Speaker: Michael Stefani will be speaking on Captive Varanid Husbandry

Michael Stefani, of “Mike’s Monitors!” is a 55 year old male from the Chicago land area. As a 5 year old boy his mother gifted me a 3-toed box turtle for his birthday. This is all it took to get him hooked on a lifetime passion for all things animal related. He’s kept and bred many reptiles over the years, and in 1998 he started working with Varanids. He was one of the first people to breed V. Jobiensis in the USA and the first person to cross-breed V. Prasinus to V. Beccari. He now breeds a variety of Varanid species! Summary: Michael will be speaking this month in-depth about his experiences with breeding and keeping a variety of unique Varanid species over the past 20 years.

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The regular monthly meetings of the Chicago Herpetological Society take place at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum at the corner of Fullerton Parkway and Cannon Drive, across from Lincoln Park Zoo. The address is 2430 N Cannon Dr, Chicago, IL 60614

Free parking is available on Cannon Drive and also across Fullerton in the Lincoln Park Zoo lots (these lots may charge during the summer months). There are also CTA bus stops within easy walking distance.

The meeting will begin promptly at 7:30pm, and typically lasts until 9:30.

Meetings are free and open to the public. Enter thru the Main Museum Entrance, if the doors are locked please wait for the security guard to return and open them for you.

Raffle: There is a reptile supply raffle at our meetings. Examples of items in the raffle are Dry Foods, Glass tanks, Cages, Lights, Hides, Bedding, Artwork. Tickets are $1 each (cash only).

Library : We have a large library of reptile books which can be browsed during the meeting, members can also check the books out until the next meeting.