Category: Wild Snakes
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. [...]
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. [...]
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. [...]
Florida Venomous Reptiles Bill Amended To Exempt Native Species
The bill, if passed would increase penalties to up to five years in prison, five years probation and a $5,000 fine. [...]
Golden Dorado Follows Green Anaconda In Potential Nuclear-Follower Feeding Association
The golden dorado was observed following the green anaconda on four separate occasions. [...]
New Human Antibody May Result In Universal Antivenin For Venomous Snake Bites
International researchers working with scientists at The Technical University of Denmark recently published a paper detailing their discovery of a hum [...]
SIU Grad Student Opossum Study Inadvertently Tracks Pythons In Florida
Southern Illinois University graduate student Kelly Crandall was working on a study of raccoon and opossum movements in Florida’s Crocodile Lake Natio [...]
Dwarf Boa New To Science Discovered In Ecuador’s Upper Amazon Basin
Researchers have discovered and described a new species of dwarf boa of the family Tropidophiidae living high in the cloud forests of northeastern Ecu [...]
Venomous Eastern Brown Snake Crawls Toward Snake Catcher In Defensive Display
The snake, once released from the confines of the snake bag, crawls toward Jake Stinson of Jake's Reptile Relocations with its head and part of its bo [...]
Pitviper Conference To Be Held July 13-16 in New Mexico
The conference brings together the world's foremost experts on venomous pitvipers. [...]
Narrow-Headed Garter Snake Gets 447 miles of Protected Stream Habitat
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the protection of 447 miles of streams in Arizona and New Mexico for the narrow-headed garter snake ( [...]
Snake Fungal Disease Appeared In USA As Far Back As 1945, Study Says
A microbiologist with the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin, looked at more than 500 preserved snakes in [...]
Male Sea Snakes Pursue Scuba Divers In Mating Embrace
Male olive sea snakes (Aipysurus laevis) in Australia’s Great Barrier reef have been documented pursuing scuba divers in cases of mistaken identity to [...]
New Species Of Keelback Snake Discovered In India
The Rhabdophis genus is in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. [...]
2021 Florida Python Challenge Nets 223 Snakes
The 2021 Florida Python Challenge saw hunters remove 223 of the invasive Burmese pythons (Python molurus bivittatus) from south Florida during the 10- [...]
Snakes Tagged In Japan To Measure Radioactivity In Fukushima
Scientists in Japan have outfitted nine Japanese rat snakes (Elaphe climacophora and E. quadrivirgata) with tracking devices with dosimeters, radiatio [...]
Snake Venom-Derived Super Glue Stops Bleeding In Seconds
A blood clotting enzyme called reptilase or batroxobin to create a glue that is so strong in its properties that it can stop bleeding in mere seconds. [...]
Cottonmouth Captured On Video Employing Straight Locomotion Technique To Evade Predator
Herpetologist Frederick Boyce of the N.C. Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores in North Carolina, had just recorded video footage of an Eastern kingsnake (La [...]
Largest Number Of San Francisco Garter Snakes Found On San Francisco Airport Land
Land owned by the San Francisco International Airport is home to the largest concentration of San Francisco garter snakes discovered to date, accordin [...]
Rare Striped Copperhead Photographed In Mississippi And Image Goes Viral
Ben Davis sees a lot of snakes when he is out driving the roads of Mississippi, but a few months ago while behind the wheel, one snake crossing the ro [...]
12 Eastern Indigo Snakes Released In Northern Florida
The Nature Conservancy announced today that it has released 12 Eastern indigo snakes (Drymarchon couperi) in northern Florida's Apalachicola Bluffs an [...]
185-Year-Old Painting Helps ID New Indian Snake Species
An Indian snake that was first collected in the mid-19th Century and described first via snake skins in 1796, and named the banded racer (Argyrogena f [...]
USFWS Finalizes 20,326 Acres For Northern Mexican Garter Snake
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized critical habitat protection for the northern Mexican garter snake (Thamnophis eques megalops), after [...]
North Carolina Wants To Know If You See Rattlesnakes And Pine Snakes
If you live in the state of North Carolina, or are visiting the state and happen to see a pine snake (Pituophis melanoleucus), timber rattlesnake (Cro [...]
