{"id":17553,"date":"2021-05-03T20:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=17553"},"modified":"2025-07-31T13:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T17:11:10","slug":"ask-the-expert-turtles-and-snakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/ask-the-expert-turtles-and-snakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask the Expert: Turtles and Snakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition of FNR Ask the Expert, join <a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/fnr\/Pages\/Profile.aspx?strAlias=rodw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rod Williams<\/a>, Purdue Professor of Wildlife Science, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pfw.edu\/about-pfw\/who-we-are\/directories\/bruce-kingsbury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Bruce Kingsbury<\/a> Director of the Environmental Resources Center, Purdue Fort Wayne and <a href=\"https:\/\/oneill.indiana.edu\/faculty-research\/directory\/profiles\/faculty\/full-time\/meretsky-vicky.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Vicky Meretsky<\/a>, Director of the Environmental Master&#8217;s Program, Indiana University, to learn about <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TOf7dF1cc7o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">snakes and turtles<\/a>, their natural history, interesting research happening in Indiana, and conservation information. Also learn the myths and truths from the experts as they discuss these reptiles.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ask the Expert: Turtles and Snakes\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TOf7dF1cc7o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions regarding trees, forests, wildlife, wood products or other natural resource topics, feel free to contact us by using our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/got-nature-blog\/ask-an-expert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">Ask an Expert<\/span><\/a>\u00a0web page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/fnr-469.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snakes and Lizards of Indiana<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension &#8211; Forestry and Natural Resources<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/fnr-243.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Turtles of Indiana<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/fnr-478-w.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Appreciating Reptiles and Amphibians in Nature<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/fnr-480-w.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forestry Management for Reptiles and Amphibians: A Technical Guide for the Midwest<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/fnr-430-w.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Nature of Teaching, Unit 3: Reptiles, Amphibians, and the Scientific Method<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/fnr-173.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snakes of Indiana<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/dnr\/nature-preserves\/heritage-data-center\/endangered-plant-and-animal-species\/county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IDNR list of Endangered, Threatened &amp; Rare Species<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inherpatlas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiana Herp Atlas<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/parcplace.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WVIiNKHVTkw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Moment in the Wild: Black Racer<\/a>, Video, Purdue Extension &#8211; Forestry and Natural Resources YouTube channel<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eTQ1qMMeKiQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Moment in the Wild: Eastern Kingsnake<\/a>, Purdue Extension &#8211; FNR Video<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JIKusOT8K4Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Moment in the Wild: Eastern Hognose<\/a>, Purdue Extension &#8211; FNR Video<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLgoGnq-fak7XTwtV_1BLQt24xhCbMpm6W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ask An Expert<\/a>, Purdue Extension &#8211; FNR Playlist<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/fnr\/Pages\/Profile.aspx?strAlias=rodw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rod Williams<\/a>, Professor of Wildlife Science<br \/>\nPurdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition of FNR Ask the Expert, join Rod Williams, Purdue Professor of Wildlife Science, Dr. Bruce Kingsbury Director of the Environmental Resources Center, Purdue Fort Wayne and Dr. Vicky Meretsky, Director of the Environmental Master&#8217;s Program, Indiana University, to learn about snakes and turtles, their natural history, interesting research happening in Indiana, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[749,256,1149,793,792,72],"class_list":["post-17553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wildlife","tag-ask-an-expert","tag-fnr","tag-fnr-ext","tag-snakes","tag-turtles","tag-wildlife","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17553"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34032,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17553\/revisions\/34032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}