Category: Snake Information & News
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 [...]
Live Black Rat Snake May Be Evidence in So-Called Snake Infested Maryland Home
Was the Maryland house snake infested? [...]
U.S. Govt. Wants to Keep 300 Pairs of Seized Manolo Blahnik Snakeskin Shoes
Feds claim the shoes were made with dog-faced water snakes, an endangered species. [...]
Zoo Atlanta to Name its Black Mamba Kobe in Honor of Lakers Star Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant's last regular season game takes place in Atlanta, GA [...]
CT Scan Details When Snakes Lost Legs
Snakes lost their legs when they started to live and hunt in burrows. [...]
Corn Snake Genome Sequenced, Albinism Mutation Detailed
The genome data will be freely available to researchers around the world. [...]
Skitzo The Aussie Cat Kills Red-Bellied Black Snake That Bit Her Caregiver
Skitzo killed the snake and luckily the snake didn't inject any venom. [...]
Blizzard-Phased Corn Snake Captured in Australia
Exotic snakes are euthanized in Australia [...]
Persian Dwarf Snake Is Actually Six Distinct Species
The snakes were already described between 1872 and 1911. [...]
Florida Man Cited For Monocled Cobra Escape
Owner apparently lied to FWC officers and doctored paperwork relating to the snake. [...]
Snake Fungal Disease Formally Identified
The fungus in snake fungal disease is Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola [...]
Death Of Texas Man Ruled Suicide By Snakebite
The Texas man was a lifelong reptile lover who apparently had suicidal ideations. [...]
Florida Cobra Owner May Get His License To Keep Venomous Reptiles Revoked
Airplane Repo star may loses his venomous reptiles after his king cobra escaped its enclosure. [...]
Cobra Escapes Its Enclosure In Florida And Is Recaptured Within A Day
The monocled cobra was about 5 feet in length and was found 200 yards from where it was reported. [...]
Desert Horned Viper Observed In Turkey’s Küre Mountains National Park
A desert horned viper was spotted in the Küre Mountains National Park in Turkey. [...]
The Death Diary Of Noted Herpetologist Dr. Karl Schmidt
Schmidt was killed by a boomslang snake bite in 1957 [...]
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. [...]
