27th Midwest Herpetological Symposium

27th Midwest Herpetological Symposium - October 21-23, 2011 -Sponsored By
THE MINNESOTA HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY

The event will be held at: Best Western Kelly Inn-2705 Annapolis Ln N.
Plymouth, Minnesota, 55441-Phone: 763.553.1600

Friday Night Ice-breaker
Dav Kaufman (Minneapolis, Minnesota) - "The making of Herpers and Herpers II."
Keynote Presentation
Barney Oldfield, DVM (Hesperus, Colorado)
"Crotaphytid Odyssey

Saturday Speakers
Jeff LeClere (St. Paul, Minnesota) -
Minnesota DNR "Herps of Minnesota"
Jeff Ettling, Ph.D. Candidate (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, Ph.D. (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
" The North American Wood Turtle: Personal Experiences with Them in
the Wild and Captivity"
Chris Tabaka, DVM (Battle Creek, Michigan) -
Staff Veterinarian, Binder Park Zoo
"Role of the Veterinarian in Field Conservation Research