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Spring is here and sometime soon (probably during my spring break april 6-10) i will be going out herp hunting for a day or two. I live right by a creek and am wondering where i should look to find frogs and toads. is it to early to find ampibs? it has been in the 60's for about 5 days and it is going to be in the 50's-60's for the next 2 weeks except during the nights when it will be in the 40's. I live in Northern VA.
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0.1 "Tremper" looking Albino Leopard gecko (Lex)
0.0.1 normal ball python (felix)
1.1 Feral cats that we adopted (Fuzzy, and Bear)

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Amphibians are the only interesting thing to look and when it is cold!

You might want to think about a membership to the Virginia Herpetological Society, we have a spring meeting in a few months in southern Virginia where you'll have the benefit of learning from the experienced herpetologists on where to find reptiles and amphibians in the wild. If you are studying to be a biologist, membership to societies always collected on your resume.

And go to the following link and write John an e-mail, he is the former vice president of the society, lives in northern Virginia like yourself, and I am sure that he would be happy to help you.

http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=391883,391883
click here for the link

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ok. I really dont know much about amphibians except that some burrow into the ground during the winter and i didn't know when they emerge. And that one canadian toad just freezes over and thaws out. Thanks for the info about the Va. Herp society. I probably wouldn't be able to make it to the meeting seeing as how i doubt my dad or mom would drive me across the state to go to a herp meeting. Do you know if fairfax county has a herp society?
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0.1 "Tremper" looking Albino Leopard gecko (Lex)
0.0.1 normal ball python (felix)
1.1 Feral cats that we adopted (Fuzzy, and Bear)

"There are six genes which determine the amount of melanism present in a person's skink"-meretseger

You can talk to Tom at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park, Walney, 703/631-0013. I was just there a couple of weeks ago to pick up wood frogs for an exhibit. They have a couple of herp enthusiasts that can help you as well!
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...the oldest task in human history: to live on a piece of land without spoiling it."
Aldo Leopold (1938)

"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
Calvin and Hobbes (Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink', 1991)

do you know if he is going to be at the herp hunting thing at that park?

thanks again
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0.1 "Tremper" looking Albino Leopard gecko (Lex)
0.0.1 normal ball python (felix)
1.1 Feral cats that we adopted (Fuzzy, and Bear)

"There are six genes which determine the amount of melanism present in a person's skink"-meretseger

where exactly do u live in northern va i live in mclean

If your creek is relatively unpolluted, you should be able to find salamanders of somw kind, either in the creek or upon the banks. they hide under large flat rocks. Be VERY careful not to squish anyone while you lift and replace rocks. And it sounds funny, but make sure that when you leave a moist area, you leave no footprints that are deep. Our footprints can actually inhibit some short-legged sals from getting into the water and out again.
Frogs can be found along the edges of ponds, usually near overgrown weeds. Toads are more apt to be in shady wooded areas or in gardens. It's all about where you look, and how much or little pollution is in the area. Have fun!
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