By Herp News Police officers responding to reports Monday of an alligator on the loose in Huntington Park were probably relieved when they found themselves wrangling a 3-foot-long Tegu lizard instead. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Sep 17
Sep 17
Cruiser the 90-pound stolen tortoise is back home, still 'a little upset'
By Herp News Karen Short got the surprise of a lifetime early Wednesday when her beloved 90-pound tortoise, Cruiser, was returned unharmed six days after he was stolen from her yard. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Cruiser the 90-pound stolen tortoise is back home, still 'a little upset'
By Herp News Karen Short got the surprise of a lifetime early Wednesday when her beloved 90-pound tortoise, Cruiser, was returned unharmed six days after he was stolen from her yard. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Alligator report is false, but police do get one 'aggressive' lizard
By Herp News Police officers responding to reports Monday of an alligator on the loose in Huntington Park were probably relieved when they found themselves wrangling a 3-foot-long Tegu lizard instead. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Conservation group works with locals to save endangered crocs
The Wildlife Conservation Society released seventeen endangered Siamese crocodiles in Laos as part of their program to work with local villages to strengthen the crocodile population. From National Geographic: The release of the crocodiles is part of the Community-based Crocodile Recovery and Livelihood Improvement Project, designed and implemented by WCS’s Lao PDR Program. ”The program […]
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The quick and the dead among tropical reptiles
By Herp News Some tropical reptiles may be able to adapt quickly to climate change rather than go extinct as widely expected, a study finds. The research is the first direct measurement of climate-driven natural selection on the thermal physiology of a wildlife species — in other words, survival of the fittest in an increasingly […]
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A giant in New York. Lonesome George returns from the dead
By Herp News Lonesome George, the worlds most famous tortoise, goes on display at the American Museum of Natural History. He might be dead, but he will not be forgotten When I first met Lonesome George, I will admit he didnt leave much of an impression. But there was a story about him that did. […]
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Reward increased for info about tortoise death
By Herp News A threatened desert tortoise was shot and killed in August and the reward for information about it has quadrupled. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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