27TH ANNUAL MIDWEST HERPETOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM
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27TH ANNUAL MIDWEST HERPETOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM

When: 21-23 October 2011
Where: Plymouth, Minnesota

Best Western Kelly Inn
2705 Annapolis Lane North
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
(763) 553-1600
($71 MHS room rate, family & pet friendly)

For registration, go to the MHS website at

http://www.mnherpsoc.com

$65 until September 1
$75 after September 1
$40 Banquet (adult); $15 ages 5-12, under 4 free

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Icebreaker (Friday October 21)

SPEAKERS (Saturday October 22)

Jeff LeClere (Minneapolis, Minnesota) – MHS member & MN DNR
HERPETOFAUNA OF MINNESOTA

Jeff Ettling (St. Louis, Missouri)– Curator of Herpetology, St. Louis Zoo
THE SPATIAL ECOLOGY AND HABITAT USAGE OF ARMENIAN VIPERS, MONTIVIPERA RADDEI, IN TWO DIFFERENT LANDSCAPES

Tony Gamble (Minneapolis, Minnesota) – University of Minnesota
DESCRIBING SOUTH AMERICA’S LIZARD DIVERSITY: FROM THE FIELD TO THE LAB BENCH

Salvatore Santelli (Annville, Pennsylvania) – Trustee, World Chelonian Trust
Turtles/Tortoises.
THE NORTH AMERICAN WOOD TURTLE: PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH THEM IN THE WILD AND CAPTIVITY

Chris Tabaka (Battle Creek, Michigan) – Staff Veterinarian, Binder Park Zoo
ROLE OF THE VETERINARIAN IN FIELD CONSERVATION RESEARCH

Paul Moler (Gainsville, Florida), Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission-retired (Florida)
HERPETOFAUNAL SURVEYS IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM

BANQUET (Saturday October 22)

Speaker - Barney Oldfield (Hesperus, Colorado)
CROTAPHYTID ODYSSEY