Category: Snake Information & News
Video: Researchers In Florida Record Burmese Python Trying to Eat 77 lb Deer
Researchers Bruce C. Jayne, Ian C. Easterling and Ian A. Bartoszek published a study in the journal reptiles & Amphibians that measured the gape of th [...]
New Colubrid Snake Species Named After Leonardo DiCaprio
Anguiculus dicaprioi was collected from mud roads. They were observed basking and stayed motionless until they were captured. [...]
Snake Swallows Egg In Viral Video
The snake crawls on the human hand, the egg cradled in the palm, and then the snake just opens its mouth and swallows the egg whole [...]
New King Cobra Species Discovered In India
The researchers have restricted Ophiophagus hannah s. str. to populations of the snake located in eastern Pakistan, northern and eastern India, centra [...]
New Species Name For Malayan Banded Wolf Snake
The newly named species, Lycodon neomaculatus sp. nov can be found throughout southern China as well as into Cambodia, eastern Myanmar (formerly Burma [...]
Snake Yoga? Only In California
LXRYOGA is offering what it calls snake yoga, and is targeting its practice to those who are afraid of snakes. [...]
ALERT: Bill to Add Herps and Fish to the Animal Welfare Act
This will add reptiles, amphibians, fish, and cephalopods “as animals” under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), meaning the USDA must develop new regulatio [...]
Inland Taipan Snake Information (Oxyuranus microlepidotus)
It is considered to the world’s most toxic snake based on the median lethal dose value (MLDV) in mice. [...]
Man Who Free Handles Venomous Snakes Fighting For Life After Inland Taipan Bite
Jeff Leibowitz is known for making social media videos of himself handling venomous snakes without any protection for himself. [...]
Location to Take Ball Python’s Pulse Found
Ball pythons have a median heart rate and median pulse rate of 60 beats per minute. [...]
Seized NY Burmese Python Finds Home At Fort Rickey Discovery Zoo
The man was cited for possession of wildlife as a pet and possessing dangerous wildlife without a permit. [...]
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Survives Getting Swallowed By Eastern Indigo Snake
At first glance, Moore believed that both snakes were dead, but upon closer inspection, Moore noticed that the rattlesnake's tail twitched [...]
UPS To Offer Live Snake Shipping Service Within The Continental US And Canada
UPS is targeting its service at snake breeders, pet store owners and individuals with its new service. [...]
USARK ALERT: Louisiana Herp Regulation Hearing
The agenda for the next Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission Meeting was just posted after noon local time (CST) today. This gives only two wor [...]
Memphis Zoo Hatches Louisiana Pine Snakes via Artificial Insemination/Frozen Semen
A total of 14 eggs from two artificially inseminated female pine snakes were laid, from the sperm of a single male [...]
Volunteers Needed To Virtually Track Eastern Indigo Snakes
Indigo Snake Watch, the project is aimed to improve the understanding into how reintroduced snakes in the wild move about in their new surroundings. [...]
Cobras Originated In Asia, Not Africa, Study Says
The researchers looked at data and DNA isolated and ethanol preserved tissue samples from 66 individual snakes from 65 species, 52 genera and 22 famil [...]
Feds Approve $375K In Funding To Prevent Brown Tree Snakes From Entering Hawaii
In addition to effectively changing that island’s ecology, the snake has caused power failures and efforts to eradicate it have cost millions of dolla [...]
Invasive Brown Tree Snakes On Guam Killing Birds Too Large To Swallow
The brown tree snake has caused all sorts of problems on Guam. In addition to effectively changing that island’s ecology, the snake has caused power f [...]
Ancient Boidae Snake Species Congregated In Dens During Winter
The fossil snake species, Hibernophis breithaupti, were in a hibernaculum that had just four specimens, but they were articulated, or fully intact. [...]
Known Range Of Oxybelis inkaterra Vine Snake Extends Into Bolivia
One reason Oxybelis inkaterra may have not been observed in Bolivia previously may be due to its mimicry with their environment. [...]
New Erythrolamprus Snake Species Discovered In Ecuador
The snake, Erythrolamprus darwinnunezi sp. nov. was found on the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains of Ecuador in the Tropical Andes. [...]
New Venomous Snake Species Discovered In Vietnam
The venomous snake was discovered in low to mid elevation areas of central and southern Vietnam. [...]
New Garter Snake Species Discovered in Mexico
The snake is currently only known to exist in two small high elevation highland areas of Jalisco, known as the Jaliscan Transverse Range Pine-Oak Wood [...]
