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No 12 Spring 2013
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New Forest Smooth Snakes..1
Scaling the City ...2
Other Atlases ...3
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Conference Time
Colin Williams
Wales Amphibian and Reptile Symposium
3 November 2012
The inaugural Wales Amphibian and Reptile
Symposium, together with the 2012 Welsh and
Marches ARGs Meeting, took place on
Saturday 3 November at Llandrindod Wells.
It was a fascinating and informative day. Mark
Barber from ARC spoke about the All Wales
Community Project and ARG UKs own Angela
Julian spoke about the respective roles of ARG
UK and the ARGs themselves. David Sewell
outlined the latest in developing protocols for
surveying British herpetofauna.
Amphibian enthusiasts were treated to talks on
the South Wales Pond Project by Peter Hill of
ARC; the Million Ponds Project by Anna
Bransden of Pond Conservation; Natterjack
toads in North Wales; Welsh great crested newt
modelling by Andy Arnell and great crested newt
mitigation by Brett Lewis.
Those interested in reptiles were not forgotten
either, with talks on a reptile refugia study by
Rob Parry; reptile mitigation by Alan Shepherd;
reptile habitat management by Jim Foster;
common lizard surveying by Stuart Graham;
Adder DNA research by Nigel Hand and
Aesculapian snakes in Wales by Wolfgang
Wster.
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Keep in Touch
Colin Williams
ARG Today is the newsletter of the Amphibian and Reptile Groups of the UK (ARG UK). It is edited by Colin Williams and
Angie Julian. All submissions to info@arguk.org.
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