Category: Snake Information & News
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
Question:
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 [...]
Want To Add This Cobra Watch To Your Christmas Wish List?
Only for the most discriminating herper, Jaquet Droz presents the Petite Heure Minute Relief Snake watch. Built with an 18kt polished white gold case [...]
Man’s Best Friend In India Saved From Python By Man
A man in Kamatka, India saved his dog from the grips of an Indian rock python by whacking the snake with a leafy branch. The branch doesn’t appear to [...]
Snake Fungal Disease Confirmed In 7 Species Of Snakes
Snake Fungal Disease, first confirmed in a captive rat snake in 2006, has now been confirmed in seven species of wild snakes across the Eastern and Mi [...]
Discovery Anaconda Stunt: Fear And Sensationalism, Says Real Scientist
Dr. Stephen Secor of the University of Alabama, a biology professor who studies the physiology and digestion of large constricting snakes, was approac [...]
Aussie Truck Driver Rescues Red-Bellied Black Snake Stuck In Soda Can
There is a lesson in this story. Always toss your rubbish in the rubbish bin.
According to the Daily Telegraph, a truck driver in Austra [...]
Snake Bite DNA Test May Lead To Faster Treatment
A simple DNA swab on fang marks left on people bitten by snakes correctly identified the species of snake 100 percent of the time in a clinical study [...]
Discovery Channel’s Latest Stunt: Paul Rosolie Eaten Alive by Anaconda?
The last time I watched the Discovery Channel was around the year 2000 when I was living in Hawaii. My two sons and I enjoyed the show and I especiall [...]
Slayer’s Kerry King Gives A Glimpse Of His Snake Breeding Facility
If you are a fan of the metal band Slayer, then you definitely want to see this video showing Kerry "Effing" King’s snake breeding warehouse. That is [...]
Fire May Have Disrupted Narrow-Headed Garter Snake Populations In Arizona’s Oak Creek Canyon
A fire that burned through much of Arizona’s Oak Creek Canyon last summer may have negative impacts on the area’s native narrow-headed gar [...]
Reticulated Python Confirmed To Have Mothered Babies via Parthenogenesis
A reticulated python that mothered six babies at Kentucky's Louisville Zoo in 2012 was confirmed to be the sole parent of the brood, according to a st [...]
More Than 100 Plains Garter Snakes Seek Refuge In Canada Home
How would you react if you found more than 100 plains garter snakes (Thamnophis radix) in your home? A family in the Saskatchewan capital of Reg [...]
