Author: Site Staff

Cantor’s Softshell Turtle Conservation Initiative Takes Root In Cambodia
Hope for one of Asia's biggest and rarest freshwater turtles [...]

New Pit Viper Called One Of World's Smallest Discovered In China
Very venomous snake measures less than 3ft in length [...]

U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service Declines Threatened Listing For Gopher Tortoise
Agency is strapped for resources needed to take action [...]
Japanese National Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Live Turtles And Tortoises
Man and accomplice smuggled 55 live turtles and tortoises into the United States [...]

275 Million Year Old Toothache Discovered
The oldest known case of toothache discovered in reptile [...]
9 Species Of Frogs Discovered In India, 13 In Sulawesi
Bush Frogs found in India, fanged frogs in Sulawesi [...]

Central American River Turtle Genes Influenced By Humans
Dermatemys mawii share genes with other turtles in areas nearly impossible for them to get to alone [...]

Texas Congressman Makes Push To Keep Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Off Endangered Species List
Listing of lizard as Endangered Species means lost jobs, congressman says [...]

Why Some Lizards Can Pull A Wheelie
Why do some lizard species run on two legs, not four? [...]

Ancient Reptile Plesiosaurs Gave Birth To Live Young, Study Says
A fossil of an adult mother and unborn baby found in 1987 details live birth characteristics [...]

Lake Erie Watersnake Removed From Endangered Species List
Protection of the snake's habitat coupled with education contributed to the animal's jump in population [...]

The Risk Of Deadly Fungal Disease With Asian Amphibians Assessed
Scientists Think the Philippines may be Epicenter if Bd Disease Takes Hold [...]

Encouraging Signs For San Diego's Southwestern Pond Turtle
Captive Breeding and Release Program Gets Results [...]
Four Large Pythons Rescued From Man’s Northern Arizona Home
Animal Planet show calls Phoenix Herpetological Society to persuade owner to part with his sick reptiles [...]
Australia's Mary River Turtle Under Threat Due To Climate Change
Unusual Increase in incubation temperature impacts hatchling behavior [...]
APPA Kicks Off Annual Children’s Poetry Contest
Contest expands to include 6th, 7th, and 8th graders [...]

First Reptile Genome Sequenced
Genetic map of the green anole produced for the first time [...]

OSU Study Shows Daphnia Magna Eats Chytrid Fungus That Is Killing Frogs Worldwide
The zooplankton eats the zoospore stage of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis [...]

How The Sandfish Lizard Has Helped To Build A Machine
Reptile inspires rescuers [...]
Australia's Armoured Mist Frog Changes Living Arrangements And Survives With Chytridiomycosis
Researchers discover the frogs thriving in drier climates yet still infected with chytrid fungus [...]

Huge Crocodilian Lived Alongside Titanoboa, The World’s Largest Snake In Colombia
Both reptiles occupied oldest known rainforest ecosystem [...]
Nine Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas Hatch At San Diego Zoo
Captive breeding effort at zoo usually results in two to four hatchlings a year [...]