Responsible herpetoculture

Horned lizards of Santa Monica
Horned lizards of Santa Monicaby Responsible herpetoculture - Jan. 17, 2025

I found myself staying in Los Angeles for a couple of nights for a business trip. Meeting and flight times had worked together to leave me with some late afte...

Massive tortoise rewilding in Madagascar’s spiny forest strives to save fraught species
Massive tortoise rewilding in Madagascar’s spiny forest strives to save fraught speciesby Responsible herpetoculture - Jan. 17, 2025

Conservationists and villagers in southern Madagascar aim to release 20,000 critically endangered radiated tortoises rescued from the illegal wildlife trade b...

Considering reptiles in biodiversity net gain (BNG) design
Considering reptiles in biodiversity net gain (BNG) designby Responsible herpetoculture - Jan. 17, 2025

Reptile populations are in decline globally, driven primarily by habitat loss, climate change, pollution, and habitat fragmentation. In England, where only si...

USARK alert: proposed ban on all exotic animals in Ashley, OH
USARK alert: proposed ban on all exotic animals in Ashley, OHby Responsible herpetoculture - Jan. 17, 2025

The Village of Ashley is considering a ban on all "exotic", "wild", and livestock animals, along with a pet limit. Bans all species "foreign and not native to...

Snake Education in Your Neighborhood
Snake Education in Your Neighborhoodby Responsible herpetoculture - Dec. 24, 2024

Over the last few years, real estate development has grown around my neighborhood like a rabid fungus. It has displaced wildlife from their natural homes into ...

Chameleons in Captivity Get Old While They are Still Young. Why?
Chameleons in Captivity Get Old While They are Still Young. Why?by Responsible herpetoculture - Dec. 23, 2024

Chameleons are in general still considered a short living reptiles. It is true for the wild, where many middle-sized species do not live more than 2–4 seas...

Los Angeles Zoo Welcomes Two Perentie Lizards, the First to Be Bred There
Los Angeles Zoo Welcomes Two Perentie Lizards, the First to Be Bred Thereby Responsible herpetoculture - Dec. 23, 2024

Two new baby perentie lizards (Varanus giganteus) have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, the first of their species to be bred there, zoo officials said on T...

Sex determination in African clawed frogs discovered
Sex determination in African clawed frogs discoveredby Responsible herpetoculture - Dec. 22, 2024

Researchers have found that African clawed frog (Xenopus spp.) has interesting diversity in the genetic processes that help to determine if an African clawed ...

Eastern Indigo Snake Care Sheet
Eastern Indigo Snake Care Sheetby Responsible herpetoculture - Dec. 22, 2024

While they may require more maintenance and investment, Eastern indigo snake are one of the most intelligent and rewarding snake species a passionate herpe...

Eight Spotted Turtles have returned to the wild
Eight Spotted Turtles have returned to the wildby Responsible herpetoculture - Dec. 21, 2024

Eight Spotted Turtles have returned to the wild in Virginia thanks to genetic testing and a protocol that could help reshape the future of confiscated turtles...

Six Eyelash Pit Vipers Born at Dallas Zoo
Six Eyelash Pit Vipers Born at Dallas Zooby Responsible herpetoculture - Nov. 25, 2024

Six eyelash pit vipers born at the Dallas Zoo in October, 2024. The zoo recorded the first birth of the species at the zoo in 1980. Read more info abou...

Philippe de Vosjoli
Philippe de Vosjoliby Responsible herpetoculture - Nov. 19, 2024

  Philippe de Vosjoli, is the former President of the American Federation of Herpetoculturists, President of the Responsible Herpetoculture Founda...

Guide from RHF: Phrynosomatidae, Iguanidae, Tropiduridae
Guide from RHF: Phrynosomatidae, Iguanidae, Tropiduridaeby Responsible herpetoculture - Nov. 18, 2024

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Guide from RHF:  Phrynosomatidae, Iguanidae, Tropiduridae
Guide from RHF: Phrynosomatidae, Iguanidae, Tropiduridaeby Responsible herpetoculture - Nov. 18, 2024

THE RESPONSIBLE HERPETOCULTURE (RH) is an international approach aimed at forming and managing reptile and amphibian populations as part of collection...

Dmitri Tkachev
Dmitri Tkachevby Responsible herpetoculture - Nov. 18, 2024

Editor-in-Chief, RHF  ...

Thomas Marriott
Thomas Marriottby Responsible herpetoculture - Nov. 17, 2024

  Executive Editor, RHF ...

Oleksii Marushchak
Oleksii Marushchakby Responsible herpetoculture - Nov. 16, 2024

  Content Editor, RHF ...

César Luis Barrio-Amorós
César Luis Barrio-Amorósby Responsible herpetoculture - Nov. 15, 2024

Contributing Editor for Latin America, RHJ ...

Leandro Bergmann
Leandro Bergmannby Responsible herpetoculture - Nov. 14, 2024

Contributing Editor, Germany Leandro Bergmann is a German journalist and author in the field of zoology and contributing editor of the Responsible Herpe...

RH Journal #18 (Nov.-Dec. 2024)
RH Journal #18 (Nov.-Dec. 2024)by Responsible herpetoculture - Nov. 13, 2024

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RH Journal #18 (Nov.-Dec. 2024). Contents
RH Journal #18 (Nov.-Dec. 2024). Contentsby Responsible herpetoculture - Nov. 13, 2024

- Dmitri Tkachev. Editorial - Dmitri Tkachev, Philippe de Vosjoli. What does the future hold for Herpetoculture? - Interview With Philippe De Vosjoli ...

Kaiqi Wu
Kaiqi Wuby Responsible herpetoculture - Nov. 13, 2024

Contributing Editor for China, RHJ ...

Scott Eipper
Scott Eipperby Responsible herpetoculture - Nov. 13, 2024

Contributing Editor for Australia, RHJ ...

Andrei Mazur
Andrei Mazurby Responsible herpetoculture - Nov. 12, 2024

  Publishing Editor, RHJ ...

Petr Necas
Petr Necasby Responsible herpetoculture - Nov. 11, 2024

Scintific advisor Petr spent 30 years tra...

Jan Pavlas
Jan Pavlasby Responsible herpetoculture - Nov. 10, 2024

Contributing Editor for South-Eastern Asia, RHJ Jan Pavlas (1982, Prague, Czech Republic). Author, writer, field herpetologist, explorer and culin...

Anna Hryshchenko
Anna Hryshchenkoby Responsible herpetoculture - Nov. 09, 2024

Technical support, Shop, Membership Since 2012 till now Anna has been working at BION Terrarium Center, Kyiv, Ukraine as PR & Marketing Manager. ...

Guide from RHF: Agamidae lizards
Guide from RHF: Agamidae lizardsby Responsible herpetoculture - Nov. 05, 2024

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Guide from RHF: Agamidae lizards
Guide from RHF: Agamidae lizardsby Responsible herpetoculture - Nov. 05, 2024

https://youtu.be/Zmh31DukAq0 “Agamidae lizards Guide from RHF ” – a selection of original articles on conservation, husbandry and breeding of these endemi...

RH Journal #17 (Sep.–Oct. 2024). Contents
RH Journal #17 (Sep.–Oct. 2024). Contentsby Responsible herpetoculture - Oct. 17, 2024

Read in the RH Journal #17: - Philippe de Vosjoli, Dmitri Tkachev. Editorial - Benoit de Villelongue, Sebastien Metrailler, Martin Etave. How private...