Category: More Reptile Reading
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
The species is listed as federally endangered in the states of Georgia and Florida. [...]
New Population Of Crocodylus mindorensis Crocodiles Discovered In The Philippines
The crocodiles were found in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. [...]
Researchers Create Computer Model To Track Hatchling Sea Turtles
Once sea turtles hatch, they head straight to the ocean. [...]
45-Year-Old Tortoise Sets House On Fire On Christmas, Is Rescued
The tortoise knocked over a heat lamp, which caused a fire. [...]
Researchers Find 300-Million-Year-Old Lizard Cared For Its Young
Dendromaia unamakiensis was found in Nova Scotia was a Varanopid, an extinct family of animals that resembled monitor lizards. [...]
Leopard Geckos, Bearded Dragon Found On Sidewalk in Stoughton, MA
Police want to speak with owner who left the reptiles. [...]
Gulfarium CARE Center Receives Sea Turtle Grant Money From State Of Florida
Florida sea turtle license plate grant money helped to purchase this transport van that will be used to help move stranded or otherwise injured sea tu [...]
Two-headed Monocled Cobra Found In India
Two-headed snakes are rare, but not uncommon. [...]
U.S. Agencies, Liberty University Keep Peaks Of Otter Salamander Off Endangered Species List
The Peaks of Otter salamander lives in just a 12 mile area of Virginia. [...]
King's Skink Can Re-regenerate More Functional Tail Than Other Lizards
The king's skink is a very large lizard native to Australia. [...]
The New Oldest Parareptile Is Dubbed Coal Dragon
A small 25 cm parareptile that lived more than 306 million years ago and ate insects and other prey by stabbing them with its sharp fangs is now [...]
Salmonella Outbreak In Canada Sickens 92 People
Always wash your hands before and after handling a pet reptile or feeder rodents. [...]
Foothill Yellow-legged Frog Approved For California Endangered Species Act Protections
The foothill yellow-legged frog was once widespread throughout much of Northern and Central California and down to Southern California. [...]
In A First, Puerto Rican Crested Toads Conceived Via In Vitro Fertilization
The Puerto Rican crested toad is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN. [...]
Conservation Lands For Gopher Tortoise Expanded In Georgia
The Georgia DNR estimates about 2,000 gopher tortoises live on the conservation land. [...]
New Ordinance In Pittsburgh For Venomous Reptiles, Alligator and Crocodile Owners
The ordinance should make it safer for residents and the reptiles. [...]
Florida’s 2020 Burmese Python Challenge Dates Announced
The Burmese python is well established in the Florida Everglades. [...]
Blue-Spotted Tree Monitors Hatch At UK’s Bristol Zoo Gardens
This marks the first time the zoo has successfully hatched the species. [...]
Giant Tortoises Have Good Memories
Tortoises were able to select specific colored balls nine years after they were trained to bite it. [...]
Florida High School Students First To Dissect Synthetic Frogs
J.W. Mitchell High School in Florida posted on Twitter, a classroom of students dissecting a synthetic frog. [...]
Australians Develop Roadmap To Stop Decline Of Its Reptiles
It is hoped that a plan will help to protect the country's native lizards and snakes. [...]
Philippine Researchers Employ Lasers And Cameras To Better Study Sea Turtles
The researchers use non-invasive techniques to measure and identify sea turtles. [...]
