Aquarium Biologist Tori Babson holds one of the two juvenile anacondas while talking with members of the media. photo via www.neaq.org Two Anacondas were recently born at the New England Aquarium from their all female exhibit. It was determined via DNA testing that the babies are the product of parthenogenesis, which means the female was […]
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May 27
May 27
Anacondas born by virgin birth
Aquarium Biologist Tori Babson holds one of the two juvenile anacondas while talking with members of the media. photo via www.neaq.org Two Anacondas were recently born at the New England Aquarium from their all female exhibit. It was determined via DNA testing that the babies are the product of parthenogenesis, which means the female was […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Snake
The clutch of thayeri hybrids in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user mordd, explain why we can’t have just one! So much variety in reptiles and so much beauty! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see […]
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Egyptian Tortoises
A pair of diminutive Egyptian tortoises, Testudo kleinmanni. OK, Chris, what are those? I had ventured over to harass Chris and Mike while they unpacked a shipment of Egyptian imports. I recognized most of the herps, but the critters before now, little tortoises, were something new. They looked a bit like Hermann’s tortoises, but were […]
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