{"id":16007,"date":"2022-05-05T08:17:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T13:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/blog\/urban-vipers-4-the-jararacas-of-sao-paulo-brazil-copy-2\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T12:23:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T17:23:08","slug":"urban-vipers-5-the-timber-rattlesnakes-of-lenexa-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/urban-vipers-5-the-timber-rattlesnakes-of-lenexa-kansas\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Vipers 5: The timber rattlesnakes of Lenexa, Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-9dwp0g7-ae9303d5fc5644b85df45733f49d24bc main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  blog-inner avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-16007'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lfn3tmr4-576af55861c3a3ba45123ed59c7d6878\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lfn3tmr4-576af55861c3a3ba45123ed59c7d6878 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lfn3tmr4-576af55861c3a3ba45123ed59c7d6878 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lfn3tmr4-576af55861c3a3ba45123ed59c7d6878 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  inner-blog-banner-full-width-img'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-37685 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-37685 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Snake-1.jpg' alt='' title='Snake'  height=\"545\" width=\"800\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfn3u3t9-40d7029cac2da790343b00f100775412'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus). Photo by Peter Paplanus<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lfn3rmw5-9360356bf21524307fdd206bcc4d25cc\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lfn3rmw5-9360356bf21524307fdd206bcc4d25cc{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lfn3rmw5-9360356bf21524307fdd206bcc4d25cc .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lfn3rmw5-9360356bf21524307fdd206bcc4d25cc .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lfn3rmw5-9360356bf21524307fdd206bcc4d25cc av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_post_metadata'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Urban Vipers 5: The timber rattlesnakes of Lenexa, Kansas<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-90fn5wn-0e015d5679c78d31c873682332e98465\">\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-90fn5wn-0e015d5679c78d31c873682332e98465{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-90fn5wn-0e015d5679c78d31c873682332e98465 .av-post-metadata-container-inner{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-post-metadata-container av-90fn5wn-0e015d5679c78d31c873682332e98465 av-metadata-container-align-left  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last  av-metadata-container-1'><div class='av-post-metadata-container-inner'><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-meta-content\"><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-published\"><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-published\">Publi\u00e9 le<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-published-date\" >mai 5, 2022<\/span><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-separator\"><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-author\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-author\">par<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-author-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/author\/ojibway-massasauga-rattlesnake-team\/\"  rel=\"author\">Ojibway Massasauga<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-separator\"><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-category\"><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-categories\">|<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/species\/massasauga-rattlesnake\/\" >Crotale massasauga<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/category\/news-and-events\/\" >Actualit\u00e9s et \u00e9v\u00e9nements<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/project\/ojibway-prairie-reptile-recovery\/\" >R\u00e9tablissement des reptiles des prairies Ojibway<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/species\/urban-vipers\/\" >Vip\u00e8res urbaines<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-71tt8xz-45f989e3702a1a0d5ac55a3ea560dce1 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  species-inner-content-intro-wrapper avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-16007'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-6pukzhj-13b70767fad34ee604f5cd79bafb3e39 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-6  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfn44ibs-78d21b148334fa68e8ba54642a2aba61'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h5><strong>The Species<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfn3vj40-3df11c74a0e776890908b38b2444f498'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>If you feel a sudden, keen sense of loss upon hearing the name of the timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus), it\u2019s not just your imagination. These snakes used to occur in Canada, with populations in southern Ontario and likely southern Quebec, according to historic reports. In both provinces, the snakes were exterminated by hunting parties killing the snakes at their dens, habitat loss, and hog farming using pigs to eradicate the snakes, until they had been wiped out across Canada. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/environment-climate-change\/services\/species-risk-public-registry\/cosewic-assessments-status-reports\/timber-rattlesnake-crotalus-horridus-2001.html\">The last recorded sighting of a Canadian timber rattlesnake was in 1941, in the Niagara Gorge<\/a>. No attempt to reintroduce the species has been made so far.<\/p>\n<p>For those who didn\u2019t kill the rattlesnakes on sight, the timber rattlesnake became a potent symbol of freedom and wilderness, and it was even one of the species considered for the distinction of becoming the animal symbol of the United States. This connection with and pride in the timber rattlesnake, in spite of the species\u2019 Latin name (meaning \u201chorrible rattlesnake\u201d) suggests it is possible to live alongside them and react with something other than fear.<\/p>\n<p>Across its now-exclusively American range, the timber rattlesnake lives in dry, open forests and fields, especially those with exposed rocks or cliff faces to use as basking sites. In winter, these snakes hibernate in groups underground, even in the relatively warm winters of midwestern states like Kansas, using rocky terrain that extends below the freeze line as hibernacula.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-63g9mx3-6d3cf2e8ea75cb508dc0760edea37ee2 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfn3wc2m-002d5512646b62f5bcb20220e0ede8a5'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h5><strong>The Locale<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lfn3wund-0c354d168b440348787e2a405122e7f0\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lfn3wund-0c354d168b440348787e2a405122e7f0 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lfn3wund-0c354d168b440348787e2a405122e7f0 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lfn3wund-0c354d168b440348787e2a405122e7f0 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-37686 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-37686 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Timber-Rattlesnake-range-map_Fig-2-1.jpg' alt='' title='Timber-Rattlesnake-range-map_Fig-2'  height=\"605\" width=\"745\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfn3x9lv-3cbb80be2e5947952fdd5499ba6dc4d5'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Timber rattlesnake\u2019s current and historical range. The northern extent of the species\u2019 range previously extended into Canada, and included the Niagara peninsula, southern Quebec, and perhaps Pelee Island. Photo by Todd Konitzer<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfn3xl5n-2bffb805c6ee4b43ed561bba953b93e5'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Lenexa is the 9th-largest city in the state of Kansas, with a population of just under 60,000. Although a part of the greater Kansas City area, it remains an independent municipality in the northeastern corner of the state, only 15 kilometres from the Missouri border. Lenexa spans the distance between Kansas City to its east and the Kansas River to the west.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Lenexa hosts the Kansas State Barbecue Championship every year in June, and a Spinach Festival every September. The city is famous as the home of American Wild West legend \u201cWild Bill\u201d Hickock and, more recently, actor Paul Rudd.<\/p>\n<p>Timber Rattlesnakes are considered a \u201cspecies in need of conservation\u201d in Kansas. They have been known to appear infrequently in the open grassy areas near Lenexa\u2019s outskirts, travelling across lawns and municipal parks, before leaving for less populated areas. Every so often, there is a call for a snake\u2019s removal, but most simply pass through and are quickly gone.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-5r31oqv-58a655af0de9817d44c469eba42374ad av_one_full  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfn3y369-d93cb60964be4361b3a9709130506d1a'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h5><strong>The Methods<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lfn3yjv3-0bae24411fcbde9d9c684cd045efe6d8\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lfn3yjv3-0bae24411fcbde9d9c684cd045efe6d8 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lfn3yjv3-0bae24411fcbde9d9c684cd045efe6d8 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lfn3yjv3-0bae24411fcbde9d9c684cd045efe6d8 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-37684 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-37684 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/City-centre-1.jpg' alt='' title='City-centre'  height=\"684\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfn3yvpx-ddbf083b1e6b9a834c8caa2a20ac5706'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lenexa City Centre. Photo by robidecking.com<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfn3z6lg-6eadaa76b83518d6670f1cdb4db92980'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In 2007, a city construction inspector noticed several timber rattlesnakes basking on and around a pile of concrete and rubble on a project site scheduled to be paved over and developed the following spring. When the site was investigated, it was found to be home to a den of dozens of rattlesnakes. With the (at the time) recent increase in rattlesnake sightings in residential neighbourhoods, local biologists were concerned at the requests for their advice on how best to destroy the dens and kill the rattlesnakes, despite the timber rattlesnake\u2019s protected status. Instead of going ahead with the extermination, researchers reached an agreement to delay the development by two months, and a relocation project began.<\/p>\n<p>In what was likely the first relocation of its kind, herpetologists from Rockhurst University, the Kansas Biological Survey, and venomous snake specialists volunteering to join the project from out of state relocated the entire den and released the snakes together. The release site provided suitable habitat, had been surveyed to confirm the presence of enough prey to support the snakes, was publicly owned to be sure there would be no future development, and was unoccupied by humans or a pre-existing rattlesnake population so they could safely re-establish their community out of harm\u2019s way. The previously established method had been to move snakes individually to separate territories roughly two kilometres from their point of origin (this was considered a long-distance translocation), so this study was an important test of whether community structure or individual home territories were more important to the timber rattlesnake. A total of 35 snakes were implanted with radio transmitters so the researchers could follow their movements for 4 years. While two tracked snakes died in the first year, the population survived the move to their new home, and continued to use a communal den.<\/p>\n<p>There is only one record of a timber rattlesnake bite in Lenexa since the relocation project was completed: a teenager was bitten on a bare foot in 2012, but made a full recovery.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_3'  class='avia-section av-562i6cn-140acfaa7a1883064b5b7eeb293cee85 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  blog-inner avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-16007'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4qo7m5j-ea4966b7820b0672fe7b301d44012e9c av_one_full  avia-builder-el-20  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  author-section first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfn40tp5-55e3c7f3caa8ce447f79f738ccce8887'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>&#8220;Timber Rattlesnakes are] the puppy dogs of the rattlesnake world. Timbers will rarely rattle, let alone strike.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Mindy Walker<\/h3>\n<p>Assistant Professor of Biology, Rockhurst University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-4agx8sn-be7bad69ffbc96c5a8597683d1648578 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-22  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_fourth  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfn42m22-312b36701b8fb0d0e1d0cf7445b1aad0'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h5><strong>Final Thoughts<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfn43kk4-4537ae0942e94985988d06b69c5e7ee3'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The Lenexa study showed just how important community can be to timber rattlesnakes, that when translocated, neighbouring snakes stuck together around a communal shelter. While it was previously found that relocating a timber rattlesnake less than two kilometres wasn\u2019t effective at reducing human-snake conflict (the snake would attempt to return to where it had been removed from, often successfully), this study raises the possibility that a returning snake is not seeking its established territory per se, but perhaps instead its den-mates.<\/p>\n<p>Canada is certainly the poorer for eliminating the timber rattlesnake from within our borders. Hopefully we can find it within ourselves to one day ensure their return and try again to live as neighbours. With the timber rattlesnake once again living within Canada, we could point to this icon of wilderness when we remind ourselves of \u201cthe true north strong and free.\u201d Perhaps, at the very least, it would be possible to think of them as more than just the \u201chorrible rattlesnake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Works Cited:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/environment-climate-change\/services\/species-risk-public-registry\/cosewic-assessments-status-reports\/timber-rattlesnake-crotalus-horridus-2001.html\">https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/environment-climate-change\/services\/species-risk-public-registry\/cosewic-assessments-status-reports\/timber-rattlesnake-crotalus-horridus-2001.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Successful Relocation of a Threatened Suburban Population of Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus): Combining Snake Ecology, Politics, and Education; Walker et al 2009<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Once and Future Great Lakes Country\u201d by John L. Riley<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oriannesociety.org\/initiatives\/appalachian-highlands-initiative\/timber-rattlesnake\/?v=400b9db48e62\">https:\/\/www.oriannesociety.org\/initiatives\/appalachian-highlands-initiative\/timber-rattlesnake\/?v=400b9db48e62<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianherpetology.ca\/species\/species_page.html?cname=Timber%20Rattlesnake\">https:\/\/canadianherpetology.ca\/species\/species_page.html?cname=Timber%20Rattlesnake<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-416x2fb-85a1bb7dd9af6a6deed50ce55e9488c7 av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-25  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_fourth  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lfn46v6x-94fd1feaaf58288187196959b8d39762\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lfn46v6x-94fd1feaaf58288187196959b8d39762 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itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfn462fx-b39d2812c09fcd43b84c9029ebcb2d5d'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/urban-vipers-the-prairie-rattlesnakes-of-lethbridge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Urban Vipers 1: The prairie rattlesnakes of Lethbridge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-3bvef9j-83703fddd100361c5716e79717a8123f av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-28  el_after_av_one_fourth  el_before_av_one_fourth  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lfn47u10-e5918c0b79c2f44bbc30fe285932d1f7\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lfn47u10-e5918c0b79c2f44bbc30fe285932d1f7 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Jonathan\u2019s research interests lie in the field of urban herpetology, having studied both biology and landscape architecture at the University of Guelph. 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