A bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) that got out of his enclosure June 13 and then spent 10 days wandering about 4km away from his home was returned to his owner after he was found by a would be bearded dragon…
German researcher Dr. Mark D. Scherz has described a new species of diamond frog of the genus Rhombophryne that was found in the Montagne d’Ambre National Park in northern Madagascar. The frog, Rhombophryne ellae sp. nov. is unique in that…
Early this month, 41 captive-bred Louisiana pine snakes (Pituophis ruthveni) were released into Louisiana's Kisatchie National Forest. This release is the largest ever for the country's rarest snake, according to a press release put out by the Audubon Zoo. …
Hera, an albino red-tailed boa constrictor (Boa constrictor) and the animal ambassador at Everglades Wonder Gardens in Florida was stolen, along with five other reptiles this week. The botanical garden and rescued animal attraction also lost a ball python (Python…
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A Galapagos tortoise breeding program that launched at the end of John F. Kennedy's presidency has ended, and all 15 of the Galapagos tortoises (Chelonidis hoodensis) in the program have been returned to Española Island where they were released back…
The spotted-thighed treefrog (Litoria cyclorhyncha), an amphibian that is native to southern Western Australia has made its way to South Australia by humans and has the potential to wreak havoc on native species. A paper published in the Australian Journal…
A Florida state contracted python hunter has captured and euthanized an estimated 17-foot, 150 lb. Burmese python (Python bivittatus) in the Florida Everglades. Trapper Mike Kimmel of Martin County Trapping & Wildlife Rescue was out in the Florida Everglades on his…
Modigliani’s lizard, (Harpesaurus modiglianii) a lizard of the Agamidae family that hasn’t been seen since it was first discovered way back in 1891, has again been spotted in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province. Wildlife biologist Chairunas Adha Putra was out on a…
Indian rock pythons eat a lot of things but porcupines are hard to swallow. Porcupines have quills for a reason, and that is to better defend themselves from predators. In the case of an Indian rock python (Python molurus) trying…
Someone stole the Buffalo Zoo's resident red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonaria), and the zoo is hoping that she will be returned safely. Red, as she is affectionally called, was stolen June 2 from the zoo's Rainforest Falls exhibit. In our Buffalo…
It is not known why some amphibians glow brightly when exposed to UV light.
The puff adder is found in nearly all of sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa, and on the Arabian Peninsula into Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
While the image is finely detailed, there is very little left of the structure of the leg.
The turtle ingested more than 100 pieces of plastic.
The corn snake morphs are beautiful and can be adopted, not abandoned.
A total of 13 ball pythons were abandoned. One has since died.
The loss of amphibians is having a negative cascade effect up and down the food web.
The tortoise will be part of a breeding program to bolster the population of the Pinta Island tortoise.
Proteus anguinus does not move very far during its lifetime, which can reach 100 years.
Thirty to 40 percent of the frogs in the program survived the fires.
The green treefrog, despite being bitten by the coastal taipan snake, is apparently healthy and will be released February 7.
Diamondback terrapins get caught in crab pots and drown, turtle experts say.
