Macarthur Herpetological Society

15/10/2026

We are thrilled to announce the return of a favourite presenter, Dr Arthur White at our October 16th meeting.

Arthur will be talking about "Midget Submarines in the Miocene: the palaeoecology of fossil dwarf turtles from fossil sites in NW Queensland".

Hope we see YOU there 🐢

26/09/2026

We’re excited to share the news that one of Australia’s most iconic reptile books has been completely revised and updated for the first time in 30 years.

Even better, we’ll be celebrating its official launch at the Combined Herpetological Societies Christmas Party on Saturday, 5 December, at the Australian Reptile Park.

Professor Rick Shine will be joining us on the day to talk about the creation of the new edition, what readers can expect to find in the book, and some of the major highlights and discoveries in Australian snake research over the past three decades.

Rick Shine’s iconic Australian Snakes: A Natural History has been completely brought up to date, with new photographs throughout and the latest scientific knowledge incorporated across the book.

Like its predecessor, we expect this new edition to become an instant classic.

The Australian Herpetological Society has secured the first batch of books, which are expected to arrive in the coming weeks.

For the launch, Rick will also be signing a limited run of special book plates for these first-release copies.

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Books are $40 each, plus $10 postage.

More details about the Christmas Party and book launch will be announced shortly, but mark Saturday, 5 December at the Australian Reptile Park in your calendar.

18/09/2026

Tonight’s meeting (18/9/26) - we will have Bel Pietens, a local horticulturist coming to discuss plants that will be safe for our reptile enclosures and outdoor pits. Along with this we encourage members to bring in their friendly reptiles as a bit of show and tell between members. See you there 🦎🐍

21/08/2026

Tonight’s meeting (21st August) sees Matt Vella “bluey in the bush” joining us to talk about his adventures with herping. See you there 🦎

30/06/2026

This Saturday!

This Saturday, come down to Warriors home ground Worrell Park in Ruse as they will be hosting a beanies for brain cancer round. Come down with a couple of gold coins to donate and get a selfie with one of our scaley friends.
We will pin donation link in comments if you can spare even just $1.
From 10am

15/05/2026

Our May meeting is tonight!! (15th May). Cam Oppio is joining us for Life with Dragons! He will be bringing along some of his amazing reptiles so it’s one not to miss! 🎉🎉🦎

13/05/2026

Our next meeting is this Friday!! (May 15th!). Our guest speaker is none other than Cam Oppio from Life with Dragons. He will also be bringing along some of his amazing collection so make sure you don’t miss this meeting! 🦎

09/05/2026

Dear members - We have a Jungle python that needs rehoming! Pickup would be from Tahmoor. Successful applicant will need to have a valid reptile keepers license. Please email [email protected] if interested in rehoming this python 🐍

16/04/2026

April 17th is our next meeting! We will have Live Reptile Displays attending with Andrew Melrose, Cory Kerewaro AND Rob Ambrose joining us!! It will be an amazing meeting - do not miss it! 🐍🐢🦎🐊

12/04/2026

Meeting details for our April meeting: Cory Kerewaro and Andrew Melrose from Live Reptile Displays 🐍🐍 Update: Rob Ambrose will also attend!