Category: Snake Information & News

Officials Request Removal of Two Snakes from List of Threatened Species
County officials in Kansas say the snake mitigation efforts are too costly. [...]

18-Foot Burmese Python Captured Near Florida’s Everglades National Park
Water district workers in South Florida capture and kill a 17-foot, 8 inch Burmese python. [...]

You Can Now Keep 25 Snakes In Cottonwood Heights, Utah
Vague ordinance led council to rewrite the code. [...]

USARK Wisconsin Assembly Bill 703 Action Alert
First public hearing is February 4, 2014 [...]

How Flying Snakes Fly
The paradise flying snake's body is flattened as it glides through the air. [...]

IBD Blood Test Developed For Pythons And Boas
IBD Blood Test Developed for Pythons and Boas [...]
California Python Breeder Arrested After 100s of Dead Pythons Found in Home
More than 300 pythons found in California man's home. [...]

18 Lawmakers Urge USFWS to Ban Boas, Retics, and Anacondas
Lawmakers want five more constricting snakes added to ban. [...]

Utah Snake Collector Leaves City Before City Council Votes on Exotic Pet Permit
Thomas Cobb, who last year was fighting for the right to keep his collection of more than 25 boa constrictors, has left Cottonwood Heights, Utah [...]
Michigan Woman Finds Boa Constrictor In Her Couch
Boa constrictor lives two months in woman's couch. [...]

Coon Rapids Snake Breeder Appeal Rejected By Minnesota Supreme Court
Coon Rapids snake breeder's appeal not heard by Minnesoty Supreme Court. [...]

Snake Fungal Disease Now Present In South Carolina
SFD is now present in 10 states in the eastern and midwestern United States [...]
Python Kills Security Guard At Indonesian Resort
Guard was attempting to remove the snake when he was killed. [...]
USARK Sues Over Large Snake Ban
Challenging what it considers government overreach, the United States Association of Reptile Keepers (USARK) sued the U.S. Department of Interior on D [...]

USARK Challenges Listing Of Four Constrictor Snakes as Injurious
USARK files suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior [...]

Passengers On Qantas Air Flight Screen Own Version Of Snakes On A Plane
Scrub python spotted trying to survive on wing of plane bound for Papua New Guinea. [...]

Motorist Runs Over 5ft. Boa Constrictor On Oahu's Pali Highway In Hawaii
There are no native land snakes in Hawaii and keeping them is illegal. [...]

U.S. Bans Importation And Transportation Of Burmese Pythons, Three Other Snakes
Northern and southern African rock pythons, and the yellow anaconda to be banned, others considered. [...]
Mandarin Rat Snake Grounds Qantas 747 In Sydney Australia
Elaphe mandarina was found after the jet landed from a Singapore flight. [...]
New York Animal Control Officer Charged With Running Snake Breeding Business Out Of His Home
Man also cited for keeping two Burmese pythons, which are illegal to keep in Shirley, NY. [...]

San Francisco Bay Area Residents Beware Of Snake Scam Burglar
Several Bay area homes burglarized by snakes of the human kind. [...]

Python Suspected In Deaths Of Two Boys
Snake was housed in enclosure where children were visiting friends. [...]

Snakebite Treatment In A Nasal Spray? It Could Happen
UC San Francisco medical doctor researching portable neostigmine nasal spray for snakebites. [...]
USARK Working Hard In D.C.
President Phil Goss meets with House and Senate congressional members to express opposition to USFWS efforts on Lacey Act [...]