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Dusky Gopher Frog Gets 170 Acres In Agreement With Mississippi Developer
The dusky gopher frog (Rana sevosa) has been allotted more than 170 acres of land in southern Mississippi as protected habitat after years of wr [...]
Man Leaves Python With Tongs And Python Swallows Tongs
A man in Australia was feeding his scrub python (Morelia amethistina) a rat with a pair of barbecue tongs and left the room only to return to fin [...]
Brilliant-thighed Poison Frogs Use Spatial Mapping to Find Their Way Home
Poison dart frogs are not only some of the most colorful species in the amphibian world, they apparently can find their way back to their home territo [...]
Prince Harry Greets A Tuatara In New Zealand
The latest celebrity to handle a reptile? Prince Harry. Well not so much a celebrity as royalty. The prince was in New Zealand for the first time this [...]
Phoenix Herpetological Society Receives 10 Australian Freshwater Crocodiles
The Phoenix Herpetological Society announced that it will receive 10 Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnsoni) from Zoo Frankfurt in Germ [...]
Florida Man Arrested In Callahan Pet Store Snake Theft
A man who just served one year in prison for stealing and selling stolen property on Craigslist has been arrested in the theft of 13 snakes from a Nas [...]
Beardie Helps Teach Responsibility In Iowa Classroom
The Pets in the Classroom grant program has enabled the Danville Community School District in Danville, Iowa to acquire Charlie, a bearded dragon. Cha [...]
Did You Know Black Iguanas Sometimes Eat Juveniles?
Herpetologists Flávio H. G. Rodrigues, Jose Mora, Lucia I Lopez and Luis D. Alfaro were doing field work in Playa Naranjo in Costa Rica o [...]
Tortoise That Lost Legs To Rat Bites Gets Wheels
Mrs. T, a 90-year-old tortoise has a new lease on her long life after a rat chewed her front legs off. She was unable to walk and the veterinarian who [...]
Pro Soccer Player Removes Snake In His Backyard
Brek Shea is a heck of a professional soccer player (and U.S. National Team member) and now he can add snake handler to his resume that includes skill [...]
Two New Lizard Species Discovered In Chile
Two new lizard species from Chile have been discovered and described in the journal ZooKeys.
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Three Lizards Species Discovered in Per [...]
Two Guys Save A Garter Snake Caught In Netting
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43 Dinosaur Eggs Unearthed In Heyuan China
Heyuan City in Guandong province in China is known to for its large amount of dinosaur fossils, and specifically dinosaur eggs. The city added to [...]
Aussie Teen Helps Raise Funds for New Western Swamp Tortoise Breeding Facility
Andrew Triglavcanin, a 13-year-old from Perth, Australia has raised $400 for a new breeding facility for the western swamp tortoise (Pseudemydura umbr [...]
5 Tips To Make Everyday Earth Day For Herps
Today is “Earth Day” What have you done for herps to make Earth Day everyday? While the day comes once a year, the Earth and its inhabitan [...]
Houston Rockets Center Dwight Howard Keeps Snakes
NBA basketball player Dwight Howard apparently loves snakes so much that he has about 20 pet snakes, including a Boa constrictor that had babies. The [...]
Blanding’s Turtle Halts Wind Farm In Canada
The Blanding’s turtle, (Emydoidea blandingii) an endangered North American species in much of its range, has put a wrench in an energy comp [...]
New Day Gecko Species Discovered In India
Herpetologists with Osmania University in Hyderabad, India have discovered and described a new gecko species in the ruins of Hampi, a World Heritage S [...]
Michigan’s Herp Atlas Project Wants to Know Where and When You Saw a Herptile in the State
Live in Michigan? Have you seen a frog or a snake in the wild lately? If so, the state wants to know where and when as it is working on a statewide in [...]
60 Captive Raised Myanmar Roofed Turtles Released
There is good news coming out of Myanmar (formerly Burma) as 60 captive raised Myanmar roofed turtles (Batagur trivittata), the second most endangered [...]
Critically Endangered Lake Oku Clawed Frog Bred At ZSL’s London Zoo In The UK
The Lake Oku clawed frog (Xenopus longipes) of Cameroon has been successfully bred in captivity for the first time at the ZSL London Zoo in the Unite [...]
Mosasaur’s Gave Birth In The Ocean And Not Land As Previously Thought
Mosasaurs (Clidastes liodontus), massive marine lizards that dominated the world’s oceans during the Late Cretaceous period are some of the most [...]
Western Pond Turtle Step Closer To Endangered Species Status
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that Endangered Species Act protections may be warranted for the western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorat [...]
Three Wood Lizard Species Discovered In Peru And Ecuador
Researchers have discovered three new species of wood lizards of the genus Enyalioides in the tropical Andes Mountains of Ecuador and northern Peru. R [...]
