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   Jan 04

Toads Catch Unusual Lift


Several Cane Toads remind us that necessity is the mother of invention as they found a novel way to get out of an area being flooded by an overflowing dam. They hitched a Lyft, wait make that lift on the back of a local python named Monty. It is Australia after all, pythons just wander the streets there I hear!

“I went out and the lake had overflowed,” he says, and realised the toads, who nested around its edge, were fleeing the rising waters.

“Thousands of toads were all trying to find somewhere to go,” he says. “And then I saw Monty our local python with a bunch of hitchhikers on his back.”

A variety of theories abound from it being staged to male toads with a little romantic confusion, but we just think it is a cool story! Check out the full story and video here!

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   Jan 04

Herp Photo of the Day: Happy Rattlesnake Friday!

What a gorgeous hybrid (Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus x stephensi) in our herp photo of the day uploaded by kingsnake.com user -SoloViper- ! If I were to give it a catchy name it would be Specklemint Rattlesnake. Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Jan 03

Herp Photo of the Day: Axolotl

If this axolotl in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user tadpoleo doesn’t make you smile, I am not sure what will! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Jan 03

Man vs crickets: final battle


My very first bulk cricket order was from Jurassic Snacks in the early 90’s.This was well before the internet, we herpers were still working on long distance calls and mail order lists. Everyone has that story, especially us old timers. After lamenting my issues of fitting the square box full of crickets into the rectangle aquarium to a friend, he let me in on the trash bag trick. This tale from a twitter user had tears coming from my eyes.

This tale from a new bearded dragon owner in Minnesota might very well be the funniest thing you have read this week.

Having never ordered internet crickets before, I naively assumed that I’d open up the box and find the crickets in some sort of sealed bag or other contraption to facilitate easy transfer to their final storage place. I also assumed that given the near-zero temperatures we were experiencing that morning, any crickets in the box would be groggy and disoriented and easy to manage.

I was wrong on both counts.

I have not lived in the home I received my first cricket order since 2000, but I am convinced the house still has crickets roaming the halls. To read the full story, I strongly suggest you click here.
Inset photo of post feeding beardie courtesy of TazziesMommy …read more
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   Jan 02

Herp Photo of the Day: Salamander

Love this shot from the field! Found on the UC Santa Cruz campus, this Black Salamander (Aneides flavipunctatus) is getting a closer look at us in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user sc_shark ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Jan 01

Herp Photo of the Day: Python

Baby pictures never get old. Let’s welcome this little ball python to the world in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user TerryHeuring brighten your day!! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Dec 31

Herp Photo of the Day: Lizard

This female Kimberly Rock Monitor is just hanging out in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user bob! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Dec 28

Herp Photo of the Day: Snake

So small and precious, this baby Broad Banded Water Snake in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user cochran is so very adorable! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Dec 27

Herp Photo of the Day: Lizard

Think this Cham in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user 1Sun a little hangry?! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Dec 26

Herp Photo of the Day: Python

Is this Irian Jaya Jag in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user StonedReptiles bright enough for you? Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Dec 25

Herp Photo of the Day: Python

We hope this Ball Python in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user toshamc,will bring you a lot of Christmas Cheer! From our family to yours, we wish you a safe, healthy and happy Christmas! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Dec 24

Memories


Males of Lacerta viridis, the European green lizard, are an intense dark green with blue jowls.
Memories sure help keep us going. Initially I was going to blog about the first red Carolina pygmy rattler I had ever seen way back about 1956 or 58. Then I said no. Let’s talk about black rat snakes in the derelict houses along Rte 1 up in VA. Or maybe rainbow snakes along Rte 17 in SC. But then I happened across a photo of a western green lizard in Topeka, KS and got to thinking about Quivira Specialties Company.

Quivira Specialties was a mail order live creature and curio supplier. One of the first, it was owned by Charles E. and Mae D. Burt. I learned about the company after reading their ad in the magazine “Outdoor Life”. I was probably in one of the junior high (now middle school) grades at the time so that make the time period in the 1950s.
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   Dec 21

Herp Photo of the Day: Lizard

This little beardie is all ready for his sleigh ride in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user ginag ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Dec 20

Herp Photo of the Day: Lizard

What a festive Tokay in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user bloodpython_MA ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Dec 19

Herp Photo of the Day: Lizard

Dashing through the snow, two cute Bearded Dragons on a sleigh in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user ginag ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Dec 18

Herp Photo of the Day: Python

Countdown to Christmas! This Green Tree Python is in the holiday spirit in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user toshamc ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Dec 17

Herp Photo of the Day: Lizard

We have the proof Santa is a reptile right here in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user rosebuds! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Dec 17

There’s a New Gecko in Town!


Mediterranean gecko. Note the transverse barring on the tail.
I’m not keeping as close of a watch on herpetological happenings as I once did, so when Jake mentioned to me “there’s a new house gecko in eastern Louisiana” I was more than a little surprised.

But when I indulged in a little research I found that this gecko, the small-spotted house gecko, Hemidactylus parvimaculatus, had been first reported from the viicinity of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, about 5 years earlier in 2013. So I guess it can’t really be considered new, just newish. Just as a “by-the-way” this gecko is native to Sri Lanka, Reunion, Mauritius and Rodrigues, Comoro Islands, Maldives, Mascarene Islands, and India (Kerala). It has now been introduced in areas as diverse as Australia’s Cocos Islands and Louisiana (Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Tammany parishes).

Continue reading “There’s a New Gecko in Town!” …read more
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   Dec 14

Herp Photo of the Day: Happy Rattlesnake Friday!

It would be pretty hard to tread on this Albino Atrox in our herp photo of the day uploaded by kingsnake.com user krantz ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Dec 13

Herp Photo of the Day: Snake

Always watching, this Toffeebelly Hognose is serene in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user hogboy!

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   Dec 12

Herp Photo of the Day: Snake

Proving that good things come in small packages, this field caught ringneck shines in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user cochran!

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   Dec 11

Herp Photo of the Day: Lizard

This totes adorbs Crestie is all ready for snow in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user wendhend! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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Cresties really do not like snow. Please don’t take them out in the cold. …read more
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   Dec 10

Herp Photo of the Day: Caecilian

Although often called incorrectly a rubber eel, this Rio Cauca Caecilian (Typhlonectes natans) in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user chrish is all amphibian! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Dec 10

Those “Little Green Turtles”


Trachemys scripta elegans, the red-eared slider is brightly colored when a hatchling, less so as an adult, and may live for more than 50 years.
Let’s hearken back to the 1940s and 1950s. Despite those “old days,” in fact those “old years,” being the formative years for my interest in herpetology and herpetoculture, I’ll be the first to admit that they were among the toughest of times for the little turtles then referred to by the dealers (in those days dealers were as diverse as 5&10 cent stores and every town’s independent pet shop) as “baby green turtles.”

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   Dec 07

Herp Photo of the Day: Happy Rattlesnake Friday!

So small, yet so powerful. We love this little Mexican Coral Snake in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user MXHerper ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! On Rattlesnake Friday, we celebrate all forms of venomous reptiles to promote conservation of them world wide!

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   Dec 06

Herp Photo of the Day: Lizard

Some people have St. Nick, but we have St. Kismet in our herp photo of the day uploaded by kingsnake.com user Really ! Hopefully he brought you more than greens and worms! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Dec 05

Herp Photo of the Day: Snake

This is quite an amazing field shot of a Black Racer in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user piglet ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Dec 04

Herp Photo of the Day: Lizard

Climbing to greet the morning is this beautiful green tree monitor in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user roadspawn!

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   Dec 03

Herp Photo of the Day: Lizard

Wary and keeping his distance, this agama is protecting his territory in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user aero_tiff ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Dec 03

The Okeetee Corn

This is a “straight from the wilds of Okeetee” Okeetee corn snake.
The ad stated “This boy is stunning, pics do him no justice! He is a wild caught straight from Okeetee.”

Okeetee? What’s an Okeetee?

It’s not only a “what,” but also, rather, a “where,” and in this instance the ad pertained to the colors and patterns of the corn snakes, Pantherophis g. guttata, found there, in fabled Okeetee.

As to the where, Okeetee is a huge hunt club that is situated in Jasper County, SC.
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   Nov 30

Herp Photo of the Day: Happy Rattlesnake Friday!

In celebration of all things venomous, a photo of a bushmaster taken in the field graces our herp photo of the day uploaded by kingsnake.com user surgeon ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Nov 29

Herp Photo of the Day: Snake

There is so much to love about Colubrids, so why not celebrate them with a big ole pile of beauty in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user xtranch ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Nov 28

Herp Photo of the Day: Python

What a gorgeous way to spotlight one of the underappreciated pythons! This lovely Olive Python poses perfectly in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user BNixon ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Nov 27

Herp Photo of the Day: Lizard

Glass Lizards, like these guys in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user sweetpea are like having the best of both world’s dontcha think?!! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Nov 26

Herp Photo of the Day: Toad

What an awesome shot of this pair of Common Toads in our herp photo of the day uploaded by kingsnake.com user Krallenfrosch ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Nov 26

Florida Leopard Frogs


Below our windows, this Florida leopard frog was on the prowl for insect drawn by the lights.
Darkness. Thunder. Lightning. Ferocious rain. Nervous dogs. Moths drawn to the window screen by the lights. I sat here watching 2 pretty, fair-sized moths, wondering whether they would leave in the rain. A kerthunk! and before my eyes one moth disappeared. It didn’t walk away. It didn’t fly. It was just gone, Another kerthunk and the 2nd moth disappeared, What the…? So I walked out, got soaked, and initially saw nothing. 2 screens down another moth landed. A patch of dirt exploded and the moth disappeared. Beneath the window sat a well camouflaged Florida leopard frog, Rana sphenocephala utricularia. If the rain weren’t in my eyes I’ll bet I would see the anuran smacking its lips. I wonder if my soaked camera will ever work again?
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   Nov 23

Herp Photo of the Day: Happy Rattlesnake Friday!

It’s black friday, what else would we share but a Black Tailed Rattlesnake in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user bigdnutz ! On Rattlesnake Friday, we celebrate ALL things venomous! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Nov 21

Herp Photo of the Day: Gecko

This Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) has his eye on you in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user zmarchetti ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Nov 20

Herp Photo of the Day: Kingsnake

When we find a king this pretty we just have to share it in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user rbichler ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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   Nov 19

Herp Photo of the Day: Lizard

Herp Keepers with cameras, annoying our eating pets for decades like this bearded dragon in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user jdertinger ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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