TEXAS HERPETOLOGICAL Spring 2015

SOCIETY Volume 77

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NEWSLETTER Face Book Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Texas-Herpetological-Society/538386902913193 Website: www.texasherpsociety.org

THE PURPOSES OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE

To promote the discovery and dissemination of knowledge of amphibians and To encourage specifically the study of amphibians and reptiles in Texas; To encourage conservation of wildlife in general and of amphibians and reptiles in Texas in particular; To stimulate fellowship among herpetologists of Texas and the Southwest -Article II, THS Constitution

2015 Spring Field Trip In This Issue

WHEN: 24 – 26 April 2015 Memorial to James R. Dixon 2 Message from the President 3 LOCATION: Guadalupe River State Park and Honey Spring Field Trip 2015 Information 3 Creek Cave Preserve Fall Symposium 2013 Report 5 Business Meeting Minutes 5 Check for additional information in this newsletter. Treasurer’s Report 6 What’s Happening in Texas? 7 Officers 11 THS Membership & Information 11 Grants in Herpetology Information 11 Honorary Life Members 11 2015 Fall Symposium Partners in Herpetology 12 Links 12

WHEN: Not known yet

LOCATION: Not known yet

Contact Andy Gluesenkamp for more information

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JAMES R. DIXON Curator of Herpetology (1972-1985) and Chief Curator (1986-1995) of the Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection (1928 – 2015) (TCWC). He was recognized as Professor and Curator Emeritus following his formal retirement in 1995. Dixon published his first article in 1952 and remained a prolific contributor to the literature through 2014. He authored and co-authored several books, book chapters, and over 300 peer reviewed notes and articles.

More than 20 herpetologists earned PhDs studying under Dixon at Texas A&M University. He has also served as President of numerous herpetological and academic societies including The Herpetologists’ League, Texas Herpetological Society (THS), Texas Academy of Science, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Southwestern Association of Naturalists, and on the Board of Directors of the Texas Systems of Natural One of my favorite photos of Dr. Dixon with his wife Mary. Laboratories. He was an active member of THS his entire Photo by Terry Hibbitts career, serving as the president twice (1962 and 1972) and tried to never miss a single meeting. He last attended the Dr. James R. Dixon (1 August 1928 – 10 January 2015) was THS Spring Field Meeting in 2012 and Fall Symposium in born in Houston, Texas and lived in El Campo, Texas 2013. throughout most of his childhood. He spent the past 48 years residing in Bryan, Texas. Jim “Doc” Dixon was a Dixon was more than a pioneer. Throughout his Texas herpetological icon, but his life’s work was much extraordinary professional career, he had a strong family- larger. He contributed to our understanding of reptiles centered life, cherishing and embracing extraordinary and amphibians worldwide, focusing predominantly on family values. With his wife Mary, he raised five children, the New World. He described two genera of reptiles and and their family now includes 11 grandchildren, and 13 over a dozen amphibian and species, earning him great grandchildren. Dixon’s world extended well beyond a reputation as one of the most prominent herpetologists this, as many of his students, colleagues, and friends felt of his generation. , a of leaf-toed like a part of his family. We have all lost not only a great lizards from Southeast Asia, was named in his honor as naturalist and mentor, but also a dear friend. Dixon was well as several species of reptiles and amphibians such as more than a professor. He showed his students how to the White-lipped Peeping Frog (Eleutherodactylus dixoni turn their dreams into goals and how to follow their true = E. albolabris)), the Gray Checkered Whiptail passions to build into careers. He inspired so many of us, (Cnemidophorus (=Aspidoscelis) dixoni), Dixon's Leaf- and proved that we can and should continue to do what toed (Phyllodactylus dixoni), and the Large-eyed we love until the very end. He will be remembered as Snake (Thamnodynastes dixoni). always cheerful, generous, and supportive. His legacy will continue through the people he inspired and mentored, Dixon received his B. S. from Howard Payne University in each sharing the goal of paying it all forward. A full review 1950 and entered the U. S. Marine Corps later that year. of his life and work will be published in Herpetological He served in the Korean War from 1951 to 1953 and upon Review. his return from the war, he was the Curator of Reptiles at the Ross Allen Reptile Institute from 1954 to 1955. He Ivana Mali and Michael R. J. Forstner, Texas State earned his M. S. degree in 1957 and his Ph.D. in 1961, both University-San Marcos and Travis J. LaDuc, The University from Texas A&M University, where he was an Associate of Texas at Austin. 13 January 2015 Professor of Veterinary Medicine between 1959 and 1961. He was then an Associate Professor of Wildlife Management at New Mexico State University from 1961 to 1965 and served as a consultant to the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. He was Curator of Herpetology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and adjunct faculty of the University of Southern California from 1965 until 1967. He then returned to Texas A&M University as Associate Professor (1967-1970) and Professor (1971-1993), teaching in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, and as -2-

Message from the President This year’s THS Spring Meet will be April 24-26 at Honey Creek State Natural Area, adjacent to Guadalupe I’m thrilled to serve as President of the THS. It is both River State Park. We will have access to both TPW an honor and an opportunity. Some of us have known properties and limited access to the privately-owned each other for decades but I was relatively unfamiliar Honey Creek Cave, the longest cave in Texas and type with the THS until I began working for the Texas Parks locality of the Comal blind salamander (Eurycea and Wildlife Department. In my position as State tridentifera). State Park staff has been enthusiastically Herpetologist, I have come to understand what an supportive of our event and I am meeting with them to incredibly valuable assemblage of herpetological coordinate public outreach during the meet knowledge, experience, and tradition this organization (volunteers?). TPWD Texas Nature Tracker staff will be represents. joining us and helping to organize a herp bioblitz using iNaturalist to document occurrences. Inaturalist has My background in herpetology began as a child. been adopted by TPWD as the standard for Growing up in Fallbrook, California, I regularly documenting citizen scientist observations and this effort encountered kingsnakes, gopher snakes, alligator will result in a tangible contribution to both public and lizards, fence lizards, and toads. My rosy boas were private landowners as well as the herpetological regular pet parade attendees. At the University of community. To me, this exemplifies the THS Purpose. California at Davis, I realized that I could actually study Please contact me or the other board members if you herpetology. Wow! I worked in the field and the lab, have comments regarding the proposed Dixon grant or resurrected the herpetological collections, led inventory any other issue. I will be sending out an electronic expeditions to Belize and the Amazonian slopes of the invitation to the Spring Meet herp bioblitz. Please Andes in Ecuador, and grew my collection of pets. respond at your earliest opportunity so we can get a head I attended the University of Texas in Austin, where I start on logistics. received my Ph.D. in Zoology (one of the last degrees given before they changed the name of the program). I I am excited about the year ahead and look forward to studied under Eric Pianka and was co-advised by David seeing many of you at the Spring Meet. Cannatella. Needless to say, this was something like being swept down a river and confronted by a big stump Andy Gluesenkamp and a candiru. I finished my dissertation on the [email protected] correlation between skeletal morphology and [email protected] developmental mode in bufonid frogs and went on to a (512) 389-8722 Kech postdoctoral fellowship at the Los Angeles County http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/herps-of-texas Museum of Natural History where I continued my work on the molecular systematics of toads.

I returned to Texas in 2002 and worked as a karst technician. At this point, I had a Ph.D. but was working long days with my back: swinging a sledge hammer, crawling in mud, and catching bugs. I’ve never been happier. Late in graduate school, I discovered the world of caving and had been gradually combining two of my greatest passions: herpetology and caving. I worked as an environmental consultant and conducted grant- funded research on central Texas Eurycea salamanders. I also worked as a university lecturer and spent two years as the Recent Skeletal Preparator for the Texas Natural History Collections and Vertebrate Paleontology Lab at UT Austin. Those years of experience in a wide range of jobs paid off and I benefit from them every day in my current position. THS Spring Field Trip Information

Looking forward, I have big plans for the THS. I have This year’s THS Spring Meet will be April 24-26 at been in discussion with representatives of other Honey Creek State Natural Area, adjacent to Guadalupe herpetological organizations in Texas about combining River State Park. We will have access to both TPW our individual small research grants (ours is $500) into a properties and limited access to the privately-owned single grant sponsored by several organizations. Terry Honey Creek Cave, the longest cave in Texas and type Hibbitts proposed that we call it the James Dixon Grant locality of the Comal blind salamander (Eurycea in Texas Herpetology. I can’t think of a more tridentifera). State Park staff has been enthusiastically appropriate dedication. I will keep you posted as we supportive of our event and I am meeting with them to explore this possibility. coordinate public outreach during the meet (volunteers?). TPWD Texas Nature Tracker staff will be

-3- joining us and helping to organize a herp bioblitz using Beginning in the mid-1800s, the cultural history of the iNaturalist to document occurrences. Inaturalist has property becomes well-defined. The Doeppenschmidts been adopted by TPWD as the standard for from Bavaria were among the German immigrants who documenting citizen scientist observations and this effort accompanied Prince Carl von Solms-Braunfels to settle will result in a tangible contribution to both public and in Central Texas. They began to homestead in the Honey private landowners as well as the herpetological Creek area in 1866. Gradually, over the years, the community. To me, this exemplifies the THS Purpose. Doeppenschmidt family members acquired many Please contact me or the other board members if you parcels of land including what would become Honey have comments regarding the proposed Dixon grant or Creek Ranch. The various parcels were finally any other issue. I will be sending out an electronic consolidated under the ownership of Adam invitation to the Spring Meet herp bioblitz. Please Doeppenschmidt in 1894 and sold by him to Otto respond at your earliest opportunity so we can get a head Weidner and Fred Rust in 1910. The tracts, which start on logistics. became Honey Creek Ranch, were worked by the Weidners until 1971, at which time, they were sold to W. O. Bartle, Jr. of Houston.

Guadalupe River State Park The vegetative diversity of the Honey Creek property is Guadalupe River State Park is located along the one of its most compelling features. Ashe juniper, live boundary of Comal and Kendall counties. It was oak, agarita and Texas persimmon dominate the dry, acquired by deed from private owners in 1974 and was rocky hills, and a few grasses such as little muhly and opened to the public in 1983. The park is bisected by the curly mesquite somehow find just enough soil in the clear-flowing waters of the Guadalupe River. The park cracks to persist. As the juniper and baccharis are being is comprised of a 1,938.7-acre segment of the Texas Hill removed from the upland flats, the stands of native Country noted for its ruggedness and scenic beauty. grasses are increasing and Indiangrass, little bluestem, and switchgrass are reasserting their dominance. As one The Guadalupe River, with banks lined by huge bald moves down into the canyon of the creek itself, one is cypress trees, is the park's most outstanding natural struck by the increase of cedar elm and older junipers feature. On its winding path through the park, the river and the rather abrupt appearance of Spanish oak, pecan, courses over four natural rapids; two steep limestone walnut and Mexican buckeye. bluffs reflect its awesome erosive power. Trees in lower elevations and bottomlands include sycamore, elm, The park is located at the north end of Park Road 31, basswood, pecan, walnut, persimmon, willow and adjacent to Guadalupe River State Park, and may be hackberry. In the uplands away from the river, the reached by traveling west on State Highway 46, eight limestone terrain is typical of the Edwards Plateau and miles west of the intersection on State Highway 46 and is composed of oak and juniper woodlands, with US Highway 281; or by traveling eastward on State interspersed grasslands. Highway 46, 13 miles east of Boerne.

Follow the signs to our camping area. The park is located in Comal and Kendall counties, 30 miles north of downtown San Antonio at the north end of Park Road 31. It may be reached by traveling west on State Highway 46, eight miles west of the intersection of State Highway 46 and U.S. Highway 281, or by traveling eastward on State Highway 46, 13 miles east of Boerne.

Honey Creek State Natural Area Honey Creek State Natural Area is 2,293.7 acres located in western Comal County, approximately 30 miles north of downtown San Antonio. The area, once a ranch, was acquired by deed from the Texas Nature Conservancy in 1985 and by deed from a private individual in 1988, and was opened for limited access in 1985.

Chipped stone tools are all that remain to attest to the use of Honey Creek by early hunter-gatherers, who roamed throughout the Edwards Plateau region. Artifacts which have been found on the property give silent testimony of later Indian tribes spending time on the land.

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2014 Fall Symposium Minutes 2014 Fall Symposium Report Texas Herpetological Society

Texas State University hosted ~100 Minutes of the General Business Meeting herpetologists during 2014 Fall Symposium, as held in conjunction with the THS celebrated its 75th year anniversary. The Fall Symposium at Texas State University, symposium was dedicated to Dr. James R. San Marcos, 8 November 2014 Dixon, a lifetime member and world known herpetologist who passed away earlier this The business meeting was called to order by President Ivana year. Twenty oral presentations and 12 poster Mali at 1635. After thanking the attendees, she remarked on presentations were given by undergraduate the number and quality of the papers presented at the and graduate students, professors, biologists symposium. No old business was discussed, and since Past- from various management agencies (US Fish President Matt Watson, chair of the Nominations Committee, was unable to attend there was no report from that committee and Wildlife Service and US Forest Service), and the scheduled officer election was not held. and herp enthusiasts. We were happy to have herpetologists from Sul Ross University, Ivana turned the meeting over to incoming President Andy Tarleton State University, Trinity University, Gluesenkamp, who announced that the Spring field trip would Texas A&M University, University of Texas at be held at Guadalupe River State Park and the adjacent Honey Tyler, and University of Texas at Brownsville, Creek State Natural Area in Kendall and Comal counties. He among others. The topics ranged from mentioned that it might be possible to arrange a visit to Honey Creek Cave as well. After showing pictures of the site, Andy amphibians breeding ecology and amphibian asked the membership to decide between the third and fourth sampling methods, to population studies of weekends in April for the trip. April 24-26 was chosen. lizards and snakes and assessment of freshwater turtle and tortoise populations. There being no additional business, a motion to adjourn was Participants got an opportunity to learn not made, seconded, and approved. only about herps in Texas, but also other

Members of the Executive Committee subsequently met in regions, such as Costa Rica, Mexico, and person and online and elected Wade Ryberg as Vice-President, Swaziland. During the meeting, we held a silent Caitlin Gabor for the Board, and Terry Hibbitts for another auction and sold Fall Symposium t-shirts that term as Newsletter Editor. are still available for purchase. We also held a social event which provided opportunities to Respectively submitted, network, establish new collaborations, and discuss future projects. I would like to thank everyone who participated and look forward to David Haynes Secretary/Treasurer the Spring Field meeting in April.

Ivana Mali

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2014 Treasurer’s Report Texas Herpetological Society Four Reasons Why I Like THS Field Treasurer's Report Trips 31 December 2014 Fellowship with like-minded people and visiting old friends.

Balance: 31 December 2014 General Fund: Research Fund: Cash 6884.65 Cash (2582.52)

Total $4302.13

Receipts: General Fund: Research Fund: Dues 823.90 Interest 4.68 Auction 125.00 Donations 392.00 948.90 T-shirt Sales 465.00 Sharing what you enjoy with the younger 861.68 generation.

Total* $1810.58

Expenses: General Fund: Research Fund: Fall 2013 Meeting 270.50 T-shirt Spring Newsletter 22.38 Printing 363.72 Fall 2014 Meeting 501.80 363.72 Fall Newsletter 10.72 Miscellaneous 1.14 806.54 Getting to see new and different areas of the State. Total $1170.26

Increase (decrease) for the year 640.32 Balance forward 4302.13

Balance as of 31 December 2013 *$4567.45

* Does not include $375.00 in the THS bank account that represents donations to the Andy Price Memorial Bench Fund. The officers voted to hold the donations for Andy’s colleagues until they could arrange to purchase and place And of course there is always herping. the bench.

Respectfully submitted,

David Haynes Secretary/Treasurer

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What’s Happening in Texas? Texas State University Midwestern State University Habitat Suitability for the Texas tortoise, Gopherus The Watson Lab at Midwestern State University is busy berlandieri with a number of projects involving the Physiology and by Evolutionary Ecology of reptiles. Graduate student Anjana Parandhaman research is in full swing. Chris Buttermore is comparing a number of health-related metrics between wild and During our field season between March and long-term captive Crotalus atrox. Skink research October of 2014, a group of researchers at Texas State continues with Jaydeep Kolape working on elements of University surveyed the eastern and northern portion of the digestive physiology of Scincella lateralis and Will the Texas tortoise’s (Gopherus berlandieri’s) range. This Krogman investigating the ontogenetic shift from research, funded by TPWD, sought to evaluate the conspicuous colored tails to cryptic tails in presence of Texas tortoises within the eastern and Plestiodon. Conservation research by Marcus northern region where recent sightings have not been Thibodeau is describing the effects of quail management reported. This represents an area east of highway 16 and practices on Phrynosoma cornutum populations in North north of highway 285. We drove over 20,000 miles Texas. Watson, Krogman, and Sarah McBride (from during this period and found only 7 tortoises along the Dr. Ray Willis’s laboratory) are continuing their work roads. We used this data as well as publicly available on optimal feeding frequency in snakes. A number of tortoise sightings (from iNaturalist, VertNet, BISON related undergraduate research projects are also in etc.) to map potentially suitable habitat for the species, process. Dr. Watson is currently recruiting graduate using ArcGIS and Maxent softwares. What was students for the Fall. Those interested can contact him interesting is that we found parts of the area surveyed at [email protected]. could potentially be suitable despite not finding many, if any, tortoises. We also noticed that some areas outside the species range were also suitable. Conservation Texas A&M University management is required for the tortoise across its range, especially in highly suitable habitats. I would like to mention two projects in which we are Threats to this species include the large scale looking for distribution records: The Western Chicken fracking taking place across various parts of Texas, Turtle and the Reticulate Collared Lizard projects. We especially the Eagle Ford Shale. There are over 32,000 are in need of any distributional records. These can be miles of roads that run through prime tortoise habitat, records collected in the past or from things that are with six million vehicles driving these roads every day, found this spring and summer. Records can be and over four million acres of eight-foot deer proof submitted via iNaturalist at the “Herps of Texas” project fencing, south of San Antonio, that may act as a barrier or at the “Western Chicken Turtle” project. Also to tortoise movement. If you do find a tortoise on the side observations can be emailed directly to myself or to of the road, help it cross the road safely but do not take Wade Ryberg. We are in need of as many observation it home. It is illegal to possess a tortoise without a valid records as possible to help construct distribution models permit. Please post any sightings of a Texas tortoise to and to help validate those models. Both of these species http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/texas-tortoise- are under consideration for federal listing and more survey, to help improve our study. information is needed to determine if that sort of protection is warranted.

Toby J. Hibbitts [email protected]

Wade Ryberg [email protected]

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Tarleton State University Trinity University

I'm working in collaboration with researchers from UTA and Reed College on a systematic revision of speckled rattlesnakes (Crotalus mitchellii) with an emphasis on island populations from the Gulf of California. For this project, we are also looking at dynamics of molecular evolution in island populations, as well as population genetics. Some stuff should be coming out later this year.

I have two current master’s students. Jacob Owen is finishing up his thesis work on community ecology of squamate reptiles in Swaziland, his first paper related to this project will be published in Herpetological Review next month. It is a comparison of relative abundance of snakes between savanna and agricultural (sugarcane) Lizard Behavioral Research at Trinity University habitats. He is also preparing another manuscript on community ecology of saxicolous lizards at a game Members of Michele Johnson's lab at Trinity are reserve in Swaziland. My second master’s student, Koy exploring the physiological mechanisms that underlie Regis, is working on a macroevolutionary study of sexual social behaviors in lizards, mostly focusing on social dimorphism and Rensch's Rule in turtles, looking displays and reproductive behaviors. We study both the specifically at whether different measures of body size diversity of species that occur in south-central Texas, would lead to different biological inferences. and the radiation of Anolis lizards in the Caribbean. Much of the research in our lab examines on how lizards I also have a master’s student entering the lab this year. use muscles that control social behaviors, and how the Kelly Mitchell will be working on a radio telemetry study the lizard brain processes social information. Our work of Texas horned lizards introduced onto the Muse is primarily funded by the National Science Foundation Wildlife Management Area. She will be looking at and Texas Ecolab. habitat use, daily movement activities, and home range as the immigrants settle into their new home. Because our research requires extensive work in the field and intensive work in the lab, we're an energetic team of Finally, Ashley Musgrave is an undergraduate student young scientists! The lab is currently a group of 10 doing an honors project on the evolution of limb undergraduate students, most of whom are preparing reduction and body elongation in squamates. For this for careers in biological research or medicine. We project she is measuring a lot of lizard bones from x- recently attended the annual meeting of the Society of rays, to look at the relative contributions of vertebral Integrative and Comparative Biology in West Palm count and vertebral size to overall body size and limb Beach, presenting 7 posters on our work. This summer reduction. we'll be following up on last year's work in Puerto Rico by studying lizards across the southwestern Dominican Jesse Meik [email protected] Republic. We'll plan to be at the THS fall symposium to tell you what we learn!

Michele Johnson [email protected]

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Texas Nature Conservancy New Book: Texas Amphibians by Bob Tipton, Terry Hibbitts, Toby J. Hibbitts, Troy D. Hibbitts, and Travis Attention, citizen scientists! We're looking for a few good LaDuc (UT Press) is available. volunteers to help us with our research on the spot-tailed earless lizard. Learn more >> http://bit.ly/1DYGTsp

Two new herp Natural History Guides Texas Parks and Wildlife forthcoming from UT Press

Two new Natural History Guides in Texas Herpetology Terry Hibbitts is currently working with the Snake are soon to be published. Texas Lizards, by Troy & Toby Harvest Group. This group is intended to advise the Hibbitts, covers all 52 of native and established exotic Department on practices relating to the use of gasoline lizard species in Texas. The book covers basics of lizard fumes and other substances to harvest snakes. Terry will biology and evolutionary history, lizard natural history, give a full report in the Fall Newsletter. lizard conservation, tips for observing and collecting lizards, basics of lizard husbandry, the importance of ------museum and preserved specimens, and offers a discussion of scientific and common names. A Facebook: Check out these sites on facebook. dichotomous key is provided to assist identification, and detailed species accounts provide sizes, basic description, Herpetology and discussion of similar species, distribution, natural history, reproduction, as well as additional comments Herpetofauna Mexicana and conservation sections. Color photos illustrate each species, and for species with considerable variation, Snakedays.com multiple photos illustrate that variation. Range maps with county boundaries clearly illustrate each species' Texas Field Herpers distribution. Appendices discussion species of questionable occurrence, non-established exotic species, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Texas-Herpetological- lizard internet resources, lizard societies, and include a Society/538386902913193 detailed glossary. Texas Lizards is currently in press and is scheduled to be published in the spring of 2015. ------Book Revision: Amphibians and Reptiles of Texas by Texas Turtles and Crocodilians, by Troy & Terry James R. Dixon (Texas A&M Press). Besides updating Hibbitts, covers all 31 species of native and established the maps and bibliography, photographs of each species exotic species of Texas Turtle, as well as Texas single will be represented. Toby Hibbitts was responsible for native crocodilian. The book covers basics of turtle and getting the photographs together. crocodilian biology, evolutionary history, conservation, and natural history, as well as offering tips for observing and collecting these species and maintaining them (turtles) in captivity. In addition, the book provides detailed discussion of turtle diversity associated with each of Texas major river drainages. Discussion of the importance of museum and preserved specimens as well as scientific and common names provide insight into the scientific process. A dichotomous key is provided to assist identification, and detailed species accounts provide sizes, basic description, and discussion of similar species, distribution, natural history, reproduction, as well as additional comments and conservation sections. Color photos illustrate each species, and for -9- species with considerable variation, multiple photos illustrate that variation. Range maps with county boundaries clearly illustrate each species' distribution. Appendices discuss the prehistoric and potential reintroduction of the Bolson tortoise, non- established exotic species, turtle and crocodilian internet resources, turtle and crocodilian societies and a detailed glossary. Texas Turtles and Crocodilians is currently in preparation and is tentatively scheduled to be published in the fall of 2015.

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THS OFFICERS 2015 THS MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION President: Andy Gluesenkamp Membership entitles you to attend the Spring Field Meet [email protected] and the Fall Symposium, held in different Texas locations annually, as well as bi-annual newsletter President Elect: publications. Jesse Meik [email protected] To join, send $10.00 regular, $5.00 student, $5.00 corresponding, per calendar year, along with your name, Vice-President: address, phone number and e-mail address to: Wade Ryberg [email protected] David Haynes Secretary/Treasurer THS Past President: 1810 W. Mulberry Ivana Mali San Antonio, TX 78201 [email protected] [email protected]

Secretary/Treasurer: David Haynes [email protected] THS NEWSLETTER INFORMATION

Editor: A decision has been made that the THS will be sending Terry Hibbitts the Newsletter by e-mail exclusively. If you have not yet [email protected] given David your e-mail address, this may be your last Newsletter. (If you do not have access to e-mail, let Board Member 2015: David know, we will make every effort to get you a Dan Smith newsletter, however, there may be an additional charge [email protected] to cover the added printing and mailing expense.) Members currently receiving the THS Newsletter need Board Member 2016: to send David any snail-mail address changes or e-mail Danté Fenolio address changes. [email protected]

Board Member 2017: Cailin Gabor [email protected] THS GRANTS IN HERPETOLOGY If you or someone you know is interested in applying TPWD Wildlife Diversity Committee Representative: for a THS grant please check our website or David Troy Hibbitts Haynes for the information. [email protected]

Communications: Charles M. Watson [email protected]

THS HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS, LIVING AND DECEASED*, AS OF SPRING 2015 Richard J. Baldauf* David Haynes L.A.M. Barnettte* Terry Hibbitts W. Frank Blair* John S. Mecham Bryce C. Brown* Ottys Sanders* Joseph T. Collins* Hobart M. Smith* Roger Conant* Charles H. Swift* W.K. Davis* John E. Werler* James R. Dixon* John C. Wottring* Alvin G. Flury*

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PARTNERS IN HERPETOLOGY LINKS

Those of you who encourage students to present papers at meetings might find the essay linked below of interest.

http://www.si.umich.edu/~pne/PDF/howtotalk.pdf

The Texas Memorial Museum

Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection

University of Texas at Arlington Herpetology

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

The American Society of Ichthyologist and Herpetologists

The Herpetologists League

HerpNET

www.texasherpsociety.org

PARTNERS IN HERPETOLOGY

Southwest Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC)

Horned Lizard Conservation Society

Information for Turtles of the Lone Star State

Turtle Survival Alliance

Dallas-Fort Worth Herpetological Society

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TEXAS HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1810 W. Mulberry San Antonio, TX 78201

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SPRING 2015 24 - 26 April 2015 Guadalupe River State Park & Honey Creek State Natural Area