Today is National Love Your Pet Day and this pet boa constrictor is definitely loved in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user mavericksdad! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Upload your own and photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Happy Rattlesnake Friday!
Happy Rattlesnake Friday! All venomous snakes need our support, and this stunning Olmec Pit Viper (Atropoides olmec) in our herp photo of the day uploaded by kingsnake.com user PeteSnakeCharmer is no exception! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! We celebrate #RattlesnakeFriday to celebrate the wonderful venomous species that contribute to making our […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Carpet Python
What a stunning female Coastal Carpet Python in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user AJ01! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Upload your own and 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
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Herp Photo of the Day: Gecko
This Tokay has opinions, uploaded by kingsnake.com user mattcrum, in our herp photo of the day! Be sure to tell them you liked it here. Upload your own reptile and amphibian 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
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Herp Photo of the Day: Sand Boa
This Kenyan Sand Boa is getting into the mood for today, uploaded by kingsnake.com user Thera, in our herp photo of the day! Be sure to tell them you liked it here. Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Gecko
This Giant Ground Gecko is doing his best tough guy impersonation in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user leighroomes . Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Happy Rattlesnake Friday!
Happy Rattlesnake Friday! Check out this gorgeous Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake in our herp photo of the day uploaded by kingsnake.com user sluggo781 found near Perris, CA! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Remember on Friday, we highlight our venomous species to help increase awareness about their conservation and celebrate #RattlesnakeFriday with everyone. […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Boa
Looks like there is a new guitarist in the band in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user liljenni . Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Chameleon
This Ambilobe Panther Chameleon is all fired up in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user vinniem1210! Be sure to tell vinniem1210 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 […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Garter Snake
What was your first? For so many of us it was the same animal! All hail the mighty Garter Snake in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user TomDickinson for being so many of our first wild herp! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Komodo Dragon
A True Giant. This Komodo Dragon takes center stage in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user cowboyfromhell s! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake No […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Happy Rattlesnake Friday!
Happy Rattlesnake Friday! How beautiful is this Barnett’s Lancehead (Bothrops barnetti) in our herp photo of the day uploaded by kingsnake.com user PeteSnakeCharmer ?! This rattlesnake was found in Portal, NM. Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Remember on Friday, we highlight our venomous species to help increase awareness about their conservation […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: World Wetland Day
This is an amazing shot showing the cold tolerance of a Tiger Salamandar in Minnesota in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user TJ ! YES THAT IS SNOW! 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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Herp Photo of the Day: Turtle
This pair of Black Breasted Leaf Turtles (Geoemyda spengleri) are doing what they do best in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user schroderal! 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 […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Boa
This Boa is doing what they do best in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user minicopilot ! 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 more here: King Snake No […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Agama
How cute are this pair of hatching Agamas in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user John-C! So much variety in coloration! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: […]
Read the rest of this entry »Jan 27
Herp Photo of the Day: Happy Rattlesnake Friday!
Happy Rattlesnake Friday! We are loving this Rock Rattlesnake (Crotalus lepidus) from the field in our herp photo of the day uploaded by kingsnake.com user BowieKnife357 ! This rattlesnake was found in Portal, NM. Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Remember on Friday, we highlight our venomous species to help increase awareness […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Snake
How cool is this pile of drymarchon in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user alanB! So much variety in coloration! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Thorny Devil
This field found Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus) in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user frilly looks regal in his pose! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Python
There can be little more precious than a child and his pet Ball Python, like Markus and his snake in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user mikev ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Water Dragon
Start the week with this cute pair of Australian water dragons in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user cochran! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake […]
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Salamander and Frog Emergence Time
A quacking call and “robbers” mask identifies the earthen colored Wood Frog. By now herpers in the north east must be anxious for spring to arrive, and for herpers in the south-land it is probably already here. With the blooming of the spring flowers and the budding of the hardier trees comes the emergence of […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Happy Rattlesnake Friday!
Happy Rattlesnake Friday! All venomous snakes need our support! This Cottonmouth is screaming it from the field in our herp photo of the day uploaded by kingsnake.com user BowieKnife357 ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Remember on Friday, we highlight our venomous species to help increase awareness about their conservation and […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Corn Snake
This is a gorgeous corn snake in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user dallashawks ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! No offense USPS! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here …read more Read more here: King Snake No […]
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Largest Turtle hatching documented
New footage shows hundreds of thousands of baby giant South American river turtles hatching. (Source: Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) / ECOVALE) Between Brazil and Bovlia along the Guaporé River, scientists recently captured video of the world’s largest turtle hatching! Conservation efforts caught the South American River turtles emerging this winter. Conservationists say coordination between the […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Tarantula
This Mexican Rust Leg Tarantula is NOT a herp, however it deserves to shine in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user Jfonseca! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Upload your own and photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King […]
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Drone captures Leatherback laying eggs
A thermal image of the leatherback sea turtle digging sand, in Phang Nga, Thailand January 14, 2023, in this screen grab taken from a handout video obtained by Reuters on January 17, 2023. Department of Marine and Coastal Resources/Handout via REUTERS Conservation officials in Thailand recently caught an endangered Leatherback Turtle laying their eggs in […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Short Tail Python
Hope this beautiful Sumatran Short Tail (aka Black Blood) in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user amaliamoran brightens your Monday! 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 more here: […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Rat Snake
This curious little wild Rat snake is checking out the camera in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user cmac107 ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Upload your own and photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake No […]
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Whatever Happened to the Fancy-colored Snapping Turtles?
This is an albino Florida Snapper. The greenish tint is algae Almost everybody knows or thinks they know what a Common Snapping Turtle looks like. Sadly, many folks not familiar with both the Common and the Alligator Snapper mistake the former for the latter and steadfastly refuse to acknowledge the many external differences. But this […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Happy Rattlesnake Friday!
Awesome field shot of a Mojave (Crotalus scutulatus salvini) taken in Mexico in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user OXYUMAURUS! 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 more here: […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Rough Earth Snake
Good things come in small packages, like the Rough Earth Snake in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user gdy! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Herald Snake
This Herald snake (Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia) is just cruising around in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user MVH4! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and 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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Herp Photo of the Day: ETB
The Emerald Tree Boa in the most classic of poses graces us in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user snakedawg81! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Tegu
This little tegu is peeking around the corner to the new week in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user musicloverhoney! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake […]
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New Boa discovered in Edcuador
Scientist Mario Yanez holds a specimen of the new dwarf boa species.(AFP: Rodrigo Buendia) A new species of dwarf boa has been discovered in the Amazon in Ecuador. This brings the number of known Tropidophis to 6 located in South America! Two specimens were found in the Colonso Chalupas national reserve and in the private […]
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The Variable Bush Viper
This is the charcoal phase of the Variable Bush Viper Seems like just yesterday but I guess it was about 4 decades ago, a small, pretty, nocturnal, African viper took American herpetoculture by storm. This was the Variable Bush Viper, Atheris squamiger. And variable it was, clad in scales of green, burnt orange, butter yellow, […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Happy Rattlesnake Friday!
All coiled up, this Crotalus lepidus klauberi in our herp photo of the day uploaded by kingsnake.com user lepidus-klauberi looks ready for something! 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 more here: King […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Lacerta
This male Lacerta has his eye on you in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user danielk! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon […]
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Crocodiles and Pollution, the balance in Belize
Crocodile researcher Jonathan Triminio talking to students in BelizeJONATHAN TRIMINIO Saving a reptile species can be a challenging in it’s own right, but what if the benefits are saving an ecosystem too? The Crocodile Research Coalition is attempting to do not only that, but potentially save the world! While it seems like lofty goals, it […]
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