Author: Site Staff
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. [...]
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 [...]
Philippine Cobra, 12 Other Reptiles Added To Island Nation's Endangered Species List
The Panay monitor lizard is listed as critically endangered. [...]
Nova Scotia Nature Trust Acquires 66 Acre Property To Create Blanding's Turtle Sanctuary
The trust held a fund drive to purchase the site, called the McGowan Lake Turtle Sanctuary [...]
Nine Foot American Alligator Leaving Phoenix Herpetological Society For Larger Enclosure In Florida
Spike, the 400 pound alligator has outgrown its enclosure at the PHS [...]
USARK CEO And President Andrew Wyatt Resigns
Wyatt co-founded the reptile advocacy organization in 2008. [...]
Sir David Attenborough’s Galapagos 3D To Feature Pink Iguana
Attenborough captured Conolophus Marthae on video for his new Sky TV show. [...]
Turtle Survival Alliance Opens First Turtle And Tortoise Rescue Facility In Myanmar
800 square foot facility is on a major road that illegal turtle traders use to get to China. [...]
Researchers Name Extinct Lizard After President Obama
Obamadon gracilis disappeared after an asteroid struck the earth 65 million years ago. [...]
Coon Rapids Snake Breeder Case Heads To Minnesota Court Of Appeals
Snake breeder takes case to higher court in attempt to save his business. [...]
Smuggled Cobra On Plane Bites Handler, Forces Emergency Landing
Jordanian apparently hid snake in carry-on bag during EgyptAir flight to Kuwait. [...]
NOAA Suspends Planned Use Of Turtle Excluder Devices On Certain Shrimp Trawlers
Administration cites data showing TEDs not preventing smaller turtles from being caught in nets of certain shrimp trawlers. [...]
Wind Generator Towers Approved On Flat-Tailed Horned Lizard Habitat In Arizona
Wind-based electricity company wants to locate cooling towers on habitat where Phrynosoma mcallii live. [...]
New Species Of Ecuadorean Vine Snake Described
Imantodes chocoensis hails from the Chocoan forests of northwestern Ecuador. [...]
Introduced Lizard In Miami Tolerates Cold Weather Better Than Its Puerto Rican Counterpart
Anolis cristatellus, introduced in Miami in 1975, can withstand temperatures 3 degrees cooler. [...]
Deadliest Sea Snake Is Actually Two Distinct Species
Beaked sea snake of Australia (Enhydrina zweifeli) is different from its Asian (E.schistosa) counterpart. [...]
Leatherback Turtle Likely Killed By Ingested Sheet Plastic
Dermochelys coriacea ingested an 18-inch by 18-inch piece of plastic. [...]
