Category: Wild Snakes
California Teenager Survives Six Rattlesnake Bites
Girl was searching for a cell phone signal when she stepped into a nest of snakes. [...]
Black Mamba Venom Shown To Reduce Pain In Mice
Study of Dendroaspis polylepis venom could lead to painkillers that are as strong as morphine but without the respiratory distress associated with the [...]
Copperheads And Cottonmouths Serve As Winter Hosts To Equine Encephalitis Virus
Virus has found a winter incubator in the venomous snakes [...]
Aussie Teen Bitten By Inland Taipan Snake
Oxyuranus microlepidotus venom is considered the most deadly by median lethal dose value. [...]
Invasive Brown Tree Snake On Guam Leads To Explosion In Spider Populations
The brown tree snake has devastated Guam's bird population so severely over the last 60 years that only two of 12 birds native to Guam now exist. [...]
British Researchers Perform Ultrasound On 198-pound Reticulated Python
It took eight zookeepers to move Bali, a 23-foot-long resident of the Chester Zoo. [...]
Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo Releases 18 Smooth Green Snakes Into The Wild
Opheodrys vernalis were hatched as part of breeding program in conjunction with Lake County Forest Preserve District. [...]
Farmer In Nepal Bitten By Cobra Bites Back, Kills Cobra
Mohammed Salmodin was heeding advice from snake charmer. [...]
King Cobra Bites Snake Handler Mark O'Shea
O'Shea was "nipped" on the leg by Sleeping Beauty, a 14-year-old female King Cobra. [...]
Planning A South African Herping Adventure
Planning a trip to South Africa is not as daunting as it sounds. Tourism is South Africa’s main industry, so the country is geared for it. Th [...]
Egg-Eating Snake Species Discovered In Cambodia
The Cambodian kukri (Oligodon kampucheaensis) snake has curved rear teeth to hold and help swallow eggs. [...]
Extinct St. Lucia Racer Snake Rediscovered on Caribbean Island
11 St. Lucia Racers were captured and tagged during a hunt for the endangered species. [...]
Rattlesnakes Packing More Venom In California
It is unclear why venom is becoming more potent in California rattlers. [...]
Sea Snakes Rarely Venture Off Their Reefs
Study of Emydocephalus annulatus determined that they stay on their own reef, even if another reef is within swimming distance. [...]
Warm Weather In Texas May Bring Out Lots Of Snakes
Be prepared says veterinary expert. [...]
New Disease Threatens Endangered Rattlesnake Population
Also reported in other free-living North American snakes. [...]
Snake Movement Helps Search-and-Rescue Work
Rectilinear locomotion of the Boa dumerili studied. [...]
West Indian Dwarf Boas
Bonus content from the November 2011 REPTILES magazine article "Rare Beauties." [...]
The Burmese Python Can Withstand Extensive Exposure To Saltwater
USGS study shows possibility of Python molurus bivittatus migrating to coastal areas in Florida. [...]
New Bush Viper Species Discovered In Tanzania
Scientists start captive breeding program to discourage wild specimen collection of Atheris matildae. [...]
Rattlesnakes Under Threat Due To Climate Change
Studies indicate the potential impact of climate change on rattlesnake populations. [...]
Herping Brazil's Refugio Ecologico Caiman
The largest freshwater wetland in the world lies near the center of South America in the Upper Paraguay River Basin, at the border of Bolivia, Paragua [...]
Snakes With Legs Fossils
X-rays reveal the hidden leg of a fossilized snake. [...]
