Author: John Virata
New Bacterium Strain Killing Lizards On Australia’s Christmas Island
Researchers with the Sydney School of Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney in Australia and the Taronga Conservation Society Australia were [...]
Lau’s Leaf Litter Toads: Female On Top During Mating, Study Says
In February 2010, the researchers watched as a pair of Tau's leaf litter toads engage in amplexus, or when the male grasps the female at the back. [...]
Arizona Game & Fish Has More Than 100 Sonoran Desert Tortoises For Adoption
If you live in the state of Arizona and are considering a tortoise, the Arizona Game & Fish department announced it will hold an adoption event fo [...]
Reward For Info Leading To Conviction Of Person Who Killed Rocky The Eastern Indigo Snake
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Georgia DNR Law Enforcement is looking for the person or persons who poached and killed an endangered Eas [...]
Do You Want To Build A Snow Snake? These Coloradans Already Did
When it snows what do you do? Build a snowman? For a family in Denver, CO, a snowman was too quaint, so they set out and built a snow snake. That's r [...]
Milksnake Captured In Florida Everglades
A Central American milksnake (Lampropeltis abnorma) was spotted in the Everglades National Park the week of February 25 and was safely captured by USG [...]
Florida FWC Votes To Ban Commercial Breeding And Keeping Of Pythons, Tegus, Other Reptiles
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted today to ban the commercial breeding and keeping of several invasive species of reptiles i [...]
Skink That Lived 25 Million Years Ago Discovered In Australia
An extinct skink species that lived in what is now South Australia more than 25 million years ago has been discovered and described by researchers wit [...]
Researchers In Taiwan Document Formosa Kukri Snake Gutting And Eating Banded Bullfrogs
Last year, researchers in Thailand documented how the small-banded kukri snake, (Oligodon fasciolatus) used its posterior maxillary teeth to slash ope [...]
World’s Highest Elevation Reptile, Liolaemus aff. tacnae, Discovered In Peru
Researchers in Peru have discovered what they believe is the world's highest altitude reptile, a species of lizard of the South American genus Liolaem [...]
52 Pygmy Blue-Tongue Lizards Moved To South Australia To Determine Adaptability
The pygmy blue-tongue lizard (Tiliqua adelaidensis), thought to have gone extinct until a specimen was discovered in the belly of a dead brown snake i [...]
Illegal Trade Of Philippine Monitor Lizards Aided By Facebook
Facebook continues to be the main tool for the illegal selling of monitor lizards in the Philippines, according to a report by TRAFFIC, an organizatio [...]
Cousins Capture 16-foot Burmese Python 3 Hours North Of Everglades National Park
A 16-foot Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) was apparently sunning itself on private property when Aaron Brown and his mother spotted the rep [...]
Burmese Python Stolen From Arizona Reptile Shop Returned 8 Months Later
A granite Burmese python (Python bivittatus) stolen last June from an Arizona reptile shop has been returned to the shop, thanks to some tireless dete [...]
World’s Smallest Chameleon Discovered In Madagascar
Researchers in Madagascar have discovered and described a new species of Brookesia chameleon that is smaller than the previous known smallest species, [...]
Seven Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes Born At Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Ohio’s Columbus Zoo and Aquarium announced February 3 the birth of seven eastern massasauga rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus), one of the smallest ra [...]
Sidewinder Belly Skin Different Than Non-Sidewinding Snakes
Researchers in the United States wanted to know what makes sidewinder snakes move the way they do, so they took a microscopic look at the shed skin of [...]
Tuatara’s Two Sets Of Mitochondrial Genome May Help It Withstand Cold Temperatures Better
Researchers have discovered that the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), lizard-like reptiles endemic to New Zealand and the only living member of the rept [...]
New Indian Bent-Toed Gecko Species Discovered And Described
Researchers in India have discovered a new species of bent-toed gecko from the Indian province of Arunachal Pradesh. Cyrtodactylus arunachalensis is b [...]
10 Southern River Terrapins Released Back Into The Wilds Of Cambodia
The Wildlife Conservation Society in coordination with Cambodia's Department of Fisheries Conservation of the Fisheries Administration of the Ministry [...]
Burmese Pythons Are Resistant To Cobra Neurotoxins
A new study coming out the University of Queensland in Australia has found that certain snake species that are preyed upon by venomous cobras have bec [...]
Trump Pardons Snake Trafficker In Last Days Of Presidency
As one of his last acts as president, former President Donald J. Trump pardoned a man who was convicted of snake trafficking in the early 1990s. Rober [...]
Green Geckos Benefit From Soft Penned Release In New Zealand
Researchers in New Zealand studying the green barking gecko (Naultinus punctatus) have determined that releasing this species in a "soft pen" rather t [...]
