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Three Day Geckos From Madagascar

Three Day Geckos From Madagascar

Geckos of the Phelsuma genus are some of the most striking geckos amongst reptile keepers. [...]
The Secretive World Of Tadpoles

The Secretive World Of Tadpoles

Did you know that science still doesn’t know about the tadpoles of more than half of all known frog species? [...]
New Monstersaur Species Named After Goblin Prince in The Hobbit

New Monstersaur Species Named After Goblin Prince in The Hobbit

The raccoon-sized monsetersaurian is named Bolg amondol after the goblin prince in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit." [...]
Natural UV For Reptiles

Natural UV For Reptiles

All reptiles, regardless of peak time of activity, obtain benefits from ultraviolet (UV) supplementation. [...]
Pygmy Blue-tongue Lizards Take Longer to Acclimatize To Changing Temperatures

Pygmy Blue-tongue Lizards Take Longer to Acclimatize To Changing Temperatures

The current study suggests that the three lizard populations would need more than two years to acclimatize, depending on latitude of origin. [...]
REPTILES Magazine Interviews Clint Laidlaw of Clint’s Reptiles

REPTILES Magazine Interviews Clint Laidlaw of Clint’s Reptiles

Located in Springville, Utah, Clint’s Reptile Room is a unique educational facility dedicated to teaching the public about reptiles, amphibians, and o [...]
135-Year-Old Galapagos Tortoise Celebrates Father’s Day For First Time

135-Year-Old Galapagos Tortoise Celebrates Father’s Day For First Time

According to Zoo Miami, Goliath hatched on The Galapagos Islands’ Santa Cruz Island June 15, 1890. He was then brought to the Bronx Zoo July 23, 1929, [...]
Somebody’s Pet Black And White Tegu Captured At Grant Lake In California

Somebody’s Pet Black And White Tegu Captured At Grant Lake In California

If you are the keeper of this tegu or know the rightful keeper, contact Santa Clara County Animal Services at (408) 686-3900. [...]
Procolophon trigoniceps, A Burrowing Reptile That Lived 250 Million Years Ago Discovered In South Africa

Procolophon trigoniceps, A Burrowing Reptile That Lived 250 Million Years Ago Discovered In South Africa

The lizard had a short neck, an elongated body and tail and was about half a meter in length. It was similar in size to a juvenile monitor lizard. [...]
More Than 3 Tons of Burmese Python Snakes Removed From Southwest Florida This Season

More Than 3 Tons of Burmese Python Snakes Removed From Southwest Florida This Season

The Conservancy team currently tracks 40 scout snakes during the breeding season, which occurs from November through April. [...]
Reptile Intelligence and Pain

Reptile Intelligence and Pain

"Lizard brain”. No term makes my skin crawl more than this. It perpetuates a cultural view that reptiles are cold blooded brutes that lack emotion. Th [...]
47 Venomous Snakes, 5 Asian Leaf Turtles Seized by Indian Customs

47 Venomous Snakes, 5 Asian Leaf Turtles Seized by Indian Customs

The venomous snakes included three spider-tailed horned vipers, known to use luring to capture birds, and 44 Indonesian pit vipers. Five Asian leaf tu [...]
Wildlife Underpasses Reduce Amphibian Deaths, University of Vermont Study Says

Wildlife Underpasses Reduce Amphibian Deaths, University of Vermont Study Says

The researchers say that these wildlife underpass tunnels can reduce the deaths of amphibians, while helping to bolster the ecosystems in which these [...]
New Breviceps Rain Frog Species Discovered In South Africa

New Breviceps Rain Frog Species Discovered In South Africa

The researchers analyzed the frog call, physical, RNA and DNA analysis to determine it is a new rainfrog species. [...]
USARK FL Applauds FWC Rule Changes, Urges Further Action on Nonnative Species

USARK FL Applauds FWC Rule Changes, Urges Further Action on Nonnative Species

United States Association of Reptile Keepers-Florida (USARK FL) commends the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) for their recent [...]
Tetra ReptoMin Turtle Food Recalled Over Salmonella Concerns

Tetra ReptoMin Turtle Food Recalled Over Salmonella Concerns

The company says it hasn’t received any reports from illness from consumer pets. It has voluntarily recalled the product in cooperation with the U.S. [...]
American Bullfrog Removal Leads To Pond Turtle Recovery In Yosemite National Park

American Bullfrog Removal Leads To Pond Turtle Recovery In Yosemite National Park

Researchers at the University of California, Davis monitored the turtle populations from 2016 to 2022 at two sites in the park that also have bullfrog [...]
Kenyan Sand Boa Information and Care

Kenyan Sand Boa Information and Care

Kenyan sand boas can make great first reptiles. [...]
3 More Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoises Hatch At Philadelphia Zoo

3 More Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoises Hatch At Philadelphia Zoo

The zoo has been working to successfully breed Abrazzo and Mommy since December 2020, when Abrazzo came to the zoo from the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden [...]
Meet <em>Xenohyla truncata</em>, A Fruit And Nectar Eating Treefrog

Meet Xenohyla truncata, A Fruit And Nectar Eating Treefrog

This Neotropical treefrog, according to researchers, feeds mostly on the fruits of plants, plant parts, floral structures and nectar. [...]
New Tegu Species Discovered In the United States

New Tegu Species Discovered In the United States

Wautaugategu formidus lived during the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum, between 17.5 to 14.5 million years ago. [...]
More Than 1,000  Frosted Flatwoods Salamander Larvae Released In Florida

More Than 1,000 Frosted Flatwoods Salamander Larvae Released In Florida

The salamanders were head-started, raised in a protected environment from eggs collected in the wild and then released when they were larger. [...]
USARK UPDATE: Federal Light Bulb Ban

USARK UPDATE: Federal Light Bulb Ban

Reptile, amphibian, and other animal keepers will get some relief from the Department of Energy ban on specialty animal care light bulbs. [...]
Rockalina The Eastern Box Turtle Left On House Floor For 48 Years Getting Care She Needs

Rockalina The Eastern Box Turtle Left On House Floor For 48 Years Getting Care She Needs

Rockalina was taken from the wild in 1977 and lived nearly 50 years on the floor of a house living on cat food, lettuce and fruits. [...]
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