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Archive for June 17th, 2015


   Jun 17

New campaign says ‘tickling is torture’ for slow lorises

By Herp News Have you seen a video where a slow loris—a small, cute, big-eyed primate from Asian rainforests—gets tickled? Here’s the real story of how that slow loris got there. It was stolen from the wild by poachers, who probably took it from its mother—after killing her. Then its teeth were torn out with […]

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   Jun 17

Offbeat turtle frogs march to their own drummer

Little turtle frogs have some unusual behavior, from the way they give birth to the way they dig. From io9: The turtle frog is not something that, on sight, you would automatically call a frog. For one thing, if you see it, you’re probably in the middle of the Australian desert. The frog prefers living […]

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   Jun 17

Common Indian tree frog: The amphibian wandering on Indian trees

Whenever I am in the wild searching for some snakes on trees, most of the times I end up finding these beautiful frogs. My passion of herping has brought me down to this conclusion that, though being so beautiful and tender these frogs are very obvious to be seen in woods. The common Indian tree […]

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   Jun 17

Herp Photo of the Day: Five-lined skink

Today’s herp photo of the day reminds us to always flip that tin! This five-lined skink was found with her eggs under a paving stone, uploaded by kingsnake.com user CDB_reptiles! Be sure to tell CDB_reptiles you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured […]

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