Red Bellied Courier 2017 The AHS is proud to announce the much anticipated 2017 issue of Red Bellied Courier. At 135 pages, this impressive publication boasts articles from over 25 contributors in the herpetological community. To secure your copy, Join Us Today!
Here is the PDF of our 2014 Red Bellied Courier. Thank you to all those who contributed :-). We are very happy with the publication. Newletter_Proof_LR
In conjunction with our Annual colour magazine, we are again running our Members Photographic competition. Each financial member may submit one original digital image per category. To be eligible, all images are to be received by the 31st of October, 2014. Submissions are to be via email, and are to be saved as YOUR NAME, and the category entered. Submissions are…
Regarded as one of the foremost herpetologists of our times, Romulus has been based in India for 60 years. A renown conservationist and awarded documentary film maker, he is a leading authority on iconic reptile species such the King Cobra and Gharial. This is Romulus’ first speaking engagement in Australia, an event not to be missed. An auction and raffle…
Reptile expert Romulus Whitaker gets up close to a King Cobra in India. From the giant King Cobra to the tiny sawscaled viper, India is home to many of the world’s deadliest snakes. Now a new report has revealed that India is in the middle of a snakebite epidemic of epic proportions, with a loss of human life far in…
What an exciting month we have coming up. The Australian Herpetological Society (AHS) is proud to present a presentation from none other than Dr Harold Cogger (a.k.a Hal) on his current work on the herps of Christmas Island and their decline to extinction. Hal is a life member of the AHS and was very active in it’s early days. He last spoke…
At last, it has arrived! Our very first Red Bellied Courier coloured annual edition (Feb 2013 edition, so it’s a few months late). Thank you again to all who contributed. This coloured edition will be mailed out later this week to all members. Also, we are please to announce that the 2014 edition is already underway, which we will be…
For the second time in the past decade, the Blackish Blind Snake (Ramphotyphlops nigrecens) has been sighted at Sydney Olympic Park. Spotted in Newington Armory by AHS committee member Anthony Tonks, the Blackish Blind Snake can grow up to 75cm in length, featuring a short round snout, small eyes with a back that may be black, purple or pinkish brown.…