By Herp News Gumbo Limbo Nature Center is ready for at least 3,500 visitors, last year's count for the annual Sea Turtle Day on Saturday, the annual kickoff for sea turtle nesting season March through October. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Feb 23
Feb 23
Bison-sized rodent may have used teeth like elephant tusks
By Herp News The world’s largest rodent today is the capybara, weighing in at around at about 45 kilograms (100 pounds), though the record breaking female weight in at 91 kilograms (201 pounds). But that’s nothing compared to the biggest rodent ever to live. Discovered in Uruguay in 2008, Josephoartigasia monesi may have weighed in […]
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Checkered keelback: The serpentine mermaid
The checkered keelback, Xenochrophis piscator, is one of the most commonly found water snakes in the Indian subcontinent. I call it “the serpentine mermaid” due to its aquatic habitat and a beautiful checkered pattern on its body personifying a mermaid. The word “keelback” describes rough scales in every keelback snake. This snake appears to have […]
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Conjoined lizard twins found at German zoo
Conjoined Quince monitor lizard twin, who were dead before hatching, were found in a zoo in 2009. From Live Science: It is possible that the reason the lizards were conjoined was partly due to the low amount of genetic variation that stemmed from having parents that were siblings, according to the report. In 2002, research […]
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kingsnake.com launches new Classified Vendor Directory
kingsnake.com has launched a new cassified ad directory of those who have an active profile in our vendor profile system, which launched last year. Listing in the directory is free with the purchase of a classified advertising account, and the listing stays active while the classified account is active. If the classified account expires or […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Green iguana
Despite being treated as one of the most ‘disposable’ of reptile pets, their regal nature is unmistakeable. Gotta love big green iguanas like this female in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user cycluracornuta! Be sure to tell cycluracornuta you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at […]
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Wounded hawksbill turtle treated, released back to sea
By Herp News A full-grown adult hawksbill turtle was caught tangled and injured in a fish pen in Masbate City Monday morning. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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