By Herp News Named for the Doors baritone, B. Morrisoni was one of the largest lizards that ever walked the Earth.   Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The tenkile, or the Scott’s tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus scottae) could be a cross between a koala bear and a puppy. With it’s fuzzy dark fur, long tail and snout, and tiny ears, it’s difficult to imagine a more adorable animal. It’s also difficult to imagine that the tenkile is one of the […]

By Herp News The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is using lucrative elephant poaching for ivory to fund its activities, according to a report published on Tuesday. Eyewitness accounts from park rangers, Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) escapees and recent senior defectors report that the fugitive warlord Joseph Kony, who is wanted by the international criminal court […]

By Herp News A giant lizard that lived 40 million years ago at a time when Earth was a hothouse has been named in honour of rock singer Jim Morrison, palaeontologists said on Wednesday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News KRISTEN BUTLER, UPI.com Giant extinct lizard named after singer Jim “The Lizard King” Morrison of The Doors, called Bearded King Morrison. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News When Jason Head happened upon one of the biggest lizards that ever walked on land, he found it fitting to name it after The Doors frontman, Jim Morrison — the original Lizard King. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A giant lizard that lived 40 million years ago at a time when Earth was a hothouse has been named in honour of rock singer Jim Morrison.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A 6ft-long lizard species that roamed South East Asia some 36-40 million years ago is named after The Doors singer Jim Morrison. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News At nearly six feet long and weighing upwards of 60 pounds, “Morrison's Bearded King” provides new clues on the evolution of plant-eating reptiles and their relationship to global climate and with mammals. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News U.S. paleontologists led by Jason Head of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced fossils of giant lizard Barbaturex morrisoni this week. Their analysis shows that it is one of the biggest known lizards ever to have lived on land. They've named the creature after Doors lead singer Jim Morrison. Go to Source …read […]

By Herp News A lizard the size of a German shepherd once roamed Myanmar, a new fossil analysis reveals. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A six-foot long lizard that lived 40 million years ago has been named Barbaturex morrisoni by scientists in Nebraska. It was named after The Doors' singer Jim Morrison who had the nickname the 'Lizard King'. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Jim Morrison was a king of sorts, at least in his own mind. The lead singer of the Doors sang in one cover song that he was “a king bee.” In another, he said, “I’m the crawlin’ king snake.” But Morrison most famously wrote in a poem that he was “the Lizard […]

By Herp News FrontRange, the only provider of Hybrid IT Service Management solutions, today announced that it has selected Blue Turtle Technologies as its Master VAR for the African region. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Years ago, when I first moved to Florida, my then-boyfriend took me out to look for cage furniture. We needed pieces of dead wood, curled tubes of bark, odd bits of driftwood, clumps of moss, the sort of item that helps turn a cage from “pathetic” to “that’ll do.” The boyfriend was living in north […]

Pressures from the pet and fashion industries are straining monitor lizards in Southeast Asia. From Live Science: Some laws are in place to protect the dragon-like creatures from unsustainable hunting and harvesting for the exotic pet trade. But a new study warns that dealers may be overexploiting the reptiles, taking advantage of the scant information […]