The Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research (SWCHR), a 501(c)(3) non-profit association, now operates in excess of twenty forums, the majority of which focus on herpetological topics as they relate to the herpetofauna of the American Southwest. These forums make up only one segment of the Association's comprehensive web site.
Anyone may access and read the posts made on any of those forums located in SWCHR General Forums section, but YOU MUST BE A SWCHR MEMBER OR A REGISTERED GUEST IN ORDER TO POST OR TO REPLY TO POSTS IN THIS SECTION.
Registered Guests may access and read posts made on forums located in the SWCHR Focus Groups section but YOU MUST BE A SWCHR MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST OR TO REPLY TO POSTS IN THIS SECTION.
ACCESS to the SWCHR Members Only Section IS RESTRICTED TO SWCHR MEMBERS.
Becoming a Registered Guest is FREE and only takes a few moments of your time to accomplish. In order to prevent our forums from becoming platforms for spammers and hackers, all registrations are reviewed and activated by our Forums Administrator. To become a Registered Guest just email your desired user name and password to the Forums Administrator. When your guest registration has been processed (normally within a couple of hours) you will receive a system generated email confirming your registration. YOU MUST PROVIDE A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS WHEN YOU REGISTER. As a Registered Guest you will have limited access to the SWCHR Forums. We recommend (but do not require) that you use some form of your real name as your User ID. From time to time we do remove the dead wood from our data base. If you sign up as a Registered Guest but then never make a post for 2 years you will likely be deleted from our data base when we do our next housekeeping.
Want to become a SWCHR Member with full and unrestricted access to all of our forums and have other member benefits? Click here for membership information and become a SWCHR Member.
