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British man dies after bite from sea snake off Australia’s north coast

October 8, 2018February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 2 Comments

A young British man has died after being bitten by a sea snake while working aboard a fishing trawler off Australia’s northern coast. The 23-year-old was bitten as he pulled up a net around noon on Thursday, when the vessel was about 70 nautical miles south of Groote Eylandt, an island in the Gulf of […]

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POLL: Should the keeping of reptiles and amphibians as pets be banned?

November 8, 2017February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 12 Comments

Over the past few decades, more and more households have decided to forego adopting a cat or dog and instead have opted to take in a reptile companion. However, vets are split on whether this is a good idea for both humans and the animals themselves. A group of editorials appearing online in the BMJ’s […]

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Milk Snake

June 15, 2015December 23, 2019 Julie Feinstein Leave a comment

I saw this milk snake, Lampropeltis triangulum, being moved from a dangerous parking lot into the woods at Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in northern New Jersey last year around this time.              

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Scientists catalog the world’s 10,000th reptile

August 19, 2014December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 3 Comments

As of this year, scientists have named and described over 10,000 reptiles, marking a new milestone in cataloging one of the most diverse vertebrate groups. Last week, the Reptile Database, an online catalog of all the world’s living reptiles, announced it had passed 10,000 species. “Officially, we have logged 10,038 reptile species into the database, […]

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One lizard, four species: the collared treerunner

January 31, 2014December 23, 2019 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Now, that’s a horse of a different color. Or, in this case, a lizard of another species – four species. Recent research suggests that the collared treerunner (Plica plica), previously thought of as one widespread species, is actually four distinct species inhabiting diverse geographical areas east of the Andes in northern South America. “The four […]

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Grass Snake

November 1, 2013December 23, 2019 Noushka Wildlife Leave a comment

Natrix natrixSquamata -Natricidae I will never stress enough that not all snakes are dangerous. This one is perfectly harmless; It can live up to 25 to 28 years of age and lives close to water dams and swamps where it finds small fish, frogs and small mammals. I found this one on the 27th of […]

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