Category: Snake Information & News
Python Abandoned In Fontana, Calif. Apartment Complex Dumpster
The 5-foot ball python was at first unresponsive but is now doing well. [...]
The Natural History And Captive Care Of The Northern Water Snake
Maintaining northern water snakes in captivity can be a rewarding experience. [...]
The Natural History and Captive Care of the Eastern Hognose Snake
A wide spread snake, the Eastern hognose snake is found throughout the eastern United States [...]
California Kingsnakes Slide On Lubricated Fat Cells To Move About Smoothly
Initial findings show the California kingsnake sliding on lubed up belly scales. [...]
Ball Python Missing 3 Months In Maine Found
Mr. Smithers went missing from a home in Orrington. [...]
Cleopatra Didn’t Die From A Cobra Bite, Researchers Say
The death of Cleopatra and two of her servants were attributed to bites from an Egyptian cobra. [...]
Herper Loses His Pet Snake On Philly Bus
When you bring your snake onto public transportation, don’t forget to secure it so it doesn’t escape your possession. A man in Philadelphi [...]
Bindi Irwin Surprises Dance Partner With Snake At Rehearsal
What did dancer dancer Val Chmerkovskiy think of that large anaconda? [...]
Northern Water Snake Grabs A Catfish Dinner
Nerodia sipedon are fish eaters often mistaken for water moccasins [...]
Can You Keep A Radiated Tortoise With A Malagasy Tree Boa? No, You Can't
The Memphis Zoo tried to create a mixed species environment. [...]
Herp Queries: Tricolor Hognose Snakes
White Wonder
Question: I know some snakes, such as speckled rattlesnakes, have some white coloration, and I know about leucistic mutations, bu [...]
Airplane Repo Star’s King Cobra Found Alive
The 8-foot king cobra escaped after a storm damaged its enclosure. [...]
Black Pine Snakes Listed As Threatened Under Endangered Species Act
A snake that depends on longleaf pine forests for survival has been granted protections under the Endangered Species Act. The black pine snake (Pituop [...]
Reticulated Python Bites Owner Of Captive Born Reptiles
Three officers helped to remove the python from the owner. [...]
South Carolina Utility Crew Accidentally Runs Over Boa Constrictor
The snake was probably someone's pet that got loose. [...]
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? [...]
3-Year Old Girl Finds Two-Headed Ringneck Snake While Exploring in Her Backyard
The ringneck snake is common throughout much of North America [...]
Lawsuit Regarding the “Snake Infested” Maryland House to Commence
Mediation as required by the sales contract failed to resolve the dispute. [...]
Search Called Off For Escaped King Cobra In Florida
The venomous snake escaped its enclosure after storms damaged the roof of the garage in which it was kept. [...]
Yellow-Bellied Water Snake Gives Birth via Parthenogenesis
The snake succesfully gave birth two a pair 2014. The current offspring did not survive. [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
