Desert Iguana Natural History And Care
The desert iguana is a medium-sized, well-proportioned reptile with developed legs, expressive eyes, and large ear openings. [...]
West African Mud Turtle (Pelusios castaneus)
The West African mud turtle, also known as the African side-necked turtle or swamp terrapin, is a small aquatic turtle that is known for its elongate [...]
Kimberley Rock Monitor Care Sheet
Kimberley rock monitors are dwarf monitors with similar markings, body shapes, and even behaviors of much larger monitor lizards but happen to be a mo [...]
Formosan Legless Lizard Dopasia formosensis Is Distinct Species
For many years, science has described a single legless lizard living on the island nation of Taiwan. Classified as Dopasia harti, the reptile was cons [...]
Desert Iguana Natural History And Care
The desert iguana is a medium-sized, well-proportioned reptile with developed legs, expressive eyes, and large ear openings. [...]
New Species of Glass Frog From Ecuador Named After Olympic Champion Neisi Dajomes
A unique aspect of this particular frog is the fact that it hides several of its organs with bright white tissue. [...]
California Giant Salamander Larvae Photographed In California Creek
The photograph provides some insight into the nesting habitat of this species as well as the timing of larval development, which is important for the [...]
Reptile Show Attendees Leave Ball Python In Uber
The snake looks like a pastel enchi ball python and as of this writing (April 9) it has not yet been returned to its owner. Hopefully the owner finds [...]
10 Venomous Snakes Of Africa
It is estimated that more than 32,000 people die from being bit in Africa every year (estimated approximately 500,000 envenomations) by venomous snake [...]
Brazilian Rainbow Boa Again Gives Birth Via Parthenogenesis
A Brazilian rainbow boa kept at the City of Portsmouth College in Tudor Crescent, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, has given birth to 12 babies via parthen [...]
Information On The Southern Pacific Rattlesnake
The Southern Pacific rattlesnake is the most common rattlesnake found in Southern California [...]
Another Southern California Rattlesnake Bite Death Occurred March 19
Southern California has the highest risk for rattlesnake bites due to denser populations that overlap snake habitat, year round recreational activity [...]
3 Geckos And A Venomous Snake From Cambodia Being Described
The researchers spent several years exploring more than 60 caves in Battambang Province in western Cambodia. [...]
New Hampshire Receives Ecosystem Restoration Award To Help Herps
The award will help the state to bolster reptile and amphibian populations by upgrading road infrastructure to reduce road mortality. [...]
Python Blood May Hold Key To New Weight Loss Drugs
The researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder were not even looking for a weight loss solution when they were studying the Burmese python. [...]
USCBP Seize 39 Live Pythons At Texas Border Crossing
When the officers encountered the driver, the driver gave a negative declaration of prohibited goods. [...]
New Forest Gecko Species From The Philippines Described
Luperosaurus alvarezi is currently known to exist only in a protected forest area that surrounds Mt. Guiting-Guiting National Park, in central Sibuyan [...]
New Species of Asian Grass Lizard From India Described
Takydromus ultapaniensis is brown in coloration with three stripes that run down the back to the tail. its ventral side is a yellowish in coloration, [...]
Bornean Fanged Frog May Be Six or Seven Species, Study Says
The Bornean fanged frog is named as such because it features two fang-like projections in its lower jaw. [...]
California Mountain Biker Dies From Rattlesnake Bite
In the region where Hernandez was bitten, the Southern Pacific rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus helleri) thrives. [...]
New Odd-Scaled Snake Species From The Achalinus Genus Described
Achalinus mirabilis was discovered in Taizhou City in Zhejiang Province, China. The city is highly urbanized in an economically developed region. [...]
Madagascar Giant Day Geckos In Hawaii
The giant day gecko is perhaps the most beautiful gecko in the reptile keeping hobby. They are the largest day gecko species that is commonly kept and [...]
New Forest Skink Species Discovered In Thailand
The suggested common name for the species is Khorat Plateau forest skink. It is currently only known to occur in Thailand's Phu Wiang Mountain, Tham G [...]
New Species Of Cyrtodactylus intermedius Discovered In Cambodia
It is the sister species of C. septimontium, which hails from southern Vietnam, according to the synopsis announcing the new species. [...]
New Slug Eating Snake Species From China Described
This species is currently known to exist only in Gengma County, Lincang City, Yunnan Province, China. The specimens for the study were found at night [...]
9 Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes Born At Lincoln Park Zoo
These rattlesnakes are the result of a captive breeding effort that launched at the zoo in 2009. [...]
USARK ALERT: Arkansas Regulation Amendments
ALERT: Arkansas Regulation Amendments The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) has proposed changes to its Captive Wildlife species list. Amon [...]
3 Varanus Rock Monitor Lizard Species Discovered in Australia
The three monitors, Varanus phosphoros sp. nov., Varanus iridis sp. nov., and Varanus umbra sp. nov. were discovered in northeastern Australia. [...]
Russian Opposition Alexei Navalny Killed By Dart Frog Toxins Not Noviochok, Report Claims
Russian opposition leader and anti-Putin politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned by epibatidine, a toxin found in dart frogs in South America, the gove [...]
Eastern Coral Snake Information
The venom of the Eastern coral snake is neurotoxic and affects the central nervous system. This leads to respiratory failure and paralysis. [...]
207 Snake Species Are Cannibalistic, Study Says
Cannibalism is a widely distributed behavior both in terms of species and geography and has been recorded on all continents where snakes occur [...]
King Cobras Distribute By Railroad In India
The dispersal of these venomous snakes into towns and villages in which the snake may be not known to inhabit could pose a threat to both snakes and h [...]
Milk Snake Found In England After Escaping 15 Months Ago
Fifteen months later, the snake was found under a compost heap just a field away from its former home. [...]
