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Minnesota Herpetological Society The newsletter of the Minnesota Herpetological Society January Meeting Notice General Meeting will be January 3rd, 2014 January Speaker Jeff LeClere—Radio Telemetry of Bullsnakes and Plains Hog-nosed Snakes in Minnesota January 2014 Volume 34 Number 1 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Chris Smith 612.275.9737 [email protected] C/O Bell Museum of Natural History Vice President 10 Church Street Southeast Peter Tornquist 952.797.6515 Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455-0104 [email protected] Stay informed! Join us on our forums! Recording Secretary And, you can still leave us a Voice Mail: 612.326.6516 Membership Secretary The purpose of the Minnesota Herpetological Society is to: Micole Hendricks 651.356.1669 [email protected] • Further the education of the membership and the general public in care and captive propagation of reptiles and amphibians; Treasurer • Educate the members and the general public in the ecological role of Nancy Haig 763.434.8684 reptiles and amphibians; [email protected] • Promote the study and conservation of reptiles and amphibians. Newsletter Editor The Minnesota Herpetological Society is a non-profit, tax-exempt organiza- Ellen Heck 763.593.5414 tion. Membership is open to all individuals with an interest in amphibians [email protected] and reptiles. The Minnesota Herpetological Society Newsletter is published monthly to provide its members with information concerning the society’s Members at Large activities and a media for exchanging information, opinions and resources. Heather Clayton 612.886.7175 [email protected] General Meetings are held at Borlaug Hall, Room 335 on the St. Paul Cam- pus of the University of Minnesota, on the first Friday of each month (unless Rebecca Markowitz 409.750.0235 there is a holiday conflict). The meeting starts at 7:00pm and lasts about [email protected] three hours. Please check the MHS Voice mail for changes in schedules or cancellations. Terry Odegaard 612.840.7674 [email protected] Submissions to the Newsletter Kelli Bornholdt 612.710.5919 Ads or Notices must be submitted no later than the night of the General [email protected] Meeting to be included in the next issue. Longer articles will be printed as time and space allows and should be in electronic file format if possible. COMMITTEES See inside back cover for ad rates. Submissions may be sent to: The Minnesota Herpetological Society -or- [email protected] Adoption Attn: Newsletter Editor Sarah Richard 612.781.9544 C/O Bell Museum of Natural History [email protected] 10 Church St SE Minneapolis, MN 55455-0104 Education Jan Larson 507.263.4391 [email protected] Fostering SNAKE BITE EMERGENCY Nancy Haig 763.434.8684 HENNEPIN REGIONAL POISON CENTER 800-222-1222 [email protected] WebMaster Shawn Berg © Copyright 2013, Minnesota Herpetological Society. Except where noted, contents may be [email protected] reproduced for non-profit, non-commercial use only. All material must be reproduced without change. Proper credit will be given including the author/photographer and the Minnesota Cover photo by Bill Moss Herpetological Society Newsletter citing: volume, number and date. Cartoons by Fran Frisch General Meeting Presentation—Jeff LeClere Friday January 3rd, 7:00pm; 6:30pm Social Hour Social hour begins at 6:30pm. This is a time for people to minge and catch up before the meeting starts. Jeff will be presenting on the 2013 results of two radio telemetry projects (bullsnakes and plains hog-nosed snakes) he is leading for the MN DNR. One project focuses on a monitoring initiative on the snake community at Weaver Dunes near Wabasha, MN. Target species on this rare sand prairie habitat include bullsnakes, plains (western) hog-nosed snakes, eastern hog-nosed snakes, and North American racers. The other is a prairie monitoring project investigating the effects of patch burn grazing regimes on the flora and fauna on high quality prairie. Jeff is documenting the re- sponse of herpetofauna to patch burn grazing, and is utilizing radio telemetry on plains hog-nosed snakes to record their behaviors. Jeff LeClere is a long time member of MHS (since 1986) and had served on the board of directors on and off for over a decade. He is interested in all aspects of herpetology from the care and breeding of all exotic species to the study and documentation of native herpetofauna. He has extensive herpetological field experience in the upper Midwest, primarily in Iowa and Minnesota. He is the author and photographer of www.HerpNet.net, has authored several publications on amphibians and reptiles, presented to a wide variety of venues from herpetological societies and fairs to state wildlife meetings and symposiums, and is currently employed by the MN DNR’s Minnesota Biological Survey program. He is also the chairman for the Amphibian and Reptile Subcommittee for the Iowa Wildlife Action Plan, and serves on the Amphib- ian and Reptile STAT team for the Minnesota Wildlife Action Plan. He has just completed a book, “A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Iowa.” Brian Barczyk—BHB Reptiles and SnakeBytesTV Submitted by Beth Girard The speaker for both the Friday-night MHS General Meet- Brian took a chance and bought a pair of albino Burmese ing and the Holiday Banquet was Brian Barczyk. He is the pythons for $3200/pair. Eighteen months later he pro- owner of BHB Reptiles and the star of YouTube’s Snake- duced albinos and made $40,000 that year selling them. BytesTV.com! Our own Dav Kaufman met Brian while he He purchased his first house with “snake money” and was was working on filming “Herpers” at BHB Reptiles five able to move his business into a 1200 square foot space in years ago and Dav was able to convince Brian that Minne- a building with cotenants. Unfortunately a baby California sota in December is the perfect place to find great herps! king snake escaped and found its way next door to a quilt Or maybe just a perfect place to find great herpers! shop. The older woman who ran the shop was not pleased On Friday evening, Brian shared the history of BHB Reptiles and informed the authorities AND the press before Brian with us. Brian was raised in a “no pets allowed” family, found out about it. He was asked to vacate the premises! and he was the odd-ball animal-lover since the beginning. Brian learned many important lessons that year, one being He said his first real memory is of a visit to the Belle Isle that sharing space was not a great idea for all ventures! Nature Zoo (Detroit, MI) and seeing a ball python. When The second lesson was the value of schmoozing your local he was young, he and his friends would catch garter authorities and press force so they would contact you if snakes for the summer. They were all released in the early and when issues arose! He strongly believes that it pays to fall as they were all relegated to the unheated garage dur- stay connected! When asked about this on Saturday, he ing their stay! said MHS should try to have well-informed members at every city and county council meeting so that we are rec- His first snake was a Burmese python. Not necessarily the ognized by the members of the governing bodies when best starter snake, but it was the only snake the pet store issues arise. This should be done on the city, county, had and he did not want to go home empty handed after state, and federal level to the greatest degree possible. He finally gaining permission to have one! His mother gave also suggested that the MHS platform be one of give and him permission to own one … which somehow mysteriously take, rather than a “we want it all” attitude. He believes multiplied fairly unnoticed, or at least unmentioned, over that a strong presence on a regular basis and a position time. He built wooden enclosures in the basement and open to bargaining will help herpetoculturists maintain their Brian became a snake breeder! Officially, BHB Reptiles rights to own most reptiles. Ohio and Illinois have gone began in 1989, after he discovered that he could make through legislation at the state level over the last two years more money selling snakes than he would earn if he re- and they are models worth investigating. ceived the degree in microbiology he was working toward. January 2014 Volume 34 Number 1 Page 1 Building #2 was home to BHB Reptiles for over nine years. shows seem to be the favorites among his audience, and During this period they bred mostly big snakes (burms and he said it has to be the shows where he is bitten by a anacondas) and colubrids. One of the lessons learned in snake. He has learned over time, however, that besides this facility was that carpets were not a great flooring the positive benefits of his show, there can also be nega- choice for snake-keeping! This was about the time ball tive ones. He now keeps the “biting” to a minimum so it is pythons began to be valued in the snake market. Prior to recognized as the exception rather than the rule! He also this only wild exports were available and they were mostly tries to put a positive swing on it by staying calm and ex- considered to be garbage snakes! Finally Emmanuel Noah plaining what to do if and when a person is bitten by a started collecting gravid wild-caught ball pythons and ex- snake. His favorite shows are the ones that include a solid ported the young … which were much more desirable! educational message.
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