By Herp News Authorities in the Indonesian province of West Sumatra buried the rotting carcass of a critically endangered female tiger that died after being ensnared by a pig trap on a rubber plantation earlier this month. The creature, a mother who was probably teaching her young to hunt, was found covered in wounds, its […]
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May 20
May 20
East meets west at the International Herpetological Symposium
The International Herpetological Symposium is creeping closer to its 38th annual event in San Antonio,Texas. Guest speakers include Tom Crutchfield on his Sal Salvador rock iguana conservation efforts and Jeff Barringer on night-time field herping. I can barely contain my excitement. IHS plays an important role as a place herpetoculturists and herpers can come together, […]
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Florida alligators are not getting enough food
Water management plans are making it difficult for alligators to find prey. From the Sun Sentinel: The Everglades alligators appear to be suffering from the artificial water management imposed on the area to drain land for cities and farms, he said. Before the canals and pumps and other structures went up over the past century, […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Black milk snake
Baby shots are always a favorite! This Lampropeltis triangulum gaigeae grabs its first breath in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user nategodin! Be sure to tell nategodin 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 […]
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What did the first snakes look like?
By Herp News The original snake ancestor was a nocturnal, stealth-hunting predator that had tiny hindlimbs with ankles and toes, according to new research. Snakes show incredible diversity, with over 3,400 living species found in a wide range of habitats, such as land, water and in trees. But little is known about where and when […]
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