By Herp News Sir David Attenborough has joked that he wishes more people would realise he has a reptile named after him. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

By Herp News A frightening disease has been ravaging amphibians across the planet. At least 350 species have been infected, two hundred of which have suffered massive population reductions or extinctions, some even occurring within the space of weeks. In 1999, a single fungal species called Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), commonly known as the chytrid fungus, […]

By Herp News CARLTON, Ga., Sept. 19 (UPI) — A Georgia couple whose 17-year-old tortoise vanished from their yard said they believe their pet left in search of a mate. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News While researchers expected that the pond turtle’s eyes would operate like other animals with eyes on the side of their heads, this particular species of turtle appears to have characteristics of both front and side-eyed animals. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Four new species of legless lizards have been added to the one previously known member of the group Anniella, reports the journal Breviora. From the LA Times: Anniella are pretty small animals, about as thick as a pencil and rarely more than 8 inches long. They spend their lives wiggling beneath loose, sandy soil, snacking […]

By Herp News While researchers expected that the pond turtle’s eyes would operate like other animals with eyes on the side of their heads, this particular species of turtle appears to have characteristics of both front and side-eyed animals. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Prior to the discovery of the new species, there was only one known legless lizard species in the United States Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – The fossil of a sea reptile found two years ago in Alaska may be that of a previously unknown species, a scientist who was part of a team that discovered and excavated the remains said on Wednesday. The creature, a kind of thalattosaur, swam in […]

By Herp News Four previously unknown species of snakelike creatures have been found in California — but don't call them snakes; they're legless lizards. Prior to the discovery of the new species, there was only one known legless lizard species in the United States: the California legless lizard. Go to Source …read more Read more […]

By Herp News Four previously unknown species of legless lizard have been described in California, report researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and Cal State-Fullerton. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A mysterious lizard, described by experts as “a real underdog,” has been bred in the UK for the first time. The arrival of the tiny Bell's anglehead, one of the world's rarest lizards, has left keepers at Chester Zoo “absolutely thrilled.” The finger-sized youngster will be cared for in a behind-the-scenes rearing […]

By Herp News One of the richest ecosystems on the planet may not survive a hotter climate without human help, according to a sobering new paper in the open source journal PLoS ONE. Although little-studied compared to lowland rainforests, the cloud forests of the Andes are known to harbor explosions of life, including thousands of […]

By Herp News One of the world's rarest lizards has been bred in the UK for the first time. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Primates of the World: An Illustrated Guide is stunning. There is simply no better way I can think of to gain an appreciation of the primate family than to peruse Primates of the World: An Illustrated Guide. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Legless lizards evolved on five continents to burrow in loose soil and sand, but are rarely seen because they live underground. Hence the surprise when biologists found four new species in California, living in marginal areas like downtown Bakersfield, San Joaquin Valley oil fields and west of the runways at the airport. […]

The Eastern Pacific hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), thought to be all but extinct, is making a comeback to Central America’s Gulf of Fonseca. How did it happen? No one knows. From Fox News Latino: The Eastern Pacific Hawksbill sea turtle was considered critically endangered until about seven years ago, with many scientists considering the species […]

By Herp News PHOENIX – They may be small, slow and even cute for now, but within a few weeks, the baby Nile crocodiles that fit in Russ Johnson’s hands will be downright dangerous. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Everyone knows that tigers, pandas, and blue whales are threatened with extinction—but lions!? Researchers were shocked to recently discover that lion populations have fallen precipitously: down to around 30,000 animals across the African continent. While 30,000 may sound like a lot, this is a nearly 70 percent decline since 1960. In addition, […]

I might be getting a Misissipi map turtle soon! I’m very excited but I don’t know what to name it! Please give me any name suggestions that you think are good, although I don’t want any names named after the ninja turtles, or something like Shelly, squirtle or yertle! I hope that Ocean and Prince […]

Fungal threats to honeybees and bats have been in the news lately, but they’re not the only species at risk from these human-spread diseases. Snakes and amphibians, too, are facing catastrophic effects from these emerging pathogens. From the Washington Post: They are fungi, and they arrived in the United States from overseas with an assist […]

By Herp News Gather round, everyone, young and old. In an impressive stunt sure to amaze and delight the family, Houdini the African spurred tortoise disappeared from his owner’s yard last week on Cape Cod only to appear five days later, unharmed, having trekked the distance of nearly 4 miles. Go to Source …read more […]

By Herp News Gather round, everyone, young and old. In an impressive stunt sure to amaze and delight the family, Houdini the African spurred tortoise disappeared from his owner’s yard last week on Cape Cod only to appear five days later, unharmed, having trekked the distance of nearly 4 miles.         Go […]

By Herp News Gather round, everyone, young and old. In an impressive stunt sure to amaze and delight the family, Houdini the African spurred tortoise disappeared from his owner’s yard last week on Cape Cod only to appear five days later, unharmed, having trekked the distance of nearly 4 miles.         Go […]

By Herp News Staff members at the Turtle Hospital report that denture glue is successfully holding together 40-pound sea turtle's shell Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Staff members at the Turtle Hospital report that denture glue is successfully holding together 40-pound sea turtle's shell Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Gather round, everyone, young and old. In an impressive stunt sure to amaze and delight the family, Houdini the African spurred tortoise disappeared from his owner’s yard last week on Cape Cod only to appear five days later, unharmed, having trekked the distance of — yes folks! — nearly four miles.   […]

My turtles love to eat and I feel like I’m not feeding them enough of a variety. I feed them bokchoy, lettuce, reptomin, grapes, strawberries, plum, raspberries, carrots, shrimp, fish, mosquito larvae, bloodworms and I’m going to try kale. Any ideas for a different variety of foods? Thanks! …read more Read more here: Turtle Times […]

By Herp News The blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus), a species that lives at great depths and is rarely seen but resembles a marine Jabba the Hut, has been voted the world’s ugliest animal. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The Western Ghats are a globally recognized repository of biological diversity for our planet. We know very little about most species found here, particularly the ecologically sensitive and spectacularly beautiful 179 amphibians. Astonishingly, 87% of all Western Ghats frogs are endemic and found nowhere else on the planet. Our collaborative research project […]

By Herp News KRISTEN BUTLER, UPI.com Amazonian butterflies drink turtle tears in a salt-scarce region of the rainforest. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

My res turtles wont eat green vegetables! I’ve tried lettuce and bokchoy but all they do is stare at it and ask for reptomin or meat or fruit. I’ve tried feeding them greens first in their meal, but they dont like greens. Can you please suggest some greens that they might like? Also, how can […]

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By Herp News Once nearly eaten out of existence, the green sea turtle is in the midst of a record nesting boom from South Florida to South Carolina Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

I have 2 RES turtles and whenever i com near them when they are basking they jump in the water, also they always try to escape. I always feed them when they are hungry, when i handle them i am gentle. I have had them for about 2 months, how can i get them to […]

Trevor has been developing dark spots on his shell and they do not seem to be coming in any patterns. Anyone? …read more Read more here: Turtle Times No products found. Amazon Auto Links