Reptile and Amphibian Advocacy

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The Frontenac Arch is where we conduct most of our research! There are plenty of familiar faces in this incredible video highlighting why WE need to save it! https://youtu.be/r_2mU_da_q4

With the unseasonably warm weather this November we were able to continue surveys and observed 16 species in total! Here are some photos of those while we hunker down and wait until next season..

Another successful year despite challenges for Upper Thames River Conservation Authority!

While conducting surveys from late June through mainly Frontenac, Hastings, Lennox and Addington and Renfrew counties for Scales Nature Park and The Land Between we observed 50 individual dead on road (DOR) reptiles. All of these were classified as species at risk (SAR) in Ontario under both federal and provincial acts. If we included non-SAR and amphibians, the numbers would be staggering! 15 of these observations were DOR Gray Ratsnakes (Pantherophis spliloides) and 13 were... DOR Blanding’s Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii), both species being listed as Threatened. Our government needs to do better at protecting these vulnerable species! This data will be used to improve mitigation measures and identify hotspots for road mortality in these counties. You can help too! Check out Wildlife on Roads on iNaturalist and submit your observations! https://inaturalist.ca/projects/wildlife-on-roads-in-ontario

Your friends at CHS are thinking of planning a CHS Summer Job Fair to be held virtually on 17 February 2021. It will be targeted at those who are looking for fixed-term job opportunities in herpetology in Canada during summer 2021.We want to gauge your interest and the scope for participation before diving into planning. As applicable, could you please fill in the following form by 15 December 2020. Please note, we are using this to guide our planning. There will be a ...separate official registration call in early 2021.Please feel free to share with anyone via email or on social media. Thanks everyone!

After 10 years of data collection, the Ontario Reptile and Amphibian Atlas Program is wrapping up with a final database consisting of over 480,000 records. Pl...ease join us for a free live webinar to discuss the results from our upcoming publication! Register now to secure your spot: https://ontarionature.org/event/oraa-webinar/ Thank you TD Friends of the Environment Foundation for providing funding for this webinar!

No rest for the wicked