Japanese Fire-Bellied, Eastern, California, Ribbed and Paddle-Tailed Newts, as well as most others that appear in the pet trade are focused on in this blog. Read more….
A recent study has challenged what we know, or thought we knew, about frog communication. Read more….
Recently Gaspar Bruner and colleagues report the dawn blind snake (family Anomalepididae) Liotyphlops albirostris depositing its eggs in the fungus gardens of the fungus-growing ant Apterostigma cf. goniodes.
Herp Nation Magazine Volume 2 Issue 5
Domestic Crickets breed readily, with the best results being had at 82-90 F. Females will deposit their eggs in bowls stocked with 2 inches of moist sand or earth. Read more….
Brookesia micra from Nosy Hara, northern Madagascar. Read more….
A new field guide for southern florida. Read more….
The following is an account of a timber rattlesnake bite in the North Georgia Mountains, the problems faced dealing with inexperienced medical personnel, and lessons learned in emergency first aide. Included: Downloadable EMT instruction sheet. More….
In 1985, while a reptile keeper at the Bronx Zoo, the opening of a 77,000 gallon Asian river exhibit (at Jungle World), allowed us to work with large turtles on a grand scale. Read more….
Garter snake dens in the Interlake region of Manitoba, Canada, are the scene of a mating frenzy each spring and pfrovide an opportunity for researchers to work out the mechanisms by which snake’s choose their mates. Read more….
Indian scientists at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad have developed a technique of identifying the species of snakes that produced a venom sample. Read more….
Satellite tracking of threatened loggerhead sea turtles has revealed two previously unknown feeding ‘hotspots’ in the Gulf of Mexico that are providing important habitat for at least three separate populations of the turtles. Read more….
