Author: Site Staff

Rocker Alice Cooper To Help Out Swiss Reptile Zoo
Vivarium de Lausanne needs 250,000 Francs by the end of March to stay open. [...]

Madagascar Big-Eyed Snake And Chameleon Encounter Turns Deadly
Video captured of Mimophis mahfalensis eating a chameleon in Andasibe-Mantadia National Park. [...]

Lawsuit Filed To Protect Florida Keys Mole Skink
Skink may lose habitat in Florida Keys due to rising sea levels. [...]

Rico Walder Relief Effort
World-renowned breeder of green tree pythons is battling brain cancer. [...]

Three Big Male Pythons Captured During Florida's Python Challenge Released Back Into The Everglades
Outfitted with transmitters, it is hoped these males will lead biologists to female pythons. [...]

Florida Python Challenge Nets 68 Burmese Pythons
Month long hunt removes 50 invasive Python molurus bivittatus from Florida Everglades. [...]

Lolong, The Largest Saltwater Crocodile In Captivity Dies
The 20-foot 2,370 pound Crocodylus porosus died in its enclosure in the southern Philippines. [...]

Breeder's Choice: April 2013
Palmetto corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus) [...]

Pet Snake Sales Rise In Hong Kong
Pet shop employees attribute rise to Year of the Snake. [...]

Loggerhead Sea Turtle In Japan Fitted With Artificial Limbs
Turtle fitted with new limbs at Japan's Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe. [...]

Check Your Local Zoos For Year Of The Snake Celebrations
Zoos across America will be celebrating Chinese New Year. [...]

Proposed Nuke Plant Impact On Eastern Fox Snake Leaves Questions
Nuclear Regulatory Commission to hold hearings on potential habitat impact of Elaphe gloydi. [...]

Sulcata Tortoise Rescued In Arizona Desert
Phoenix Herpetological Society is caring for lost Centrochelys [Geochelone] sulcata. [...]

Close To 400 Hunters Sign Up For Florida's 2013 Python Challenge
The event is designed to reduce the population of the Burmese python in the Everglades and to educate the public. [...]
Phil Goss Hired As President Of USARK
Goss has been active in the reptile hobby for more than 15 years. [...]

Golden Girl Receives Boa Constrictor For Her 91st Birthday
Actress Betty White worked with Jacob the Boa in 2011. [...]
Reptile Ownership Drops, Research Firm Says
Packaged Facts says reptile ownership dropped to 1.8 million households in 2012 compared to 2.3 million in 2008 [...]

More Than 500 Turtle Hatchlings Released In Australia's Fitzroy River
Minister of Environment and Heritage Protection rescued 42 clutches of turtle eggs. [...]

Ex-Girlfriend Of Snake Milking Business Owner Gets Bit By Venomous Snake, Sues Owner
Denisse Abreu had been dating the owner of the business for several years. [...]

Breeder's Choice: Lavender Stripe Corn Snake
Pantherophis guttatus [...]

Breeder's Choice: Tessera Blood-Red Corn Snake
Pantherophis guttatus [...]

Vietnamese Flying Frog Discovered Less Than 100 Kilometers From Ho Chi Minh City
Rhacophorus helenae is about four inches in length and has webbed hands and feet to aid in gliding. [...]

Turtles: Journey Of Survival At New Jersey's Adventure Aquarium Opens January 14
Exhibit will feature more than 20 different turtle species. [...]

Number Of Injured Bearded Dragons More Than Double In Outback Aussie Town
Broken Hill-based rescue group treated 10 beardies in 2010-2011 versus 26 in 2011-2012 [...]

