Following are a few photos representing some of the many herpetological related activities that have involved students from Norhtern Hills Junior High School since 2001.

Marty Capron from Oxford, Kansas brought a large

Alligator Snapping Turtle to NHJH during March 2003.

A NHJH science student attempts to identify

a turtle while on a field trip with the KANSAS HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

Click on the above photo or on this text to go to the official KANSAS HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY website.

Caldwell, Kansas elementary students with Northern

Hills students at collecting site in Sumner County (April 2002)

NHJH biology students join others to study the

Italian Wall Lizards that call parts of Topeka their home. (August 2003 photo)

NHJH science teachers Mr. Miller and Ms. Cummings

pose with NHJH students during a KHS field trip.

Click here to go to "Alien Lizards of Topeka" and learn more about some very intresting reptiles.

A visiting German herpetologist visits with a NHJH

biology student about a Western Green Lacerta during October 2004.

Click here to go to the "Running of the Lizards" page featurning photos from the 12 September 2004 event sponsored by the Center for North American Herpetology.

Click here to go to a New York nature article about wall lizards on Long Island. There is a reference to the Topeka population too.

Students review digital photos taken during the

2003 field trip to Sumner County, Kansas

Keeping in contact with fellow biologists

is important while collecting Italian Wall Lizards.

NHJH science teacher Mr. Cowen often drives

a bus to and from science field trips.

Students catch up on their field notes while on

an away from school field trip to southern Kansas.

Do you have a question about an amphibian, reptile, or turtle found in Kansas? Do you have information about herpetology that you would like to share with others? Are you just interested in herpetology? Check out the website below if you answered yes to any of the above questions. You can obtain information, view photographs, listen to frog calls, ask questions, and much more at this outstanding website.

Click here to go to the Kansas Herpetology Atlas.

Click on the image below to go to the official KANSAS HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY website.

NORTHERN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL became the new SEAMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL at the end of the 2007-08 school year.  The photos and information at this website and related links are now history.  Also, Mr. Miller retired from the Seaman District at the end of the school year.  His old USD email address is no longer valid.  He can now be contacted at wakarusa@mac.com.