SK list of herps

[sheri]

Hey all,

Sheri from Winnipeg.

Is there a site that lists all the herps of SK? Google wasn't putting out, but I figured there must be one somewhere.

Thanks!

[Ryan Wunsch]

I was going to put this link on the HISS site, it is a great resource.

www.carcnet.ca/english/carcnethome.html

Ryan

[sheri]

Ahhh thanks... I have that one, and it is awesome. Was just wondering it SK had made its own.

Are you aware of any good locales for viridis in south central SK?
East of Leader?

[Ryan Wunsch]

Besides Grasslands Provincial park, just a few.

Ryan

[joeysgreen]

How far north does viridis range in Sask? Up to Regina?

Ian

[Ryan Wunsch]

Leader represents the Northern tip of virids in Saskatchewan. They follow the Red Deer river in Alberta, to where it heads (or comes from I guess) north by Dorothy.

Apparently they used to reach Red Deer along that river, and Calgary along the South Saskatchewan, but that was well before the railroad went in.

Regina is East of Leader, and Leader is as East as they get along the South Saskatchewan river.

Along the southern part of the province their range does stretch much further East. I'm not exactly sure, but I beleive due South of Moose Jaw might be as far east as you would find a rattlesnake, and that would be very near the border. I've never done any looking that far east, just going by what people have told me.

Here is a rough range map.
www.carcnet.ca/english/reptiles/tour/glossary/wratt/wratt.htm

Leader would be on the letter "a" of Saskatchewan that conveniently screws up that part of the range map.

This is also a very fun tool to look around the province

geology.com/canada-satellite-images.shtml

I pick Hybrid and zoom in as far or as near as I want to see things. You can zoom into the Leader area, or you can stay zoomed out to see that the Red Deer is about parallel to Leader for most of the viridis range.

Ryan