Calendar

Our regular meetings are held the third Friday of each month, 7pm, at the North Museum (400 College Ave, Lancaster, PA 17603).

Upcoming events in 2022:

  • April 15th – To be announced

Speakers from 2022:

Speakers from 2021:

Speakers from 2020:

Speakers from 2019:

  • Jan 18: Dave McNaughton – Wood turtles
  • Feb 15: Mitch Williams – Evolution of reptiles/prehistoric herps
  • Mar 15: Brandon Ruhe – Pennsylvania Amphibian and Reptile Survey
  • May 17: Mark Layton – Refreshing Mountain Wildlife Center
  • Jul 19: Zach Barton – King and Milk Snakes
  • Sep 20: Steve Enders – theTurtleRoom
  • Oct 18: Carter Farmer and Gregory Wier – Chytrid Fungus
  • Nov 15: Bob Ferguson – Amazon Herping

Speakers from 2018:

  • Oct 19: Walter Meshaka Jr – The Role of Nesting Ecology in The Conservation of The Common Snapping Turtle in Pennsylvania
  • Sep 21: Andy Adams – Northern Copperhead Behavior
  • Jul 20: Pituophis: The Other Colubrid
  • May 18: Billy Brown – Avid Herper in Urban Areas
  • Apr 20: Christina Obrecht – Christina’s Reptile and Animal Sanctuary
  • Feb 16: David Munoz – Understanding Salamander Response To Climate Change
  • Jan 18: Patrick Walker – Kin Recognition in Leopard Geckos

Speakers from 2017:

  • Dec 15: Holiday Social and Potluck
  • Nov 17: Jason Bell – Caring for Reptiles and Amphibians at the Philadelphia Zoo
  • Oct 20: Bob Ferguson – Neotropical Herping
  • Sep 15: Kids Night at the Manheim Township Public Library
  • Aug 18: Zach Barton – Crash Course in Corn Snake Genetics
  • Jul 21: Christina Obrecht – Crocodilians
  • Jun 16: Jason Bell from the Philadelphia Zoo
  • May 19: Critter Encounter
  • Apr 21: Toad Migration Walk at the Manheim Township Public Library
  • Mar 17: Nixon Park Wetland Survey Field Trip
  • Feb 17: Kurt Regester – Disease Ecology of Pennsylvania Amphibians
  • Jan 20: Jamie Shinskie – eDNA Surveying for Hellbenders with speaker

Speakers from 2016:

  • Friday, January 29, 2016, 7pm- Quest for the Pine Barrens Snake Sweep: A futile attempt to find and photograph every native snake that calls New Jersey’s Pinelands home, Manheim Township Public Library. ****FIFTH FRIDAY****
  • Friday, February 19, 2016, 7pm- Sand Boa Ecology, Husbandry, and Breeding with speaker Patrick Walker, at the Richard M. Nixon County Park, 5922 Nixon Drive, York, PA 17403.  Talk followed by a nature center behind-the-scenes tour.  
  • Friday, April 8, 2016, 7pm- Pinchot Park Herping Field Trip! 
  • Friday, May 20, 2016, 7pm- Art Through Chemistry with speakers Mark Sterlin and Mark Breen-Klein of Lucent Morphics Laboratory. Manheim Township Public Library.