Category: Snake Information & News
Minot, North Dakota Animal Ordinance To Meet On Amending Snake Ban
The city ordinance currently bans all constricting snakes, including corn snakes and ball pythons. [...]
Promising Venomous Snakebite Therapy Slows Snake Venom Effects For Up To An Hour
The combination of carbon monoxide and iron slows the effects that snake venom has on victim’s blood. [...]
Scared Of A Snake, Man Tries To Shoot It But Hits Mother-In-Law Instead
It is best to call animal control if you want a snake removed from your property. [...]
Brown Snake In Montreal, Canada Get Help From Herpetologists
Herpetologists at the Ecomuseum Zoo are doing what they can to protect the species. [...]
New Species Of Cobra Discovered On Sao Tomé Island In The Gulf Of Guinea
What was once thought to be Naja melanoleuca is actually a new species, confirmed by DNA analysis. [...]
Herp Queries: Do Snakes Get Dirty?
Snakes definitely do get dirty, as evidenced by this leucistic eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) shedding its old, soiled skin [...]
Footage Shows Dead Blind Snake Stuck In The Nostril Of A Cobra
The dead snake is believed to be a blind snake. [...]
Arizona Man Who Played With And Planned To Eat A Rattlesnake Gets Bit Instead
The 49-year-old was rushed to the hospital where he survived to tell his tale. [...]
Beautiful New Species Of Rhabdops Snake Discovered In India
Rhabdops aquaticus hails from the Western Ghats of India and is often observed in bodies of water. [...]
California Man Faces 20 Years In Jail For Smuggling Three King Cobras Into The United States
The venomous snakes were smuggled into the United States in potato chip cans. [...]
Study Suggests Pollution Causes Sea Snakes To Change Color
Some populations of turtle-headed sea snake have lost their stripes. [...]
Snake Lost During Move To New Apartment Found A Few Doors Down
The ball python went missing when a vent on its enclosure got dislodged. [...]
Herp Snake Road In Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest As The Roads Will Close To Vehicles Sept. 1
Snake Road closes to vehicles to allow reptiles and amphibians safely cross to their winter brumation grounds. [...]
Researchers Hope Python Skin Trade Will Adopt DNA-Traceability Tools To Better Manage Species
It is hoped that each country that exports python skins to high end fashion houses implement these tools to ensure sustainability of the species. [...]
Tokay Gecko Attacks Tree Snake, Which Regurgitates Another Gecko
If there is one gecko that would attack a predator, it's a Tokay. [...]
Florida’s Python Elimination Program Dispatches 500 Snakes in Five Months
The South Florida Water Management District opened its lands to help reduce the population of the invasive snake. [...]
Scientists Release 25 Eastern Indigo Snakes Into Alabama Forest
The Eastern indigo snake has not been seen in the wild in Alabama since the 1950s. [...]
Eight Alligators and Venomous Snakes Seized From California Homeowner
An investigation was started by the escape of a monocled cobra 8 weeks ago. [...]
Man Films Snake Regurgitating Snake In A Case Of Ophiophagy
If you haven’t seen the video yet, it has gone viral. A man shot footage in Texas of what is a Coachwhip regurgitating what appears to be anothe [...]
Grammar Matters As 3 Judge Panel Lifts Python Ban
USARK Successfully sues to overturn shipment ban on two large constricting snakes. [...]
Maryland Snake House Lawsuit Settled
Terms regarding the settlement were not disclosed. [...]
Snake on a Plane? Yes it Happened on an Aeromexico Flight to Mexico City
The snake was apparently subdued before the plane made the landing. [...]
Beautiful and Deadly Snake Could Hold Key to Better Human Pain Treatment
The long-glanded blue coral snake feeds on young king cobras and other deadly snakes. [...]
Gunther’s Sea Snake Found in Waters More Than 400 Kilometers From its Native Range
Microcephalophis cantoris was found more than 400 kilometers from its known native range. [...]
