The Dallas-Fort Worth Herpetological Society is a 501(c)3 non-profit society. Our mission is to promote understanding, appreciation, and conservation of reptiles and amphibians; encourage respect for their habitats; and foster responsible captive care.  Membership is open to anyone with an interest in reptiles and amphibians (“herpetofauna” or “herps”).  Our members include professional biologists and amateur naturalists with years of experience, as well as those with a beginning interest in herps (either keeping and breeding them, or seeing them in the wild).

Our society provides a number of services for members and for the community. Speakers at DFWHS meetings provide informative programs, and we network together to exchange experiences or get together for field trips.  We provide educational events for the community in conjunction with museums and nature centers.  The society has helped survey the herps found in two DFW area nature centers.  We regularly go on field trips to various places in Texas, photographing and documenting reptiles and amphibians and sharing the data with universities, the National Park Service, etc. Our newsletter, the Cross Timbers Herpetologist, is widely praised for its original articles and photos.

Contact the society by email at: contact@dfwherp.org

Our phone number enables you to leave a message for us - just call (972) 949-4191

Our mailing address:

DFW Herpetological Society

P.O. Box 151721

Arlington, TX 76015

President:  Carl Franklin - president@dfwherp.org

Education Director:  Mark Pyle - education@dfwherp.org

Membership Director:  Trish Alder - membership@dfwherp.org

Editor:  Ardell Mitchell

Treasurer:  Debbie Dorman - treasurer@dfwherp.org

Field Trip Director:  Clint King - fieldtrip@dfwherp.org

Board Member At-Large: Levi Dawson - dawson@dfwherp.org

Board Member At-Large: David Killpack - killpack@dfwherp.org