kingsnake.com is happy to welcome a new featured contributor, longtime herper and author Patricia Bartlett, who will be writing about herp keeping, care, and breeding on a regular basis. Patti Bartlett spent her formative years chasing lizards and butterflies in New Mexico. Although she has more than dabbled in museum management, Asian studies, and publishing, […]

By Herp News Shell shocked! A seemingly invincible pet tortoise in UK, who survived two world wars and even a bomb in the Blitz, has died aged 130 – after being bitten by a rat. Thomas, the oldest tor… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Washington, May 15 (ANI): An international team of scientists has identified a new species of ichthyosaur (a dolphin-like marine reptile from the age of dinosaurs) from Iraq, which revolutionises our understanding of the evolution and extinction of these ancient marine reptiles. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]

This image of a Skink, uploaded by kingsnake.com user ilovemonitorliza, is our herp photo of the day! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A stunning new species of pit-viper has been discovered in the cloud forest of Honduras. The venomous snake is described in the journal ZooKeys. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Scientists have revealed a new species of ichthyosaur (a dolphin-like marine reptile from the age of dinosaurs) from Iraq, which revolutionizes our understanding of the evolution and extinction of these ancient marine reptiles. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The Turtle Beach Ear Force XP510 is what the company calls “the most advanced gaming audio system Turtle Beach has ever created.” I ran the unit through a vigorous gauntlet of cross-platform testing on console and mobile to test out this high claim about the company's latest offering in high-end gaming audio. […]

By Herp News As the weather continues to warm up more and more some of my scaly friends have begun to show up around the office.Just today a lizard that darted away from the desk I was walking towards surprised me… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto […]

By Herp News The bleached bones of seabirds are telling us a new story about the far-reaching impacts of industrial fisheries on today’s oceans. Looking at the isotopes of 250 bones from Hawaiian petrels (Pterodroma sandwichensis), scientists have been able to reconstruct the birds’ diets over the last 3,000 years. They found an unmistakable shift […]

“Toonk, toonk, toonk, toonk.” During a warm downpour I stood on the back porch for a few minutes listening and reveling at the sound. The hollow “toonks” of H. gratiosa, the barking treefrog, were unmistakable. It was the third year I had heard this small chorus of the southeast’s largest native treefrog while standing on […]

By Herp News In March, two people were caught attempting to smuggle 54 ploughshare tortoises (Astrochelys yniphora) into Thailand. Listed as Critically Endangered, the tortoises’ wild population is down to approximately 400-500 animals in its native Madagascar, meaning the smugglers were attempting to move over 10 percent of the total population. Now, the Scientific American […]

By Herp News After a solid qualifying effort, Flying Lizard faced a long, uphill battle during the 4-hour American Le Mans Series race, including multiple incidents with other cars and significant damage to the No. 44 and No. 45 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. … Keep reading Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]

Dentists soon may be feeling a pinch in their profits, courtesy of lessons learned from alligator jaws. From the UK’s Daily Mail: To uncover the chemical mechanisms of tooth renewal Professor Cheng-Ming Chuong and colleagues studied repetitive tooth formation in American alligators. Most vertebrates can renew teeth throughout their lives whereas humans’ are naturally replaced […]

By Herp News A sea turtle with a damaged spine is being kitted out with its own dive-belt to help it swim underwater. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Gaming headset titan Turtle Beach has joined forces with video platform Twitch to become its official audio partner, providing kit for its eSports events. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

This image of an Eastern Red Spotted Newt, uploaded by kingsnake.com user DeanAlessandrini, is our herp photo of the day! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News SAN FRANCISCO and VALHALLA, N.Y., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –  Twitch , the world's leading video platform and community for gamers, and Turtle Beach , leading audio brand in games, today announce an … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A man accused of neglecting his pets said he's an animal lover and educator. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A kitten goes over-the-top crazy after a lizard sneaks up beside it. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Even as concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in human history last week, a new study in Nature Climate Change warns that thousands of the world’s common species will suffer grave habitat loss under climate change. Go to Source …read more […]

By Herp News The sunlight poured through the canopy, casting dappled shade over Makara, a large silverback mountain gorilla, as he cast his eyes around the forest clearing, checking on the members of his harem. A female gorilla reclined on a bank of dense vegetation of the most brilliant green, clutching her three day old […]

Is the increasing development of renewable energy sources harming reptiles and amphibians. That’s the subject of reseach for Jade Keehn, an award-winning biology post-grad student at the University of Nevada, Reno. From the Nevada Sagebrush: Keehn is focusing on research she was recently awarded the Regent’s Scholar Award for, which involves studying the effects of […]

I think every reptile and amphibian keeper has experienced that sinking sensation upon noticing a cage top ajar. No matter how you’ve set up your caging, if the animal escapes, your caging or the keeper has failed. If you’re an adult, you shrug and take steps to recover the creature. If you’re a kid, you […]

By Herp News There will be a reptile event at RSPB Radipole Lake nature reserve on Sunday, May 19. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Check out this video “Northern Caiman Lizard,” submitted by kingsnake.com user quolibet. Submit your own reptile & amphibian videos at http://www.kingsnake.com/video/ and you could see them featured here or check out all the videos submitted by other users! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

This image of a Firebelly Toad, uploaded by kingsnake.com user radar357, is our herp photo of the day! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) — The Las Vegas Reptile Expo was held at Santa Fe Station on Saturday and Sunday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News One of the highlights of traveling to exotic planes is seeing mother animals with their babies so here is a collection of a some pictures I’ve taken over the years. They range from amphibians in Panama to orangutans in Borneo. I hope you enjoy. Happy Mother’s Day! Go to Source …read more […]

By Herp News A tagged juvenile loggerhead sea turtle that traveled some 2,000 miles on ocean currents was expected to make a full recovery after being rescued off the Florida Keys, hospital officials said Saturday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

A fence that can withstand the force of a large sulcata who wants on the other side is very important. Postponing the installation of such a fence can prove to be heartbreaking, I can attest to this. Before we installed a suitable fence, Frankie disappeared from his yard. Without close supervision Frankie made a few […]

By Herp News A young turtle found floating in a weed patch off the coast of the Keys is expected to make a full recovery. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News An injured loggerhead turtle was saved by a group of good Samaritans, state wildlife police, U.S. Coast Guardsmen and Coast Guard Auxiliary volunteers Sunday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News May is the official start of sea turtle nesting season and Miami-Dade County is proud to have a new “Turtle Truck” this season to help in its conservation efforts. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

California AB 339 (the “swap meet” bill) has been amended to exclude reptile and aquatic trade shows. The bill has been amended in Assembly, read a second time, and re-referred to Committee on Appropriations. Thanks to your voices through USARK’s action alerts and collaboration between PIJAC and USARK, reptile and aquatic shows will now be […]

An Alaskan firefighter was fighting forest fires in Idaho last summer, and he, like some of his other firefighter buddies, caught a few snakes. He brought one, or possibly five, garter snakes home with him, in a “snakes on a plane” incident with varying contradictory narratives. The upshot? While garter snakes are numerous in Idaho, […]

This image of a Water Dragon, uploaded by kingsnake.com user jeffb, is our herp photo of the day! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Biologists have created the first large-scale evolutionary family tree for every snake and lizard around the globe. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Senior citizens Gyanendra Sharma and Beena Sharma got a shock on Wednesday morning as they got ready to have their morning cuppa when they saw a dead lizard in a milk sachet.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News We don't have road houses around here. We have the Lizard Lounge. But transplant any of the four guitarists at last night's Lizard show to any honky tonk outside Nashville (or Austin or Biloxi) and they'd crush the competition. No disrespect to the fine Southern swamp rock bands, but our guys are […]

By Herp News Lesser known than coral reefs, marine seagrass ecosystems are rich in biodiversity and are powerhouses when it comes to sequestering carbon dioxide. Yet, much remains unknown about the ecology of seagrass beds, including detailed information on how seagrass spread their seeds and colonize new area. Now a recent study in Marine Ecology […]