A new type of pit viper has been identified. From the Epoch Times: “It’s a surprising finding,” Dr. Vogel told mongabay.com, “as [the new species] is a large viper, very colorful and superficially different.” It inhabits forested areas between 1,500 and 2,000 meters (5,000 to 6,500 feet) in elevation. This is an important difference from […]

Letters (remember the days when correspondence was via written letters?) were zipping back and forth from Tampa to Karachi. Jerry mentioned having just collected a “nice” half grown whiskered viper (also known as the McMahon’s or leaf-nosed viper), Eristicophis mcmahoni from Balochistan. Since he was going to ship me a couple of hundred leopard geckos […]

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By Herp News The Seaside Aquarium has recovered another sea turtle after it washed ashore on the Long Beach Peninsula, the second recovery in the last two weeks. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News For the second time in a month, an endangered sea turtle washed up on a Northwest beach north of the normal range for the species. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News He was captured on video surveillance striking his victims multiple times with the lizard, police said. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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By Herp News TURTLE BAY, Manhattan (PIX11) — The founder of a New York City hedge fund was fatally shot in the head in his Turtle Bay apartment Sunday afternoon. Police responded to a 911 call at 20 Beekman Place between 50th and 51st Streets around 3:30 p.m. When officers arrived, they found 70-year-old Thomas […]

By Herp News Snakes may not have shoulders, but their bodies aren’t as simple as commonly thought, according to a new study that could change how scientists think snakes evolved. Rather than snakes evolving from a lizard ancestor to a more simplified body form, researchers say their findings suggest other animals gained more complex vertebral […]

If you’re a snake lover in India and you wish to do something for the welfare of these reptilian friends, one of the best ways to do so is to become a snake rescuer. However, should you undertake this difficult ordeal, realize it’s not what you do but why you do it that counts. It’s […]

By Herp News This fall, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service added two little-known prairie butterflies to the Endangered Species Act. One of the species, the Poweshiek skipperling, may be down to only a few hundred individuals. The Dakota skipperling is faring a little better, but both have lost the majority of their habitat in […]

By Herp News A Queensland reptile park owner is recovering in hospital after a crocodile bit off his thumb in front of horrified families during a daily feeding show. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Stuck in the middle of a drought that may last years, endangered turtles in California were given a roof-top reprieve. From CBS: With so much of the fresh water lost to evaporation, what’s left is highly concentrated with minerals and very salty. And that has left the turtles in bad shape. The USGS researchers called […]

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By Herp News A Queensland reptile park owner who was mauled by a crocodile in front of zoo visitors has been flown to a Brisbane hospital for plastic surgery. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Last month, on the 66th anniversary of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 2014 ended very much the same way it began at … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A Queensland reptile park owner who was mauled by a crocodile in front of zoo visitors has been flown to a Brisbane hospital for plastic surgery. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Now that cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs has outed members the group that took out the PlayStation and Xbox Live networks over Christmas, the hackers are coming after him. “Lizard Squad” has … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Now that cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs has outed members of Lizard Squad, the Internet trolls are after him. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A MAN has been attacked by a crocodile at a Queensland reptile park. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The Oregon Coast Aquarium says a sea turtle that was near death after washing up on the coast last week is getting better. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Frogs exhibit an amazing variety of reproductive behaviors, ranging from brooding their eggs in their mouths to carrying tadpoles on their backs. Fewer than a dozen species of 6,000+ worldwide have developed internal fertilization, and some of these give birth to froglets instead of eggs. One species that has internal fertilization, a […]

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Dec. 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $384.9 million and its unaudit Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Dec. 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.2 billion and its unaudited net asset value Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Dec. 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $251.3 million and Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. today announced that as of Dec. 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $4.2 billion and its unaudited net Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Dec. 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $430.0 million and its unaudi Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A sea turtle found hypothermic and dehydrated on a beach in southwest Washington is showing signs of improvement after a week of rehabilitation at the Oregon Coast Aquarium. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News By Madeline Kennedy (Reuters Health) – One in four children younger than age five who were infected with Salmonella got the disease from a pet reptile in a recent UK study. The children with reptile-associated infections were significantly younger than other kids with Salmonella infections, more likely to be hospitalized and more […]

By Herp News Now that cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs has outed members of Lizard Squad, the Internet trolls are after him. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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By Herp News Now that cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs has outed members the group that took out the PlayStation and Xbox Live networks over Christmas, the hackers are coming after him. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News One of the guys allegedly responsible for keeping you from playing video games on Christmas Day 2014 has been arrested. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A 65-pound sea turtle is recovering at the New England Aquarium's turtle hospital. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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