By Herp News The panther chameleon, a lizard prized in the pet trade for its remarkable color changing abilities, may actually represent 11 different species, report researchers writing in the journal Molecular Ecology. Analyzing the genetics of more than 300 individual panther chameleons, Swiss and Malagasy researchers make a case that different color morphs of […]
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May 26
May 26
Cash prizes offered for solutions to wildlife poaching crisis
By Herp News A coalition has launched an initiative, the Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge to spark and drive investment in innovative science and technology solutions to help reduce the damage caused by wildlife trafficking. The initiative is backed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian Institution, and TRAFFIC. […]
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Mozambique loses almost 10,000 elephants in just five years
By Herp News Mozambique has lost nearly half of its elephants to relentless, brutal, and highly-organized poaching in just five years, according to a new government survey. In 2010, the country was home to an estimated 20,000 pachyderms, today it houses just 10,300. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. […]
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Nepal’s rhino population rises by 72% in ten years
By Herp News A new survey in Nepal counted 645 one-horned rhinos, up from 375 animals ten years ago and 534 animals in 2011. This represent a rise of 72 percent over the last ten years, an impressive feat given that the world’s rhinos are facing a savage poaching crisis. Go to Source …read more […]
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What is the most humane way to kill a cane toad?
By Herp News Like many pests, cane toads are killed in their thousands in Australia every year, especially by community-based ‘toad-busting’ groups. New research has now revealed the most humane way to do it. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Zoo teaching grade schoolers to be citizen scientists
Missouri school children will be using stuffed animals and telemetry data to learn about box turtles. From the KPLR News: Monday evening more than 200 grade school students will track soft plush box turtles to better understand their ecosystem. ‘We’ll have some of those plush turtles that have those telemetry devices so the kids will […]
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An arboreal beauty: the green tailed rat snake
There’s just that something about a green snake! Whether they are of the comparative chunkiness of a tree viper or the slender build of a rat snake, it seems that snakes of green color are hobbyist favorites. The racer-thin, rodent and bird eating, red-tailed green rat snake, Gonyosoma oxycephala (this snake also occurs in less […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Green tree monitor
Climbing to greet the morning is this beautiful green tree monitor in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user roadspawn! Be sure to tell roadspawn 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 more here: King […]
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