Happy Rattlesnake Friday! The icionic Eastern Diamondback just chilling in the sand for our photo of the day uploaded by kingsnake.com user evil-elvis ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! As always on Friday, we celebrate all of our venomous reptiles for their contribution to the world. It is our goal to help dispel the fears surrounding our beloved venomous creatures.

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There is always something special with dart frogs like this one in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user FrogUs ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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Stalking his next snack, this Croc Monitor is cool customer here in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user volleyballjoe ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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A research team has used a new image processing tool to confirm that human visual system has evolved specifically to detect snakes.

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Today’s turtles don’t have teeth; they cut off their food using hard ridges on their jaws. But their ancestors were not so dentally challenged. A team of international researchers has now discovered that turtles with remnants of teeth survived 30 million years later than previously thought. The researchers found evidence of this at a major excavation site in China’s western Autonomous Region of Xinjiang.

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One normal, one leucy. A lovely shot of two leopard frog tadpoles in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user retnaburner ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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Kaikaifilu is a new species of giant sea lizard (mosasaur) discovered in 66-million-year-old rocks of Antarctica. At about 10 meters long, it is the largest known top marine predator from this continent. It lived near the end of the dinosaur age, when Antarctica was a much warmer ecosystem, and fed on filter-feeding marine reptiles. 

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This vibrant Cape Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer vertebralis) in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user pitparade will brighten your Monday for sure! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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Happy Rattlesnake Friday! It may not be a rattlesnake, hot patootie it’s a beauty!! This wild shot of a Death Adder from the Great Sandy Desert, uploaded by kingsnake.com user geoffcunningham assumes the traditional cobra pose for this photo! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! As always on Friday, we celebrate all of our venomous reptiles for their contribution to the world. It is our goal to help dispel the fears surrounding our beloved venomous creatures.

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Climate change is currently one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, and one of the groups of animals most affected by the increase in temperature is amphibians. A team of scientists studied how heat waves affect the dietary choices of three species of amphibian found on the Iberian Peninsula: the European tree frog, the Mediterranean tree frog and the Iberian painted frog.

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IF you have never experienced a group of Vietnamese Leaf Turtles at feeding time you are missing out! Much like this little one in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user cod6545 , these guys are full of personality and awesomeness! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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What a beauitiful noodle! Loving this hatching Cribo in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user alanB ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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This little frillie in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user mizzy wants you to know he is the biggest baddest frillie in town and you can’t teach that! They are so cute as babies when they try to be tough! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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The unique venom that the Blue Coral Snake is one of a kind, offering a new understanding of ways to relieve pain. It is also one of the most deadly snakes because of it with the ability to kill a human in 5 minutes.

The venom has been of particular interest to scientists, not just because of the snake’s uniquely long glands, but because it causes its victims to spasm – a trait that no other snake venom possesses.

“On the scale of weird, this one goes to 11,” Queensland University venomologist Bryan Fry said. “It’s a freaky snake.”

Along with a team of international researchers, Dr Fry has been the first to identify six unique peptides that allow the snake to switch on all of its prey’s nerves at once.

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Happy Halloween from all of us at kingsnake.com, especially Count Chuckula the Chuckwalla 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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Noise pollution, according to a new study, has been linked to lower survival and reproduction because it masks environmental cues and makes it hard for animals to hear moving prey or approaching predators.

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Noise pollution, according to a new study, has been linked to lower survival and reproduction because it masks environmental cues and makes it hard for animals to hear moving prey or approaching predators.

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Happy Rattlesnake Friday! It may not be a rattlesnake, but it is a venomous snake that needs a little extra love! This beautiful Egyption Cobra, uploaded by kingsnake.com user PHNajakassumes the traditional cobra pose for this photo! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! As always on Friday, we celebrate all of our venomous reptiles for their contribution to the world. It is our goal to help dispel the fears surrounding our beloved venomous creatures.

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This gorgeous Hognose takes center stage in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user SandBoaMorphs ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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This Helmeted Iguana or Hernandez’s helmeted basilisk (Corytophanes hernandezi) in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user chrish is quite the break from our usual. What a regal and stunning animal! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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Intensive farming, sprawling towns, a dense road network — the modern world leaves less and less space for animals and plants. They are forced back into shrinking refuges, which are ever further apart. But not all react equally sensitively. That is even true for members of the same species, as demonstrated by a new study that suggests that animals living on the edge of their range suffer more from the fragmentation of their habitat than their fellows in the center.

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Snakes lost their limbs over 100 million years ago, but scientists have struggled to identify the genetic changes involved. A new paper sheds some light on the process, describing a stretch of DNA involved in limb formation that is mutated in snakes. When researchers inserted the snake DNA into mice, the animals developed truncated limbs, suggesting that a critical stretch of DNA lost its ability to support limb growth during snake evolution.

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The effect of global warming on fungal disease in frogs and toads has been quantified by researchers for the first time, a new report outlines.

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Special chemicals covering the skin of a tiny yellow-striped Amazonian frog provide a protective shield that wards off leaf-cutting ants allowing it to live comfortably among them. The ants do not bite this frog at all, but will quite aggressively attack all other types of frogs or other animals that cross their path.

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Millions of years ago, one species of frog diverged into two species. Millions of years later, the two frogs became one again, but with a few extra chromosomes due to whole genome duplication. Such is the curious case of the African clawed frog, a frog whose genome contains nearly double the number of chromosomes as the related Western clawed frog.

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Colonial plunder, crime, tribal factions, sectarianism, drug running, piracy, animal poaching, illegal logging and destructive mining practices — all of which add up to wholesale environmental exploitation. The island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines has seen it all and more.

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A biologist has uncovered the molecular mechanism that regulates an animal’s ability to sense the rate of temperature change.

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What an adorable Abronia baby in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user uggleedog . Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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Let’s start this week off with new beginnings! This Radiated Tortoise takes his first breaths in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user radiata137 . Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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One of the hardest aspects of fighting legislation is the belief that we reptile owners do not bond with our pets. For those of us living day to day with reptiles, this is something we know all too well. It does not matter if you have 1 or 100, there is a bond between us as owners and our pets based on trust and compassion.

David Poingdestre was one of the other reptile owners who pushed back against the bylaw.

For the 52-year-old, the prospect of having some of his pets taken away is devastating.

“They are, at the moment, what I live for,” said Poingdestre, who suffers from chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia.

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Happy Rattlesnake Friday! CERASTES! Loving this close up of a Desert Horned Viper (Cerastes cerastes), uploaded by kingsnake.com user Gaboonviper1388 ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here! As always on Friday, we celebrate all of our venomous reptiles for their contribution to the world.

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Love is in the air with this pair of Gran Canaria giant lizards (Gallotia stehlini) in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user John-C . Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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This White’s Tree Frog is looking for something in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user exoreds . I’m betting lunch. Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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May this wild Alligator on the Peace River in Florida in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user JonathanH bring you a peaceful monday. It is no wonder why these are still some of the most awesome beginner pets out there! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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Happy Rattlesnake Friday! How stunning is the red on this Speckled Rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus), uploaded by kingsnake.com user lichanura ! This Speck was found in Arizona. Be sure to tell them you liked it here! As always on Friday, we celebrate all of our venomous reptiles for their contribution to the world.

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Such a beautiful pair of Beardies in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user dedragons . It is no wonder why these are still some of the most awesome beginner pets out there! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!

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Australian scientists have good news for frog conservation: there may be longer than expected time to intervene before climate change causes extinction of some species.

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Australian scientists have good news for frog conservation: there may be longer than expected time to intervene before climate change causes extinction of some species.

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Stunning close up of this Uroplatus fimbriatus 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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The impact of old forest roads on the species diversity in the rainforest of Central Guyana has been the focus of recent research. Investigators reached the conclusion that the established roads may be of use for amphibians and should therefore not necessarily be closed or restored to their natural state. For example, ruts in the roads filled with accumulated water can serve as spawning grounds for frogs during dry periods.

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