GA Science Teacher
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My name is Jon, I'm a long-time herp researcher and science teacher who is looking to get back into captive care for the first time in a while as a classroom tool.
Most of my experience with salamanders is on the West Coast, I've seen everything that lives there other than the slender that's restricted to a military base and a couple of the undescribed species. Helped a number of groups with research in California and am currently finishing up a research project with conservation objectives in Oregon, will hopefully submit for publication in the next few weeks as I'm now in the final editing stage. I've also done a decent amount of herp research in India and Bangladesh during the decade plus that I lived in that part of the world (obviously everything other than salamanders). Very recently did a trip across the USA while moving from the west coast to the east and saw 104 species of salamanders along the route, that was my first real exposure to the salamanders of the southeast.
I'm currently teaching Environmental Science in Georgia and looking to build up some classroom tanks. So far all I have is a narrowmouth toad and an array of native treefrogs (all from the property we stay on), but I'm hoping to start a siren tank with mixed tankmates and get a small ambystoma as well. I've acquired a Wildlife Exhibitor's Permit from the Georgia DNR, so I can keep natives so long as I get them pre-approved and acquire them legally. I'm mostly here to get advice on siren care and setting up the tank properly, as I've kept Ambystoma opacum, A. gracile, and Aneides lugabris in the past, but have no experience with aquatic salis.
Thanks for reading!
Most of my experience with salamanders is on the West Coast, I've seen everything that lives there other than the slender that's restricted to a military base and a couple of the undescribed species. Helped a number of groups with research in California and am currently finishing up a research project with conservation objectives in Oregon, will hopefully submit for publication in the next few weeks as I'm now in the final editing stage. I've also done a decent amount of herp research in India and Bangladesh during the decade plus that I lived in that part of the world (obviously everything other than salamanders). Very recently did a trip across the USA while moving from the west coast to the east and saw 104 species of salamanders along the route, that was my first real exposure to the salamanders of the southeast.
I'm currently teaching Environmental Science in Georgia and looking to build up some classroom tanks. So far all I have is a narrowmouth toad and an array of native treefrogs (all from the property we stay on), but I'm hoping to start a siren tank with mixed tankmates and get a small ambystoma as well. I've acquired a Wildlife Exhibitor's Permit from the Georgia DNR, so I can keep natives so long as I get them pre-approved and acquire them legally. I'm mostly here to get advice on siren care and setting up the tank properly, as I've kept Ambystoma opacum, A. gracile, and Aneides lugabris in the past, but have no experience with aquatic salis.
Thanks for reading!