Author: John Virata
Feds Approve $375K In Funding To Prevent Brown Tree Snakes From Entering Hawaii
In addition to effectively changing that island’s ecology, the snake has caused power failures and efforts to eradicate it have cost millions of dolla [...]
Invasive Brown Tree Snakes On Guam Killing Birds Too Large To Swallow
The brown tree snake has caused all sorts of problems on Guam. In addition to effectively changing that island’s ecology, the snake has caused power f [...]
Ancient Boidae Snake Species Congregated In Dens During Winter
The fossil snake species, Hibernophis breithaupti, were in a hibernaculum that had just four specimens, but they were articulated, or fully intact. [...]
Known Range Of Oxybelis inkaterra Vine Snake Extends Into Bolivia
One reason Oxybelis inkaterra may have not been observed in Bolivia previously may be due to its mimicry with their environment. [...]
New Erythrolamprus Snake Species Discovered In Ecuador
The snake, Erythrolamprus darwinnunezi sp. nov. was found on the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains of Ecuador in the Tropical Andes. [...]
5 Volcán Alcedo Giant Tortoises Hatch At Oklahoma City Zoo
The zoo is the only Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) accredited zoo in the Untied States to successfully breed this species of giant tottoise. [...]
Six Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas Hatch at Blue Iguana Conservation
The large lizard, also known as the Grand Cayman ground iguana, Grand Cayman blue iguana or Cayman Island rock iguana is listed as Endangered by the I [...]
New Venomous Snake Species Discovered In Vietnam
The venomous snake was discovered in low to mid elevation areas of central and southern Vietnam. [...]
New Garter Snake Species Discovered in Mexico
The snake is currently only known to exist in two small high elevation highland areas of Jalisco, known as the Jaliscan Transverse Range Pine-Oak Wood [...]
USFWS To Reconsider Kirtland’s Snake For ESA Protections
The Kirtland’s snake is a small Colubrid that can be found in wetland, forest, and grassland habitats [...]
Australia’s Heath Goanna Could Help Sheep Farmers Save Millions of Dollars
Sheep farmers in Australia could benefit as the monitor lizards serve as clean up crews eating dead animal matter. [...]
Brazilian Rainbow Boa Births 14 Baby Snakes via Parthenogenesis
The snake, named Ronaldo, and initially thought to be male, has not been in contact with any other snakes for nine years. [...]
Northern Quoll Genetically Engineered to Resist Cane Toad Toxins
Since the introduction of the cane toad in the 1930s, the population of the northern quoll has dropped by 75 percent. [...]
New Pitviper Species Discovered in China
The snake, Ovophis jenkinsi, is named after herpetologist Robert "Hank" William Garfield Jenkins who died in 2023. [...]
Oldest Fossil Found In Southern Hemisphere Was An Ocean Going Nothosaur Reptile
The nothosaur vertebra was found in New Zealand and may have lived during the beginning of the Age of the Dinosaurs. [...]
Two Crocodile Tegus Hatch at Nashville Zoo
The crocodile tegu is not a well known species and is found in the Amazon Basin. [...]
Two Guatemalan Beaded Lizards Born At Oklahoma City Zoo
The zoo is now home to 8 Guatemalan beaded lizards. [...]
Two Gecko Species of the Genus Cnemaspis Discovered In India’s Northern Western Ghats
Cnemaspis are a genus of day geckos from Asia. They are among the most diverse genera of geckos with more than 100 species. [...]
Indonesian Mother Eaten By 16-Foot Reticulated Python
This marks the fourth time since 2017 that a human was consumed by a python in Indonesia. [...]
Texas Congressman Wants to Nullify ESA Protections For Dunes Sagebrush Lizard
Plufger two years ago introduced a bill that would give oversight of the species to the oil industry and land owners. It has gone nowhere in the Hous [...]
Rarely Seen Massasauga Rattlesnake Captured During Ohio State Snake Survey
In addition to its common name, massasauga rattlesnake, the venomous snake is also known as the swamp rattler, swamp massasauga, swamp rattlesnake, an [...]
New Snake Species Discovered In Saudi Arabia
The small snake is found in sandy and stony soils with some vegetation as well as areas disturbed and inhabited by humans. [...]
Asian Snakes That Mimics Venomous Vipers Placed In New Family, Psammodynastidae
Researchers with the University of Helsinki have placed two rear-fanged, mildly venomous mock vipers from Southeast Asia into a new snake family calle [...]
11 Northwestern Pond Turtles Released Into Columbia River Gorge
The turtles collected from the wild nesting areas are reared at the zoo until they reach about 50 grams. [...]
