Category: More Reptile Reading

A Crash Course In Reptile Genetics
It pays to know some basic rules if you’re going to breed herps! [...]

Herp Queries With Bill Love: Prey Debate
Should you feed your snake rodents that are dead or alive? [...]

12 Ball Pythons Abandoned Outside Vet Office Over Christmas Holiday Have Died
Only 1 of the snakes survived. [...]

As Far As Speed Goes, Smaller Chameleons Have Faster And More Powerful Tongues
A small chameleon species has a tongue that can go from 0 to 60 mph in a hundredth of a second. [...]

Rescuing Desert Tortoises
Although a variety of common pet lizards, snakes and turtles are often in need of rescue, one particular U.S. tortoise often finds itself in harm&rsqu [...]

Top Trending Reptile News Stories for 2015
These articles were the top 6 of the year and the top dumbest articles of the year. [...]
Nicolas Cage Returns Tyrannosaurus Skull Illegally Removed from Mongolia
Nicolas Cage is a reptile enthusiast. [...]
Freedom Frog Released From Pennsylvania Prison
Prisoner finds a frog in the prison yard and releases him when he got out. [...]
Two Aussie Sea Snake Species Thought Extinct Rediscovered
The short-nose sea snake and the leaf-scaled sea snake were discovered in unexpected locales in Australia. [...]

Yellow-Bellied Sea Snake Washes Ashore in Huntington Beach, Calif.
This is the second time in two months a yellow-bellied sea snake washed ashore in Southern California. [...]
Bronx Zoo Rehabs Stowaway Indian Cobra
The Indian cobra was severely dehydrated when it was captured by Bronx Zoo herpetologists. [...]

Russian Amateur Snake Handler Dies After King Cobra Bites Him
Vladmir kept several venomous snakes, including a green mamba, a red spitting cobra and the king cobra that killed him. [...]

Six New African Clawed Frog Species Discovered
DNA, voice recordings, CT scanning of internal anatomy, and chromosome analysis determined the species were new to science. [...]
Having Trouble Picking Out A Gift? Adopt A Croc This Holiday Season
You can sponsor a crocodile at the Phoenix Herpetological Society. [...]

Boy Breaks Into New York Home and Shoots Bearded Dragon with BB Gun
The boy has been charged with burglary and criminal mischief and possibly animal cruelty. [...]

First Person: The Grady Bunch
A woman has cared for more than 100 reptiles over the years. [...]

7 Juvenile Spur-Thighed Tortoises Stolen From Home In Northwich, Chesire England
Spur-thighed tortoises cannot be sold in England without an Article 10 license [...]

A Crocodilian Christmas
Years ago, I always liked to take the emergency shift during holidays so that my associate doctors could spend time with their families. At the time m [...]

66 Snakes Seized From Baltimore Man
Acting on a tip of a foul odor emanating from a Baltimore apartment, city authorities last week discovered and seized 66 snakes from a man who said he [...]

A Year Later, English Boy Enjoys His Mediterranean House Gecko Stowaway
A Mediterranean house gecko stowaway made a boy's dream come true last Christmas. [...]

New Treefrog Species Discovered In The Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Dendropsophus bromeliaceus is found in bromeliad plants filled with rainwater. [...]

Alleged Burglar Killed By Gator While Hiding From Police
Matthew Riggins was killed by an alligator while allegedly hiding from police. [...]
Leatherback Trust Biologist Removes Plastic Fork From Nose of Olive Ridley Turtle
Please reduce your use of plastic items that are "disposable." [...]
Man Photographs Lace Monitor Up The Wall Of His House
This lace goanna just wanted to get a bit higher up the wall of this house in Albury, New South Wales.
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