Reptile & Amphibian News Blog
Keep up with news and features of interest to the reptile and amphibian community on the kingsnake.com blog. We cover breaking stories from the mainstream and scientific media, user-submitted photos and videos, and feature articles and photos by Jeff Barringer, Richard Bartlett, and other herpetologists and herpetoculturists.
Tuesday, January 16 2024
When it is Appreciate a Dragon day, we only have one option for our herp photo of the day. LOVE this Komodo Dragon, uploaded by kingsnake.com user caparu ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!
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Monday, January 15 2024
Happy Monday from this hatching three toed box turtle in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user relic37 ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!
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Friday, January 12 2024
Happy Rattlesnake Friday! Isn't this Uracoan Rattlesnake ( Crotalus d. vegrandis) uploaded by kingsnake.com user Blaze555 gorgeous! 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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Thursday, January 11 2024
Tiny but stunning, this Oophaga ventrimaculatus shines in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user obeligz ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!
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Wednesday, January 10 2024
One little, two little, three little Bearded Dragons in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user dedragons ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!
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Tuesday, January 9 2024
This chunker African Bullfrog in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user Ravenousas is waiting for snacks! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!
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Monday, January 8 2024
What a stunning boa in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user BoaZilla! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!
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Saturday, January 6 2024
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While scientists were researching the tops of the Talamanca Mountain Range searching for salamanders they stumbled across a new species! The research lasted from 2013 through 2019 and while they collected dozens of species, there were 19 species that were the same, but were a totally new species.
Those 19 specimens turned out to be a new species Bolitoglossa bolanosi, or the Bolaños’ web-footed salamander, researchers said. The species marks the fourth type of salamander known exclusively from the Isthmian Central America’s subalpine rain páramo — a “vulnerable” ecosystem that is especially “isolated” to highlands in the Talamanca mountains.
To read more about this new species of salamander, click here
Friday, January 5 2024
Happy Rattlesnake Friday! Check out the stripe on this male South American Rattlesnake ( Crotalus durissus collilineatus) uploaded by kingsnake.com user Solenogliph! 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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Thursday, January 4 2024
A beautiful in situ Scarlet Snake ( Cemophora coccinea)seen in the Ouachitas graces our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user AndrewBrinker! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!
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Wednesday, January 3 2024
I wonder what this pair of Blue Tree Monitors are doing here in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user roadspawnis judging you! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!
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Tuesday, January 2 2024
This horned lizard in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user reptoman is judging you! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!
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Friday, December 29 2023
Happy Rattlesnake Friday! What an amazing close up of this Massasauga uploaded by kingsnake.com user venombill! 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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Thursday, December 28 2023
This ball python is ready for it's close up in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user tsquier! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!
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Wednesday, December 27 2023
This close up of a Rainbow Boa shows off their fantastic beauty so well our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user mjmullis ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!
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Tuesday, December 26 2023
Here is to hoping this hatchling albino Siamese Crocodile our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user crocodilepaul helps you survive today!! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!
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Friday, December 22 2023
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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Thursday, December 21 2023
This little Gargoyle is helping hang the lights in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user chrisvanaken! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!
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Wednesday, December 20 2023
Santa Kismet is checking on the Reindeer Greyhounds in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user Really ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!
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Tuesday, December 19 2023
These lil beardies are ready to have fun sledding in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user ginag! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!
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Monday, December 18 2023
Santa Mango wants to know if you have been naughty or nice in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user rileysquared ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!
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Friday, December 15 2023
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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This Rainbow Boa is helping us celebrate Hanukkah in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user natsamjosh ! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!
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Thursday, December 14 2023
This little Crestie is ready for the slopes in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user wendhend . Ok they really don't ski and we all know that, but how about this festive lil gecko! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!
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Wednesday, December 13 2023
How cute is this baby Fox snake in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user TJ. ? Be sure to tell them you liked it here!
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Tuesday, December 12 2023
Garter Snakes hold a special spot for most herpers and our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user TomDickinson shows their awesome variety!! This proves they are anything but boring!
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Monday, December 11 2023
This little Chameleon is doing his best to look like an ornament in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user 1Sun! Is your tree decked out this cool?
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A Nanorana laojunshanensis, or Laojunshan slow frog, seen from the top and underside. Photo from Tang, Liu and Yu (2023)
Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article282426903.html#storylink=cpy
While studying the mountain range of Yunnan in China, biologists ran across 6 different frog species, and one of them turned out to be a brand new one!
Laojunshan slow frogs are considered “small,” reaching about 1.4 inches in size, researchers said. They have “robust” limbs, “oval” tongues and “rough” skin. Photos show the multicolored Laojunshan slow frog. The frog’s back is chestnut brown with dark brown-black splotches. Underneath, its belly is creamy white with “yolk-yellow” groin and armpits, the study said.
To read more visit here.
Friday, December 8 2023
Happy Rattlesnake Friday! All venomous snakes need our support, and this stunning Olmec Pit Viper ( Atropoides olmec) in our herp photo of the day uploaded by kingsnake.com user PeteSnakeCharmer is no exception! Be sure to tell them you liked it here!
We celebrate #RattlesnakeFriday to celebrate the wonderful venomous species that contribute to making our world greater and also use it as a way to support conservation efforts to protect these species worldwide!
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Thursday, December 7 2023
Nile Crocodiles may be cool like this one in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user cdieter, but take note of that enclosure around this animal! Don't even think of buying a baby if you can not handle this enclosure set up NOW!
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