ALL SOUTH CAROLINA HERPETOLOGICAL CONFERENCE

SCHEDULE OF TALKS AND UPDATE

DATE: Saturday, January 31, 2004

PLACE: Education Auditorium

Riverbanks Zoo and Garden*

Columbia SC

* Admission to the Zoo will be free for Conference Attendees. Come to the main entrance and tell the cashier you are attending the herpetology conference.

REGISTRATION FEE: $10 - Make checks payable to South Carolina Herpetology Conference

SCHEDULE:

9:00 AM - 9:30 Registration

9:30 - 10:00 Dr. Kurt Buhlmann: the Global Turtle Crisis and its Potential

Effect on South Carolina Turtles.

10:00 - 10:30 Dr. Julian Harrison: A New Species of Eurycea from the

Carolinas.

10:30 -10:45 Break

10:45 - 11:15 Michelle Lee: Reproductive Biology and Testosterone Cycling

of the Diamondback Terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin, in

Charleston, South Carolina Estuaries.

11:15 - 11:45 Kevin Messenger: Biodiversity and Movement Patterns of

Snakes in the Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge.

11:45 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 -1:30 Scott Pfaff: Husbandry and Captive Breeding of Rare South

Carolina Amphibians.

1:30 -2:00 Kimberly Andrews: Interspecific Variation in Behavioral

Responses of Snakes to Roads.

2:00 - 2:30 Dr. Sam Seashole: Husbandry and Medical Support of

Snakes in Captivity.

2:30- 3:00 Break

3:00 - 3:30 Dr. Whit Gibbons: PARC-Partners in Amphibian and Reptile

Conservation.

3:30 - 4:00 Jayme Waldron: Arboreal Behavior in the Green Salamander,

Aneides aeneus, in the Blue Ridge of South Carolina.

4:00- 4:30 Stephen Bennett: Conservation Planning for Amphibians and

Reptiles in South Carolina.

4:30 Adjourn (possibly to a local restaurant/watering hole for some

post conference de-briefing)

If you have any questions etc. contact me at:

Steve Bennett

sbennett@scdnr.state.sc.us

803-734-3930