By Herp News Cleopatra doesn't seem impressed with her new coat. But the red plastic shell probably will save the teenage leopard tortoise's life. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Mar 25
Mar 25
Mitigating reptile road mortality
By Herp News Ecopassages may be less effective reptile road mortality mitigation tools when fences fail to keep reptiles from accessing the road. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Destruction of elephant, tiger, and orangutan habitat doubles
By Herp News The rate of forest loss in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem — the only place on Earth where rhinos, orangutans, tigers, and elephants live in the same habitat — has more than doubled due to logging, encroachment, and conversion to industrial plantations, warn conservationists. In a statement issued Tuesday, the Sumatran Orangutan Society reported […]
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Mitigating reptile road mortality
By Herp News ( PLOS ) Ecopassages may be less effective reptile road mortality mitigation tools when fences fail to keep reptiles from accessing the road. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Common krait: The silent killer
The common krait, Bungarus caeruleus, is a venomous snake found in India — one of the four deadliest snakes of India known as “The Indian Big Four.” The krait is also included in the top five deadliest of the world, in part because of its silent killing ability. When a person is bitten by a […]
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Plastic bowls may save rainforest frogs
Rainforest frog populations rely on feral pigs to create wallows, but with pig populations dwindling researchers have recreated the wallows using simple plastic bowls. From Digital Journal: To study the impact of these depressions on the reproductive success of the frogs, scientists based at the University of Vienna installed a series of plastic bowls to […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Crested gecko
This close up on the eye of a Correlophus ciliatus is an amazing shot. This Crestie is keeping her eye on you in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user LizardWizard! Be sure to tell LizardWizard you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you […]
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Sea Turtle Injured By Boat Propeller
By Herp News An injured green sea turtle was found on Mustang Island. The turtle had been hit by a boat propeller. It is currently at the Animal Rehabilitation Keep out in Port Aransas. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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