It’s our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user gerryg! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Flying Lizard is making a long-awaited return to running Porsche 911s, only it's not where you'd expect. In addition to announcing a third customer McLaren 650S to run in Pirelli World Challenge today, Flying Lizard said that they will field a two-car customer effort in the Pirelli Porsche GT3 Cup. Read more… […]

By Herp News A counter-hack against the Lizard Squad hacking group's distributed denial of service (DDoS) tool LizardStresser has resulted in a customer data theft. Details of 14,241 users' user names, passwords, and other data, store in plain text, has been stolen from the group and posted online…. Go to Source …read more Read more […]

By Herp News A counter-hack against the Lizard Squad hacking group's distributed denial of service (DDoS) tool LizardStresser has resulted in a customer data theft. Details of 14,241 users' user names, passwords, and other data, store in plain text, has been stolen from the group and posted online…. Go to Source …read more Read more […]

An adult female Gulf Coast spiny softshell turtle, Trionyx spiniferus asper, can be a rather large, somewhat difficult turtle to handle. Their long neck, strong jaws and willingness to defend themselves when cornered can leave a lasting impression. We encountered such a female while walking around at a local fish hatchery one afternoon. She was […]

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By Herp News It's a sea turtle mystery that has stumped scientists for decades: How does the female sea turtle, which travels across thousands of miles of open ocean each year, still manage to navigate back to the same beach where she hatched to lay her eggs? Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]

By Herp News In the last 500 years, the oceans have suffered far fewer extinctions than on land—at least that we know of. According to a recent study in Science, 15 animals are known to have vanished forever from the oceans while terrestrial ecosystems have seen 514 extinctions. The researchers, however, warn that the number […]

By Herp News This is obvious, but still important: humans are not a marine species. Even as we have colonized most of our planet’s terrestrial landscapes, we have not yet colonized the oceans. And for most of our history, we have impacted them only on the periphery. A new review in Science finds that this […]

By Herp News Adult sea turtles find their way back to the beaches where they hatched by seeking out unique magnetic signatures along the coast, according to new evidence. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News It's a sea turtle mystery that has stumped scientists for decades: How does the female sea turtle, which travels across thousands of miles of open ocean each year, still manage to navigate back to the same beach where she hatched to lay her eggs? Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]

Think all frogs lay eggs? Think again. From ScienceBlogs: A new species of frog (Limnonectes larvaepartus) has been discovered in the rain forest of Sulawesi island in Indonesia. This species challenges the grade-school wisdom that taught us: ‘frogs lay eggs’. It looks like textbooks will need to be revised as this is the only known […]

About a half a mile from our house there is a small drainage culvert that channels water from a small neighborhood lake and wetland, beneath a busy highway, and into the Paynes Prairie basin. Various herps at various times utilize this culvert to assuage their various needs. Patti and I occasionally visit the canal just […]

By Herp News The tortoise that was discovered by Jonathan Hanks on his Oahu driveway on New Year's Day was scheduled to be picked up by the State Department of Agriculture Wednesday afternoon. Rep. John Mizuno's office received several calls from people claiming to be the owner of the tortoise. The state will be calling […]

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By Herp News A well-traveled tortoise is back where he belongs. Rarely does a tortoise become a top story, but a reptile has been been getting all sorts of attention after getting lost. Now, this tortoise story comes with a happy ending. The phone had been ringing off the hook at State Representative John Mizuno's […]

By Herp News The story of a tortoise found roaming a Kaneohe neighborhood has come to a happy close, its ending not too far from where it all began. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The tortoise that was discovered by Jonathan Hanks on his driveway on New Year's Day was scheduled to be picked up by the State Department of Agriculture Wednesday afternoon. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News New research by a team of biologists has revealed that creating antivenom is a bit tricky. That’s because the type of venom a snake produces can change according to where it lives. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The Ebola outbreak in West Africa may have been the result of complex economic and agricultural policies developed by authorities in Guinea and Liberia, according to a new commentary in Environment and Planning A. Looking at the economic activities around villages where Ebola first emerged, the investigators analyzed a shift in land-use […]

By Herp News London (AFP) – A giant prehistoric reptile that patrolled the waters off Scotland 170 million years ago has been identified by scientists, they said Monday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Smugglers attempted to pass almost 200 baby radiated tortoises through Paris. From PressTV: The rare reptile species are known as “radiated tortoises” and found only in Madagascar, customs officials said. The one-of-a-kind pattern on their shell case makes them precious for collectors. The baby reptiles, 15 of which had died, were discovered in a crate […]

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By Herp News Recently, Internet mayhem group Lizard Squad made news by ruining Christmas Day for Xbox Live and PlayStation Network users. Afterwards the group unveiled a distributed denial of service (DDoS) tool offered to the public that allows people to use the … Continue reading → Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]

By Herp News PUNTA GORDA, Fla., Jan. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire-iReach/  — The Turtle Club Coastal Tavern and Claw Bar holds its official Grand Opening Thursday, January 15, and the “Join us!” invitation is going out on social media, in e-mail alerts, and via general advertising, announced the historic restaurant in Punta Gorda. “We have been […]

The Lower Keys can now join the Everglades as home to breeding populations of both American alligators and crocodiles. From Keys News: If she and Cherkiss are correct, then the Lower Keys have joined the Everglades as home to breeding populations of alligators and crocodiles. Unlike the Upper and Middle Keys, the Lower Keys have […]

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By Herp News For swimming through sand, a slick and slender snake can perform better than a short and stubby lizard. That’s one conclusion from a study of the movement patterns of the shovel-nosed snake, a native of the Mojave Desert of the Southwest United States. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]

By Herp News SAN DIEGO, Jan. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – Turtle Beach Corporation (HEAR) today announced that, in spite of challenging overall market conditions, it expects net sales for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 to be within its previously issued guidance range of $185 to $195 million, albeit at the low end of this range. […]

By Herp News Can alternative income programs save Fiji’s reef fish? Many implicate the failure of Fiji’s government to prioritize sustainable management over fisheries development projects, or suggest that Fijians’ mindsets must dramatically shift first. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Meet Blade, the little disabled tortoise who gets to keep on moving thanks to his custom-made Lego wheelchair. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Ben Hooper NEW BRIGHTON, Minn., Jan. 12 (UPI) — A trio of Minnesota brothers famed for their snow sculptures of sea creatures have unveiled their latest front yard creation, a 12-foot-tall sea turtle. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A new study casts doubt on findings from 2013 that hairs from a purported Yeti belonged to an unknown bear species or polar and brown bear hybrid. Instead, two researchers—who took a fresh look at the DNA in question—say the hairs are simply that of a Himalayan brown bear. Go to Source […]

By Herp News Malta’s Constitutional Court has upheld a public referendum to decide the fate of the country’s controversial spring bird hunt, which kills over ten thousand migrating birds every year. The Constitutional Court threw out objections by Malta’s powerful hunting lobby, and instead sided with the 11 conservation groups who organized the referendum, known […]

By Herp News 2K and Turtle Rock announce minimum and recommend PC specifications for upcoming monster-hunting game. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

As I was preparing for my new year, I received a call from an unknown number, requesting me for a rescue for an unidentified snake. Based on the area and the weather I presumed it was a Russell’s viper, but according to the description of the person who called me, it was a rat snake […]

Florida is home, at least in small part, to seven species of water snakes of the genus Nerodia. One species, the Mississippi green water snake barely enters the state on extreme western tip of the panhandle. The midland water snake, a subspecies of the northern water snake, is found from the central panhandle to the […]

Florida is home, at least in small part, to seven species of water snakes of the genus Nerodia. One species, the Mississippi green water snake barely enters the state on extreme western tip of the panhandle. The midland water snake, a subspecies of the northern water snake, is found from the central panhandle to the […]

A fraction of the size of its cousin the Komodo dragon, a recently identified Australian goanna could fit in your hand. From the Scientific American Lizards don’t get much bigger than the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), which can reach three meters in length and may weigh as much as 70 kilograms. But not every member […]