Author: John Virata
Pet Reptile Product Sales Reach $383 Million In 2016
Has the reptile hobby gone mainstream? [...]
Asian Water Monitor Rescued From Canada House Fire
The Asian water monitor was bleeding from running around the house, suffers from smoke inhalation and was expoised to cold weather. [...]
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Gets 3D Printed Shell Brace
The loggerhead turtle had a gaping hole in its shell. 3D printer technology was used to create a brace to cover it. [...]
Northern Mexican Gartersnake Found In Its Native Range After 100 Year Absence
The snake was found at Beal Lake in Mohave County, Ariz., a place where no northern Mexican gartersnake has been documented in 100 years. [...]
Three Australian Lizards Declared Extinct In The Wild
The Lister's gecko, the blue-tailed skink and the Christmas Island forest-skink are now extinct in the wild. [...]
Genetically Female Bearded Dragons Grow A Hemipenes Then Lose Them Prior To Hatching
Genetically female Pogona vitticeps temporarily grow a hemipenes in the development stage and then lose it prior to hatching. [...]
Anole Annals Announces Photo Contest Winners
Winners appear in the 2018 Anole Annals Calendar. [...]
Year Round Frog Hunting May Become Reality In Michigan
Currently, the state bans the hunting of frogs between mid-November and late spring. [...]
Researchers Discover Two New Anole Lizards In Southern Ecuador
Anolis hyacinthogularis ,has a blue dewlap, while Anolis lososi is named after famed anole researcher Jonathan Losos. [...]
Paleontologists In China Discover Pterosaur Nest Of Ancient Reptile Eggs
More than 200 eggs were found, including 16 that have detailed embryos of Hamipterus tianshanensis. [...]
Database Of 74 Percent Of All Snake Species From 27 Countries Released
Researchers studied distribution patterns, collection records and frequency of occurrence from 147,515 contributions for a total of 886 snake species. [...]
Honolulu Zoo Opens Newly Renovated Ectotherm Complex
The new reptile facility is three years in the making at a cost of $3 million. [...]
Man Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Box Turtles
Byron Paul Pitre was convicted, sentenced to three years probation, and fined $2,500. [...]
Texas Biologist Hopes To Move Endangered Texas Tortoises To Abilene Zoo
The Texas tortoise is the only native tortoise in Texas. [...]
Carpet Python In Seattle Missing Its Owner
Hopefully this python will find its way back to its owner. [...]
Stranded Olive Ridley Turtle Found On Oregon Beach
The stranded olive ridley sea turtle had a body temperature of 59 degrees Fahrenheit. A temperature of 75 degrees Fahrenheit is considered normal. [...]
Green Iguana Rescued By Kayak Fisherman Four Miles Off Key West, Florida
The lizard saw the kayak and made a beeline toward it and was saved. [...]
Dog Gets Stuck In Sulcata Tortoise Burrow
It took firefighters about four hours to safely remove the dog from the burrow. [...]
New Treefrog Species Discovered Near Brazil’s Abandoned Trans-Amazonian Highway
The jaguar snouted tree frog is so named because jaguars were also spotted in the area which the amphibian was discovered. [...]
Global Warming May Have Negative Effects On Bearded Dragon Intelligence
Bearded dragons that were incubated at cooler temperatures were quicker to open door to access food than those incubated at warmer temperatures.
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Snake Hunter Teams Up With VolAero Drone Start Up To Hunt Pythons In Everglades
2016 Python Challenge Champion Bill Booth conducted successful trial run in locating pythons via a thermal imaging-equipped drone. [...]
Snake Wranglers In Thailand Get A Surprise After Capturing Reticulated Python
After, the snake was captured, it proceeded to regurgitate its meal, a very large monitor lizard. [...]
Researchers Find Peruvian Frog That Is Resistant To Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Gastrotheca excubitor employs bacterial defenses to fight off Bd and the chytrid fungus. [...]
2017 Green Sea Turtle Nestings In Florida Break Record
Florida recorded 39,000 green sea turtle nests during the 2017 nesting season. [...]
