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You Think Vipers Are The Fastest Strikers? Think Again!

You Think Vipers Are The Fastest Strikers? Think Again!

While snakes of the viperidae family are perceived as the fastest strikers, the rat snake is oftentimes a faster striker than the vipers. [...]
83 Desert Tortoises up for Adoption in Arizona

83 Desert Tortoises up for Adoption in Arizona

Desert tortoises cannot be released back into the wild once they are kept in captivity. [...]

Check Out This New Species of Shieldtail Snake Just Discovered in India

Khaire’s black shieldtail was discovered in India's southern Maharashtra, Goa, and northern Karnataka region. [...]
Reptile Fossil Discovered That Links Reptiles to Dinosaurs

Reptile Fossil Discovered That Links Reptiles to Dinosaurs

Teyujagua paradoxa fills an evolutionary gap between archosauriforms and more primitive reptiles. [...]
New Frog Species Discovered in Laterite Rock Formations of India

New Frog Species Discovered in Laterite Rock Formations of India

Microhyla laterite was discovered in laterite rock formations on India's coast. [...]
Florida Owner of Escaped Cobra in Plea Deal, Sells All Venomous Snakes

Florida Owner of Escaped Cobra in Plea Deal, Sells All Venomous Snakes

As part of a plea deal, Lewis Mark Pellicer will not possess venomous snakes for one year. [...]

New Bush Frog Discovered in Western Ghats Region of India

The frog was discovered in the Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve. [...]
Texas Rattlesnake Festival Runs March 12-13

Texas Rattlesnake Festival Runs March 12-13

Rattlesnake festivals have traditionally been a gruesome affair for the stars of the show. The rattlesnakes gathered for these spectacles usually ende [...]
Woman Bitten By Iguana At Marriott Hotel In Virgin Islands Sues Hotel Chain

Woman Bitten By Iguana At Marriott Hotel In Virgin Islands Sues Hotel Chain

A woman who was staying at the Marriott Frenchman’s Cove in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, claims she was bitten on the leg by an iguana while loun [...]
California Couple Plead Guilty To Sea Turtle Egg Poaching

California Couple Plead Guilty To Sea Turtle Egg Poaching

More than 900 eggs were seized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in November 2014. [...]
Snake Thief Wanted By Colorado Police

Snake Thief Wanted By Colorado Police

A man stole a piebald python from a Petsmart in Glendale, Colorado [...]

Aussie Snake Breeder Hatches Two-Headed Coastal Carpet Python

The two-headed coastal carpet python share the same body but different necks. [...]
Former Major Leaguer Glenn Hubbard To Get His Own Boa Constrictor Loving Bobblehead

Former Major Leaguer Glenn Hubbard To Get His Own Boa Constrictor Loving Bobblehead

Hubbard, who played in the Majors in the 1980s took his all star photo with a boa constrictor on his shoulders [...]
As Zika Virus Spreads, Argentinians Turn To Frogs And Toads For Mosquito Abatement

As Zika Virus Spreads, Argentinians Turn To Frogs And Toads For Mosquito Abatement

Tadpoles of certain frog and toads have been observed feeding on mosquito larvae, but not necessarily the Aedes aegypti mosquito. [...]
City Of Norman In Oklahoma Considers Python And Boa Ban

City Of Norman In Oklahoma Considers Python And Boa Ban

Estimates put 800 to 1,200 people in jeopardy of losing their pet snakes. [...]
Comedian Kevin Hart Freaks As Ice Cube Handles A Black-headed Python

Comedian Kevin Hart Freaks As Ice Cube Handles A Black-headed Python

“Look at that face look at that face? Why his face all black like that? Cube’s about to die!” [...]
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