For media and emergency contact only.
This is a widget that will ask you for a number to call you with, and you will be connected to the voicemail of Kory Steele. Reporters are encouraged to contact the VHS with urgent inquiries on breaking news. Emergencies would be for life and death situations for both human and animals. For all others, please submit an email to one of the below contacts.
Need help with identifying a reptile or amphibian?
In 2010 approximately 44% of our snake identification requests were harmless, juvenile eastern ratsnakes. Is this the snake you observed? Not the snake you observed, unsure? Then by all means, contact us.
Email: animal-identification@virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com
To improve the identification process, provide the following when possible:
- Photo
- Locality (county / town, address is ideal)
- Place of encounter: Yard, house, pond, woods, etc.
- Approximate size
- Disposition of animal: Observed, released, killed, etc.
- If you are a VHS member (not required)
Also, consider joining our Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Virginia-Herpetological-Society/53153159887
Please keep in mind that we will respond as soon as possible, but responses may take several hours.
VHS Directory
| Office | Name | Email Address | Functions |
| President | Larry Mendoza | president@vaherpsociety.com | All VHS business |
| Vice President | Dave Perry | vicepresident@vaherpsociety.com | VHS business and meetings and surveys |
| Treasurer/Secretary | Emily Steele | Treasurer@vaherpsociety.com | All membership and monies questions |
| Past President | Kory Steele | past-president@vaherpsociety.com | Yahoo Group and Facebook |
| Journal Editor | Paul Sattler | pwsattle@liberty.edu | For submissions to, or questions about the VHS's own peer reviewed journal, Catesbeiana. |
| Newsletter Editor | Susan Watson | Newsletter@vaherpsociety.com | For submissions to, or questions about the newsletter |
| Online Store Manager | Pattie Crane | Merchandise@vaherpsociety.com | For questions about the Cafepress.com online store |
| Education Committee | Mike Clifford | micliffo@vt.edu | |
| HerpBlitz Committee | Jason Gibson | frogman31@gmail.com |
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