Past Speakers

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  7/03/08 Jim Kavney... Fieldherping in Costa Rica (Speaker)

  6/03/08 Eric Russell... Herping in Australia (Speaker)

  5/01/08 Bill Murray... The Redfoot Ranch (Speaker)

  4/03/08 Shawn Heflick... Peruvian Ecotours (Speaker)

  3/06/08 Wayne Hill... South African Frogs (Speaker)

  2/07/08 Bert Langerwerf... Lifelong Efforts to Breed Lizards (Speaker)

  1/03/08 Don Wheeler... In Pursuit of Rattlesnakes (Speaker)

12/06/07 Bill Love...Herp Adventures in Northern Madagascar, Mauritius and Round Islands (Speaker)

11/01/07 Jim Peters...Herping on the Island of Aruba (Speaker)

10/04/07 Daniel Parker...Rat Snakes of the Elaphe obsoleta/bairdi Complex(Speaker)

9/06/07  Dr. Phil Allman...Adventures in Ghana, Africa and Diamondback Terrapin Research (Speaker)

8/02/07  Bill Love...Herp Photography (Speaker)

7/05/07  Dante Fenolio...Herp Experiences around the World (Speaker)

6/07/07   Rob Nimmo...Heloderms: Natural History and Care (Speaker)

5/03/07   Greg Graziani...Ball Python Morphs (Speaker)

4/05/07   Dr. Logan Randolph...Herps of the Bahamas (Speaker)

3/01/07   Steve Mickletz...Herp Sampling at Cusuco National Park in Honduras (Speaker)

2/01/07   Wayne Hill...Perils of the Bog Turtle (Speaker)

1/04/07   Daniel Parker...Herping in Texas (Speaker)

12/07/06 Todd Quinn...Educating the Public about Herps at the Imaginarium (Speaker)

11/02/06 Mike Knight...The Luminous Lizard of Trinidad (Speaker)

10/05/06 Chris Lechowicz...The Madagascar Tortoise Tour 2006 (Speaker)

9/07/06  Rick Lavoy...Sand Skinks at Archbold Biological Station (Speaker)

8/03/06  Mike Hammond...Drift Fence Sampling at Bobcock-Webb (Speaker)

7/06/06   Animal & Photo Contest  (Pet Contest)

6/01/06   Dr. Jerry Jackson... Black Spiny-tailed  Iguanas of Gasparilla Island (Speaker)

5/04/06   David Justice... Hogs, Kings and Pigmies (Speaker)

4/06/06   Andrew Hoffman... Hoosier Herping (Speaker)

3/02/06   Jason Hann...Natural Hisory and Care of Spiny-tailed Monitors (Speaker)

2/02/06   Chris Lechowicz...Herps of Sanibel  (Speaker)

1/05/06   Glenn Novotny...Keeping and Breeding Poison Dart Frogs (Speaker)

12/01/05 Movie Night....ReptileMania (Movie Night)

11/03/05 Wayne Hill...Keeping and Breeding Aquatic Turtles in Florida (Speaker)

10/06/05 Shane Johnson...Natural History of Ambystomatid Salamanders (Speaker)

9/01/05   Rob Fierek...Care and Breeding of Bearded Dragons (Speaker)

8/04/05   Daniel Parker...Herping across the USA (Speaker)

7/07/05   Animal & Photo Contest  (Pet Contest)

6/02/05   John Rossi... Outdoor Snake Enclosures (Speaker)

5/05/05   Chris Lechowicz... Graptemys Map Turtles (Speaker)

4/07/05   Rob Macinnes... Atheris Vipers (Speaker)

3/03/05   Kevin Enge... Exotic Herps in Florida (Speaker)

2/04/05   Bob Ashley...  Herping in Arizona (Speaker)

1/06/05   Laura Wewerka..  The Gopher Tortoise Council  (Speaker)

12/11/04   2004 Christmas Party at Pattie Haryn's Sister's House  ( Party)

11/04/04   Ron Humbert..  The Box Turtles of North America (Speaker)

10/07/04   John Constantinou..  Maintaining Amphibians (Speaker)

09/02/04   Amanda Ostaszewski...  Natural History and Ecology of Gopher Tortoises (Speaker)

08/05/04   Pat Loll...  Wildlife Rehabilitation of Herps & Birds (Speaker)

07/01/04   Steve Connors...  Breeding of Komodo Dragons (Speaker)

06/03/04   Kathy Love...  The Art of Breeding Corn Snakes (Speaker)

05/06/04   Joe Wasilewski...Conservation of Cyclura in the Caribbean (Speaker)

04/01/04   Ray Ashton...Gopher Tortoises Assurance Colonies (Speaker)

03/04/04   Skip Kruse...The Northern Arizona Milk Snake  (Speaker)

02/05/04   Movie Night...  "Frogs" (1972) (Movie)

01/08/04   Bill Love...Herping in Baja California  (Speaker)

12/13/03   Christmas Party & Auction at Bill & Kathy Love's home, Alva ( Party)

11/06/03   Pet Herp Contest.  Members competed for prizes with 'best' pets in various categories (Pet Contest)

10/02/03   Lindsay Pike    Uromastyx lizards (Speaker)

09/04/03   Richard D. "Dick" Bartlett    Herping in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. (3-screen slide show!) (Speaker)

08/07/03   Gino Sassani    Colubrid egg hatching techniques (Speaker)

07/03/03   Kevin Enge   Herping Down Under in the Land of Oz (Australia) (Speaker)

06/05/03   Chris & Nicole Lechowicz    Herping in Southern Illinois (Speaker)

05/01/03  "Show & Tell"  Members brought in their pets to show & discuss (Show & Tell)

04/03/03   Brian Mealey    Diamondback Terrapins (and other herps) of Florida Bay (Speaker)

03/06/03   Julian C. Lee    Herpetology of the Yucatan Peninsula (Speaker)

02/06/03   Jim O'Reilly    Caecilians (Speaker)

01/02/03    Pattie Haryn    Into Frogs (Speaker)

12/15/02    Christmas Party & Herp Fest Auction at Bill & Kathy Love's home, Alva ( Party)

11/07/02    Skip Kruse    Boas of the U.S.A. (Rosy & Rubber Boas) (Speaker)

10/03/02    Carl Fuhri    Captive Breeding & Research of Caribbean Iguanas (Speaker)

09/05/02    Kent Vliet   Continuing Research on American Alligators (Speaker)

08/01/02    Drs. Ruedi & Kordon / Common Veterinary Problems Seen in Pet Herps (Speaker)

07/14/02    Field Trip to Billie's Everglades / Seminole Swamp Safari (Field Trip)

06/06/02    Rob MacInnes   Iguana Species of the World (Speaker)

05/02/02    Pat Loll   Endangered Herps and Other Wildlife of Florida (Speaker)

04/04/02    Ray Ashton   New Gopher Tortoise Biology / Keeping Tortoises (Speaker)

03/07/02    Bill Love   Recent Herping in the Wilds of Madagascar (Speaker)

02/07/02    Paul Freed   Herp Explorations Across Paraguay (Speaker)

01/03/02    Bert Langerwerf   Large Scale Breeding of Lizards (Speaker)

12/16/01    Christmas Party at Buckingham Community Park, East Ft. Myers ( Party)

12/06/01    Joe Hiduke   The Diversity of Leopard Geckos (Speaker)

11/01/01    Louis Porras   Island Boa Constrictors / Rattlesnakes of the SW (Speaker)

10/04/01    Bill Love   Capturing the Best Herp Images with your Camera (Speaker)

09/06/01    Tom Crutchfield   A Stroll Down Herping's Memory Lane (Speaker)

08/02/01    Ernie Jillson & Al Cruz   The Miami-Dade Antivenin Bank (Speaker)

07/05/01    R. D. ‘Dick' Bartlett   Amazonian Peru Revisited Herpetologically (Speaker)

06/07/01    Paul Moler   Thirty Florida Anurans (Speaker)

05/06/01    Field Trip to Miami Serpentarium Labs, Punta Gorda (Field Trip)

05/03/01    Todd Gearheart   Introduction to the Arachnid-Keeping Hobby (Speaker)

04/05/01    John Tashjian   Photo Tour - Vipers of the World (Speaker)

03/01/01    Marc Cantos   Herpetoculture of Aquatic Turtles (Speaker)

02/01/01    Greg Longhurst   Venomous Snakes of South Florida (Speaker)

01/04/01    Richard Cary Paull   Keeping and Breeding Tortoises (Speaker)

12/10/00    Christmas Party at Bill & Kathy Love's home, Alva ( Party)

11/11/00    2nd Annual Feathers & Scales Expo, Ft. Myers (Expo)

11/02/00    Greg Graziani   Ball Pythons – Breeding & Morphs (Speaker)

10/05/00    Doug Beckwith   Herping the Chihuahuan Desert of Western Texas (Speaker)

09/07/00    Bill Love   Herping Down Under (Australia) (Speaker)

08/03/00    Peter Pritchard   Land Tortoises of the African Continent (Speaker)

07/06/00    Dave Ryan   Keeping Neotropical Poison Dart Frogs (Speaker)

06/01/00    Becky Spears   Care & Breeding of Indonesian Mangrove Monitors (Speaker)

05/04/00    John Decker   Secretive Herps of the Florida Keys (Speaker)

04/06/00    Rob Nimmo   Chuckwalla Keeping & Breeding (Speaker)

03/04/00    Field Trip to Gatorama, Palmdale, Florida (Field Trip)

03/02/00    Becky Spears   Solomon Island Prehensile-tailed Skinks (Speaker)

02/03/00    R. D. ‘Dick' Bartlett   Herpetofauna of the Appalachian Mountains (Speaker)

01/06/00    George Ullman   Keeping and Breeding Testudo Tortoises (Speaker)

12/12/99    Christmas Party at the Calusa Nature Center, Ft. Myers ( Party)

11/20/99    1st Annual Feathers & Scales Expo, Ft. Myers (Expo)

11/04/99    Wayne Hill Keeping and Breeding Aquatic Turtles (Speaker)

10/07/99    Scott Cushnir   Herping in the Western U.S. (Speaker)

09/02/99    Rob MacInnes   Searching for Herps in Tanzania (Speaker)

08/05/99    Dal Curtis   Captive Care of Rainforest Frogs (Speaker)

07/01/99    Gary Nelson DVM   Veterinary Care of Reptiles and Amphibians (Speaker)

06/03/99    Bill Griswold   Hognose Snakes of the World (Speaker)

05/06/99    Chris Clark   Captive Breeding of Reptiles in South Florida (Speaker)

04/01/99 Jim Kavney   Herpetofauna of Costa Rica (Speaker)

03/04/99    Bill Love   Herp-Oriented Travels Across Madagascar (Speaker)

02/04/99    Rob MacInnes   Florida's Rare and Endangered Herps (Speaker)

01/07/99    Lt. Wayne Maahs   Rules & Regs for Keeping & Collecting Herps (Speaker)

12/06/98   Christmas Party at E. Pellicer's home, Ft. Myers ( Party)

12/03/98    Dave Powell   All About Veiled Chameleons (Speaker)

11/05/98    Tim Thomas   Australian Bearded Dragons (Speaker)

10/01/98    Greg Longhurst   The Four Venomous Snakes of South Florida (Speaker)

09/03/98    Carl Fuhri   Green Iguanas in Captivity (Speaker)

08/06/98    Kathy Love   Colors and Patterns of Today's Corn Snakes (Speaker)

07/02/98    R. D. ‘Dick' Bartlett   Herpetological Treasures of Costa Rica (Speaker)

06/04/98    Rob MacInnes   Keeping and Breeding Geckos (Speaker)

05/07/98    Todd Gearheart   Arachnophobic No More (Speaker)

04/02/98    Joe Wasilewski   Herps of Florida Bay in the 1990s (Speaker)

03/05/98    Rob MacInnes   Reptiles & Amphibians of the Peruvian Amazon (Speaker)

02/05/98    John Tashjian   Dinosaurs and Callisaurs (Speaker)

01/14/98    Carl Fuhri    Cyclura rileyi cristata (Speaker)

12/ 17/97   Bill Love   Herping in Madagascar (Speaker)