Tag: Florida
Crocodile Put On No Fly List At Navy Air Station Key West
American crocodiles are widely found in coastal areas and prefer waters with salinity. Sometimes they are found on US Navy airport runways. [...]
Lizard King Michael Van Nostrand Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison, Fined $100,000
Van Nostrand, 55, was also ordered to immediately pay a fine of $100,000. That money will be paid directly to the Lacey Act Reward Fund. [...]
Nearly 8ft Eastern Indigo Snake Photographed By Georgia Biologists
Biologists with Georgia Southern University Department of Biology who work with the species photographed the specimen at Fort Stewart. [...]
Cuban Treefrogs In Florida Carry Rat Lungworm Disease
The state recommends that you euthanize the amphibian immediately and humanely once captured. [...]
Florida FWC Executive Order Helps Relocate Gopher Tortoises
The gopher tortoise is a federally endangered species that is listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). [...]
Florida Rule Prohibits Diamondback Terrapin Collection, Safer Blue Crab Traps
The rule also requires recreational blue crabbers to install turtle excluder devices in their traps. [...]
Florida’s Sunken Gardens Alligator Snapping Turtle, Mac, Passes Away
Mac, the popular alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) that has greeted visitors for more than 50 years at the Sunken Gardens in St. Pete [...]
Lizard King Michael Van Nostrand Charged With Illegally Trafficking Wildlife
Michael Van Nostrand, the man known as the “Lizard King” and who was sentenced to eight months in prison back in 1998 for smuggling protected wildlife [...]
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- [...]
Researchers Record First Instance of So-Called Penis Snake In Florida
The name is certainly peculiar, but the so-called penis snake is actually a caecilian and it was recorded living in Florida’s Miami-Date County in Oct [...]
Florida Man Buys Land To Help Save Local Gopher Tortoise Population
A man on Marco Island in Florida has acquired a vacant plot of land next to his home to ensure that the gopher tortoises that live on the plot are ens [...]
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 [...]
Florida Offers Free Microchipping for Banned Reptile Pets
Florida's non-native reptile pet rules go into effect April 29, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is hosting a series of [...]
Tortoise Stolen From Florida’s Riverland Nursery
Someone stole Calypso, a yellow-footed tortoise (Geochelone denticulata) from the Riverland Nursery in Fort Myers, Florida, and the folks at the nurse [...]
Milksnake Captured In Florida Everglades
A Central American milksnake (Lampropeltis abnorma) was spotted in the Everglades National Park the week of February 25 and was safely captured by USG [...]
Florida FWC Votes To Ban Commercial Breeding And Keeping Of Pythons, Tegus, Other Reptiles
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted today to ban the commercial breeding and keeping of several invasive species of reptiles i [...]
Cousins Capture 16-foot Burmese Python 3 Hours North Of Everglades National Park
A 16-foot Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) was apparently sunning itself on private property when Aaron Brown and his mother spotted the rep [...]
Florida FWC’s Python Dogs Bag First Invasive Burmese Python
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced that its latest efforts to “sniff” out Burmese pythons on public lands in south Florid [...]
Introduced Peter’s Rock Agama Most Well Established Agamid Species In Florida
The Peter’s rock agama (Agama picticauda), which was first introduced to the state of Florida in 1976 is the latest introduced species that the Sunshi [...]
Invasive Lizards Adapting To Florida’s Cold Weather
When extreme cold snaps hit south Florida in the winter, the sight of cold-stunned lizards is a common occurrence. Every year the temperatur [...]
Florida Law That Restricted Certain Reptiles Ruled Unconstitutional
A Florida law signed June 29 by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that placed restrictions on the possession, breeding and sale of non-native tegu lizards (Sa [...]
Florida Python Hunters Break Record For Largest Python Captured
Ryan Ausburn and Kevin Pavlidis last week captured the largest Burmese python (Python bivittatus) ever taken from the Everglades. The reptile measured [...]
USFWS Must Reconsider Endangered Species Act Protections For The Florida Keys Mole Skink
In 2017, the Trump Administration denied Endangered Species Act protections for the Florida Keys mole skink, (Plestiodon e. gregius), a coastal subspe [...]
Florida FWC Traps 100-Pound Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle
Biologists at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute were checking traps last week that were set for the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle [...]
