Category: More Reptile Reading
Frilled Lizards Have Different Colored Frills Based On Location And The Prey They Eat
The color of frilled lizards in Western Australia is different from those in Queensland. [...]
Florida Woman Looking For Flea Market Bargains Finds An 8-Foot Burmese Python
A Burmese python was found amongst some clothing at a flea market in Florida. [...]
Kansas Family Finds Ball Python In Toilet
Have you ever found a reptile after a move to a new place to live? [...]
Researchers Discover Hawksbill Sea Turtles Are Biofluorescent
Divers were shooting biofluorescent corals when a Hawksbill sea turtle swam into the light and revealed it too was biofluorescent. [...]
Wild Copperhead Snake Bites Child at Alabama Zoo
The snake was not part of an exhibit at the Birmingham Zoo. [...]
50,000-Year-Old Lizard Bone Dates Humans Living In Australia With Giant Lizards
Imagine having to deal with a fast monitor lizard that grew to six meters in length and weighed 500 kg. [...]
3-Year Old Girl Finds Two-Headed Ringneck Snake While Exploring in Her Backyard
The ringneck snake is common throughout much of North America [...]
Fibropapilloma: A Devastating Sea Turtle Disease
Sea turtles have always been considered a sentinel animal in our world’s oceans—the canaries in the coal mine, if you will. These present- [...]
Three Australian Frog Species Officially Extinct
The Kuranda treefrog has been upgraded to endangered from near-threatened. [...]
Tourists Disrupt Sea Turtle Nestings In Costa Rica
Costa Rican Govt. upset that tourists disrupted sea turtle nesting with selfies and other bad behavior. [...]
260-Million-Year-Old Pre-Reptile Walked Upright Like A Cow
Bunostegos akokanensis was about the size of a cow and ate vegetable matter. [...]
Bindi Irwin Honors Her Dad Steve With The Best Performance On Dancing With The Stars
Bindi danced to Elton John's Crocodile Rock and awed the judges. [...]
Snake Infested Maryland House Lawsuit Postponed
Judge has not recused himself but may do so. [...]
New Venomous Snake Species Discovered In Australia
The snake, of the genus Acanthophis, is a death adder. [...]
Two Non-Native Chinese Soft-Shelled Turtles Spotted South of Boston
The species is nearly extinct in the wild, but is mass farmed for the food industry in China. [...]
Indian Farmer Survives Bite On His Penis From Levantine Viper
Also known as the blunt-nosed viper, the Levantine viper can grow to more than six feet in length. [...]
The World’s Fastest Tortoise? He Sprints At 0.28 Meters Per Second
Bertie smashed the previous record that stood for nearly 40 years. [...]
Antivenin For Black Mamba, Other African Venomous Snakes Set To Run Out In 2016
The antivenin Fav-Afrique is proven to counteract snakebites from the venomous snakes in sub-Saharan Africa [...]
Ball Python Captured In Hawaii Garage
There are no native snakes in Hawaii and it is illegal to keep them as pets. [...]
The Oldest Sea Turtle Fossil Is 25 Million Years Older Than Previous Fossil
Desmatochelys padillai is 120 million-years-old. [...]
Female Green Frogs Outnumber Males In Suburban Connecticut Ponds
Estrogenic wastes are altering the sexuality of green frogs [...]
Ornate Uromastyx Care and Breeding Tips
There are approximately 19 to 22 species of Uromastyx belonging to the Old World lizard family Agamidae [...]
6 Facts About The King Cobra
The king cobra is the longest venomous snake in the world. [...]
