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Philadelphia Herpetological Society

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Philadelphia Herpetological Society
Formation1952
PurposeEducation about and conservation of reptiles
HeadquartersPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Region served
Southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey
President
Mark F. Miller
Websitehttp://www.herpetology.com/phs.html

The Philadelphia Herpetological Society (PHS) is the oldest, continually operated reptile group in North America. It was founded by Roger Conant (herpetologist) and a group of like-minded herpetologists in 1952. PHS is a US 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization. The current president is Mark Miller.

PHS has published the Bulletin and occasional newsletters throughout its history.

They seem to meet infrequently at present but operate a reptile rescue in the Philadelphia metro area, and own and operate a wildlife conservation area in Burlington, New Jersey.

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