By Herp News Tortoise Capital Advisors announces upcoming distribution amounts and dates for its closed-end funds, reflecting distribution growth for most funds. These distribution increases st Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

The often-underestimated beauty of a Macklot’s python shines through in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user Bob Garby! Be sure to tell Bob 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 […]

By Herp News For more than a decade, a vial of rare snake venom refused to give up its secret formula for lethality; its toxins had no effect on the proteins that most venoms target. Finally, an international team of researchers figured out its recipe: a toxin that permanently activates a crucial type of nerve […]

One of the most beautiful snakes in the southeast is the scarlet kingsnake, Lampropeltis elapsoides. No, scratch that , the scarlet kingsnake is one of the most beautiful and colorful snakes in all of North America. Clad in colors of bright red,black and yellow or sometimes white, this small kingsnake can be stunning. Barely reaching […]

A fossil discovered in China shows some good parenting from a now extinct reptile species. From Live Science: Given that all of these animals died within a tail’s length of one another, it’s likely that the adult was caring for the young, they said. “Although it is possible that the individuals were all swept together […]

The owner of an exotic pet store in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada, was arrested on February 5, 2015, and then promptly released to face charges to be made public at a hearing to be held on April 27. A statement released by the New Brunswick Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) disclosed the pending charges are […]

It’s hard to believe it’s been 18 years, but domain registrations don’t lie — today is kingsnake.com’s 18th birthday! On February 8, 1997, kingsnake.com first appeared on the Internet; it’s been 6,574 days, or 157, 776 hours, or 9,466,560 minutes, since our servers first went active and the kingsnake.com community launched. Since then, our reptile […]

By Herp News SANDAKAN : There are about 450 habitants on Pulau Libaran and their main livelihood being fishing. Turtles are known to come ashore and lay their eggs on the island. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The rare turtle. CREDIT: Adam Hutchings The rare turtle. CREDIT: Adam Hutchings Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The animals were found dead in a clutch deposited in a terrarium at the Cologne Zoo in Germany. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News In a first-of-its-kind case, a pair of conjoined lizards called Quince monitor lizards were discovered at a German zoo, according to a new report. The animals were found in June 2009 in a clutch deposited in a terrarium at the Cologne Zoo, in Germany.Other cases of conjoined twins have been reported in […]

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By Herp News The Quince monitor lizard hatchlings were attached at the head and had two tails and eight legs Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

It’s our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user ptahtoo! 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. Amazon Auto Links

Check out this video “Buddy’s Life Story!” submitted by kingsnake.com user spotsowner. Submit your own reptile & amphibian videos at http://www.kingsnake.com/video/ and you could see them featured here or check out all the videos submitted by other users! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Some termite species erect massive mounds that look like great temples springing up from the world’s savannas and drylands. But aside from their aesthetic appeal—and incredible engineering—new research in Science finds that these structures do something remarkable for the ecosystem: they hold back the desert. Go to Source …read more Read more […]

Reptile hobbyists in the UK are watching closely as new legislation unfolds in other member countries of the European Union. Legislators in Holland have imposed “white list” restrictions on the types of mammals that can be kept in that country, with similar lists for reptiles and birds to be revealed soon. White list legislation comprises […]

By Herp News Last year, more than 6,000 people gathered for the World Parks Congress 2014, an event held around every ten years by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The World Parks Congress discusses myriad issues related to protected areas, which recent research has shown are in rough shape. Go to Source […]

Today the range of the greenhouse frog, Eleutherodactylus planirostris, (now one of the most common of Florida’s frogs) extends, at least locally, as far north as coastal southern South Carolina and eastern Texas. This tiny Bahaman, Cuban, and perhaps Cayman Island interloper has a weak, almost tremulous voice: a chirping whistle that is often mistaken […]

Walking around Australia to raise money for a hospital, a man’s stormtrooper suit saved him from a king brown snakebite. From the New York Daily News: “The armor actually protected me and stopped the bite,” Loxley said in a video posted online. “I could feel the teeth on the plastic, scraping, but the armor actually […]

By Herp News As part of its ongoing efforts to enhance aftermarket support to investors, Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. announced today that it will begin reporting daily NAVs for each of it Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

It’s our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user cochran! 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. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News To the delight of giggling children, the lizard and the bird tried to make the sun appear. Click to Continue » Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Byline: The Three Tuns at St Keverne held a fantastic charity evening at the hotel recently, which raised £600 for The Lizard RNLI lifeboat. Page Content: When Chris and Dawn McKay, the proprietors of the Three Tuns Hotel in St Keverne, decided to hold a fundraising event at their establishment, there were […]

Worried about federal overreach, and because they’re “creepy,” lawmakers rejected a bill to name the Idaho giant salamander the state amphibian. From the Star Tribune: Frank Lundberg, a herpetologist, testified in support of the bill and was disappointed after it failed. “It is a mistake to ever overestimate the ignorance of the Idaho Legislature,” he […]

Worried about federal overreach, and because they’re “creepy,” lawmakers rejected a bill championed by a local school girl to name the Idaho giant salamander the state amphibian. From the Star Tribune: Frank Lundberg, a herpetologist, testified in support of the bill and was disappointed after it failed. “It is a mistake to ever overestimate the […]

Worried about federal overreach, and because they’re “creepy,” lawmakers rejected a bill championed by a local school girl to name the Idaho giant salamander the state amphibian. From the Star Tribune: Frank Lundberg, a herpetologist, testified in support of the bill and was disappointed after it failed. “It is a mistake to ever overestimate the […]

It’s our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user Eve! 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. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Only about 3,000 of these rare turtles are believed to remain in the wild, a number that is shrinking rapidly. Over the past two months at least 186 forest turtles—more than 6 percent of the entire known population—have been rescued from five groups of poachers who intended to sell them on the […]

By Herp News Fins up, dude! A professional kite surfer gave a sea turtle the ride of a lifetime when he used his board to rescue the creature from certain death. Mitu Monteiro,… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News For the first time, Indonesia has sentenced an illegal manta ray trafficker to jail time and a fine, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

It had rained, poured, rained, then misted all day and Jake wanted to see a Florida gopher frog – badly. So badly that he swore that if I would just get him to where they were chorusing he WOULD NOT come back to the car without a picture. We visited and failed at some of […]

After a snake common in Sri Lanka was found in India, scientists now suspect the two countries were once connected by land. From the International Business Times: The snake can jump five metres and disappear in a trice, says wildlife biologist Bubesh Guptha who has spotted it near the temple town of Tirumala in the […]

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By Herp News With flatback hatchlings continuing to dig clear of the nests lining Cemetery Beach to begin their lives at sea, turtle monitors are hailing the latest nesting season a success. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Jan. 31, 2015, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $377.5 million and its unaudit Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Jan. 31, 2015, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $250.1 million and Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Jan. 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

By Herp News Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Jan. 31, 2015, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $408.2 million and its unaud Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. today announced that as of Jan. 31, 2015, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $4.1 billion and its unaudited ne Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links