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Future events
Important Notice – change of location and dates for future meetings
Due to issues booking the Royal Society Room from the South Australian Museum, we have been forced to change the date and location of the FNSSA General meetings to the Goodman Lecture theatre.
All General meetings after March will be held at this location on the 3rd Wednesday of every Month, except January when no meeting is scheduled.
FNSSA General Meeting – 7:30pm Wednesday July 17th 2024
Location: Goodman Building, Hackney Rd. Click here for a map
Speaker: Dr Mark Hutchinson, retired Head of Research & Collections and Senior Researcher, Herpetology at the South Australian Museum
Topic: Snakes or Legless Lizards?
A talk that uses snakes to focus on the diversity, anatomy and evolution of reptiles. Snakes are the most familiar limbless vertebrates, yet people might be aware that there are also creatures called legless lizards. Is there a difference and, anyway, how does limblessness evolve? Why would a group of reptiles discard a perfectly good set of arms and legs? And how is snakes’ limblessness connected to their venomousness?
FNSSA General Meeting – 7:30pm Wednesday August 21th 2024
Location: Goodman Building, Hackney Rd. Click here for a map
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
FNSSA General Meeting – 7:30pm Wednesday September 18th 2024
Location: Goodman Building, Hackney Rd. Click here for a map
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA