An update on our Spotted Turtle research program
Houston Chandler
The Orianne Society has now been working on Spotted Turtle research projects since 2014, and they have become one of our primary focal species in recent years.
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New published research: Reproductive ecology of southern Spotted Turtle populations
Views:784 views A female Spotted Turtle with radio transmitter and thread spool attached – Houston Chandler When I…
Recapping the 2021-2022 Indigo Snake Survey Season
Views:634 views Searching for Eastern Indigo Snakes – Ben Stegenga We recently wrapped up the 2021–2022 indigo snake…
Ushering in Spring with Choruses of Chorus Frogs
Views:657 views A Spring Peeper calling in the mountains of Virginia – Houston Chandler Spring Peepers (Pseudacris crucifer)…
Technician Spotlight: Kevin Hutcheson, Surveying for Rare Snakes
Truthfully, while my job was to find indigos as part of The Orianne Society’s annual occupancy surveys, I also wanted to find the far more elusive Florida Pine Snake… they’re both striking and cryptic, spending the majority of their lives in rodent burrows underground.
New Published Research: Mapping Eastern Indigo Snake Habitat
One of the fundamental concepts in conservation biology involves understanding where a species occurs, either historically or in present times…
Eastern Hog-nosed Snakes
Views:209 views Eastern Hog-nosed Snake crossing a sandy road on a spring evening. – Houston Chandler I have…
New Published Research: Examining the Effects of Fire Suppression on Wetland Ecosystems
We examined how leaf breakdown and invertebrate communities varied across three species of leaf litter: longleaf pine needles, wiregrass stalks, and black gum leaves. These species all occur naturally in pine flatwoods wetlands, with gum trees being mostly restricted to fire-suppressed wetlands or the deepest parts of fire-maintained wetlands.