{"id":4769,"date":"2014-10-21T09:26:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T13:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/?p=4769"},"modified":"2014-10-21T09:26:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T13:26:24","slug":"a-summer-herpetology-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/2014\/10\/21\/a-summer-herpetology-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"A Summer Herpetology Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a lovely, unseasonably cool summer morning for our fun Herpetology Walk in Glen Providence Park on August 9!<\/strong> Kyle Loucks led the more than 20 adults and children who attended our early (7:30am!) morning walk. We saw Two-lined Salamanders, Dusky Salamanders, Pickerel Frogs, a baby Wood Frog, American Toads, and a Northern Water Snake.<\/strong> We were able to safely pass the amphibians around for a closer look, before gently returning them to their habitat, in a clean plastic container – any lotion, soap, and even oil on our skin can harm them. It seemed to be too cool for the numerous turtles that normally bask at the pond – we didn’t see any!<\/p>\n

It was a privilege to have Kyle lead us – he is the South East Regional Coordinator for the Pennsylvania Amphibian and Reptile Survey (PARS)<\/a>, and the one who first told us about it!<\/strong> Launched in 2013, PARS is a joint venture between the PA Fish & Boat Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Center for Herpetology and Conservation, to provide them with valuable data for study and conservation of amphibians and reptiles (*”herps”). PARS is our 2014 Citizen Science project – you can see our results so far and a species list and photo gallery!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A tremendous thank you to Kyle Loucks for leading us, and for his work for PARS!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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*Herpetology is the study of amphibians and reptiles, and herps is slang for amphibians and reptiles.<\/em><\/p>\n

Check out the photos of our Herpetology Walk below!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t