500+ snakes later, nearing the finish line!

After two years of monthly field work and thousands of PCRs later, we are nearing completion of our project!

The funding from the experiment.com fundraiser was critical in the initial stages of the project to get words into action.

We ended field work sampling over 500 snakes with 50 recaptures representing 29 snake species from the southeastern US. Final steps include sequence and data analysis with the summation in a final manuscript published in an open access platform so that all interested can read it. We hope to have this submitted and published by the end of 2025.