In the United States getting bit by a rattlesnake is a very expensive business. With anti-venin prices at the hospital running $2300.00 a vial, and with severe envenomations often requiring 10 or more vials, its not uncommon for a course of treatment to run close to, or more than $100,000.00. Meanwhile, in Mexico, that same […]
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Sep 09
Sep 09
Oldest fossil sea turtle discovered: Huge fossilized turtle is at least 120 million years old
By Herp News The world’s oldest fossil sea turtle known to date has been found by scientists. The fossilized reptile is at least 120 million years old — which makes it about 25 million years older than the previously known oldest specimen. The almost completely preserved skeleton from the Cretaceous, with a length of nearly […]
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Does conservation work? Using the IUCN Red List to evaluate groups’ performance
By Herp News [dropcap]U[/dropcap]nderstanding whether conservation programs really work is hard to do, but it is becoming increasingly important for organizations wanting to raise funds and justify their work preserving species and habitats. A recent study published in the journal Biological Conservation demonstrates a new way to evaluate a conservation organization’s work in preventing extinctions […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Peach Throat Monitor
ADORABLE! There is no other way to describe the squee of cuteness that this hatchling Peach Throat Monitor has in our herp photo of the day uploaded by kingsnake.com user MikesMonitors ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see […]
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A Green Pit-viper with Large Scales: The Large Scaled pit viper
“Sachin! Checkout this bamboo pit viper, doesn’t look somewhat different?” After observing the pit viper carefully “nooooo brother, it’s a Large-scaled pit viper”. One of the best mornings of my life, just imagine being a hardcore snake lover and you wake up with a beautiful and new snake in front of you in your friends […]
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