Author: John Virata

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Man Charged With Selling Venomous Snake In Maryland

Man Charged With Selling Venomous Snake In Maryland

The venomous snake was sent to a wildlife preserve until a proper home for it can be found. [...]
How Centipede-Eating Snakes Eat Centipedes

How Centipede-Eating Snakes Eat Centipedes

The researchers say their data shows that the integration of behavioral and morphological adaptations is important to ensure the success of these snak [...]
Three Reptiles Pulled To Safety From Iowa Building Collapse

Three Reptiles Pulled To Safety From Iowa Building Collapse

The reptiles were removed from apartments that had not collapsed, and photos showed the emergency crews bringing out enclosures with the animals in th [...]
New Treefrog Species Of the Genus Scinax Discovered In Peru

New Treefrog Species Of the Genus Scinax Discovered In Peru

The frog, Scinax pyroinguinis sp. nov. was described from two males that were found in the Amazon rainforest. [...]
New Southern Levant Rat Snake Species of the genus Elaphe Described

New Southern Levant Rat Snake Species of the genus Elaphe Described

Because there are no names for the rat snake population from the Levant, the scientists suggest Elaphe druzei, dedicated to the Druze. [...]
What To Do If Bit By A Rattlesnake

What To Do If Bit By A Rattlesnake

Treatment of Pitviper Envenomation in the Rural Southwestern U.S. runs June 23-24, 2023. [...]
OCIC’s Resident Albino Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Dies at 21

OCIC’s Resident Albino Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Dies at 21

Edgar came to the OCIC via the Central Florida Zoo, where he was born September 8, 2001. [...]
Albino Timber Rattlesnake Found In Pennsylvania Woods

Albino Timber Rattlesnake Found In Pennsylvania Woods

Biologists say that albino and leucistic reptiles are most often found in the wild as juveniles as they are more susceptible to predation. [...]
Warming Temperatures Will Increase Female Galapagos Tortoise Population, Study Says

Warming Temperatures Will Increase Female Galapagos Tortoise Population, Study Says

The researchers say that temperatures on the Galapagos islands will increase from 1 to 4 degrees Celsius over the next 50 years, which will likely cau [...]
Gopher Snake Found On Maui, Hawaii Euthanized

Gopher Snake Found On Maui, Hawaii Euthanized

A resident called the department and reported seeing children playing with the reptile May 15. [...]
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida Wants to Amend Lacey Act, Again

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida Wants to Amend Lacey Act, Again

The bill creates a “white list” of species that can be imported. This means that any animal that is not on the white list is by default treated as pot [...]
Sand Sculpture Gator Frightens Even Florida Police

Sand Sculpture Gator Frightens Even Florida Police

Somebody built a very realistic alligator sculpture out of sand in Florida and even fooled the police for a short minute. [...]
122 Captive-Bred Royal Turtles Hatched In Cambodia

122 Captive-Bred Royal Turtles Hatched In Cambodia

The species, also known as the royal turtle in Cambodia, has successfully laid eggs in captivity at the center for three years. [...]
Chonkosauraus the Snapping Turtle Make Debut On Once Toxic Chicago River

Chonkosauraus the Snapping Turtle Make Debut On Once Toxic Chicago River

The Chicago River was once a highly polluted waterway with high levels of PCBs and mercury contamination due in large part to industry that used the r [...]
Seychelles To Count Its Aldabra Giant Tortoises

Seychelles To Count Its Aldabra Giant Tortoises

With the captive populations of the Aldabra giant tortoises, the quality of their enclosures, diets and general well being will be observed with advic [...]
PGA Tour Vet Rickie Fowler, Sponsored By Cobra, Handles Water Snake At Wells Fargo Championship

PGA Tour Vet Rickie Fowler, Sponsored By Cobra, Handles Water Snake At Wells Fargo Championship

The golf world was abuzz this past weekend when Rickie Fowler, who happens to be sponsored by Cobra Golf, happened upon a water snake in a water hazar [...]
55 Louisiana Pine Snakes Released In Louisiana’s Kisatchie National Forest

55 Louisiana Pine Snakes Released In Louisiana’s Kisatchie National Forest

More than 200 Louisiana pine snakes have been released since captive breeding and release efforst began in 2010. [...]
Copperhead Snake Named Red Hot Cheeto Goes Viral

Copperhead Snake Named Red Hot Cheeto Goes Viral

The snake in itself is not unusual at the park, but the name Red Hot Cheeto certainly causes one to take a second look. [...]
19 Captive-Bred Eastern Indigo Snakes Released In Florida’s Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve

19 Captive-Bred Eastern Indigo Snakes Released In Florida’s Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve

The eastern Indigo snakes hatched in 2021. The 10 males and nine females were raised for a year at the Orianne Center for Indigo Conservation (OCIC). [...]
UC Davis Exotic Vets Remove Bladder Stone From 80-Year-Old Desert Tortoise

UC Davis Exotic Vets Remove Bladder Stone From 80-Year-Old Desert Tortoise

Tortie, a California desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) who has grown up with the same family for more than 60 years recently underwent successful s [...]
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