Category: Snake Information & News
Snake Fungal Disease Spreads In California
Snake fungal disease, a debilitating disease that causes a slow death in wild snakes has spread tom more locations in California and has impacted more [...]
Rattlesnakes Stress Out Less When Together, Study Says
A Loma Linda University study of the southern Pacific rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus helleri) has found that when venomous reptiles go through a stres [...]
Climate Change To Kill Off More Than 800 Herp Species During Next 100 Years, Study Says
Data from 14,000 amphibian and reptile species was compiled, which is around 70 percent of all known herp species. [...]
Rainbow Snake Filmed By Florida Man In North Florida
Rainbow snakes feed on eels, hence their name eel moccasin. [...]
Boa Constrictor Rescued From Wisconsin Rooftop By Barron County Sheriff’s
This snake escaped and decided to climb to the roof. Thankfully it was captured and returned to its enclosure. [...]
Researchers Hatch Out First Gene-Edited Corn Snake Using CRISPR-Cas9
The researchers determined that the scaleless phenotype is due to a recessive gene in the single locus variant, or sequence types that differ by one a [...]
Twitter Video Shows Deer Eating Snake
In 2021, researchers captured video of a Seychelles giant tortoise pursuing and eating a tern chick in the Seychelles. [...]
How Centipede-Eating Snakes Eat Centipedes
The researchers say their data shows that the integration of behavioral and morphological adaptations is important to ensure the success of these snak [...]
New Southern Levant Rat Snake Species of the genus Elaphe Described
Because there are no names for the rat snake population from the Levant, the scientists suggest Elaphe druzei, dedicated to the Druze. [...]
What To Do If Bit By A Rattlesnake
Treatment of Pitviper Envenomation in the Rural Southwestern U.S. runs June 23-24, 2023. [...]
OCIC’s Resident Albino Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Dies at 21
Edgar came to the OCIC via the Central Florida Zoo, where he was born September 8, 2001. [...]
Gopher Snake Found On Maui, Hawaii Euthanized
A resident called the department and reported seeing children playing with the reptile May 15. [...]
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida Wants to Amend Lacey Act, Again
The bill creates a “white list” of species that can be imported. This means that any animal that is not on the white list is by default treated as pot [...]
Florida Reptile Keepers to Demand Change at FWC Commission Meeting in Miami
Reptile keepers and members of all of Florida’s animal industries will also oppose FWC’s “Whitelist” regulatory proposals to restrict import of nonna [...]
PGA Tour Vet Rickie Fowler, Sponsored By Cobra, Handles Water Snake At Wells Fargo Championship
The golf world was abuzz this past weekend when Rickie Fowler, who happens to be sponsored by Cobra Golf, happened upon a water snake in a water hazar [...]
55 Louisiana Pine Snakes Released In Louisiana’s Kisatchie National Forest
More than 200 Louisiana pine snakes have been released since captive breeding and release efforts began in 2010. [...]
Bullsnake Care and Breeding Information
From their ease of care, to unmatched visual beauty, bull snakes are gratifying species to keep, beyond measure. [...]
Copperhead Snake Named Red Hot Cheeto Goes Viral
The snake in itself is not unusual at the park, but the name Red Hot Cheeto certainly causes one to take a second look. [...]
19 Captive-Bred Eastern Indigo Snakes Released In Florida’s Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve
The eastern Indigo snakes hatched in 2021. The 10 males and nine females were raised for a year at the Orianne Center for Indigo Conservation (OCIC). [...]
Australia Snake Catcher Records Keelback Snake Dining on Invasive Cane Toad
Hudson Snake Catching-Gold Coast Snake Catcher in Australia captured some pretty cool footage of a keelback snake feeding on an invasive cane toad (Rh [...]
Necropsy Reveals Unborn Babies In Boa Constrictor Killed By Florida FWC
29 of the snakes killed were reticulated pythons. Reticulated pythons ARE NOT an invasive species in Florida and this has been misreported in many med [...]
Rat Snake Hitches Ride On Politician Adam Kinzinger’s Plane
Kinzinger took four photos of the rat snake near the wheel chocks of his plane, and it is quite a beautiful specimen. [...]
Freedoms in Florida Dwindle As FWC Slaughters Pet Boa And 34 Other Snakes On Holy Thursday
USARK Florida is also calling on Governor DeSantis to hold FWC accountable by asking for the resignation of the FWC employee who gave the unjust order [...]
Cape Cobra Spotted In Plane Cockpit, Pilot Turns Plane Around
Cape cobras are medium-sized venomous elapids of the Naja genus and grow to about 5 1/2 feet in length. [...]
