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Volume 6: 2023

Development and validation of PCR primers for detecting Ambystoma texanum (Smallmouth Salamanders) from eDNA

Elizabeth K. Strasko, Rebecca R. Piche, and Ben F. Brammell

Observations on nesting locations and brooding behavior of the Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) in middle Tennessee

Brian T. Miller

AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM (Spotted Salamander). Breeding frequency

Catherine J. Bratton, Olivia Woody, Kevin Fouts, and Kristen K. Cecala

STORERIA DEKAYI (Brownsnakes). Reproduction and neonatal defense

Brian T. Miller

EURYCEA WILDERAE (Blue-ridge Two-lined Salamander). Mesohabitat preference

Claire Sanders, Saunders S. Drukker, and Kristen K. Cecala

2022 THS Meeting Abstracts

Nomination of O. Ray Jordan - Bob Hatcher Conservation Award

News from the Tennessee Herpetological Society

Recorded by Jessica Grady

Memoriam - A. Floyd Scott

Angelo Bufalino

TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS (Red-eared Slider). DELAYED EMERGENCE

Brian P. Butterfield, Alexis B. Larkins, Laura D. Lloyd, and Kaylen A. Bunch

DIADOPHIS PUNCTATUS (Ring-necked snake)

Alexis Larkins, Laura Lloyd, and Brian P. Butterfield

2021 THS Meeting Abstracts

News from the Tennessee Herpetological Society

Recorded by Dustin Thames

Landscape selection of Green Salamanders, Aneides aeneus, and a model of their potential distribution to guide future surveys in Tennessee

Dustin Thames, Josh Campbell, Christopher Ogle, and Daniel Istvanko

Survey of woodland salamanders in southern Greene County, Tennessee

Robert Morgan III and Conor Keitzer

DESMOGNATHUS CONANTI (Spotted Dusky Salamander). NESTING

Bryce Wade

PLETHODON WELLERI (Weller's Salamander). EARLY COURTSHIP

Bryce Wade

DIADOPHIS PUNCTATUS (Ring-Necked Snake). COLORATION

Kevin Hutcheson and Todd Pierson

NERODIA SIPEDON (Northern Water Snake). SHEDDING

Alexander Romer, Jackson West, Emma Phipps, Kylie Moe, and Donald Walker

An estimate of home range size and temporal aspects of hibernation for the Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) in a suburban wetland habitat of Middle Tennessee

Jessica M. Vannatta, Daniel R. Istvanko, and Matthew Klukowski

Limited impacts of acid runoff from pyrite-bearing rock formations on stream salamanders in Middle Tennessee headwater streams

Nicole A. Witzel, De'Etra Young, Thomas D. Byl, Brittaney Hogan, and William B. Sutton

A review of thread-trailing devices for Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina)

Jessica M. Vannatta and Matthew Klukowski

AMBYSTOMA OPACUM (Marbled Salamander). COLORATION

Joshua M. Hall

LITHOBATES SYLVATICUS (Wood Frog). DAVIAN BEHAVIOR

Tyler D. Wicks and Trevor L. Chapman

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA (Common Snapping Turtle). REPRODUCTION

Lee J. Barton, Wayne I. Baker, and Teal D. Hendrickson

NERODIA SIPEDON (Northern Water Snake). TERRESTRIAL FORAGING

Trevor L. Chapman and Tyler D. Wicks

SISTRURUS MILIARIUS STRECKERI (Western Pygmy Rattlesnake). REPRODUCTION

Shawn D. Snyder, Jeronimo G. Da Silva Neto, and William B. Sutton

Book Review of Lizards and Snakes of Alabama

Joshua M. Hall

Meeting Notes of the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Herpetological Society

Recorded by Dustin Thames

Riparian habitat of streams used for breeding by the Streamside Salamander (Ambystoma barbouri) in middle Tennessee

Daniel B. Estabrooks and Brian T. Miller

No environmental DNA detection of the Patch-nosed Salamander (Urspelerpes brucei) in North Carolina

Todd W. Pierson and Elijah C. White

Gross morphology of teeth on the premaxillae of Streamside Salamanders (Ambystoma barbouri) and Small-mouthed Salamanders (Ambystoma texanum) from middle Tennessee

Brian T. Miller and Joyce L. Miller

CARPHOPHIS AMOENUS (Common Wormsnake). HATCHING

Daniel A. Malagon and Todd W. Pierson

EURYCEA CIRRIGERA (Southern Two-lined Salamander). CLIMBING ABILITY

Brian T. Miller and Joyce L. Miller

TANTILLA CORONATA (Southeastern Crowned Snake)

Brian P. Butterfield, Wayne Baker, Leah Campbell, Sarahy Montoya, and Abagail Tatum

List of 2017 Hatchlings by Zoo Knoxville

Reported by Stephen Nelson

Meeting Notes of the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Herpetological Society

Recorded by Stephanie Chance

The culturable skin microbiome of the Ocoee Salamander, Desmognathus ocoee

Daniel H. Hayes, Matthew Grisnik, Spencer A. Stone, Zachary W. Tarter, Kyle Ritter, Lucille M. Yanckello, Logan E. Oatman, Lydia E. Meyers, Caroline C. Pellegrino, Carlos D. Camp, Donald M. Walker, and Jessica A. Wooten

Determining crevice preferences of lungless salamanders on the southern Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee

Benjamin E. Sadler and Kristen K. Cecala

Herpetological Surveys in Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s Administrative Region IV from 2016

Christopher S. Ogle

ANAXYRUS AMERICANUS (American Toad). NECROPHILIA

Brian T. Miller

DESMOGNATHUS MARMORATUS (Shovel-nosed Salamander). TERRESTRIALITY

Todd W. Pierson

GYRINOPHILUS PORPHYRITICUS (Spring Salamander). COURTSHIP

Todd W. Pierson, Evin T. Carter, and Alex Funk

APALONE SPINIFERA (Spiny Softshell Turtle)

Stephen K. Nelson, and Marcy Dochtermann

Meeting Notes of the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Herpetological Society

Recorded by Stephanie Chance

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