The Iowa Herp society was founded in 1978 and has a long tradition of promoting herpetological education. At IHS monthly meetings you'll meet people who share an interest in breeding and keeping reptiles and amphibians. IHS members have the best opportunity to get the most current information on caring for reptiles and amphibians in captivity. As a member of IHS you will benefit in sharing your herp knowledge with the public and other members.
Members help promote public education by participating in annual displays and presentations.
We have annual displays at the Botanical Center and the Science Center in Des Moines, Iowa and an annual Christmas Party and Society Picnic. Brennan just graduated from Roosevelt High school of DesMoines, Iowa this spring. She wroked six weeks in the summer of 2000 on an abandoned research project. It was a study of the DNA of Western hognose snakes to see how they evolved and migrated to various parts of North America. In doing these studies Brennan identified a new subspecies of the Hognose Snake.