Category: Snake Species
Venomous Rinkhals Snake Species From Zimbabwe Discovered From Museum DNA
Rinkhals, or the ring-necked spitting cobra is not a true cobra of the genus Naja, but belongs to the genus Hemachatus. [...]
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. [...]
New Western Himalayas Snake Species Discovered Via Instagram Post
A master’s degree student at India’s Guru Nanak Dev University (Amritsar) spent much of 2020 uploading photos to Instagram of reptiles and amphibians [...]
Chester Zoo Successfully Hatches Orthriophis moellendorffi Rat Snakes
The Chester Zoo in the United Kingdom last week posted video onto social media of the first Moellendorff's rat snakes (Orthriophis moellendorffi) the [...]
New Species Of Keelback Snake Discovered In India
The Rhabdophis genus is in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. [...]
Reptile Dentition: The Details on Reptile Teeth
Reptile Anatomy and Physiology is an important part of Herpetology and captive care! [...]
Palm Pit Vipers Of The Genus Bothriechis
Middle America—the area connecting North and South America that stretches from Mexico through Panama—is a geologically complex region. Cha [...]
Black-Tailed Cribo
Expert captive care and species information for Drymarchon melanurus. [...]
Taipan Snake Species
Supplement to the August 2008 REPTILES magazine article "Taipan Number One." [...]
A Bevy Of Sand Boas
Bonus content from the January 2012 REPTILES magazine article "African Treasure." [...]
Viper Boa
Why would anyone call the harmless snake Candoia aspera by the dangerous-sounding name of “viper boa”? [...]
Columbian Redtail Boa
Boa constrictors (subspecies include Boa c. constrictor, B. c. imperator, B. c. occidentalis, etc.) are large, live-bearing snakes found in Central an [...]
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