Category: Snake Information & News
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 [...]
Car Dealer Mechanic Removes Pet Boa Constrictor From Mini Cooper
A South Florida woman left her snake in the car, which which required a trip to the dealership. [...]
Connecticut’s DEEP to Hold "Year of the Snake" Education Campaign
DEEP and Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation will hold interactive program July 24 at Stratton Brook State Park. [...]
Snake Expert William Lamar Pleads Guilty To Smuggling 7 Snakes Into The U.S.
Co-author of The Venomous Reptiles of Latin America caught with five Peruvian pit vipers and two Colubrid snakes. [...]
Cottonwood Hts. Council Grants Permits For Resident's Boa Constrictor Collection
Residents demanded that the council revoke any exotic animal permits granted to Thomas Cobb. [...]
Man Finds Antique Gold Pendant During Florida Python Hunt
Mark Rubinstein finds gold pendant at site of Eastern Airlines and ValueJet plane crashes in Florida Everglades. [...]
New Species Of Palm Pit Viper From Honduras Discovered And Described
Bothriechis guifarroi was named after slain Honduran environmentalist Mario Guifarro. [...]
Rapid City, SD Reptile Gardens Hosts Mother's Day With 12-Foot Edible Burmese Python Snake Cake
Area restaurant and bakery Dakota Thyme Builds a 12-foot, 70 pound Burmese python snake cake [...]
Utah Snake Hobbyist Told To Get Rid Of 28 Of 29 Boa Constrictors
Cottonwood Heights limits snake ownership to just one. [...]
Reward Offered For Information On Connecticut Library Snake Killer
Peaches was killed in March after someone poured cleaning solvent in her enclosure. [...]
Library Visitor Kills Shelton Connecticut Library’s Pet Snake
Peaches died five days after someone poured cleaning solvent in snake's enclosure. [...]
Carnegie Mellon Researchers Develop Snake Robot That Wraps Around Objects
U.S. Army Research Lab funds the use of accelerometers to enable snake robot to wrap around an object on contact. [...]
