16 6-21

10 6 9 1 o

13

o 1~ o o o

14 6-17

10 4 B 2 (I • Deformed

Incubatior. Tiflle Incubation Temp. Post-Laying Shed

o 65

75-90 5B

70-BB 59

70-BS

11 7-14

10 1

10 o o

62 70-8e

61 70-B6 t

5~ 70-BB • 700-BB

49 70-BB 70-BB

45 70-BB 70-BB

46 70-ElB •

Date

I ---

. ----1 -­

I ---• --- I ---

. -----. -----AVG_ EGg Dimens. 14.1-2.1 AVG_ EGg WeiGht I 12Gm. Size of Voung s 12" Adult Female Size: 36 11

Adult Female Wt. I 236g Adult "ale Size 1---

I --- • -----30·' :SO" J 30" J '30"

I --- .: 30" 30" I 30" 30" 30" 30"

Female Wt. Loss 50Gm 1--- 1---I --- I ---X of Total .. t. 25%

~bernation? I

Hibernation Temp.1 Ves 55

Ves Ves Ves Ves :55 55 ~ 55

Elgs Adherent? I --- I ---- 1-- .--- :-- 1------------------------------------, Fa Speckled Kingsnake ( I-Cohen, 2- Eidbo) ,Lamp. Getulus Holbrooki ,- Wild Caught . 6c ~.~ican "11ksnake, Lamprop&ltis TrianGulum Annulata .,b- Indicat •• a Double-Clutch HI- £aatern "ilkanake, Laapropel~ia TrianQulua iriangulum

---- B

---- . ---- : ---- I

30" I

----- I 30"

Ves 55

---- I

30"

~o"

~O"

30"

Ves :55

----- I ---- I

---- I ---- • ~on I ~O" I

---- I 30". ~O"

---- a

Ves Ves 5S 55 --- I -~-- B

table 1 C cont-d) .H2 ~. to: ___ ~ ______________ ~ ___ ~ ________________________ ~~~~~ ___ ---.-------_______________ • ________________ ~b~~_

.. ~r •• di ngs , 2 ( U). ( 2')a It 8 3 C it (2')a C 38 )8 ~ C 1 ( 2 ) I C 3 ) "-tings, Date. ~-27-B~1 ----- • ----- , ---- . ----- . I

Pre-Laying Shed Ves 8 ----- aVes D.te 6-15 ----- I

Egg-LayinQ Date 6-22 7-2-B4& 6-1B. Total • EQQ6 13. ----- 14 E99&., by Clutch 7 6 14 Hatching Date B-15 B-26 B-2S • .. F.rU I&- EGGIE 7 :s 14 4; .Infertile 0 3 0 • Li ve Voun; 7 :s 14 .. Dead-in-Shell 0 0 0 • DefDrmed 9 (I 0 IncubatiDn Time 54 ~S 68 Incubation Temp. 70-95 e~b 70-BS Post-Laying Shed • ----- ----- I

Date a i

Ve" 6-1~ 6-21

32 1:5

B-B 15 o

15 o (I

46 70-B:!.

15 B-I0

15 o

15 o o

47 70-B5

AVG. Egg Din,ens. 3.5'"71.h4.3-1.6: 13~7-2.214.0-2.3 AVQ. EGg Weight 6.S;. I 109. -----. 11.S;.1 14;. & Size of VounG 11" 10" 14" 12" 12" Adult remale Size 31" 37!' ---- I 47" 49"

VeIL • 6-6-BS

7-1-848 6-12 71

2a 8-1S

2 o 2 o o

15 B-B

2 13

2 o (I

Veti I Veti 5-~0-BSI 6-6-8S

6-" 6-17

15

o 15 O. (I

o

IB B-1(1 17

1 17 o o

11 57 • 75-BS

t ----- 54 • 7S-BS ---- .

e 4.4-2.7.

20g •• 13" 60"

I 7:i-BS 8 -----8

4.1-~.11 24.4;.1 15" • 60"

, I 4. ~-:r..(I:

17.4;.1 24!4g.1 15"

60" 60"

( 4 )

1~ B-10 1~ o

13 o (I

( S ,

Ves & 6-22-B~1

6-2B

10

75-BS I ----~

I

&

4.6-3~0: 24.:SQ.: 15'" .1

.liB" t

1

4.:r.-2.5:

12" ·44"

Adult Female Wt. HOg. a ----- I 446g •. , ---- I . I --.. -- & -----Adul t "'ale Siz~ 32" i, ----- ,. ----- • Feme1e Wt. LDtis :531;,1. I ----- a IBOg. & ----- a ---- • B -----: -----% of Total Weight "leX I ----- 1 4~X I ----- • ----- a I ~-~--Hibernation? ----- I I ----- C ----- & -----Hibernation Temp.· ----- • ----- • .: EGQs Adherent? I ----- I ----- 1 I ----- I ----- B Ves Ves Ves Ves Yes -----------------------~--------------------~~--------~-----------.-----------:-----------~--------'!'""'----.--

,. Wild Caught as Fem6le became egg-bound after laying 2 eggs. remainder Df e~Qs

went bad; information from Larry Vank, who cAPture~ the adult female in a tree near Stillwater. "no

b c Eg;s wer~ kept in an incubator _t a constant B:S degrees F.

H'" Eastern "'ilksnake, Lampropeltis Triangulum Triangulum. J& Black Rat Snake, Elaphe ObsDleta Obsolete, specimer. from Se.

11Unois, InfDrl'UlI.tianfrom John. "-rtin. Ja FOK Snake, Elaphe Vulp1na. Specimens from Wisconsin, And Still-

water, Mn. as mentiDned. -K"" Bull&nake, Pituoph1s "elanoleucus Say!, alA speciMens from

Anoka Ce. Mn. 9

Table 1 ( cont'd) L

.. ilf"'lItlltdinOIE I 7 Uah ( lb h C 2 , 8 ( 3 ) a C 4 ) • ( fj* ,. ( 6) Matings, Dates 13-Zo-a~16-J3/2516-24/301 ----- 8 ----- 8 ----- • ---Pre-Laying Shed Ye. Ye. Ye. 8 Yes 8 Ve. I Ve. • Ves

Date 5-S 6-30 5-11 .7-18-85:S-1~-a4£ ----- • ---EQQ-Lay1no Date 5-11 7-8 5-11 8 7-25 S-2~ 6-2S-a4&4-582 Total 41 Egos 85 ----- B a ---Egos, by Clutch 16 8 8 13 11 15 I 14 Hatching Date 7-26 a 10-1 7-26 10-~ 8-2/S 8-2a 86-3Q • Fert~le Eggs 16 8 3 12 11 IS 11 I Infertile 0 0 5 1 0 0 3 • L~ve Voung 781 8 3 10 10 15 11 • Dead-in-Shell ~a 0 0 2 1 0 0 .. Defor~.d 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IncubaUon Ti~e 76 I 85 76 76 65 66 Be, Incubation Temp. ."~-100a: 70-~0 70-90 70-~0 83b 83b & BOc Post-Laying Shed Ve. Ves Ve. Ves Ves Yes I ---

Date 5-20 I 7-21 5-25 8-8 8-14 I

Avg. EOg Dimens. c ----- 13.8-1.78 3.3-1.~&3.7-2.2: d AvO. EOg Weight 8 ----- & 8.0g.: 14.0g.1 13.00.1 d Size of Young 12" 11" 11" 12" 11" 11" • 10" Adult Female Size t 42" 42" 36 u 42- 42" 51 N I 46-Adult Female Wt. B ----- ----- : ---- I Adult. t1ale She 36" :>6" 36" 36- 47" Female Wt. Loss -----.1 ----- I ----- t X of Total Weight Hibernation? Ves Ves Ves Ves Ve. Hibernation Temp. ----- I

Eggs Adherent? VeE Ve. Ves Ves Ves B ----- I

L" Red Rat. Sna"e. El.s.phe Guttata Guttat •• Lla + lb = A double-clutch from a mating between m~le and fem£le

.nerythristic "Black Albino" Corn sn.kes. L2,4 Breeding of ~ale and fem.le amelanistic uRed Albino"

Corn Sn.kes. L3 = Breeding between male anerythristic &nd a female

amelanistic Corn sn .. kes. Of the young, 6 babies were ~melanisti~, and 4 were double-hetero~ygoU$ ( For b~th red and black albinism ).

LS £ Genetically normal, wild caught Corn snake, from Florida.

• 'W~ld Caught . a All the eggs were 4ertile, but I overheated the clutch and killed

9 04 the developing yeung. b kept in a controlled incubator ~ B3 degrees F. c • Kept in a controlled incubator ~ BO degrees F. d Eggs measured twice: At Laying, avg_ was 3.2-1.7, wt. 6.1g., and

just prior to hllltc:hing, the eQQs m£asured 3.7-2.8, and WEighed 17.·:;) Q.

c D E F

Totals For All SpeCies "'95 ~::;9 313 73% 97%

E.stern Mill, Sr.akes 9 ... 32 =9 34% 91% ",e.7 to.::; Corr, Sn&':e5 9::; 76 6-4 89% 94% 75.0 11.1 Specl,led ~ir'Qsniike!:. 94 6::; 47 77% 72j; ~3.6 1: Bull Snake!: 71 42 38 59% 90% ~5.~ 111.::-M&n:ican t1i1k Snakes 5::; 47 4.41 as% 94% ::;e.6 E.stern Hognose Snal:eE 34 34 29 100% 95% ~O 6 Fox Snakes 32 ~2 ~= 100% 100% 46.0 l~o~

(H&ck Rat Snal:e£ 14 14 14 100% 100% 68 14 We!7.t~rrl HOQr,05E Snakes 9 ~ 5 56% 100% 49 6

Gray-E.canded KingsnakeE 7 3 2 43% 67% 63 HI F<ed Mi 11-, Snakes ::; 5 5 100% 10(1% 57 9.5 ~xic&n Black I<i ng5n.".e5 5 4 4 80X 100% 71 14

-----------------------------------------------------------------------A .. Tot"l number 04 eg9s B .. Tot.l number oof fertile e9gs • C .. Total number of live young. D .. % oof total egQs th.t were fertile. E % of 4ertile ego& that. resulted in living young. F .. Avg. incubation times, in days. G .. Avg. length 04 your,g 1n inches.

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IIIIDI"O DAfA 8HI£f S'ICIME": :C~~~O~H~: ____________ .:~~I~~~~I'~I~C~I ____________ __

ACI: IOURCII LINGfIf: eEU'!'ICS.

WEICH'!'S: BEFOII LAYINe: (DA'!'I: A'TER LAYING: (DATI:

__ 'I:.:.:!LA=::.:.Y.;.IW.::.:.G __ SH~E::.D:::"-_.....l(Io::D;.:;:A.:.:fE::.;:::..-_ ...... ):.... DATE EGGS LAID/ YOUNG BORN: BEHAVIOR AND OBSERVATIONS:

MATING INFORMA'!'IOH: (DATE,TIME.fEMP •• LIGH'!'/DARK,ACTUAL COPULATION?OflfER)

POITLAYIHG SHEDI (DATI: COMPLICATIONS.

HUMBER or EGGS/YOUNG: Ave. DIMENSIONS: ZOO/YOUNG DIMENSIONS: ~I PRER fCHING IIMENSI0NS: I LENaflf "ID'J'H WEICHT LENa'J'H "ID'J'H WEIGHT DESCRIPTION 1 &.

;

3 .-I , ; , , I ~

10 11 12 13

14 15

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Carrie Kohuth 680 E. Rose St. Paul, MN 55106 612-724-7060 New Member

Tom and Dina McKinley 3900 Main Street NE Blaine, MN 55434 612-784-9786 New Members

Steve, Mildred and David Miller 3300 15th Aveu So Mirmeapolis, MN 55407 612-333-1615 New Members

Marlan and Terri Mincks 908 Maple Street Decorah, IA 52101 319-382-2398 New Members

Terry Scheiber 23 Mill House lane Chatfield, MN 55923 507-867-4151 New Member

Matthew Bray 3817 Grifbrick Plano, 'IX 75023 Change

Thomas Hyden 4100 44th Ave. S Mirmeapolis, MN 55406 612-823-9017 Change

larry Yank Rt. #2 Box 8 St. Croix Trail N. Marine on St. Croix, MN 55047

Bob Cramer Rt. 1 Box lOA lansboro, MN 55949 507-875-2667 New Member

JOCiln Galli Mirmesota DNR Box 7 500 Lafayette Road Sto Paul, MN 55146 612-297-2277 New Member

Scott J.. Michaels 403 Ee California Urbana, IL 61801 New Member

Arm Morey Box 230 Durand, WI 54736 New Member

James Schneider 1249 Galtier Street St. Paul, MN 55117 612-489-5964 New Member

Iowa Herp. Society c/o Allen Anderson PeO. box 191 NOrwalk, IA 50211 Change

Susan Moreau 16 Langshaw Lane Townsend, DE 19734 302-654-1905 Change

612-433-3370 Change

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Breeding Notes

Breedings from the February AA'lPA. Newsletter

Toledo Zoo 1 Elongated Tortoise 8 Cuban Boa

Baltimore Zoo 4 Blanding.' s Tree Snake

San Diego.-Zoo 1 Marbled Gecko

Tulsa Zoo 3 Koch's Day Gecko

36 Arrow Poison Frog 17 Green Basilisk Lizard 3 Spotted Turtle

National Zoo 12 Smokey Jungle Frog 2 Green Crested Basilisk

38 Brazilian Rainbow Boa 2 Giant Day Gecko

Cincirmati Zoo 8 Anaconda

Knoxville Zoo 5 Sinaloan Milk Snake 1 Black Rat Snake

Colunbus Zoo 18 Emerald Tree Boa 11 Green Anaconda

Philadelphia Zoo 1 Leopard Gecko

12 Central American Rattlesnake 2 Giant Musk Turtle

2 Prehensile Tailed Skink 2 Mi~sissippi Map Turtle

Phantastic Phenological Phinds

It's almqst time to start looking for those phantastic pbinds again. Some of our membership have gone out of their way to get a jt.m1p on the rest of us. A sacrifice like this is really appreciated. It must have been rough, Ted! Let's all keep our eyes open for the first emergence of 1986. Please, let it be soon!

Ted Schave January 6, 1986-Aiea, oahu, Hawaii.

House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) January 11, 1986-Wailua, Kauai, Hawaii.

Giant Neotropical Toad (Bufo marinus) January 12, 1986-11hue, Kauai, Hawaii.

Metallic Skink. (Leiolopisma metallicum)

President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor Mernber-at-Large Member-at-Large Mernber-at-Large Mernber-at-Large

MRS Officers

Fran Frisch Ann Porwell Bill Allen Sally Brewer Jim Gerholdt Bruce Delles Del Jones John Moriarty Brint Spencer

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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 MRS 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 AIL ads directly to me, Jim Gerholdt, P.o" Box 86, Webster, MN 55088, and not tOthe MHS add­ress. The deadline for all Newsletter items is the 15th of the month!

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MINNESUTA HERPEI'OLOGICAL SOCIEIY DELICATESSEN

REMEMBER-During each meeting will have available our featured take-out i terns"

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-$l. 50.

FRESH FROZEN RAT PUPS-$3.,QO 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 meet­rng:- 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 507-652-2996.

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FOR SALE: Distribution maps for all species of reptiles and amphibians of Mirm­esota., Compiled by the Records Comni ttee of MRS. $2.50 at the meetings or $4" 50 postpaid.

FOR SAlE: Juvenile snakes. All specimens captive bred and born/hatched at our facilities. Rosy Rat Snakes (E. g. rosacea) - $30.00. Everglades Rat Snakes (E. 0" rossalleni) - $30.00. Okatee Corn Snakes (E. g. guttata) - gorgeous deep orange, $35.00. Gulf Hanmock Rat Snakes (E. o. williamsi) - $25,,00. Coltmlbian Boa Constructors (B. constrictor) - variety of colors and patterns, $60.00 and up. Burmese Pythons (Pe m. bivittatus) - gold phase, Nar intergradese SPECIAL: $30.00 each, 3 for $75.00, 5 for $100.00. Reticulated Pythons (P. reticulatus) - $45.00 to 65.00. Free delivery to Twin Cities area. Sexes guaranteed 0 Contact Terry Cullen or Gary Casper, P.O. Box 878, Milwaukee, WI 53201. Phone: 414-645-7347 or 414-672-4632.

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Cages, Books, Feed & Supplies

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Custom Herp Cartoons, Art. Stationary, Logo's and T-Shirt Designs

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CLASSIFIEDS

FOR SALE: 100 Sinaloan Milk Snake (I.ampropeltis triangulum sinaloae). 2 1/2'" $75.00 or trade on tortoise., Call Larry at 612-439-4796 or 612-433-33700 W.ANI'ED: 0.1 melanistic Eastem Garter Snake (Thamnophis s., sirtalis)"

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W.ANI'ED: We seek a Mirm.esota native, captive raised Western Hognose, Fox, or Bullsnake for our new display tmit at Maplewood Nature Center. Aquaria are also needed in sizes 30 x 12 x 18 inches and 30 x 12 x 12 inches. Please call Maple­wood Nature Center at 612-738-9383 during business hours.

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FOR SALE/TRADE: 0., 1 Bell t s Hinged Tortoise., Long te:rm captive - $45.00. 0.1 Brown Basilisk, also long tenn captive. Nice color, eats anything - $10.00. Golden Tegu. Young adult, good color - $15.00" Cages and aquariums available. Aaron Hampton at 715=425-7565 or 612-623-4121. Ask for Jane and leave message"

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FOR SALE: 0.1 Ball 'Python. Adult - $65.00. 1.0 Ball Python. Juvenile - $65.00. 1.1 Marine Toad - $25.00/pair. Used aquariums, do not hold water. 10 gal - $5000 and 20 gal - $10.00. Also laO Bullsnake - $15.000 Contact Andrea Leader at 612-729-6203 ..

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Aquariun Lids. Aquarium screen lids for all size aquariums. Handscme, sturdy and efficient for herps and rodents. 5 - 5~ gal - $6.00. 10 gal - $8.50. 20 gal .... $17.00. Other sizes can be made very reasonably. Call to place an order: DJ's Reptiles (Don). 612-922-6294.

NOTICE: Jane GooQall will be speaking at 7:00 PM in Northrup Auditorium on the University of Mirm.esota campus on May 6. Her talk is titled "In the Shadow of Man".. Tickets are available from Dayton's and the Northrup ticket office. They are $8.00 for adults and $6.50 for students. For more infonnation contact 612-373-1190 before April 12, and 612-624-2244 after April 12.

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BEIL MUSEUM COURSE: John Moriarty will be teaching a noncredit course again this year. It is titled "Amphibians and Reptiles: An. Introduction to Herpetol­ogy"" Number Ie 0212~ Tuition is $66 (age 62, $56) and $60 for Bell Museum members. Class size is limited to 25. Field trips are included. For further information call the Bell Museum.

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SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles is a non-profit organization established to advance rese:lfCh, conservation, and education concerning amphibians and repites. Begun as a regional society in 1958, SSAR is today the largest international herpetological organization. It is recognized as having the most divene society-sponsored program of professional services and publications for herpetologists. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in herpetology.

Activities An annual meeting is held each August at a university or field station. Informal and relatively inexpensive facilities are chosen to encourage student participation. Contributed papers. symposia, workshops, and a variety of exhibits contribute to make this week-long events the world's major herpetological meeting. The Society makes a concerted effort to involve a diverse segment of its membership in committee activities designed to further our mowledge of amphibians and reptiles and manage the affairs of the Society. Committees i~clude Conservation, Grants­in-Herpetology, Kennedy Award (committee awards a cash pnze for the best student paper published in theJou.nuJ.l of Herpetology), Long-range Planning.· Meetings, Nominating, Regional Society Liaison, and Zoo Liaison.

Publications SSAR spo~sors six publication series: Journal of Hueptology, Herpetological Review, Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, Contributions to Herpetology, and Catalogue of American Ampibians and. Reptiles.

Membership Privileges Members elect the Society's officers and Board of Directors. Each year members receive JOlU'1lIl1 of Herpetology, Herpetological Review, and occasional pamphlet-length Facsimile Reprints. SSAR members also receive substantial discounts on book-length Facsimile Reprints, Herpetological Circulars, and Conlribudons to Herpetology. Individual$ electing higher membership categories (sustaining and contributing) receive the same publications and services, but provide additional (mandai support which allows the Society to expand and improve its programs more rapidly than would otherwise be possible.

SSAR MEMBERSHIP APPUCA TlON

Please check the appropriate cate~ory:

Student member (U.s.A) $17.00 ( ) Student member (outside U.S. postal zone)t 22.00 ( ) Regular member (U.s.A.) 22.00 ( ) Regular member (outside U.s. postal zone}t 27.00 ( ) Sustaining member 35.00 ( ) Contributing member 50.00 ( )

Continental air mail delivery 1200 ( ) Overseas air mail delivery 25.00 ( )

TOTAL

Send remittance to:

Dr. Henri C. Seibert, SSAR Treasurer Department of Zoology Ohio University Athens, Ohio 45701, USA

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Payment Method.: Check or Money Order enclosed ( ), MasterCard ( ), VISA (). A receipt will be sent only upon request.

Credit Card Acet. No ................... _______ _

Expiration Date ____ ......... ________ _

Your signatwe authorizes SSAR to debit your credit card account. Note: A 3% bank: charge will be added to your credit card account.

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tNon-U.S. members may remit in u.s. dollars by a draft on a U.s. bank:, international money order, or credit card. NOTE: SSAR publications are sent only to active members and subscribers. Dues or subscription payments must be postmarked by 1 April. A $5 late fee should be added to

payments mailed after this date.

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MINNESOTA

HERPETOLOGICAL

SOCIETY

1JEU. MUSEUM OF NA'J'UR.iU. HlS10RY

10 CHIlRCH S'm£E'T 5.£ • MINNEAPOUS, MINNESOTA 55455-1014

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MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION AND T-SIURT ORDER FORM MINNESOTA HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY

BELL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 10 CHURCH STREET S.B. • MINNBAPOUS, MINNESOTA 55455-0104

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DO YOU WISH THE ABOVE INFORMATION USTED IN THE MHS DIRECTORY DYES DNO

nTE OF MEMBERSHIP o NEW o RENEW o SUSTAINING .............................. $50.00 o CONTRIBUTING ............ ; ..........••.. $25.00 o FAMILy ...•............ : .. · ...............•. $12.50

Admits all members of a family to monthly meetings o INDMDUAL ..........................•..• $10.00 o CORRESPONDING (Out of State) ..........•. $ 7.50

omCIAL MIlS T-SHIRT 50 MO LO XLO $7.00 each, $1.00 postage/handling.

PLEASE ENCLOSE PAYMENT WITH APPUCATION. MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO MINNESOTA HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY. MEMBERSHIP IS FOR 12 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF JOINING. YOU WILL RECEIVE YOURMEMBERSIDPCARD BY RETURN MAIL ADC!lPTWILL BE SENT oNLy UPON REQUEST.