By Herp News The city is asking to exempt a core area of the beachfront from the ordinance to “facilitate developer interest and investment …” Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Sep 20
Sep 20
Attempt to export nearly-extinct pygmy sloths sets off international incident in Panama
By Herp News Last Monday, the police officer on morning duty at Isla Colón International Airport, Panama noticed some foreigners loading crates with what appeared to be animals on a private jet. Finding this suspicious, he alerted his supervisor. Within minutes the local police chief, the mayor of Bocas, the director of the regional office […]
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Poaching jumps since South Africa announced support for legal rhino horn trade
By Herp News South Africa has experienced an uptick in rhino poaching since Environmental Minister Edna Molewa called for legalizing the rhino trade, reveals analysis by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Three new species of tiny frogs from the remarkable region of Papua New Guinea
By Herp News Following the description of the world’s smallest frogs, biologists now offer three more species of tiny amphibians from the region of Papua New Guinea. Despite their minute size, around 20 mm, the three new frog species are still substantially larger than the prize holders, described in 2011. The new species represent a […]
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Why are this snakes eyes clouded over?
It’s not often a veterinarian who writes about pets for a mainstream newspaper devotes an entire column not just to a pet snake, but a species that’s not kept as a pet all that often. But Modesto, Calif., veterinarian Dr. Jeff Kahler did just that in a recent piece in the Modesto Bee, where he […]
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