Category: More Reptile Reading
North Carolina Man Bitten By King Cobra Earlier This Month Charged With Illegal Animal Ownership
Ali Iyoob was working with his king cobra May 2 when it bit him on the wrist. [...]
Have You Ever Heard of the Snake Rodeo in Louisiana Where You Can Shoot Snakes On a Lake?
The event is sponsored by the The East Carroll Parish Sheriff’s Office with apparent blessings from the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries [...]
Feathered Dinosaur That Lived 150 Million Years Ago Reconstructed
Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus looks like a cross between a bird and a reptile. [...]
IBD – The Twisted Tale of Inclusion Body Disease
Inclusion Body Disease is devastating to the snakes that are infected by it. [...]
Texas To Consider Banning Gasoline Use To Collect Rattlesnakes
Texas is one of the holdout states that still allows gasoline use to collect rattlesnakes. [...]
Texas Middle School Teacher Seeks Donations For Leopard Gecko Habitat
Ms Muñoz seeks funds for a leopard gecko enclosure. [...]
Couple Gets Six Months for Smuggling Sea Turtle Eggs into California
Olga Jumenes was no stranger to law enforcement, the U.S. Attorney's office said. [...]
Man Tries To Steal Ball Python From Florida Pet Store And Gets Caught
Animal House Pet Center employees were ready when this guy tried to steal from the store. [...]
European Union To Propose Closing Lizard Sale Loophole
The EU lacks a law like the U.S. Lacey Act and some want that changed. [...]
Lizards Sleep Like Humans, Study Says
Sleep patterns suggest common ancestor between reptiles, birds and mammals. [...]
Conservationists Hope to Unite Last Two Remaining Mountain Chicken Frogs in the Wild on Montserrat Island
The Caribbean island of Montserrat has just two known wild mountain chicken frogs (Leptodactylus fallax) left and the Durrell Wildlife Conservati [...]
Closest Reptiles to Mammals Lived 30 Million Years Longer Than Expected
Tritylodontids, mammal-like reptiles lived alongside mammals for a while. [...]
Ball Python Found in Beaumont, Tex. Woman’s Oven
Snake was safely removed by the city’s animal services. [...]
11 North American Rattlesnakes
Rattlers remain awesome despite frequent persecution from humans. [...]
New Fat-Tailed Gecko Species Discovered in Australia
A scientist with the Queensland Museum in Australia has discovered a new species of fat-tailed gecko that ins unique in that it has a round snout and [...]
Them Guns Frontman Navarone Garibaldi Shows off His Clutch of Retics
Navarone Garibaldi of the rock band Them Guns is a reptile lover. He just released a video on Vimeo detailing his clutch of reticulated pythons. He al [...]
More Than 100 Seized Endangered Tortoises Returned to Madagascar
139 radiated tortoises and seven angonoka tortoises were smuggled from Madagascar and discovered in India. [...]
60 Snake Traps Removed from California's Santa Monica Mountains
Snake poachers are setting wood traps to capture and then sell wild snakes. [...]
Chinese Turtle Smuggler Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
Man smuggled turtles in excess of $1 million to China [...]
Cottonmouth Snakes Eating Each Other on Small Florida Key
Cottonmouth snakes are resorting to cannibalism because birds that they depended on for free fish meals left the island in which they live. [...]
Mississippi Veterinarian Performs Spinal Fusion Surgery on Bullfrog
The frog was hit by a vehicle which injured its back. [...]
Indonesian Pop Star Irma Bule Dies After King Cobra Used as Stage Prop Bites Her
The king cobra's handler apparently had antivenin on hand but she refused treatment. [...]
Abandoned Red-Eared Slider Finds Home in New York Public Library
Rescued red-eared slider now calls the New York library home. [...]
USARK Constrictor Rule Update: April 4, 2016
Being the party that appealed USARK’s preliminary injunction, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) carries the burden [...]
