By Herp News 60 captive-raised Myanmar roofed turtles—a species once thought extinct—have been released into their native habitat in Myanmar, conservationists report. The Myanmar roofed turtle (Batagur trivittata) was believed extinct until 2001, when two researchers found a single shell from a recently killed turtle at a village along the Dokhtawady River. Subsequently, live individuals […]
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Apr 14
Apr 14
Darwin the tortoise opens new lab
By Herp News A tortoise called Charles Darwin munches his way through a ribbon of rocket lettuce to officially open a new science laboratory at the University of Lincoln. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Expedition in the Congo rediscovers lost primate
By Herp News The last time there was a sighting of Bouvier’s red colobus disco was all the rage, the Internet was non-existent, and Madonna still referred solely to the mother of God. But then the African monkey vanished and conservationists feared it had gone extinct—a victim of the bushmeat trade. For years, research groups […]
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The color shifting whipsnake
There are several snake species in Amazonia that undergo extreme color changes as they progress from hatchling/neonate to adulthood. The orange to green color changes of two, the two species of emerald tree boa, are well known. However, there is a lesser known species, the rusty whipsnake, Chironius scurrulus (a colubrine) about which you seldom […]
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Did primate vision develop to detect snakes?
Human and other primates may have evolved keen eyesight to detect dangerous snakes. From NPR: In a new paper published in the journal Primates, author William C. McGrew, a former professor of evolutionary primatology at the University of Cambridge, reports a high rate of venomous snake encounters by his team of primatologists seeking to observe […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Prairie rattlesnake
We continue our week of love for all that rattles with this perfectly poised Crotalus viridis in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user akcoldbliss! Be sure to tell akcoldbliss you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read […]
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Cat-eating Nile Monitor Lizards creating havoc in Florida
By Herp News A cat-eating species of monitor lizard, originally from Africa, is creating a havoc in Florida. The state wildlife officials are taking steps to locate and completely eliminate the Nile monitor from the state — particularly along the canals in North Miami — since the creature is posing a danger to the state […]
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