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Cave Dwelling Olm Salamander Doesn’t Move Much For Seven Years

Cave Dwelling Olm Salamander Doesn’t Move Much For Seven Years

Proteus anguinus does not move very far during its lifetime, which can reach 100 years. [...]

Aussie Snake Catcher Photographs Green Tree Frog Eating Coastal Taipan Snake

The green treefrog, despite being bitten by the coastal taipan snake, is apparently healthy and will be released February 7. [...]
Florida Urged To Require Turtle Excluder Devices For Blue Crab Traps

Florida Urged To Require Turtle Excluder Devices For Blue Crab Traps

Diamondback terrapins get caught in crab pots and drown, turtle experts say. [...]

Crocodile In Indonesia With Tire Stuck Around Its Neck Spurs Contest To Remove It

It is not known how long the tire has been stuck around this Siamese crocodile's neck. [...]

Chester Zoo Hatches Three Bearded Pygmy Chameleons

The zoo is hoping to establish a robust breeding program for the species. [...]

Green Sea Turtle Rescued Off Argentina Pooped Out Plastic During Rehab

The turtle, which is doing better, expelled more than 13 grams of plastic from its digestive system. [...]
2020 Florida Python Bowl Nets 80 Invasive Snakes

2020 Florida Python Bowl Nets 80 Invasive Snakes

The longest python was 12-foot, 7.3-inch, the heaviest python was 62-pounds, and the most pythons captured by an individual was 8. [...]
Aussie Researchers Receive $400,000 Grant To Help Save Pygmy Blue-Tongued lizard

Aussie Researchers Receive $400,000 Grant To Help Save Pygmy Blue-Tongued lizard

Pygmy blue-tongued lizards spend nearly all of their lives underground, in burrows constructed by trapdoor spiders. [...]
Were Snakes The Source Of The New Coronavirus Sickening And Killing Chinese?

Were Snakes The Source Of The New Coronavirus Sickening And Killing Chinese?

Researchers say that snakes were the likely cause of transmission to human, but others dispute that notion. [...]

Eastern Fence Lizard Saved From Glue Trap

A little mineral oil and a bit of elbow grease helped safely remove this eastern fence lizard from a glue trap. [...]
Eastern Indigo Snakes Breeding On Their Own In Alabama

Eastern Indigo Snakes Breeding On Their Own In Alabama

Researchers with Auburn University captured a young, 27-inch eastern indigo snake believed to be the offspring of captive bred specimens. [...]
Center for Biological Diversity Sues Trump Administration For Failing To Protect Two Map Turtle Species

Center for Biological Diversity Sues Trump Administration For Failing To Protect Two Map Turtle Species

The Pearl River map turtle and the Pascagoula map turtle are only known to inhabit two river systems in Mississippi and Louisiana. [...]
The State Of Texas Wants To Know When You See A Texas Horned Lizard

The State Of Texas Wants To Know When You See A Texas Horned Lizard

The Texas horned lizard is in decline in much of the state of Texas. It is illegal to possess this species. [...]
New Tibertan Frog Species, Liurana vallecula, Discovered And Described

New Tibertan Frog Species, Liurana vallecula, Discovered And Described

Liurana vallecula, has a snout-to-vent length of 20.4 mm, a reddish brown body coloration with dark brown streaks and a marbled pattern on the top of [...]
South Carolina Bill Calls For Protections of Reptiles And Amphibians From Commercial Trade

South Carolina Bill Calls For Protections of Reptiles And Amphibians From Commercial Trade

Reptiles and amphibians would be better protected under a proposed law in South Carolina. [...]

Indian Cobra Swallows And Then Regurgitates Plastic Bottle

Hopefully the snake makes a full recovery after the ordeal, and people learn to manage their trash effectively. [...]
Dorrance Family Foundation Gifts $250,000 To Help Yellow-Legged Frog Recovery

Dorrance Family Foundation Gifts $250,000 To Help Yellow-Legged Frog Recovery

The Dorrance Family Foundation’s Animals of the Sierra Nevada Grant Program will help in the recovery of these amphibians. [...]

Southern Grass, Alpine Bog Skink At Risk Of Extinction Due To Australia’s Fires

The alpine bog skink (Pseudemoia cryodroma) is already listed as endangered and the southern grass skink (Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii) is only found in [...]
Georgia’s 2019 Indigo Snake Count Finds Them At 60 Percent Of Sites Assessed

Georgia’s 2019 Indigo Snake Count Finds Them At 60 Percent Of Sites Assessed

The species is listed as federally endangered in the states of Georgia and Florida. [...]
New Population Of Crocodylus mindorensis Crocodiles Discovered In The Philippines

New Population Of Crocodylus mindorensis Crocodiles Discovered In The Philippines

The crocodiles were found in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. [...]
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