Achalinus mirabilis was discovered in Taizhou City in Zhejiang Province, China. The city is highly urbanized in an economically developed region. [...]
The giant day gecko is perhaps the most beautiful gecko in the reptile keeping hobby. They are the largest day gecko species that is commonly kept and [...]
The suggested common name for the species is Khorat Plateau forest skink. It is currently only known to occur in Thailand's Phu Wiang Mountain, Tham G [...]
It is the sister species of C. septimontium, which hails from southern Vietnam, according to the synopsis announcing the new species. [...]
This species is currently known to exist only in Gengma County, Lincang City, Yunnan Province, China. The specimens for the study were found at night [...]
These rattlesnakes are the result of a captive breeding effort that launched at the zoo in 2009. [...]
ALERT: Arkansas Regulation Amendments The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) has proposed changes to its Captive Wildlife species list. Amon [...]
The three monitors, Varanus phosphoros sp. nov., Varanus iridis sp. nov., and Varanus umbra sp. nov. were discovered in northeastern Australia. [...]
Russian opposition leader and anti-Putin politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned by epibatidine, a toxin found in dart frogs in South America, the gove [...]
The venom of the Eastern coral snake is neurotoxic and affects the central nervous system. This leads to respiratory failure and paralysis. [...]
Cannibalism is a widely distributed behavior both in terms of species and geography and has been recorded on all continents where snakes occur [...]
The dispersal of these venomous snakes into towns and villages in which the snake may be not known to inhabit could pose a threat to both snakes and h [...]
Fifteen months later, the snake was found under a compost heap just a field away from its former home. [...]
The Florida FWC issued an executive order January 30 that temporarily gave residents a chance to safely remove the iguanas and bring them into field o [...]
The unidentified man proceeded to bring the lizard into his home and wrapped him in a t-shirt in an effort to warm him up. [...]
Seeds that have passed through the digestive tracts of the rattlesnakes remain viable and capable of germination for up to one year after they have le [...]
The researchers say that the American bullfrog potentially serve as carriers of Bd as they are widely traded globally and are tolerant of chytridiomyc [...]
The firefighters were able to save the tortoise, named Littlefoot, and stopped the potential fire before it could have caused significant damage. [...]
A sulcata tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata) has been saved from an early morning house fire in Santa Rosa Beach, FL, according to the South Walton Fire [...]
The ornate nile monitor is a large monitor lizard that can reach about 6 to 7 feet in length, including the tail. It is native to West and Middle Afri [...]
