By Herp News LANESBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — An exotic lizard valued at $170 has gone missing from Berkshire County pet store and the owner thinks it was stolen. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News LANESBOROUGH — An exotic lizard valued at $170 has been stolen from its cage at a pet store, according to the store's owner. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Sea snakes in Australia, like this Leaf-scaled sea snake, are experiencing a drastic decline in numbers for reasons that puzzle scientists. From The Conversation, as part of its on-going series on wildlife conservation in Australia: The reasons for the severe declines of Short-nosed and Leaf-scaled sea snakes remain a mystery. Nine other sea snake species […]

By Herp News An exotic lizard valued at $170 has gone missing from Berkshire County pet store and the owner thinks it was stolen. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

You really shouldn’t “save” animals unless you’re actually going to be able to care for them. Take what’s happening to 30 pythons seized in Pakistan: From the International Herald Tribune: After being given temporary custody of over 30 imported non-poisonous pythons, the Karachi zoo is struggling to take care of the slithering reptiles and is […]

Rico Walder, one of kingsnake.com’s most longstanding community members, and a good friend to all in the herp community, is struggling against Stage IV glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer. Can we come together to help him win that fight? Rico’s family and friends have established a fundraising effort to help […]

The dark side of science, when it tells you things you don’t want to be true. From NBC Science News: Nearly one fifth of all reptiles — turtles, snakes, lizards and crocodiles — are on a slippery slope toward extinction due to loss of habitat, overharvesting and other factors, a new report says. The study […]

Sea turtle vs. shark doesn’t usually end too well for the turtle, but some human intervention has a sea turtle named Hu swimming again. From Mashable: Hu, a 25-year-old female loggerhead, was discovered by fishermen in mid-2008 when they accidentally pulled her up in their fishing nets. After noticing the creature was missing large portions […]

A University of Colorado study published today in the journal Nature tags biodiversity — a large number of different species — in pond environments as a major factor in protecting amphibians from the parasite Ribeiroia ondatrae. From Science News: The richer the assortment of amphibian species living in a pond, the more protection that community […]

The state of Connecticut has introduced House Bill 5832, which amends the state’s exotic pets law as follows: That section 26-40a of the general statutes be amended to provide that the sale, transfer or breeding of certain exotic animals is also prohibited and to add tigers, mole vipers, boa constrictors, burmese pythons and sea snakes […]

With the tally of pythons hunted and killed in Florida’s much-hyped “Python Challenge” stalled at around 50, the retroactive lowering of the success bar is in full swing. From the Miami Herald: The haul from Florida’s much-ballyhooed Python Challenge, which wrapped up at midnight Sunday, may not sound impressive. After all, nearly 1,600 people signed […]

Happy Year of the Snake from all of us at kingsnake.com! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Turtle moms have a way to “freeze” the development of their eggs until conditions are right, according to a study published in The American Naturalist. From LiveScience: Pregnant turtles hit the pause button on their eggs’ development until the time is just right to lay them in a nest, researchers say. The careful moms do […]

kingsnake.com has completely rebuilt its reptile breeders and business directory, launching it not only on the main site, but also as a standalone website called kingsnake.com has completely rebuilt its reptile breeders and business directory, launching it not only on the main site, but also as a standalone website called ReptileBusinessGuide.com. Businesses listed in kingsnake.com’s […]

Apparently it takes a little more than romantic music to get tortoises in the mood. The Associated Press reports: Galapagos tortoises at London’s zoo lumbered around impassively as famous French pianist Richard Clayderman serenaded them with music from his latest album, “Romantique.” The music — an attempt Thursday to put the reptiles in the mood […]

In what has to be one of the most bizarre snake-related news stories ever, a man attending the Great Lakes Pet Expo walked off with a corn snake, and left his little boy behind. From WISN.com: Exhibitors at State Fair Park said they were just starting to pack up Saturday night at the Great Lakes […]

Is there a reptile show coming to town, but you don’t know when or where or even how to get there? That’s why we’ve launched Is there a reptile show coming to town, but you don’t know when or where or even how to get there? That’s why we’ve launched ReptileShowGuide.com! kingsnake.com has completely rebuilt […]

Ever wanted to run a banner on kingsnake.com, but were stopped by the cost? Help is here! Buying display based advertising on the Internet industry per-view (known as “CPM”) basis is cost-prohibitive for most small reptile and amphibian businesses and hobbyists. You buy $100 worth of views, and they run out before you even see […]

new to the turtle world found a map and a slider named them spike and spaz gave them a sweet home but they do not seem to be comfortable still not sure if they are happy or not …read more Read more here: Turtle Times No products found. Amazon Auto Links

They’re so little! Yolk sack still in tact. I’m scared for them! Really hope they make it. I’ve had some really awesome people help me out with finding out some great information on how to care for hatchlings. Can’t wait until they’re happy and healthy! …read more Read more here: Turtle Times No products found. […]

Hi, I have two box turtles and they both need to start living outside. I live in Arizona so it is slowly cooling down. I made an outside enclosure for them with just natural dirt. It had a lot of rocks in it and I did my best to get them out. I talked to […]

I want to use plexi glass to wall off about 1/4 of a 135 gallon tank. Has any one ever done this before and if so do you have any tips? I was thinking that the wall would go about 3/4 of the way up the tank or a little bit more. I would have […]

I bought blood worms the yesterday ( the frozen cubed ones) and I left them in a ziplock in the refrgerator ( NOT FREEZER) So when i took it out it was no longer a solid and it was soft! and once i put it in the water it does move or anything. I WAS […]

Can anyone help me? I have a 10 gallon tank containing 2 50 cent piece size Easter Box Turtles (I Plan on moving to a bigger tank but can’t atm). Their bedding is a mixture of Forest Floor and Coconut Fiber, I have a 60 Watt daylight heat bulb on one side and a Repti-sun […]

I just recently bought 2  baby red eared sliders at the local flea market. While purchasing them I noticed their eyes were closed and both had soft shell. I brought them home and put them in a 20 gallon tank with a heat lamp and I bought all kinds of medicine including  turtle eye drops and vita […]

hi i got these to turtles from a friend and now i need to know what kind they are if yyou can id post a comment leting me know thanks …read more Read more here: Turtle Times No products found. Amazon Auto Links

A couple hours later my dad said that my friend had come over and said that the turtle was dead it had lots all motion in its body and did not respond to a touch so the turtle did die it had a couple hours of life and now he’s gone. he’s in a better […]

Someone please help me out. so i got my baby red eared slider about a week or so ago shipped to me. he barely ate when he first got here and i figured hes just being a normal shy turtle. well now i have a real problem. he will not open his eyes theyre puffy […]

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Brandon Patane roadkill6527@aol.com 120 Hymen Court Brooklyn, NY 11229 United States Fraud Alert: Brandon Patane – roadkill6527@aol.com Fraudulent Use of Credit Card; Theft of Service On December 24, 2011, kingsnake.com received a chargeback notice from our credit card processor that the classified account purchase made on September 11, 2011, by the individual listed above was […]

I think it’s fair to call this season a success. I got 3 clutches of Florida kingsnake eggs–two of which have hatched so far, one of which still has a month to go. I didn’t get good eggs out of my house snakes–I got eggs, but they were bad. I’ll try again next year on […]