Author: John Virata
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
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 [...]
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 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
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
The salamanders were head-started, raised in a protected environment from eggs collected in the wild and then released when they were larger. [...]
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. [...]
Man Injects Snake Venom From 19 Species, Leads To Antivenin For Many Snakes, Study Claims
While the research provided protection to the mice, the next step is to test the cocktail on dogs that are brought into veterinary clinics in Australi [...]
42 Eastern Indigo Snakes Released Into Florida’s Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve
The snakes, 22 females and 22 males, were hatched at the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens’ Orianne Center for Indigo Conservation (OCIC). [...]
Shawnee National Forest’s Snake Road to Reopen May 15
“Snake Road” in Shawnee National Forest in Illinois has closed for the annual migration of reptiles and amphibians to their winter habitats in the lim [...]
Newest Dallas Cowboy Tyler Booker Will Bring His Pet Turtle With Him To Texas
Booker, formerly an Alabama offensive lineman, was asked about his pet turtle during a press conference meet and greet April 25. [...]
Color Patterns of Corn Snakes Determined By Single Gene
The mutated gene does not cause any neurological or behavioral disorders. [...]
Two New Crocodylus Species Discovered Off The Yucatán Peninsula
The populations of both the Banco Chinchorro and Cozumel species are morphologically, genetically, and ecologically distinct, the researchers note in [...]
Marbled Salamander Featured On North Carolina ID and Driver License
The name of the license/ID holder is also next to the salamander and curves with the salamander’s contours on the front. [...]
Smithsonian National Zoo Treats Skin Cancer On Henkel’s Leaf-tailed Gecko
A 4-year-old Henkel’s leaf-tailed gecko was treated for skin cancer at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, the zoo announ [...]
Weather And Prey Factor In Venomous Snake Venom Potency
The researchers exposed the rodent serum samples to warm temperatures (85 degrees Fahrenheit/29.5 degrees Celsius) and cooler temperatures (70 degrees [...]
Deforestation Leads To Hybrid Leyte Chorus Frog In The Philippines
The researchers say that the tree dwelling females answered the calls of the ground dwelling males, which resulted in hybridization. [...]
New Frog Species Of the Genus Leptobrachium Discovered In India
Leptobrachium aryatium sp. nov. is different from others in its genus in that it has a bicolored iris that features an inverted, "fiery orange" v shap [...]
Snake Lungworm Parasite Found in 14 Florida Counties
Also known as snake lungworm, the parasite may soon be in Georgia or other neighboring states. [...]
Caribbean Greenhouse Frog Found In The Marshall Islands
This species, which is known to hitchhike in potted plants, soil and other agricultural materials, could displace native species. [...]
Pennsylvania Students Push To Make Eastern Box Turtle Official State Reptile
Stambaugh worked on House Bill 401 that designates the Eastern box turtle as the official state reptile of Pennsylvania and the House Game and Fisheri [...]
Four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoises Hatch At Philadelphia Zoo
Currently behind the scenes in the zoo’s Reptile and Amphibian House, the four hatchlings will make their public debut April 23. [...]
Could The Flowerpot Snake Provide Insights Into Down Syndrome?
The Brahminy blind snake (Indotyphlops braminus) is one of the most popular snakes in the herp world due largely to the fact that it is one of the sma [...]
Frog Species Not Seen Since 1902 Rediscovered In Chile
Based on Germain’s publications and historical documents, the researchers reconstructed a route that they believe Germain could have taken in an effor [...]
