Color Patterns of Corn Snakes Determined By Single Gene
The mutated gene does not cause any neurological or behavioral disorders. [...]
Two New Crocodylus Species Discovered Off The Yucatán Peninsula
The populations of both the Banco Chinchorro and Cozumel species are morphologically, genetically, and ecologically distinct, the researchers note in [...]
USARK ALERT: Federal Herp and Fish Regulations
Representative Betty McCollum (MN) has reintroduced a bill titled “To amend the Animal Welfare Act to include cold-blooded species as animals, and for [...]
Marbled Salamander Featured On North Carolina ID and Driver License
The name of the license/ID holder is also next to the salamander and curves with the salamander’s contours on the front. [...]
Kimberley Rock Monitor Care Sheet
Kimberley rock monitors are dwarf monitors with similar markings, body shapes, and even behaviors of much larger monitor lizards but happen to be a mo [...]
Smithsonian National Zoo Treats Skin Cancer On Henkel’s Leaf-tailed Gecko
A 4-year-old Henkel’s leaf-tailed gecko was treated for skin cancer at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, the zoo announ [...]
Weather And Prey Factor In Venomous Snake Venom Potency
The researchers exposed the rodent serum samples to warm temperatures (85 degrees Fahrenheit/29.5 degrees Celsius) and cooler temperatures (70 degrees [...]
Deforestation Leads To Hybrid Leyte Chorus Frog In The Philippines
The researchers say that the tree dwelling females answered the calls of the ground dwelling males, which resulted in hybridization. [...]
New Frog Species Of the Genus Leptobrachium Discovered In India
Leptobrachium aryatium sp. nov. is different from others in its genus in that it has a bicolored iris that features an inverted, "fiery orange" v shap [...]
Snake Lungworm Parasite Found in 14 Florida Counties
Also known as snake lungworm, the parasite may soon be in Georgia or other neighboring states. [...]
Caribbean Greenhouse Frog Found In The Marshall Islands
This species, which is known to hitchhike in potted plants, soil and other agricultural materials, could displace native species. [...]
Pennsylvania Students Push To Make Eastern Box Turtle Official State Reptile
Stambaugh worked on House Bill 401 that designates the Eastern box turtle as the official state reptile of Pennsylvania and the House Game and Fisheri [...]
Four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoises Hatch At Philadelphia Zoo
Currently behind the scenes in the zoo’s Reptile and Amphibian House, the four hatchlings will make their public debut April 23. [...]
Could The Flowerpot Snake Provide Insights Into Down Syndrome?
The Brahminy blind snake (Indotyphlops braminus) is one of the most popular snakes in the herp world due largely to the fact that it is one of the sma [...]
Frog Species Not Seen Since 1902 Rediscovered In Chile
Based on Germain’s publications and historical documents, the researchers reconstructed a route that they believe Germain could have taken in an effor [...]
USARK: FWC Considers Iguana and Tegu Rule Changes
FWC is considering expanding the abilities of collectors to take wild Green iguanas and Tegus for sale and export [...]
Venomous Keepers In South Carolina Fight To Keep Their Snakes
After a man in the city of Florence was bitten by an inland taipan snake, the state house moved to introduce the South Carolina Venomous Reptiles Act. [...]
Breeding Red-Eyed Treefrogs
In their natural habitat, red-eyed treefrogs breed during the rainy season, which occurs from late May through November. [...]
Iguanas From Fiji Came From North America 34 Million Years Ago, Study Says
"We found that the Fiji iguanas are most closely related to the North American desert iguanas, something that hadn't been figured out before, and that [...]
Three New Bent-toed Gecko Species Discovered In Nepal
The geckos were discovered by a university team on a night survey in the Chitwan-Annapurna Landscape in Central Nepal, a mountain area in Nepal when t [...]
American Toad Care And History
If you’ve lived in the United States long enough, chances are that you’ve been greeted by hopping, warty friends on rainy days during warmer months [...]
Has Keeping Kingsnakes And Corn Snakes In Florence, SC Been Banned?
Reptiles Magazine is waiting to hear back from the city to determine if these non-venomous and popular snakes among reptile keepers is included, as th [...]
Alligator Seized By New York Authorities May Be Coming Home
The court determined that the DEC erred in essentially denying the application without a response. It had 30 days to respond starting February 14. [...]
Crocodile-Like Species That Lived 237 Million Years Ago Described
R. beckerorum is the second proterochampsid species described from the Pinheiros-Chiniquá Sequence. [...]
