By Herp News Jim Morrison who famously slithered around in tight pants on stage, was known as The Lizard King. Now scientists have named an enormous lizard after the late great rock star. Continue reading → Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Rumors of the Hula painted frog’s extinction may have been premature. The frog, declared extinct 60 years ago, has been discovered in Israel. From Science Daily: The Hula painted frog was catalogued within the Discoglossus group when it was first discovered in the Hula Valley of Israel in the early 1940s. The frog was thought […]

While perusing Facebook a few days ago, an entry on the page of the Turtle Hospital at Marathon, FL, caught my eye. I first glanced at it then read it again: This cute little guy was washed ashore and found floating in a bed of Sargassum weed inside a marina at The Sea Breeze Trailer […]

By Herp News Australia’s leading scientific expert on the endangered Leadbeater’s possum has publicly lambasted the Victorian state government, claiming it is the first ever domestic administration to take “calculated actions” that it knew could wipe out a threatened species. In a letter published in the respected journal Science, Prof David Lindenmayer, of the Australian […]

By Herp News Though the species is named after twentieth century rock star Jim Morrison, the Doors front-man, it lived in the jungles of Southeast Asia 40 million years ago. The ancient lizard king was a gentle creature who ate only plants. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon […]

The reptile exhibit at Zoo Atlanta is the oldest area in the facility. But the reptiles will soon have a shiny new exhibit, designed to display the animals in a more natural habitat and focus on giving children a herp’s-eye-view at the same time. From the Zoo’s media release: Something spectacular is coming to Zoo […]

By Herp News British scientists identify a new species of a huge pre-historic reptile and name it after fossil hunter .         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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 […]

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 Get up close and personal to a reptile at Baytree Garden Centre at Weston on Saturday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

This “little project,” or more accurately long term fact-finding mission, started out years ago after several seasons of seeing my diamond pythons breed but not having my females ovulate. Why was this happening? What was I doing incorrectly? Well, I still don’t have the answer to these two questions, but while I was meditating on […]

It’s not every veterinarian who can say he’s performed surgery on a rattlesnake. Dr. Scott MacLachlan in Poultney, VT, can, however. From Vermont NPR’s Ted Levin: During the spring of 2011, the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife in collaboration with the Orianne Society and The Nature Conservancy began a two-year study of the summer […]

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Capital Corp. today announced that as of May 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $1.0 billion and its unaudited net asset Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise North American Energy Corp. today announced that as of May 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $252.1 million and its unaudited n Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. today announced that as of May 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $372.5 million and its unaudi Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. today announced that as of May 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $228.9 million and Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. today announced that as of May 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $412.7 million and its unaudite Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. today announced that as of May 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $1.9 billion and its unaudited net asset value Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. today announced that as of May 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.0 billion and its unaudited net Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The study describes how forests converted to palm oil plantations are causing threatened forest dwelling frogs to vanish, resulting in an overall loss of habitat that is important for the conservation of threatened frog species in the region. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto […]

By Herp News In a single paper, a team of researchers have succinctly described 101 new species of weevils from New Guinea, more than doubling the known species in the beetle genus, Trigonopterus. Since describing new species is hugely laborious and time-intensive, the researchers turned to a new method of species description known as ‘turbo-taxonomy,’ […]

By Herp News In a single paper, a team of researchers have succinctly described 101 new species of weevils from New Guinea, more than doubling the known species in the beetle genus, Trigonopterus. Since describing new species is hugely laborious and time-intensive, the researchers turned to a new method of species description known as ‘turbo-taxonomy,’ […]

By Herp News A man accused of animal neglect is scheduled to appear before a judge on Monday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Want to do something about declining amphibian populations? It’s as easy as 1-2-3. Karen Lips is an amphibian ecologist and tropical biologist. She recently wrote a Live Science op-ed about her experience tracking frog populations in Panama, and those of other scientists doing the same thing around the world, showing devastating declines in frog numbers. […]

By Herp News You know how some issues and things have legs? Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links