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 […]

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 […]

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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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 […]

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

By Herp News Hunters are frustrated as turtle gobbling hogs disappear from North Island, but wildlife biologists are delighted. Click to Continue » Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News It’s that crazy time of year again, World Pangolin Day, where we feverishly run out into the streets and join the thousands of pangolin protectors, fighting for the survival of our scaly friend. Well, no actually, hold on, what’s a pangolin? Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]

By Herp News This article A Missing Turtle Brings Father & Son Closer originally appeared on Viddsee BUZZ. Ah Kwan and his dad are distraught because their beloved pet turtle has gone missing. The father and son leave no stone unturned in their search. It is during this hunt that some unspoken words come to the forefront. As they […]

By Herp News This article A Missing Turtle Brings Father & Son Closer originally appeared on Viddsee BUZZ. Ah Kwan and his dad are distraught because their beloved pet turtle has gone missing. The father and son leave no stone unturned in their search. It is during this hunt that some unspoken words come to the forefront. As they […]

After waiting 80 days, a clutch of bearded dragons finally begin pipping and hatching! Talk about taking it to the limit! What is the longest your eggs have gone? Submit your own reptile & amphibian videos at http://www.kingsnake.com/video/ and you could see them featured here or check out all the videos submitted by other users! […]

This adorable drested gecko reminds us that it’s always 5 o’clock somewhere! See why in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user BryanD! Be sure to tell Bryan you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read […]

By Herp News AUSTIN – In 2012, a tiny lizard posed a big problem amid the pipelines and pump jacks in booming West Texas. There was talk within a federal agency about protecting the dunes sagebrush lizard as an en Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News SIBU – Many fear that an endangered 100kg soft-shell turtle caught by a fisherman in Daro may end up in the cooking pot for a mere RM2,000 (S$750). The fisherman who caught the turtle, which is believed to be 50 years old, has said that he plans to sell it in the […]

One of the most characteristic sounds of the neotropical rain forests is a rather mournful whooping call that is often heard at dusk on rainy or very humid nights, but which may sometimes be heard well after the tropical darkness has fallen. Although many have heard this call, used in motion pictures and other sound […]

One police officer brought a blue-tongued lizard into the station 30 years ago, and lizards have had a home there ever since. From ABC News Australia: The site now has a purpose built courtyard for the lizards which are mascots for the station. Cheryl Hackett, the Belconnen Station’s administrator, said being the chief lizard carer […]

If all snow was as beautiful as this snow splash sand boa, we might look forward to winter more. See the beautiful coloring in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user SerpentsPlus! Be sure to tell SerpentsPlus you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and […]

By Herp News For 150 years, scientists have known of just two so-called seadragons: the leafy seadragon and the weedy seadragon. But a new paper in the Royal Society Open Science has announced the discovery of a third, dubbed the ruby seadragon for its incredible bright-red coloring. Found only off the southern Australian coastline, seadragons […]

Internal USFWS/DOI politics over the status of the dunes sagebrush lizard have cost a field agent his career and shed light on policy decisions at the DOI that bring into question the agency’s compliance with the Endangered Species Act. The Houston Chronicle reports the decision as to whether or not the dunes sagebrush lizard would […]

By Herp News By examining research on global patterns of amphibian diversification over hundreds of millions of years, researchers have discovered that ‘sexually dimorphic’ species — those in which males and females differ in size, for example — are at lower risk of extinction and better able to adapt to diverse environments. Go to Source […]

When most people think of amphibians, they think of newts, frogs, toads, and salamanders. Very rarely do you see people keeping or talking about yet another species that we know as caecilians. Caecilians are amphibians easily mistaken for a slimy earthworm or snake. But as we take a deeper look at this species, we see […]

The alligator population in North Carolina is growing, but allowing a hunting season may hurt their long-term security. From newsobserver.com: Moorman, coordinator of N.C. State’s fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology program, said he couldn’t estimate the state’s overall population. He said the survey didn’t try to tabulate all possible gators. They’ve shown up in recent […]

By Herp News A female leatherback turtle weighing hundreds of pounds crawled onto Singer Island one night last week, becoming the first known sea turtle to lay eggs in South Florida this year. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

This copperhead is proof gold isn’t the most precious of metals. See what we mean in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user HerpLver! Be sure to tell HerpLver you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more […]

By Herp News A female leatherback turtle weighing hundreds of pounds crawled onto Singer Island one night last week, becoming the first known sea turtle to lay eggs in South Florida this year. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Want to scour the beach in early morning hours searching for sea turtle nests? Click to Continue » Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Terra cotta on olive green. The name on the tank was Trimeresurus kanburiensis, Kanburian bamboo viper. Unlike the all green bamboo vipers that looked much the same and only seldom had any collecting data, there was no mistaking this one for any taxon that I had seen before. It was in the 1970s and Patti […]

A 7 year old iguana named Godzilla is back with her owners after the thief sold her to a pet store. From ABC News: The reptile-napper was caught on surveillance camera snatching Godzilla from her outdoor sanctuary in front of Paramount Pet Enterprise on Monday. Store owner Holly Cepeda said Godzilla is well-known in the […]

Not much is cuter than the sight of a baby radiated tortoise catching his first breath of air in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user marcp! Be sure to tell marcp you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured […]

When I think of Plethodontid salamanders, the Northern red salamander, Pseudotriton ruber ruber, is usually the first one that comes to mind. Red salamanders can be brilliantly colored bright reddish-orange with black spots, making it a very beautiful amphibian. Northern red salamanders usually inhabit areas in or near small streams and springs. These lungless salamanders […]

By Herp News For most of us, the Arctic is not at the front of our minds. We view it as cold, stark, and, most importantly, distant. Yet, even in an age of vast ecological upheaval, one could argue that no biome in the world is changing so rapidly or so irrevocably. Two hundred plus […]

By Herp News SLADE — Jim Harrison does not blame the snake that bit him. Harrison, who with his wife Kristen operates the Kentucky Reptile Zoo and Venom Sales in a sprawling complex… Click to Continue » Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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By Herp News Malaysia’s Daily Express recently published graphic photos of poachers in the Malaysian state of Sabah posing proudly with a number of illegally slaughtered large animals, including the incredibly rare and cryptic banteng. Wild, forest cattle, banteng are scattered across parts of Southeast Asia, but Borneo is home to a distinct subspecies: Bos […]

Seeing a loggerhead turtle tangled in a net, surfer Mitu Monteiro did the only sensible thing – he rescued the turtle. From the New York Post: Over the past six months, scientists have collected 12 snakes and milked them of their venom. The snakes have been stored in a fluid preservative. The snakes belong to […]

Here’s to hoping this smiling albino fire salamander (Salamandra s. terrestris) in our herp photo of the day brightens up your Monday morning! It’s uploaded by kingsnake.com user alessio. Be sure to tell alessio you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! […]

By Herp News Good news for green sea turtles of the Mediterranean: Researchers have identified the marine habitats that are crucial to their survival. Anyone can see the data used in the study, as well as regular updates on the turtles’ locations, at seaturtle.org, Godley said. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]

If you can’t be with the one you love, honey, love the one you’re with! It’s a tortoise’s idea of romance for Valentine’s Day! Submit your own reptile & amphibian videos at http://www.kingsnake.com/video/ and you could see them featured here or check out all the videos submitted by other users! …read more Read more here: […]

By Herp News A new study has identified two major foraging grounds of the Mediterranean green turtle and recommends the creation of a new Marine Protected Area to preserve the vulnerable species. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Please replace the release dated Feb. 9, 2015, with the following corrected version due to revisions. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links