Updated On — 4th Jun, 2022
This selection of articles has been chosen from the both amateur and professional herpetology resources. Here you can learn everything from captive breeding to conservation of reptiles and amphibians…
- Roger Conant Grants-in-Herpetology Winners – 2023 Awardsby SSAR on March 29, 2023 at 7:22 pm
SSAR congratulates the following winners of the Roger Conant Grants-in-Herpetology Awards. Each receives an award in the amount of $500. […]
- Florida Venomous Reptiles Bill Amended To Exempt Native Speciesby John Virata on March 29, 2023 at 6:10 pm
The bill, if passed would increase penalties to up to five years in prison, five years probation and a $5,000 fine. The post Florida Venomous […]
- Specialist Turtles And Crocodiles Most Likely To Go Extinct, Study Saysby John Virata on March 28, 2023 at 7:07 pm
Issues such as unsustainable local consumption, diseases, and pollution are associated with the life history strategies of these animals and climate […]
- Zen Habitats Meridian 4’ x 2’ x 4’ PVC Enclosure Reviewby John Virata on March 28, 2023 at 2:32 am
The Zen Habitats Meridian enclosure came essentially pre-built. The post Zen Habitats Meridian 4’ x 2’ x 4’ PVC Enclosure Review appeared first […]
- Anthropogenic impacts on threatened species erode functional diversity in chelonians and crocodilianson March 28, 2023 at 12:00 am
- Ormat Technologies Sues USFWS Over Dixie Valley Toad Listingby John Virata on March 27, 2023 at 6:09 pm
The toad is the smallest toad within the western toad species complex and was only recently described by science in 2017 The post Ormat Technologies […]
- Unexpected morphological variability in the eggshells of the South American caimans Caiman latirostris and Caiman yacareon March 25, 2023 at 12:00 am
- A new, rare, small-ranged, and endangered mountain snake of the genus Elaphe from the Southern Levanton March 24, 2023 at 12:00 am
- Fresno Chafee Zoo Gets $1.2 Million Grant To Bolster Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard Populationsby John Virata on March 23, 2023 at 9:14 pm
The zoo in 2020 joined an emergency action by the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fresno State University and the […]
- Florida Venomous Reptiles Bill to Make Release a Felony Offenseby Daniel Parker on March 22, 2023 at 5:28 pm
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) drafted the text for SB1164 and the accompanying HB1161 and has lobbied their progress […]
- African Fat-Tailed Gecko Care And Natural Historyby Rebekah Pettit on March 21, 2023 at 4:35 pm
The African fat-tailed gecko (Hemitheconyx caudicinctus) is an inconspicuous species of lizard that is small in size, friendly, and hardy when cared […]
- Golden Dorado Follows Green Anaconda In Potential Nuclear-Follower Feeding Associationby John Virata on March 21, 2023 at 1:11 pm
The golden dorado was observed following the green anaconda on four separate occasions. The post Golden Dorado Follows Green Anaconda In Potential […]
- Hellbender Salamanders Found In Creek Near East Palestine Train Derailmentby John Virata on March 20, 2023 at 6:13 pm
The findings of these two salamanders was called a “positive discovery” by the state as Hellbender salamanders can only thrive in cool, clean water. […]
- 90-Year-Old Radiated Tortoise At Houston Zoo Becomes First Time Father Of Threeby John Virata on March 17, 2023 at 10:22 pm
The new hatchlings came as a surprise when a herpetology keeper happened upon Mrs. Pickles as she was laying her eggs at closing time. The post […]
- Testing the morphological constraint hypothesis of tail length in the sexually dimorphic Cerastes vipera and new perspectiveson March 17, 2023 at 12:00 am
- Testing multiple hypotheses on the colour change of treefrogs in response to various external conditionson March 14, 2023 at 12:00 am
- Call For 2024 SSAR Symposium Proposals – Updated with a New Submission Date (8/31/2023)by SSAR on March 13, 2023 at 4:37 pm
Thematic symposia at the SSAR Annual Meeting allow researchers to come together to present the latest research in an important or emerging line of […]
- New book from SSAR: Ikio Sato’s Japanese Tailed Amphibiansby SSAR on March 6, 2023 at 1:29 pm
Sato’s Great work on the salamanders of Imperial Japan—comprising the main Japanese islands, the entire Korean peninsula, Taiwan, and half of […]
- Biofluorescent sexual dimorphism revealed in a southern Appalachian endemic salamander, Plethodon metcalfion March 3, 2023 at 12:00 am
- 2023 SSAR/HL Live Auction and SSAR Silent Auction Donationsby SSAR on March 1, 2023 at 9:27 pm
The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and the Herpetologist League will hold Live and Silent Auctions at the annual Joint Meeting of […]