Come out to the Museum to celebrate some super-cool critters at Reptile and Amphibian Day! See amazing and exotic live reptiles and amphibians from around the world, and from right here in our backyard!  This year’s theme is SNAKES!

Presentation Schedule

Daily Planet

Venom Evolution in Snakes and Lizards

10am
Dr. Bryan Stuart, Curator of Herpetology
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places: Hybridization in Amphibians

11am
Dr. Amanda Chunco
Elon University

The Problem of Giant Pythons in the United States

1pm
Dr. Michael E. Dorcas, Professor of Biology
Davidson College

Snake Feeding

2pm
Peyton Hale/Adrian Yirka
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Emergency Treatment of Copperhead Bites

3pm
George Edwards Jr, MD
Raleigh Hand Center

Snake Feeding

4pm
Peyton Hale/Adrian Yirka
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Windows on the World Theater

Amphibians and Reptiles of Laos

11:30am
Dr. Bryan Stuart, Curator of Herpetology
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Amphibian Conservation in Changing Tropical Habitats

1:30pm
Dr. Jennifer Sheridan, Post-doctoral Fellow in Herpetology
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

The Price is Wrong: How a Gameshow Can Help Us Understand the Effects of Climate Warming on Reptiles and Amphibians 

2:30pm
Alex Gunderson, M.S.
Duke University

Secrets from the Fire Forest: Spying on Rare Snakes in the North Carolina Sandhills

3:30pm
Jeffrey C. Beane, Herpetology Collection Manager
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Displays

• Reptiles in Polymer Clay — Caraway Creek ~ Designs by Tammy Mabe
• Ali Iyoob
• Tropical Rainforest Conservation Research Expeditions — The Biodiversity Group
• Geckos of Magagascar — Joe Adrignola
• Extreme Turtles — NC Museum of Natural Sciences
• Herp Shop — NC Herpetological Society
• Project Simus — NC Herpetological Society
• Project Bog Turtle — NC Herpetological Society
• NC Natives — NC Herpetological Society 
• My First Snake — NC Herpetological Society
• Find the Copperhead — NC Herpetological Society
• Dan Liebel Reptiles
• The HERP Project
• Handwashing-Much more than meets the eye — Cadette Girl Scout Troop 1295
• Turtle Rescue Team
• Green Iguanas — Triangle Iguana Rescue
• Reina, Queen of the Herps — Piedmont Wildlife Center
• Painting Demo: Chameleon and Turtle — Stacy Lewis Studio
• Davidson College Herpetology Lab
• Rainbow of Rat Snakes — Wildlife Club, Reedy Creek Middle School
• Molly's Turtle Soaps — Raleigh Aquatic Turtle Adoption
• North American Imperiled Turtles Species — Bob Palmatier Environmental Books
• Citizen Science-Reptiles and Amphibians — NC Museum of Natural Sciences
• Box Turtles — Box Turtle Collaborative
• Reptiles and Amphibians of NC — NC State University Herpetology Club
• Green Tree Pythons by Kimberly Burge — Southern Chondros
• Inviting Reptiles and Amphibians in Your Backyard — NC Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation & the NC Wildlife Resources Commission 
• Face Painting — Paint Savvy
• Amphibians of North Carolina — NC Museum of Natural Sciences
• Gila Monsters — NC Museum of Natural Sciences
• How Frogs Jump — NC Museum of Natural Sciences
• Milk Snakes — NC Museum of Natural Sciences
• Softshell Turtles — NC Museum of Natural Sciences
• Snake Bracelet Craft — NC Museum of Natural Sciences
• Save the Frogs!
• And More…

The North Carolina Virtual Public School group will be meeting at the event at 1pm. Please contact miranda.wood@naturalsciences.org for information on where to meet!

Contact miranda.wood@naturalsciences.org for more information about Reptile & Amphibian Day.