Category: Wild Snakes

Australian Python Eats Wallaby At Dinner Party
Dinner guests said the snake finished eating the wallaby in less than four hours. [...]

NBA Player Scared By Snake In Texas Locker Room Before Western Conference Semifinal Game
News reports say the snake was a rattlesnake though San Antonio arena official says the snake was non-venomous. [...]

Translocated Burmese Pythons Return To Their Everglades Home
Burmese pythons can find their way home from as far as 36 kilometers away. [...]

Yellow-Bellied Sea Snake Spends As Much As Seven Months At Sea In Dehydrated State
Hydrophis (Pelamis) platurus spends as long as 7 months in a dehydrated state. [...]

Georgia State Herpetologist Wants More Data On Kingsnake Decline Study
Initial study claimed that copperhead populations rose with kingsnake population declines. [...]
Aussie Carpet Python Swallows Dog Chained In Backyard
Owner finds snake in the dog house with chain protruding from its mouth. [...]

Aussie Gets Bitten By Eastern Brown Snake Then Grabs A Beer
Sommerville, 54 grabbed a beer after being biten by the Eastern brown snake because he didn't want to panic. [...]

Georgia Copperhead Populations Rise As Kingsnake Populations Decline
Study authors say loss of predator pressure by kingsnakes lets copperhead populations grow. [...]

Conservation Efforts Brings Eastern Indigo Snake Back to Georgia
The Eastern indigo snake has been listed as a threatened species in the state since 1978. [...]

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. [...]
Python Kills Security Guard At Indonesian Resort
Guard was attempting to remove the snake when he was killed. [...]
Georgia's Whigham Community Club Urged To End Rattlesnake Roundups
Center for Biological Diversity presented club with 48,000 signature petition to end practice of killing rattlesnakes. [...]

The World's Deadliest Snakes
What are the world's most deadly venomous snakes? [...]

Man Saves Turtle, Gets Bitten By Rattlesnake
Florida man had just helped a turtle cross Interstate 75 in Florida when he was bitten. [...]

USDA Testing New Burmese Python Trap In Everglades
The department has patented the snake trap design and is placing them in the Florida Everglades. [...]
Mandarin Rat Snake Grounds Qantas 747 In Sydney Australia
Elaphe mandarina was found after the jet landed from a Singapore flight. [...]

Florida FWC Seeks Help In Sighting Certain Snakes
Tracking website launched for the southern hognose snake, short-tailed snake, and the Florida pine snake. [...]

Two Southwestern Garter Snakes Proposed For Endangered Species Protections
USFWS will render a decision on the narrow headed garter snake and the northern Mexican garter snake in fiscal year 2014. [...]

Long Thought Extirpated Northern Mexican Garter Snake Discovered In New Mexico
Herpetologists with the ABQ BioPark Zoo Discover three Thamnophis eques on the Gila River [...]

Ground Snake Morphs And Coral Snake Mimicry
Why hasn't evolution eliminated ground snakes that look nothing like coral snakes? [...]

Gopher Snake Versus Squirrel
Woman calls 911 to break up fight between gopher snake and squirrel. [...]

Nicaragua Canal Project Could Bring Yellow-Bellied Sea Snakes Into Caribbean
Waterway would open up the potential for non native species entering Lake Nicaragua as well. [...]
Cat Rescued From Jaws Of Boa Constrictor
Man grabs the snake and removed the cat's hind legs from the snake's jaws. [...]