By Herp News Scientists have made an intensive survey and published the first distribution maps for lizards in Qatar. The study has increased the list of lizard species present in Qatar from 15 species recorded up to 2004 to 21 species. The study fills a gap concerning reptile diversity knowledge in Qatar and the Gulf […]
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Feb 06
Feb 06
Proposed rail and road projects could devastate Nepal’s tigers and rhinos
By Herp News Chitwan National Park is a conservation success story. Since its establishment in 1973 the park’s populations of both Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) and one-horned rhinos (Rhinoceros unicornis) have quintupled, a success achieved during a time when both species have been under siege globally by poachers. A UNESCO World Heritage site, the […]
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Iguanas stuffed in socks seized at Heathrow Airport
Thirteen iguanas, one of them dead, were found crammed into a suitcase at Heathrow Airport in London. The surviving lizards are being cared for by veterinary specialists in the UK. From Sky.com: Officers found the reptiles in a case while carrying out customs checks at Terminal 5 on Monday. Each one was wrapped in an […]
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Iguanas stuffed in socks siezed at Heathrow Airport
Thirteen iguanas, one of them dead, were found crammed into a suitcase at Heathrow Airport in London. The surviving lizards are being cared for by veterinary specialists in the UK. From Sky.com: Officers found the reptiles in a case while carrying out customs checks at Terminal 5 on Monday. Each one was wrapped in an […]
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Well before Pacific quest, castaway drank turtle blood
By Herp News Chocohuital (Mexico) (AFP) – Well before his incredible tale of survival in a 13-month Pacific odyssey, fellow Mexican fishermen say Jose Salvador Alvarenga consumed the very things he claims saved him: raw fish and turtle blood. But a young man who accompanied him on the shark fishing trip in late 2012 died, […]
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Tuatara ambassadors ready for the spotlight
By Herp News The tuatara is an ancient reptile with three eyes and no penis. Its ancestors once walked with dinosaurs and it is often called a “living fossil”. These strange features are just a few reasons why Zealandia is celebrating this unique species during Tuatara February. Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]
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Well before Pacific quest, castaway drank turtle blood
By Herp News Chocohuital (Mexico) (AFP) – Well before his incredible tale of survival in a 13-month Pacific odyssey, fellow Mexican fishermen say Jose Salvador Alvarenga consumed the very things he claims saved him: raw fish and turtle blood. But a young man who accompanied him on the shark fishing trip in late 2012 died, […]
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Tuatara ambassadors are ready for the spotlight
By Herp News The tuatara is an ancient reptile with three eyes and no penis. Its ancestors once walked with dinosaurs and it is often called a “living fossil”. We call it a “living treasure”. These strange features are just a few reasons why Zealandia … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]
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