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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">I'm interested John.</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">What's so special about a White Suc=
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">I suspect there lots of them there.</sp=
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy the spring</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Paul</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"> </span>
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#39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">Still have a white =
sucker from Lake Annis to hand over to John or the Museum!  My brother=
discovered it back in 2006, possibly pickerel-bitten.  It=E2=80=99s a=
long way from Yarmouth to Halifax, sometimes.</span></p>=20
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#39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">Would be delighted =
to hand it over to the Museum next time someone comes down.  It is tal=
king up a fair bit of room in the freezer!</span></p>=20
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9;;"> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] =
<strong>On Behalf Of </strong>Ronald Arsenault<br/><strong>Sent:</strong> A=
pril 9, 2020 11:04 AM<br/><strong>To:</strong> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br/>=
<strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [NatureNS] Dead redbellied snale</span></p>=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 18.0pt;">Hell John,<=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 18.0pt;">John Gilhen=
reports an early date of April 13, 1980 as the earliest spring record=
in Amphibians and Reptiles of Nova Scotia (1984). This record also appears=
on the website of the NS Museum of Natural History here: <a target=3D=
"_blank" href=3D"https://novascotia.ca/museum/amphibians/en/snakes/redbelly=
.asp"><span style=3D"font-size: 12.0pt;">https://novascotia.ca/museum/amphi=
bians/en/snakes/redbelly.asp</span></a> However, John has told me that=
all his early records in that publications had since been "smashed"=
;.  Unfortunately, including re the Red-bellied Snake, I have no idea =
how many days "smashed" refers to!  </span></p>=20
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 18.0pt;">While I do =
not know what the current NS early record for Red-bellied Snake might&=
#160;be, I do have an April 4, 2010 record (<a href=3D"http://birdingnewbru=
nswick.ning.com/photo/garter-snake-couleuvres?context=3Duser"><span style=
=3D"font-size: 12.0pt;">http://birdingnewbrunswick.ning.com/photo/garter-sn=
ake-couleuvres?context=3Duser</span></a>) for the Garter Snake in sout=
hern New Brunswick. An early record from NB beating an NS early record (as =
published in Gilhens book) by 12 days (!) suggests to me that your record i=
s unlikely to be the earliest NS record for the Red-bellied Snake. Does any=
one know what the early record for NS might be?</span></p>=20
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