By Herp News A smuggled and confiscated crocodile ashtray, now part of the “Buyer Beware Exhibit” at Boston’s Logan International Airport. Photo by Bill Butcher courtesy of USFWS [dropcap]L[/dropcap]ast March, a four-year manhunt finally paid off when U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) investigators teamed with Mexican officials to arrest a notorious American wildlife trafficker. […]
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Nov 25
Nov 25
Similar proteins protect the skin of humans, turtles
By Herp News Genes for important skin proteins arose in a common ancestor shared by humans and turtles 310 million years ago, a genome comparison has discovered. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Diary of a Snake Bite
A new snake crosses your table, although it exhibits traits of a known venomous snake, it is missing several key markers. What is it? Is it venomous? If so, just how venomous is it? The situation becomes less an exercise in academics when the unknown subject of your research bites you. That is the situation […]
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[AUTOSAVED] Diary of a Snake Bite
Photo: Science Friday A new snake crosses your table, although it exhibits traits of a known venomous snake, it is missing several key markers. What is it? Is it venomous? If so, just how venomous is it? The situation becomes less an exercise in academics when the unknown subject of your research bites you. That […]
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Florida to revise venomous regs; Bans melamine caging
click to see larger image Fallout from two highly publicized cobra escapes in Florida is leading to changes in Florida venomous snake regulations in 2016. According to a memo released by the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission (see above), the state is banning the use of melamine/particle board enclosures due to their tendency to be […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Amazon Tree Boa
This four pack of itty bitty ATBs are keeping their eyes on you in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user micahdenton ! 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 them featured here! …read more Read […]
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Video: Rare Amur tigress with 3 cubs caught on camera
By Herp News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEgfGlsHZWw&feature=youtu.be In a rare moment, a camera trap videoed a rare Amur tigress, trailed by her three cubs. The camera belongs to a network of camera traps set up by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in Russia’s Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Reserve to study Amur tigers. In the video, “the cats are using an overgrown forest road as […]
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