By Herp News On Friday R&B singer, Rihanna, posed in Thailand with a slow loris, an endangered primate that is often illegally touted on the streets of Southeast Asia by pet dealers. The picture, which the celebrity shared on instagram, went viral, and over the weekend Thai police arrested two men—one 20 and one 16—who […]

By Herp News The Marsican brown bear is on the brink of extinction. Despite authorities spending millions of Euros on its conservation, high human-caused mortality is menacing the survival of this distinct subspecies. The Marsican brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) is only found in the Italy’s Central Apennines, less than 200 kilometers from Rome. The […]

By Herp News Yu, the 25-year-old loggerhead turtle lives in the Suma Aqualife Park near Kobe in Japan and wears a specially-designed black vest with rubber fins attached. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Check out this video “Anoles in My Garden,” submitted by kingsnake.com user clintg. 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 Four new legless lizard species are found, near Los Angeles International Airport and in Bakersfield, in the Mojave and near Taft. Scientists have discovered four new species of legless lizards in California, including one species that lives beneath the sand dunes near Los Angeles International Airport.         Go to […]

By Herp News Mark Summer is a serious musician but he knows how to have fun. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Slow Poke the turtle disappeared Thursday from Tina Haley's backyard. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Two Stomp readers reported the sighting of a monitor lizard moving about around the lift lobby of a Housing Board block in Yishun Ring Road on Saturday morning (Sep 21). According to one passerby, the lizard was later taken away with help from the police and Acres (Animal Concerns Research & Education […]

By Herp News The Calgary Reptile Expo is underway Saturday and Sunday, giving lovers of the less cuddly animals an opportunity to learn and explore. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Sir David Attenborough has joked that he wishes more people would realise he has a reptile named after him. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The city is asking to exempt a core area of the beachfront from the ordinance to “facilitate developer interest and investment …” Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Last Monday, the police officer on morning duty at Isla Colón International Airport, Panama noticed some foreigners loading crates with what appeared to be animals on a private jet. Finding this suspicious, he alerted his supervisor. Within minutes the local police chief, the mayor of Bocas, the director of the regional office […]

By Herp News South Africa has experienced an uptick in rhino poaching since Environmental Minister Edna Molewa called for legalizing the rhino trade, reveals analysis by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Following the description of the world’s smallest frogs, biologists now offer three more species of tiny amphibians from the region of Papua New Guinea. Despite their minute size, around 20 mm, the three new frog species are still substantially larger than the prize holders, described in 2011. The new species represent a […]

It’s not often a veterinarian who writes about pets for a mainstream newspaper devotes an entire column not just to a pet snake, but a species that’s not kept as a pet all that often. But Modesto, Calif., veterinarian Dr. Jeff Kahler did just that in a recent piece in the Modesto Bee, where he […]

By Herp News A frightening disease has been ravaging amphibians across the planet. At least 350 species have been infected, two hundred of which have suffered massive population reductions or extinctions, some even occurring within the space of weeks. In 1999, a single fungal species called Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), commonly known as the chytrid fungus, […]

By Herp News CARLTON, Ga., Sept. 19 (UPI) — A Georgia couple whose 17-year-old tortoise vanished from their yard said they believe their pet left in search of a mate. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News While researchers expected that the pond turtle’s eyes would operate like other animals with eyes on the side of their heads, this particular species of turtle appears to have characteristics of both front and side-eyed animals. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Four new species of legless lizards have been added to the one previously known member of the group Anniella, reports the journal Breviora. From the LA Times: Anniella are pretty small animals, about as thick as a pencil and rarely more than 8 inches long. They spend their lives wiggling beneath loose, sandy soil, snacking […]

By Herp News While researchers expected that the pond turtle’s eyes would operate like other animals with eyes on the side of their heads, this particular species of turtle appears to have characteristics of both front and side-eyed animals. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Prior to the discovery of the new species, there was only one known legless lizard species in the United States Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – The fossil of a sea reptile found two years ago in Alaska may be that of a previously unknown species, a scientist who was part of a team that discovered and excavated the remains said on Wednesday. The creature, a kind of thalattosaur, swam in […]

By Herp News Four previously unknown species of snakelike creatures have been found in California — but don't call them snakes; they're legless lizards. Prior to the discovery of the new species, there was only one known legless lizard species in the United States: the California legless lizard. Go to Source …read more Read more […]

By Herp News Four previously unknown species of legless lizard have been described in California, report researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and Cal State-Fullerton. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A mysterious lizard, described by experts as “a real underdog,” has been bred in the UK for the first time. The arrival of the tiny Bell's anglehead, one of the world's rarest lizards, has left keepers at Chester Zoo “absolutely thrilled.” The finger-sized youngster will be cared for in a behind-the-scenes rearing […]

By Herp News One of the richest ecosystems on the planet may not survive a hotter climate without human help, according to a sobering new paper in the open source journal PLoS ONE. Although little-studied compared to lowland rainforests, the cloud forests of the Andes are known to harbor explosions of life, including thousands of […]

By Herp News One of the world's rarest lizards has been bred in the UK for the first time. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Primates of the World: An Illustrated Guide is stunning. There is simply no better way I can think of to gain an appreciation of the primate family than to peruse Primates of the World: An Illustrated Guide. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Legless lizards evolved on five continents to burrow in loose soil and sand, but are rarely seen because they live underground. Hence the surprise when biologists found four new species in California, living in marginal areas like downtown Bakersfield, San Joaquin Valley oil fields and west of the runways at the airport. […]

The Eastern Pacific hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), thought to be all but extinct, is making a comeback to Central America’s Gulf of Fonseca. How did it happen? No one knows. From Fox News Latino: The Eastern Pacific Hawksbill sea turtle was considered critically endangered until about seven years ago, with many scientists considering the species […]

By Herp News PHOENIX – They may be small, slow and even cute for now, but within a few weeks, the baby Nile crocodiles that fit in Russ Johnson’s hands will be downright dangerous. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Everyone knows that tigers, pandas, and blue whales are threatened with extinction—but lions!? Researchers were shocked to recently discover that lion populations have fallen precipitously: down to around 30,000 animals across the African continent. While 30,000 may sound like a lot, this is a nearly 70 percent decline since 1960. In addition, […]

I might be getting a Misissipi map turtle soon! I’m very excited but I don’t know what to name it! Please give me any name suggestions that you think are good, although I don’t want any names named after the ninja turtles, or something like Shelly, squirtle or yertle! I hope that Ocean and Prince […]

Fungal threats to honeybees and bats have been in the news lately, but they’re not the only species at risk from these human-spread diseases. Snakes and amphibians, too, are facing catastrophic effects from these emerging pathogens. From the Washington Post: They are fungi, and they arrived in the United States from overseas with an assist […]

By Herp News Gather round, everyone, young and old. In an impressive stunt sure to amaze and delight the family, Houdini the African spurred tortoise disappeared from his owner’s yard last week on Cape Cod only to appear five days later, unharmed, having trekked the distance of nearly 4 miles. Go to Source …read more […]

By Herp News Gather round, everyone, young and old. In an impressive stunt sure to amaze and delight the family, Houdini the African spurred tortoise disappeared from his owner’s yard last week on Cape Cod only to appear five days later, unharmed, having trekked the distance of nearly 4 miles.         Go […]

By Herp News Gather round, everyone, young and old. In an impressive stunt sure to amaze and delight the family, Houdini the African spurred tortoise disappeared from his owner’s yard last week on Cape Cod only to appear five days later, unharmed, having trekked the distance of nearly 4 miles.         Go […]

By Herp News Staff members at the Turtle Hospital report that denture glue is successfully holding together 40-pound sea turtle's shell Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Staff members at the Turtle Hospital report that denture glue is successfully holding together 40-pound sea turtle's shell Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Gather round, everyone, young and old. In an impressive stunt sure to amaze and delight the family, Houdini the African spurred tortoise disappeared from his owner’s yard last week on Cape Cod only to appear five days later, unharmed, having trekked the distance of — yes folks! — nearly four miles.   […]