Category: Snake Information & News
Houston Rockets Center Dwight Howard Keeps Snakes
NBA basketball player Dwight Howard apparently loves snakes so much that he has about 20 pet snakes, including a Boa constrictor that had babies. The [...]
Petland Will No Longer Sell Large Constricting Snakes
For those who shop at Petland, the company announced March 16 that it will no longer offer constricting snakes for sale larger than a ball python [...]
Did St. Patrick Really Banish Snakes From Ireland?
Today is St. Patrick’s Day, named in honor of the 5th century man, Patrick, who was known more than anything for banishing all snakes from Ireland.
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RIP: U.S. Soldier Dies Of Venomous Snake Bite In Kenya
A U.S. Army soldier who enlisted in 2013 to serve and protect the United States was bit by a venomous snake February 19 and died.
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Video: See The Building Of The Titanoboa Replica in 36 Seconds
Florida's Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens has a 65-foot replica of Titanoboa, the world’s largest snake (to date) to ever crawl the e [...]
Black Pine Snake Habitat Protections Proposed By USFWS
More than 330,000 acres of critical habitat for the black pine snake (Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi) in Mississippi and Alabama has been proposed for [...]
Reticulated Python, 3 Anacondas Added To Injurious Species List As Boa Constrictor Is Spared
THE USFWS has added the reticulated python and three anacondas to the list of banned snakes. [...]
Frozen Ball Python Found On NYC Street
What is it with New Yorkers and escaped snakes? Two weeks ago we reported on a corn snake that survived eight months on the loose in Br [...]
Tiger Snake With Charcot’s Disease Stolen From Keeper’s Home
Rocky, the tiger snake (Notechis sp.) with Charcot’s disease that became a media sensation earlier this month, has been stolen from her caretaker.
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Pet Corn Snake Survives 8 Months On the Loose In Brooklyn, NY
A pet corn snake Pantherophis guttatus (Elaphe guttata) that survived in a Brooklyn, NY brownstone for more than 8 months was reunited with its family [...]
Red Tail Coral Snake Venom Activates Nerve Cell Proteins That Cause Seizures
The red tail coral snake (Micrurus mipartitus) is a venomous snake that is found mostly in Costa Rica and South America. For more than 10 years, the s [...]
Theft Or Escape? Brazilian Rainbow Boa Missing From College In Vermont
Rainbow boas grow to five to six feet in length and have a beautiful sheen.
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Kentucky Reptile Zoo Director Survives 9th Venomous Snake Bite in 38 Years
Jim Harrison, director of the Kentucky Reptile Zoo has survived a bite from an 8-year-old South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) and is back t [...]
50K People Sign Petition To Stop Georgia’s Last Rattlesnake Roundup
Center for Biological Diversity urges Whigham Community Club to switch to Humane Wildlife Festival
The last known rattlesnake roundup in the s [...]
Snake Fossil Record Rewritten
Researchers digging not out in the field but in museum fossil collections, have discovered four new snake species that are older than the oldest known [...]
X-Ray Footage Of A Shovel-Nose Snake Moving Under A Sand Bed
Researchers with Georgia Tech wanted to know how certain reptiles move underneath a sand bed, so they studied two herps that are known to travel under [...]
Steve Irwin's Classic Response To A Python Bite In Early TV Footage
In early Steve Irwin footage, dated to 1991, he is on a local Australian television show discussing pythons, explaining to the viewers that the partic [...]
Vets In India Try To Save Cobra That Killed White Tiger
A cobra that killed a white tiger in an Indian zoo was partially paralyzed in its fight with the tiger and zoo veterinarians are trying to save it. Th [...]
Dunedin, Fla. Kills Proposal To Ban Snakes Longer Than 4 Feet In Length
The city of Dundedin in Florida will not ban certain types of snakes as initially planned and its commissioners have in fact removed all references to [...]
Herp Queries: Finding The Next Big Thing In The Reptile Trade
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I’m sure many snake fans have noticed, the same handful of types are all I’m seeing at shows. It’s getting monotonous. [...]
San Diego Zoo Seeks Name For Monocled Cobra
The 4-foot-long leucistic monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) that bit a dog and then evaded capture for several days in September in Los Angeles, Calif. w [...]
Video: Is Pansnakes The Coolest Reptile Video Of The Year?
The video you are about to see has got to be the coolest video shown on ReptilesMagazine.com this year. It is at least for me. YouTube uploader Nathan [...]
Dunedin, Florida 4ft Snake Ban Proposal Postponed
A proposal to ban constricting snakes larger than 4 ft in length in Dunedin, Fla., was put on hold as that city’s council was bombarded with let [...]
Discovery Channel's Eaten Alive Farce
So, Paul Rosolie, the amateur naturalist who claimed he was going to be eaten alive by an anaconda wasn’t eaten alive, and viewers didn’t [...]
