Help the HHS in the quest for a State Reptile.

Go Paperless, please!

VIDEO GALLERY

Herps in Art

NEW T-shirts on sale now!

Books for Sale!
Priced below Retail
Members Discount
Please email the Secretary to reserve your copies and pick them up at the Monthly Meeting

Treatment of venomous snake bite

In the News

Smithsonian Magazine
How Titanoboa, the 40-Foot-Long Snake, Was Found

NUVO
Snapperfest

The Hoosier Herpetological Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the education of its membership and the conservation of all reptiles and amphibians.

Membership is open to all interested individuals.

Herp of the Month: Marbled Salamander
Ambystoma opacum

QUICK REFERENCE
Description - Stocky in appearance, black background with silvery white pattern of crossbands (sometimes incomplete) along neck to tail. Head is also patterned with black and white. Females are larger than males. Males have a brighter pattern than females.
Range - Much of lower Midwest and Southeast United States.
Activity - April to October.
Diet - Earthworms and other invertebrates.
Habitat - Deciduous woodlands and temporary (fishless) ponds.
Size - 3 ½ to 4 ¼ inches as adults.
Breeding - Breeding begins in autumn. Female lays up to 200 BB-size eggs near a water source. Female guards eggs until autumn rains wash them into the temporary pools. Young quickly develop and begin to grow through winter and metamorphose in spring.
Lifespan - 4-6 years.

Photo - Jim Horton

Upcoming events

• May 16 - HHS Monthly Meeting
  Guest Speakers: Todd Pierson, University of Georgia
  Topic: "Arabian Nights: Herp Survey of Oman and the UAE"
• June 2 - 12th Annual Hoosier Herpout.
  HHS members enjoy a weekend of field herping, a cookout and camping.
  Hardin Ridge Recreations Area, Monroe Reservoir, Bloomington.
• May 6 - Indiana Reptile Expo, Hamilton County Fairgrounds, 10am-4pm, $6.00 admission. www.indianareptileexpo.com.
  Other shows:June 3, July 1, August 5.
• May 11-12 - Herpetology Weekend, a weekend of herp field trips and evening presentations. Located at the Natural Bridge State Resort Park in the Red River Gorge area of Kentucky. For information, contact Tyler Morgan at (606)663.2214 or tyler.morgan@ky.gov or www.parks.ky.gov.
• June 2 - 12th Annual Hoosier Herpout. HHS members enjoy a weekend of field herping, a cookout, and camping. Hardin Ridge Recreations Area, Monroe Reservoir, Bloomington.
• July 25-28 - International Herpetological Symposium, Hanover, MD.
• September 7-9 - Midwest PARC Annual Meeting, Camp Frontier, Pioneer, OH.
• October 5-7 - Midwest Herpetological Symposium, sponsored by the Nebraska Herp Society. Speakers, Banquet, Auction, Reptile Breeders Expo, Tour of Henry Doorly Zoo. Executive Inns and Suites, 72nd and Grover, Omaha, NE.