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Herpetology Talk with Hugh Gabriel
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
27160 County Road 2, Comfrey, MN 56019
507-628-5591 | jefferspetroglyphs@mnhs.org
About This Event
Join us at Jeffers Petroglyphs to learn about frogs, turtles and more! How do cold-blooded creatures survive - and thrive - in Minnesota, a state famous for its harsh winters? Bell Museum educator Hugh Gabriel will share frog facts, turtle tales, and snake stories in this celebration of Minnesota herpetology. This event is free with site admission.
Hugh Gabriel is an educator at the Bell Museum in Saint Paul, and an occasional frog researcher. In 2024 Hugh published a description of three new frog species from Madagascar, and in his free time he can be found raising toad tadpoles and flipping logs in search of salamanders.
About the Bell Museum:
The Bell Museum is Minnesota’s official natural history museum, established by the legislature in 1872 and held in trust by the University of Minnesota. For over a century, the museum has preserved and interpreted our state’s rich natural history and served learners of all ages. Additionally, the Bell's scientific collections contain over one million specimens, representing every county in Minnesota and various locales around the globe.
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Friday, August 1, 2025
Herpetology Talk with Hugh Gabriel
Join us at Jeffers Petroglyphs to learn about frogs, turtles and more! How do cold-blooded creatures survive - and thrive - in Minnesota, a state famous for its harsh winters? Bell Museum educator Hugh Gabriel will share frog facts, turtle tales, and snake stories in this celebration of Minnesota herpetology. This event is free with site admission.
Hugh Gabriel is an educator at the Bell Museum in Saint Paul, and an occasional frog researcher. In 2024 Hugh published a description of three new frog species from Madagascar, and in his free time he can be found raising toad tadpoles and flipping logs in search of salamanders.
About the Bell Museum:
The Bell Museum is Minnesota’s official natural history museum, established by the legislature in 1872 and held in trust by the University of Minnesota. For over a century, the museum has preserved and interpreted our state’s rich natural history and served learners of all ages. Additionally, the Bell's scientific collections contain over one million specimens, representing every county in Minnesota and various locales around the globe.
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