August 2012 volume 27, issue 8

Next Event/Meeting:

Saturday, August 11, 2012

“Members-Only Adventure”

4:00—8:00 p.m.

cost: $6 per person

Upcoming Events…… 2

Turtle & Tortoise Show 2

General PNHS In-

formation……………….

3

Letter from the

President………………..

4

Conservation & Wet-

lands: Not just for

the birds…………………….

6

Snapperfest Can-

celed…………………………..

11

3,000 New Species

of Amphibians………….

12

Glass Frogs …………….. 13

Classified………….

Contacts & Vets.

14

15

Membership

Application….……….

16

Inside this issue:

September PNHS

Newsletter Deadline:

August 31, 2012

Pacific Northwest

Herpetological Society

Exotics galore; fun for the whole family!

The Outback Kangaroo Farm

10030 State Route 530 NE

Arlington, WA 98223

1-(360)-403-7474

Www.OutbackKangarooFarm.com

Tortoise Tug-of-

War? Photo

courtesy of The

Outback Kanga-

roo Farm.

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Upcoming PNHS Events

Kitsap Branch Summer Meetings 2012: Monitoring for the Western Pond Turtle Pro-

ject. Contact Troy Barnhatt 360-908-8766 if interested.

August 11, 2012: PNHS Adventure/Meeting:

On Saturday August 11th, at 4:00 p.m., in place of a regular

meeting, PNHS will be having a “ Member ’ s Only ” Adven

ture/Potluck at The Outback Kangaroo Farm in Arlington. Cost:

$6 per person ( children 2 and under are free. ) Come for a

special tour of the premises and see all sorts of exotics!

Please RSVP to Brenda.Huber@pnwhs.org .

August 12, 2012: Seattle Turtle & Tortoise Club Annual Show

Admission is free! 10:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m. at Sky Nursery in

Shoreline. 18528 Aurora Avenue North, Shoreline, WA 98133

There will be turtles and tortoise on display, and all sorts of ac

tivities for kids and families. Come support our chelonian

friends!

September 9, 2012: PNHS General Meeting:

Speaker: Ron Gagliardo of Amphibian Ark

“ M adagascar Adventures ”

Herp-of-the-Month: Herps of Madagascar

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General Information

The Pacific Northwest Herpetological Society (PNHS) is a non-profit organi-

zation registered with the State of Washington. PNHS is dedicated to the

education of its members and the public, as well as the conservation, ecol-

ogy, and captive care and breeding of reptiles and amphibians. The society

also takes an active role in legislative and environmental issues affecting

these animals and their habitats.

Meeting Information

PNHS holds its general meeting on the second Sunday of every month

(with exceptions for holidays) at 6:00pm at Highline Community College in

Des Moines, Building 12 Room 101. Doors open at 5:30. Other business

and socialization occurs between 5:30 and 6; then the General Meeting

starts. Meetings are open to the public, and the society encourages anyone

with an interest in herpetology to attend. Please purchase a membership to

show your support for the society.

Animal Donations

Looking to adopt, release an animal or donate cages and equipment?

Please contact the Adoptions Committee by email at adop-

tions@pnwhs.org, or by voicemail at 206- 583-0686. We will contact you

and make arrangements.

Other Donations

The Adoption Committee receives minimal financial support from the Soci-

ety, so donations of money, food, cages, and equipment are always needed

and appreciated. Please contact the Adoption Chair to make a donation.

Adoptions

To adopt an animal that is in the care of the Committee, you must be pre-

sent at the meeting, be a current member (of at least one month), and be

over 18 years of age or have parental consent. For more details see the

web site or contact the Adoption Chair.

Newsletter Information

A monthly newsletter absorbs the lion’s share of the price of a PNHS mem-

bership. In order to keep it interesting, we encourage contribution of origi-

nal articles, book reviews, letters, ads, and cartoons for publication.

Items for incorporation into articles are also welcome, though with no guar-

antee of their use. Submissions may be sent to the Newsletter Committee

or to the Society through the contacts listed on our Contacts page.

Editorial Policy

The views expressed in this publication are solely the views of the authors

and not necessarily the views of the Society, its members, or the Newsletter

Committee. The Newsletter Committee reserves the right to edit all submis-

sions including advertisements.

General information &

guidelines

re PNHS’ Monthly Meetings

are a great place to learn

something new, purchase

feeders at a discount, and

meet new people

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Above: Both Green Tree Python

Photos courtesy of the Adams’

Family.

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Letter from the President By Brenda Huber Vol. 27, No.8

Continued...

A little late in the summer, but the sun has decided to actu-

ally show up in Seattle. What perfect timing for our PNHS Mem-

bers Only Adventure at the Outback Kangaroo Farm in Arlington.

The list of exotics is formidable, including herps: turtles, tortoises,

lemurs, red kangaroos, wallabies, wallaroos, Patagonian cavees,

mini-horses, mini-donkeys, emus, ostriches, llamas, alpacas, parrots

and more! There is an admission fee of $6.00 per person. Please

RSVP to me at Brenda.Huber@pnwhs.org so we can give them an

advance headcount.

Meanwhile, I’m cracking out the old portable air-conditioner up-

stairs for the humans.. Downstairs, the Crested Geckos & Axolotls

Herps & Heat

Above: Some of the exotic animals at The Outback Kangaroo Farm. Photos courtesy of The Outback Kanga-

roo Farm.

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are safe and sound in a cool basement. For

some of our beloved herps, heat can be

deadly. If the temperature goes over 85 de-

grees, Cresties can go into fatal shock.

For the axolotls, water temperatures too warm

can encourage deadly bacteria to form in the

tank, and leave the axolotls prone to rot.

What are some of the best tips/tricks you know for dealing with

weather extremes with our herps?

Best tip: diligent monitoring. For those who are unable to monitor

temperatures around the clock, temperature alarms can be purchased

for under $300.

One of my favorite tips: “Axolotl Icecubes”… To remove chlorine

from tap water, I usually let a bucket of tap water age for at least 24

hours. Once aged, I pour some into specialized ice cube trays & freeze

them. On especially hot days, I can just plop a few ice cubes into each

tank. Another method is to use portable freeze packs, which can also be

placed in the water in the tank.

Hydration, hydration, hydration. As a good rule of thumb for every-

one during the hot summer months, keep well hydrated.

Enjoy the summer fun and stay safe! I hope to see

you all at our August Member’s Only Adventure!

- Brenda Huber

President

Letter From The President Continued….

Above: Wee little baby cresties are

exceptionally prone to heat stress.

Photo by B. Huber.

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FY 2013 Funding Levels

*The rationale for cutting this program in half is that authorization has expired. Continued….

As Congress Heads Home for Recess, Bird Conservation Funding Hangs in the

Balance...

Below is a detailed legislative report prepared by Anne Law, American Bird Conservancy’s

Deputy Director of Conservation Advocacy, on the status of the annual Interior Appropriations

Bill and the Farm Bill that fund many important programs that benefit birds and their habitats.

While your Senators and Representative are at home, August is a good time to contact their of-

fices in support of bird conservation.

Representatives and Senators need to hear from bird advocates like you to ensure that these criti-

cal bird conservation programs continue to be funded. ABC’s action page has a template letter

you and members of your group can send to your elected officials:

http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5400/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=11085

Appropriations Update

House Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations

Bill

On June 28, 2012, the House Appropriations Committee approved a bill that dramatically slashes

the funding for the Interior Department and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

There is a proposed 21% cut to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an 80% cut to the Land and

Water Conservation Fund, and many policy riders that, if enacted, would be detrimental to wild-

life and the environment. It is currently doubtful that the bill will move onto the House floor be-

fore the August recess. The funding levels in this bill are much lower than the levels agreed upon

over a year ago by both the House and the Senate in the Budget Control Act.

Program 2012 Level Proposed 2013

Level

% Change +/-

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act $3.786M $1.893M -50%

North American Wetlands Conservation Act $39.49M $22.33M -44%

State Wildlife Grants $61.4 M $30.66M -50%

USFWS International Affairs $13.05M $10.99M -16%

USDA Forest Service International $4M $6M +50%

Conservation & Wetlands…

(it’s not just about the birds)

Reprinted With Permisision from HerpDigest Vol. 12, Issue #35, 8/4/12

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continued...

Senate FY 2013 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill

The Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee has not released their version of the FY2013 spending bill.

It is expected that the funding levels on the Senate side will adhere to the spending levels agreed upon last year

by both chambers in the Budget Control Act. This would translate into higher funding levels than those out-

lined in the House bill. However, the Senate is not expected to move a bill out of subcommittee because it

would enable unwanted “riders” or amendments to be attached to the measure. Last year the Senate Subcom-

mittee released a draft bill that it used as a basis for negotiation with the House.

When will we know the final funding levels for FY 2013?

The House and the Senate announced earlier this week that they will keep the Federal Government funded for

the next six months under a Continuing Resolution (CR) at FY 2012 enacted levels through March 2013. The

vote on the CR is expected to occur in early September after Congress returns from the August recess.

Sequestration

Unfortunately, to complicate matters, “sequestration” – automatic across-the-board spending cuts that were

added to last year’s Budget Control Act (the bill agreed upon by both chambers of Congress and signed by the

President that allowed the country’s debt ceiling to be increased by $2.1 trillion) – are set to take effect in

January since the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the “Super Committee”) failed to produce leg-

islation to reduce projected deficits by at least an additional $1.2 trillion through 2021. There will be auto-

matic across-the-board cuts that would result in $1.2 trillion to “non-defense discretionary spending” and de-

fense spending, as well as automatic cuts in selected entitlement programs. “Non-defense discretionary”

would encompass funding for programs at the Department of Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency,

and the Department of Energy. If sequestration goes into effect, it would result in an approximate across-the-

board cut of 8.4% to every program for FY 2013.

What happens in 2014 and Subsequent Years for Non-Defense Discretionary?

In each year from 2014-2021, the remaining $54.7 billion in non-defense cuts will be accomplished through

reductions in the annual statutory caps that the Budget Control Act sets for each of those years if sequestration

is triggered. Congress, through the appropriations process, will decide how to live within the newly reduced

caps. The reductions are as follows:

FY 2014 7.5%

FY 2015 7.2%

FY 2016 6.9%

FY 2017 6.7%

FY 2018 6.4%

FY 2019 6.1%

FY 2020 5.7%

FY 2021 5.4%

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How to stop Sequestration Congress can stop sequestration from happening by coming up with an agreement to reduce pro-

jected deficits by an additional $1.2 trillion through 2021. This is one of the many things they

could possibly address in the lame duck session in November.

Farm Bill Update

The Farm Bill contains the largest source of conservation funding in the federal budget. The

current Farm Bill expires September 30, 2012.

Conservation Programs The Conservation Title in both the House and the Senate Farm Bills contain roughly $58 billion

for conservation programs, which is a 10% cut from the 2008 Farm Bill. Both bills also contain

a new regional partnership program that targets conservation funding to priority conservation

regions and could provide approximately $7.8 million per year in additional Farm Bill funds for

conservation work.

Both House and Senate bills cut conservation funding by approximately $6 billion and propose

consolidating the 23 conservation programs into 13 to save money and to make the conservation

programs easier to understand, manage, and implement. The steepest conservation cuts would

be to the Conservation Reserve Program, which would likely result in at least 5 million acres of

grassland, stream buffers, and wetland habitat being withdrawn from the program and put back

into active farm rotation. The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program is eliminated in both House

and Senate bills, but the Senate creates opportunity for wildlife funding through the Environ-

mental Quality Incentives Program (EQUIP) with a minimum of 5% of the program funding go-

ing to wildlife. The House limits this set-aside program for wildlife at a 5% maximum, which

would result in many farmers that want to engage with wildlife projects being turned away.

Drought Aid Bill The House of Representatives is considering a stand-alone drought aid measure that would cut

two of the largest conservation programs in the Farm Bill by $639 million over the next ten

years to pay for an increase in funding for disaster assistance. A one-year extension of the Farm

Bill was dropped abruptly, which punts work on the Farm Bill until after the August recess.

House Bill The House Agriculture committee passed the Federal Agriculture and Risk Management (HR

6083) on July 12. The five-year Farm Bill passed by the House Agriculture Committee would

cost approximately $960 billion, and would decrease direct spending by $35.1 billion and con-

servation programs by $6 billion.

Farmers can chose between a new revenue insurance program for their crops and a subsidy

system based on price guarantees.

Takes $16 billion from nutrition assistance.

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Conservation Continued….

No conservation compliance—taxpayers provide subsidy support in exchange for farmers providing

modest protections for soil, water, and wildlife on approximately 500 million acres of farmland.

“Sodsaver” program rejected in committee despite strong support from sportsmen and environmentalist.

Provision would have made farmers who plow up wetlands or any of the less than 1 percent of virgin prai-

rie remaining in America ineligible for crop insurance for five years.

Increased Use and Impact of Pesticides

Would increase the use of pesticides by favoring industrial agriculture. Eliminates dedicated support to

help farmers use less pesticide and go organic by repealing the National Organic Cost-share program; re-

duces funding for organic research; and maintains barriers that impede farmers’ efforts to insure their

crops.

Repeals certain Clean Water Act protections that will result in the direct application of pesticides into

streams and rivers without any oversight. The Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, under

which pesticides are registered, does not require tracking of such pesticide applications

Prescribes non-science-based roadblocks and delays for measures recommended by federal wildlife ex-

perts to protect endangered species from pesticides.

Increased Logging in Our National Forests

Would exploit the danger of wildfires and harmful pests to allow extensive logging in designated

“critical areas” that cover more than 15% of our national forests with almost no environmental review or

public involvement.

Senate Bill The Senate passed the Agriculture Reform Food and Jobs Act of 2012 (S. 3240) on June 21st.

Five-year, $969 billion Farm Bill

Farmers are shifted to a subsidy program that is more insurance-based. To receive crop insurance, farm-

ers must embrace simple conservation practices such as refraining from farming highly erodible soils or

draining wetlands that are critical for reducing soil erosion, protecting wetlands, reducing downstream

flooding risk, and decreasing nutrients from flowing into rivers, lakes, and streams.

Takes $4.5 billion from nutrition assistance

Conservation compliance—taxpayers provide subsidy support in exchange for farmers providing modest

protections for soil, water, and wildlife on approximately 500 million acres of farmland.

Includes “Sodsaver” measure that will limit federal incentives for converting native grasslands to crop

production. Will help ensure that grassland ecosystems remain intact and functional, and ensure that tax-

payer funds will not be used to promote the loss of valuable native grasslands.

Conservation Reserve Program: Extended through 2017, and the acreage enrollment cap is dropped

from 32 million acres in 2012 to 25 million acres in 2017. Enrollment period stays the same. The pro-

gram also continues the funding of the Transition Incentives Program, which allows retiring growers to

transfer land while still receiving CRP payments for the final two years of their contracts.

Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is amended and continued. Between Oct. 1, 2012 and Sept.

30, 2021, the Secretary shall enroll an additional 10,348,000 acres for each fiscal year and achieve a

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Conservation, Continued….

national average rate of $18 per acre, which includes the costs of all financial assistance, technical assis-

tance, and other expenses. Producers who agree to adopt resource-conserving crop rotations can receive

supplemental payments. Payments to any one person or entity are capped at $200,000 under all contracts

between 2013-2018.

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQUIP) is continued with at least 60% of the funds from

2013-2017 to be targeted at practices related to livestock production, and at least 5% of the funds targeted

at practices benefitting wildlife habitat. The Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program is now incorporated as a

practice under EQUIP.

o $1.5 billion for FY 2013 o $1.6 billion for FY 2014

o $1.65 billion for FY 2015-2017

Agriculture Conservation Easement Program- incorporates and combines the Wetland Reserve Program,

Grasslands Reserve Program, and Farmland Protection Program. Easement programs will also be simpli-

fied, as all conservation easement programs will be combined under the Agricultural Conservation Ease-

ment Program, focusing on long-term land protection.

o $450 M for FY 2013 o $475 M for FY 2014

o $500 M for FY 2015

o $525 M for FY 2016 o $550 M for FY 2017

Regional Conservation Partnership Program- combines agricultural conservation easement program, the

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Program, the Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative, and the Great

Lakes Basin Program, and encourages partners to work across states and regions to achieve conservation

goals using the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, the Environmental Quality Incentives Pro-

gram, and the Conservation Stewardship Program. Eligible partners include producers or groups of pro-

ducers, a state or unit of government, an Indian tribe, a farmer cooperative, an institution of higher educa-

tion, and an organization with a history of working with producers on agricultural land.

For more information please contact Anne Law, American Bird Conservancy,alaw@abcbirds.org, 202-

234-7181.

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RadioAurora Campground Cancels Controversial

"Snapperfest" WKRC-CINCINNATTI, LOCAL 12

Reprinted with permission from HerpDigest, Vol. 12, #35, 8/4/12

Vol. 27, No. 8

The Aurora Campground which became the target of allegations of

animal abuse last year for holding a festival that involved the handling of live

turtles tells Local 12 they are not having their annual festival this year. An em-

ployee of Campshore Campground says "Snapperfest" is canceled.

The "Snapperfest" competition was held annually at the campground on State

Route 56 between Aurora and Rising Sun.

Contestants in the challenge grab the turtle from muddy water, pull the head

out of its shell and get their fingers around its neck. Organizers told Local 12

that all of the turtles used in the festival were caught in humane traps and

many were released into their natural habitats afterward. They also claimed

that they ejected anyone who appeared to hurt the animals.

The festival had been held for years. But in 2011, animal rights organizations

began a massive anti-Snapperfest campaign, arguing that the handling of the

turtles could lead to injuries and eventually the death of the animals. Activists

went to task over the festival through social media, contacting Peta and county

commissioners to complain that the festival was cruel.

A campground employee would not comment on the specific reasons for can-

celing the festival.

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3,000 New Species of Amphibians Discovered Reprinted with permission from HerpDigest, .Vol. 12, #35, 8/4/12

The number of amphibians described by scientists now exceeds 7,000, or

roughly 3,000 more than were known just 25 years ago, report researchers in Berkeley.

David Wake, an emeritus biology professor at the University of California, this week an-

nounced the 7,000th amphibian cataloged on AmphibiaWeb, a project which since 2000

has sought to document every one of Earth's living frogs, salamanders, newts, and cae-

cilians. The 3,000 'new' species means that scientists have described a previously un-

known amphibian every two-and-a-half days since 1987. And the rate of new species de-

scriptions may be accelerating: 100 species have been described so far in 2012.

The 7000th amphibian added to AmphibiaWeb was Centrolene sabini, a glass frog from

Manu National Park in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo by Alessandro Catenazzi, the re-

searcher who was the lead author of the paper that described the species.

But the discoveries mask bad news: global amphibian populations are in sharp decline

due to the effects of climate change, habitat destruction, pollution, invasive species,

overharvesting as food and for the pet trade, and the spread of chytridiomycosis, a

deadly fungal disease. The IUCN Red List estimates that more than 40 percent of am-

phibians are at risk, while more than 150 species are known to have gone extinct since

the early 1980s.

AmphibiaWeb documents the known status of each and every species. Beyond photos,

maps, and information, the site also collects audio clips of frog calls. Wake said Am-

phibiaWeb had become the global authority for amphibian information.

“We are the place for accurate, vetted information on amphibians,” he said in a state-

ment, noting the site is queried 15,000 and 20,000 times per day.

CITATION: Catenazzi, A., Von May, R., Lehr, E., Gagliardi-Urrutia, G., Guayasamin, J.M. (2012). ''A new, high-elevation

glassfrog (Anura: Centrolenidae) from Manu National Park, southern Peru.'' Zootaxa, 3388, 56-68.

Read more: http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0731-7000-amphibians.html#ixzz22ZZ1Zkop

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WOOSTER, Ohio — On the island of Tobago, scientists from The College of

Wooster have identified some surprising survival mechanisms among a species of glass frog

(Hyalinobatrachium orientale) — adorable tiny green amphibians whose transparent underside

provides a fascinating window to its organs, including a beating heart.

Richard Lehtinen, associate professor of biology at Wooster, and Andrew Georgiadis, a recent

Wooster graduate (2011) and now a researcher at the University of Pittsburgh, made noteworthy

observations about male frogs protecting their offspring and the unique ability of their tadpoles to

escape danger. The findings are published in the current issue of the Phyllomedusa Journal of

Herpetology.

It appears as though male frogs are more involved in the early development of their offspring than

the females. “What we discovered is that the males stay near their larvae and rub their arms and

legs over them or cover clutches (groups) of them entirely on the underside of the plants where

they breed (some 12-15 feet above the freshwater streams of the forest),” said Lehtinen. “We

don’t know why they do this, but we believe that they may be secreting a protective substance

that kills aquatic fungi and other forms of mold that are often fatal to the larvae.”

Lehtinen will return to Tobago this week (with rising senior Jessica Pringle) to test his hypothesis

by taking skin swabs of the frogs in the field to see if males do, in fact, secret a substance that in-

hibits fungal growth. “Most species of frogs don’t exhibit parental care,” he said. “Most lay eggs

and then get out of there. This species is different, and we’d like to know more about its behav-

ior.”

While in Tobago, Lehtinen made another interesting discovery when he came across a leaf that

had apparently fallen to the ground with the developing embryos were still attached. Out of curi-

osity, he poked and prodded the clutch with a dissecting instrument when suddenly one of the

embryos literally shot out of the egg. He continued prodding and the other tadpoles started

launching forward in a manner that Lehtinen described as purposeful.

“I decided to start measuring the distance, and I found that they were traveling some 36 times

their body length,” said Lehtinen. “That would be like a 6-foot human jumping 216 feet.”

Lehtinen believes that the action enables the tadpole to escape a potential predator, even though it

might encounter greater danger in the water below. “It’s a very effective way to escape a threat,”

he said. “We will be watching (the tadpoles) even more closely on our next visit.”

Glass Frogs Reveal Surprising Survival Mechanisms

By John Finn, July 30, 2012—Ohio.com

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