Category: Snake Information & News
Check Out This New Species of Shieldtail Snake Just Discovered in India
Khaire’s black shieldtail was discovered in India's southern Maharashtra, Goa, and northern Karnataka region. [...]
Python Hitches Ride On Engine Of Car In Zimbabwe
The python was safely removed and released. [...]
Florida Owner of Escaped Cobra in Plea Deal, Sells All Venomous Snakes
As part of a plea deal, Lewis Mark Pellicer will not possess venomous snakes for one year. [...]
Texas Rattlesnake Festival Runs March 12-13
Rattlesnake festivals have traditionally been a gruesome affair for the stars of the show. The rattlesnakes gathered for these spectacles usually ende [...]
Python Abandoned in Front of Home in Scotland
The Scottish SPCA is currently caring for the snake. [...]
Snake Thief Wanted By Colorado Police
A man stole a piebald python from a Petsmart in Glendale, Colorado [...]
Aussie Snake Breeder Hatches Two-Headed Coastal Carpet Python
The two-headed coastal carpet python share the same body but different necks. [...]
Former Major Leaguer Glenn Hubbard To Get His Own Boa Constrictor Loving Bobblehead
Hubbard, who played in the Majors in the 1980s took his all star photo with a boa constrictor on his shoulders [...]
Ball Python Dumped In Trash At Philadelphia Train Station
Don't throw out your snakes, adopt them out. [...]
City Of Norman In Oklahoma Considers Python And Boa Ban
Estimates put 800 to 1,200 people in jeopardy of losing their pet snakes. [...]
Comedian Kevin Hart Freaks As Ice Cube Handles A Black-headed Python
“Look at that face look at that face? Why his face all black like that? Cube’s about to die!” [...]
Two Green Anacondas Found On Florida’s Space Coast
The snakes are presumed to be pets at one point [...]
Dead 17-Foot Reticulated Python Found in Riverside Calif. Trash Dump
It is illegal in Riverside, Calif. to dump dead pets in the regular trash. [...]
Family Claims "Disney" Snake Bit Boy, Grandmother Died as Result
A family from Alabama visiting Disney’s Animal Kingdom in October 2014 claims that a snake that escaped from the theme park bit their boy, which [...]
Yellow-Bellied Sea Snake Washes Ashore In San Diego
The sea snake most likely got caught in the cooler waters off the coast. [...]
Pregnant Snake Found Under Australian Fridge
The last thing you probably expect to find under your fridge is an eastern brown snake. However, that’s exactly what happened at a home in Moana, a su [...]
Snake Stolen From Oregon Pet Store
A to Z Pets in Portland, Oregon recently suffered a loss when a man stole one of owner Christin Bjugan’s rarest reptiles. The man is seen on sur [...]
12 Ball Pythons Abandoned Outside Vet Office Over Christmas Holiday Have Died
Only 1 of the snakes survived. [...]
Venomous Reptile Keeping May End In Florida
Florida has been marred by venomous snake escapes the last several months. [...]
Puff Adders Are Masters Of Disguise And Smell
Puff adders employ chemical crypsis to hide in plain sight. [...]
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. [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
