Amersham Meeting 2019 - Joint BHS/Thames and Chilterns Herpetological Group Meeting

The venue gave us the opportunity to view the zoo and the animals they keep. [...] As a part of the weekend, students can present their posters around the facility and the winner will be offered the opportunity to present their work at the conference. [...] Matt, in the tradition of the founder Gerald Durrell has huge passion and enthusiasm for the work at the Zoo and it’s nu- merous conservation projects across the globe. [...] With this, and the demands and temptations for changes in land use, the outlook remains very bleak for sustainable natural populations in this species and their cous- ins in the South of Madagascar, the Radiated Tortoise, (Astrochelys radiata). [...] This aside, one of the founding traditions at Durrell/ Jersey Zoo is the advocacy for species in the LBJ (Little brown job) category and few better exemplify this than the continued successful work with species such as Kapidolo (Pyxis planicau- da, the Orange tailed skink (Gongylomorphus spp) and of course, the native frog on the island of Jersey; the Agile frog (Rana clamatina).