Registration is now open for the Summer semester of the Southeastern Master Herpetologist Program ONLINE. Starts Aug 18, 2022 and ends November 24, 2022

Join us for a dynamic course in Southeastern Herpetology, featuring a diverse team of instructors and researchers. Become certified, and take a deep dive with us! The class is 100% online and asynchronous so students can take the class on their own time.

For more information, see: se.masterherpetologist.org

Interested in keeping and breeding reptiles & amphibians? Learn from the professionals! There is a lot of material out there on the internet, and sadly, most of it is confusing, not helpful, or just outright wrong.

This class provides an opportunity to learn about the successes and failures from professionals. This intensive class provides a husbandry foundation as we learn from zoo professionals, nonprofit keepers, conservation managers, professional breeders, and others about the best practices and proven techniques for keeping and breeding reptiles & amphibians in captivity.

Methods for growing healthy live food, ensuring proper water quality, light and heat sources, and more will be provided by professionals, as well as details of successful captive projects with species and groups of salamanders, frogs, turtles, lizards, snakes, and more.

The course fee ($250) includes ~ 60 lectures, handouts & additional readings, and optional live Zoom discussions with the Lead Instructor + other Instructors.

The class is intended for adults. Please contact us before registering someone under the age of 18

The course is asynchronous (on your own schedule) and divided into seven 2-week sections. A topic (e.g. Snakes) is introduced, related lectures are made available, and optional Zoom and forum discussions on the topic begin. Lectures remain available for the duration of the course, so students can always return to the material.

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The Summer semester of the course begins July 5, 2022
Section 1: Introduction and Growing Live Food (July 5)
Section 2: Caudata: Salamanders & Newts (July 19)
Section 3: Anura: Frogs & Toads (Aug 2)
Section 4: Sauria: Lizards (Aug 16)
Section 5: Serpentes: Snakes (Aug 30)
Section 6: Testudines: Turtles & Tortoises (Sept 13)
Section 7: Strategies for Success with Husbandry (Sept 27)

Registration is now open for the Fall semester of the Master Herpetologist Program ONLINE. Starts Aug 31, 2022 and ends Dec 7, 2022

Join us for a dynamic course in Herpetology, featuring a global team of instructors and researchers. Become certified, and take a deep dive with us! The class is 100% online and asynchronous so students can take the class on their own time.

For more information, see: masterherpetologist.org

Amphibians (frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, efts and caecilians) are an incredibly diverse and interesting clade. This course explores the taxonomy of the major types of amphibians; defining each group and the characters that unite them before examining their biodiversity and adaptations.

This course will be a deep dive into the biology, morphology, physiology, biogeography, and evolution of amphibians. Topics such as reproduction, metamorphosis, functional morphology, freeze tolerance, and phenotypic plasticity will be covered in splendid detail.

This course is offered through Agnes Scott College Continuing Education and is open to all (18+)

We are pleased to offer a Venomous Handling and Certification Program at the Amphibian Foundation in partnership with the Rattlesnake Conservancy.

If you are a land manager, environmental consultant, first responder, zoo professional, herpetology enthusiast, photographer, or private citizen looking to learn how to safely handle and relocate venomous reptiles, this course is for you!

This 2-day workshop is a comprehensive training to prepare yourself for working with venomous snakes, or encountering them in the field safely. Using the techniques and protocols laid out by TRC, not a single person (TRC, AF staff or students) has ever been bitten by a venomous serpent.

This training sets the standard for safety, husbandry, and protocol for working with venomous reptiles. Our Level 1 Program is the leading venomous training program in the United States and has been taught to over 100 students. If you are a land manager, environmental consultant, first responder, zoo professional, herpetology enthusiast, photographer, or private citizen looking to learn how to safely handle and relocate venomous reptiles, this course is for you! Topics covered in the course include:

Hands on individual training, guided by one of our professional instructors.
Handling methods for non-venomous and venomous snakes.
Learn about the life history, toxinology, and ecology of native venomous reptiles.
Emergency field care for envenomation.
Methods of relocation.

Registration is now open for the Winter semester of the Southeastern Master Herpetologist Program ONLINE. Starts Nov 3, 2022 and ends Feb 16, 2023

Join us for a dynamic course in Southeastern Herpetology, featuring a diverse team of instructors and researchers. Become certified, and take a deep dive with us! The class is 100% online and asynchronous so students can take the class on their own time.

For more information, see: se.masterherpetologist.org

We are pleased to offer a Venomous Handling and Certification Program at the Amphibian Foundation in partnership with the Rattlesnake Conservancy.

If you are a land manager, environmental consultant, first responder, zoo professional, herpetology enthusiast, photographer, or private citizen looking to learn how to safely handle and relocate venomous reptiles, this course is for you!

This 2-day workshop is a comprehensive training to prepare yourself for working with venomous snakes, or encountering them in the field safely. Using the techniques and protocols laid out by TRC, not a single person (TRC, AF staff or students) has ever been bitten by a venomous serpent.

This training sets the standard for safety, husbandry, and protocol for working with venomous reptiles. Our Level 1 Program is the leading venomous training program in the United States and has been taught to over 100 students. If you are a land manager, environmental consultant, first responder, zoo professional, herpetology enthusiast, photographer, or private citizen looking to learn how to safely handle and relocate venomous reptiles, this course is for you! Topics covered in the course include:

Hands on individual training, guided by one of our professional instructors.
Handling methods for non-venomous and venomous snakes.
Learn about the life history, toxinology, and ecology of native venomous reptiles.
Emergency field care for envenomation.
Methods of relocation.