The 17^th Annual Meeting of the Missouri Herpetological Association was held on 25-26 September 2004 at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge near Mound City, Holt County, Missouri.

A total of 33 "members" attended. An introduction to Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge was followed by eleven paper sessions. A short business meeting followed the last presentation. Abstracts from presentations will be published in the 2004 newsletter, available sometime this winter.

Presentation, group, dinner, and field trip photos as well as a group photo from the meeting are available. Please send any information you have on unidentified people.

Sunday, 26 September 2004 marked the first official field trip associated with an annual meeting. Following is the list of species caught on the refuge for both Saturday and Sunday.

• Ambystoma texanum (Smallmouth Salamander)
• Rana catesbeiana (Bullfrog) (sight only)
• Rana blairi (Plains Leopard Frog) (sight only)
• Trachemys scripta (Red-Eared Slider) (shell only)
• Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Prairie Racerunner)
• Diadophis punctatus (Ringneck Snake)
• Elaphe vulpina (Fox Snake)
• Nerodia rhombifer (Diamondback Watersnake)
• Nerodia sipedon (Northern Watersnake)
• Regina grahamii (Graham's Crayfish Snake) (DOR, Saturday only)
• Storeria dekayi (Brown Snake)
• Thamnophis proximus (Western Ribbon Snake)
• Thamnophis radix (Plains Garter Snake) (DOR, Saturday only)
• Thamnophis sirtalis (Red-Sided Garter Snake)

Please contact the webmaster directly with additions or corrections to the species list or to add photos to the on-line collection.

The original announcement site will remain available for historical purposes.

Details about the 2005 annual meeting planned for Reis Biological Station in Crawford County, Missouri will be available soon. Stay tuned!