By Herp News An “absolutely exquisite” fossil of a snake that had four legs has been discovered by a team of scientists and may help show how snakes made the transition from lizards to serpents. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Jul 23
Jul 23
Loggerheads: Don't try this at home!
More Florida sea turtle adventures, this time with a guy who loved them so much he brought them home. Too bad that’s totally against the law. From Tech Times: Officers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission visited the home of William Henry Jowett after receiving a tip that he was keeping two of […]
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Mid-Kansas Herping
Kansas is a state about which I know very little. I have driven across it a couple of times on my way home from Colorado and I’ve driven to it another couple of times to look up some exotic lizards. But I had never visited the state to witness the great snake emergence from hibernation […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Eastern Box Turtle
This is an attractively marked Eastern Box Turtle is named Louie and the owner says he is 9 years old! Louie the Box Turtle is our spotlight in our Herp Photo of the Day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user terrapene! Be sure to tell terrapene you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos […]
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Frankie Tortoise Tails – Dr. Super Sleuth and the Case of the Wobbly Frankie
A good veterinarian needs the skills of a super sleuth…in the category of Sherlock Holmes or Poirot….given that most of their patients don’t speak. The super sleuth veterinarian must draw on excellent skills of observation and deductive reasoning to figure out what is wrong with their patient. Owners need the same super observation and deductive […]
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