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   Apr 02

Students save snakes they've visited for years

Not willing to let construction disturb the snakes they visit, several elementary school students organized to save them. From the Delta Optimist: The garter snakes had to be rescued as construction crews were scheduled to begin work on a section of the Boundary Bay dike. The students – Ben, Maya, Nic, Jude, Noah, Myles, Jasmine, […]

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   Apr 02

Ashy Gecko: An elfin interloper

Introduced to the Lower Keys from Cuba, when adult this tiny lizard is rather nondescript ashy gray in color. The color is actually a complex pattern of ash – sometimes in reticulations, sometimes as fine dots–over a ground color of olive-brown. But when even tinier, as a 1 1/4 inch long hatchling, it is one […]

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   Apr 02

Herp Photo of the Day: Milk snake beauty

Beauty abounds with this black milk snake in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user gerryg! Be sure to tell gerryg 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 more here: King Snake No products found. […]

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   Apr 02

King cobra delivers lethal shot

By Herp News Reptile wranglers have collected a shot glass full of venom when they milked Australia's biggest venomous snake on Thursday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Apr 01

Tropical soundscapes offer clues to forest and animal community health

By Herp News Marine biologists were the first to continuously eavesdrop on marine mammals using a technique called passive acoustic monitoring (PAM). By simply listening to these animals’ sounds, researchers could collect valuable information about animal population density and distribution, population health, and responses to human disturbance. Given the challenges of studying animal communities as […]

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   Apr 01

Tropical soundscapes offer clues to forest and animal community health

By Herp News Marine biologists were the first to continuously eavesdrop on marine mammals using a technique called passive acoustic monitoring (PAM). By simply listening to these animals’ sounds, researchers could collect valuable information about animal population density and distribution, population health, and responses to human disturbance. Given the challenges of studying animal communities as […]

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   Apr 01

Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Asset Coverage Ratio Update …

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. today announced that as of March 31, 2015, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $379.4 million and its unaudi Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Apr 01

Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Asset Coverage …

By Herp News Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. today announced that as of March 31, 2015, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $251.1 million an Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Apr 01

Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Asset Coverage Ratio Update as of March 31 …

By Herp News Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Mar. 31, 2015, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.1 billion and its unaudited net asset value Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Apr 01

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Asset Coverage Ratio Update as …

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. today announced that as of March 31, 2015, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $4.0 billion and its unaudited n Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Apr 01

Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Asset Coverage Ratio Update as …

By Herp News Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. today announced that as of March 31, 2015, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $415.9 million and its unau Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Apr 01

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By Herp News KOTA KINABALU: A marine turtle anti-poaching task force was formed during an enforcement dialogue on marine turtle poaching and smuggling in Malaysia organised by the Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) and WWF-Malaysia on March 24. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Apr 01

Lizard gets second rebuild after Nathan

By Herp News US hospitality giant Delaware North will rebuild Lizard Island for a second time following the devastation of Cyclone Nathan. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Apr 01

Night of the siren

A few weeks ago, a group of us set out on a journey to a particular lake in North Florida in hopes of being able to see an extremely unusual looking salamander. A close friend had invited us along because he knew the area well and knew that we had a good chance of seeing […]

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   Apr 01

North Carolina volunteer program looking for herping help

A North Carolina aquarium is training people to help with FrogWatch USA. From Star News Online: FrogWatch USA, a citizen science program, is now recruiting trained volunteers to collect data about the calls of local frogs and toads at local wetlands sites now through August and submit the data online. “Amphibians are important species to […]

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   Apr 01

USFWS seeks immediate ban on Mediterranean Geckos

In a surprising move this morning USFWS Director Dan Ashe has announced that the federal government will seek an immediate ban on the importation, interstate transport, and possession, of the Mediterranean House Gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus, an invasive species that has taken over in many states in the Southern U.S. “Thousands of these geckos have been […]

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   Apr 01

Herp Photo of the Day: Parrot snake

This parrot snake (Leptophis ahaetulla) is glad it’s “Hump Day” and looking forward to the weekend in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user Herpetologia! Be sure to tell Herpetologia you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read […]

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   Mar 31

Long Island SPCA group takes in another dangerous reptile

By Herp News An animal welfare group says a 3-foot reptile surrendered by a Long Island resident has been sent to an out-of-state sanctuary. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Mar 31

School children are first to brave new reptile house

By Herp News A HUGE reptile house featuring snakes, lizards, and tortoises has opened its doors to the public. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Mar 31

Sifis the Cretan crocodile is found dead – defying his hunters to the last

By Herp News Experts on Greek island believe long harsh winter did it for 6ft-long reptile that evaded capture, and was given Facebook page by admirers A crocodile on Crete that became an overnight sensation when it outwitted all attempts at “arrest” has been found dead, eight months after the reptile’s mysterious appearance in an […]

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   Mar 31

Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. Provides Section 19(a) Notice

By Herp News This notice provides stockholders of Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. with information regarding the distribution paid on March 31, 2015 and cumulati Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Mar 31

Common sand boa: The fat-belly constrictor

There are many snake lovers all over the world who love pythons and boas, and since I’ve been writing for kingsnake.com, many of them have contacted me to ask that I write about Indian pythons and boas. So this post is for my python and boa-loving readers! In India, you can find all kinds of […]

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   Mar 31

Evolve™ Adds ‘Behemoth’ Monster, Four New Hunters, and More

By Herp News 2K and Turtle Rock Studios announced that the Evolve™ experience is expanding today with the launch of a host of downloadable content* including the fourth playable Monster, Behemoth, four new playable Hunters, a free Observer Mode, and more. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto […]

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   Mar 31

Axolotl are disappearing from their only habitat

Invasive species and urban development are critically endangering the salamander From Aljazeera America: A recent study from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) shows in 1998 there were 6,000 axolotls per square kilometer in Xochimilco. By 2008 that figure had plummeted to 100. And in 2014 researchers found less than one per square kilometer. […]

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   Mar 31

Bright spot: beautiful Mexican wood turtles

One of the turtle species that Ron and I encountered on the Colima trip was a semi-aquatic creature of primarily terrestrial habits. Known as the Mexican spotted wood turtle, the subspecies we happened across was Rhinoclemmys rubida perixantha, the more northerly of the 2 known forms. We encountered 3 of this (as we later learned) […]

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   Mar 31

Herp Photo of the Day: Bull snake mama

Big Mama! Protecting her eggs, this Kankakee County bull snake shows off her natural instict to protect her eggs in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user pitparade! Be sure to tell pitparade you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them […]

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   Mar 31

Injured tortoise gets a custom-made 3D-printed shell

By Herp News A TORTOISE that was suffering from an agonizing disease that caused its shell to wear away has been custom-made a 3D printed shell to protect her own. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Mar 30

Large animals invaluable for tree-seed dispersal and regeneration of tropical forests

By Herp News Nearly two-thirds of tropical forests in Southeast Asia have been degraded by logging, agriculture and other human uses, and their fauna have been decimated by hunting and the bushmeat trade. But if those degraded tropical forests are to recover naturally, they will need to rely on their remaining large wild animals to […]

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   Mar 30

Large animals invaluable for tree-seed dispersal and regeneration of tropical forests

By Herp News Nearly two-thirds of tropical forests in Southeast Asia have been degraded by logging, agriculture and other human uses, and their fauna have been decimated by hunting and the bushmeat trade. But if those degraded tropical forests are to recover naturally, they will need to rely on their remaining large wild animals to […]

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   Mar 30

Saw-scaled viper: The quick tiny striker

The saw-scaled viper, Echis carinatus, is a venomous snake found in India and the smallest member of the Indian “Big Four” deadly snakes of India. This pygmy snake is one of the fastest-striking snakes in the world, and definitely the fastest striking one in India. The thing I like best about this tiny creature is […]

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   Mar 30

New insights on mass amphibian extinction

Sexually dimorphic species are less likely to go extinct, according to new research. From the Costa Rica Star: By examining research on global patterns of amphibian diversification over hundreds of millions of years, De Lisle and Rowe discovered that “sexually dimorphic” species – those in which males and females differ in size, for example – […]

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   Mar 30

Herp Photo of the Day: Hatchling hognose

This hatchling pink pastel hognose shares our feelings about Mondays in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user JoeTaffis! Be sure to tell Joe 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 more here: King Snake […]

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   Mar 29

Reptile breeders stop in Savannah for 'ReptiDay'

By Herp News Reptile vendors and breeders were in Savannah to showcase hundreds of different reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, spiders, and small exotic animals to area enthusiasts on Sunday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Mar 29

This New Startup Is Shipping Cockroaches Through the Mail

By Herp News A man from North Carolina is launching Reptile Munchies, a startup that will deliver live roaches to the doors of reptile owners so they can keep their pets fed without any hassle. The subscription service costs $29 per month for a month's worth of reptile food—about 100 roaches. Go to Source …read […]

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   Mar 29

Survey of salmonella species in Staten Island Zoo’s snakes

By Herp News To better understand the variety of salmonella species harbored by captive reptiles, Staten Island Zoo has teamed up with microbiologists. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Mar 29

Injured tortoise given 3D printed shell

By Herp News Cleopatra the leopard tortoise has been given a 3D printed prosthetic shell to protect her from injury Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Mar 29

Reptile breeders in Savannah for 'ReptiDay'

By Herp News Reptile vendors and breeders will be in Savannah to showcase hundreds of different reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, spiders, and small exotic animals to area enthusiasts on Sunday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Mar 28

Spring Turtle

By Herp News Help your turtle by jumping from one platform to the next and destroy your friends records!And remember you are a ninja, nothing is… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Mar 28

Ninja Turtle Jumper

By Herp News Ninja Turtle Jumper is a fun and simple action game perfect for all age group! This game is free!! Try to beat your own high score… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Mar 28

This tortoise got a brand new 3D-printed shell after her own one was damaged

By Herp News Her name is Cleopatra, and she looks fierce. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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