Category: Snake Information & News

Georgia Officials Asked To End Rattlesnake Roundups
Conservation groups ask state officials to enforce existing laws. [...]
November 2010 Editor’s Note
Two shining examples of snake beauty. [...]
November 2011 Editor's Note
An In-Depth Look at West Indian Epicrates [...]
Comment Period For Snake Ban Extended
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has extended the comment period for the proposed constrictor snake ban. [...]

World’s Longest Snake Dies
Fluffy, the world's longest snake on record, passed away at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. [...]
H.R. 511 Snake Ban
Congressman proposes H.R. 511, a ban on large constrictor snakes. [...]

New Insights Into How Snakes Kill
Physical properties of venom aid its effectiveness. [...]

Snake Venom Pioneer Bill Haast Dead At 100
Haast was first bitten by a venomous snake at 11 years old [...]

Nine Foot Boa Constrictor Captured By Pig Hunters In Hawaii
A group of hunters out for a 4th of July hunt targeting pigs near O'ahu, Hawaii's Waiawa Correctional Facility in Honolulu captured a boa constrictor [...]

Texas Herper Jeremy Weaver Releases TX Snakes 1.1 For IOS
Snake ID Application Helps in Identifying the Many Snakes of the Lone Star State [...]
Four Large Pythons Rescued From Man’s Northern Arizona Home
Animal Planet show calls Phoenix Herpetological Society to persuade owner to part with his sick reptiles [...]
Venomous Snakes Bite 1.5 Million People In Sub-Saharan Africa, Study Says
More people killed each year by venomous snakes than previously thought [...]
Copperhead Snake Reproduces Via Parthenogenesis
Agkistrodon contortrix collected in 1998 and kept in isolation gives birth three years later [...]

Exo Terra Donation Enables PHS to Build Venom Room
Tours of venom room to begin week of Thanksgiving, Nov. 19-26, 2011 [...]
Burmese Python Study May Lead To Potential Heart Disease Cures
Python molurus bivittatus produces fatty acids that would damage a human heart, but one day may cure human heart disease [...]
Justin Bieber Auctions His Pet Boa Constrictor
The auction of Johnson will benefit Pencils of Promise and closes Nov. 29. [...]
Wisconsin DNR Proposes To Remove Butler's Garter Snake From List Of Endangered And Threatened Species
Thamnophis butleri was listed as threatened in 1997. [...]
USARK Urges Herpers In Ohio To Say No To House Bill 352
Bill would ban all exotic animals, including constricting snakes, venomous snakes and crocodilians. [...]

Snakes On A Plane
Snakes on a Plane filmakers speak with REPTILES magazine. [...]
Python Ban HR 2811 UPDATE
House Judiciary Committee to hear python ban bill. [...]
Python Bill HR 2811 Passes Committee
House Judiciary Committee amends and passes python bill. [...]
Python Ban On Fox News
Marshall Meyers of PIJAC appeared on Fox News talking about the proposed Python Import ban. [...]
New USGS Snake Report
New USGS report claims ecological risks are associated with nine non-native boa, anaconda and python species in the United States. [...]

Legislators To Hear Bill Targeting Python Trade
A hearing on H.R. 2811 is scheduled for Nov. 6. [...]