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The Lyon’s grassland striped skink, a reptile that is so elusive that it hasn’t been seen in 40 years, has been found in Queensland."The grassland striped ...

Three regions of Panama have been included among the Threatened Amphibian Landscapes (TALs) by the Second Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA-2) recently conduc...

The Loggerhead Marine Life Center in Juno Beach, FL announced a record 25,025 nests for the year 2023. The center counted 216 leatherback turtle (Dermochel...

Researchers Gernot Vogel (University of Heidelberg), Tan Van Nguyen (Duy Tan University, Vietnam) and Patrick David (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle) hav...

The tabletop mountains "tepui" in Venezuela are sheltered, otherworldly ecosystems. Standing up to 3,000 metres (10,000ft) high and cut off from the rest o...

Join NHI for a virtual event with internationally-renowned herpetologist Dr. Harry Greene which will explore the role of natural history in finding our path f...

The Günther’s gecko (Phelsuma guentheri) is one of the largest geckos, reaching about25 cm in length. After the first men set foot on Mauritius, the Günthe...

An international team led by Dr. Daniel Schwarz and Prof. Dr. Rainer Schoch of the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Germany, studi...

Thanks to recently collected samples, new "rock-climbers" gecko was described and named after its preferred habitat, the boulders surrounded by the last re...

Legless amphibians (Caecilians) are the first amphibians known to pass on their microbiomes to their offspring. When born, baby legless amphibians...

On September 20th, 2023, the very first two Sulawesi forest turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoia) hatched at the Turtle Conservancy. Turtle Conservancy ...

Matt Goetz, Durrell’s curator of herpetology and invertebrates is definitely the sort of person who prefers to eschew trends and forge his own...

The Yarrow’s spiny lizard (Sceloporus jarrovii) is facing a greater threat of extinction due to climate change. As researchers show that half of th...

Male Eastern hellbender normally tends their young, but lately they’ve been devouring them instead. Eastern hellbenders once swam in at least 570 s...

The scientists’ study, published this week in the journal Animal Behaviour, may help conservationists protect the critically endangered Central American ri...

The Gans’ egg-eating snake (Dasypeltis gansi), a non-venomous colubrid native to West Africa. This is a small snake, with females reaching about 40 inches ...

How to Choose a Thermostat for Reptile Enclosure? Undoubtedly, it’s important to make sure your enclosure is set up with the necessary equipment to...

Spider tortoise isn't a species for beginners. They require a brumation that is an important part of their biology, for specimens of all ages and ...

A study published in the journal Nature Conservation has compiled a list of the 50 most threatened reptile species in the Southeast Asian nation, including...

The olm, also known as the human fish, is an endangered species that has developed unique characteristics in response to its extreme living conditions. It can ...

The H’mong keelback snake is the 34th keelback snake known to science. The snake is named the H’mong keelback snake (Rhabdophis hmongorum) in hono...

There is a lot of talk about the Positive List for reptiles and amphibians, and the anti-lobby claiming that hobbyists are not complying with the ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is conducting a review of the global amphibian trade. ...

This morning on ITV the presenters Rylan and Gok Wan presented a piece about "Snakes on the loose in Britain" suggesting that the UK is crawli...

LaRue Road and Forest Service Road No. 345 also known as "Snake Road" will be closed to vehicle traffic to allow these herps, some that are listed...

The Mojave fringe-toed lizard, scientifically known as Uma scoparia, is a fascinating reptile species that calls the arid Mojave Desert home. ...

Scientists have described a new-to-science snake species from Peru’s Otishi National Park and named it after the actor Harrison Ford for his conser...

New gharial moms Raani and Snaggle, father Big Boy (the biggest gharial in the U.S.), and the ectotherm keeper team at the Fort Worth Zoo. The zoo...

Unisexual salamander Ambystoma appear to be the only creatures in the world that reproduce the way they do. These salamanders seem to have the bene...

Now Reptile Discovery Center's breeding efforts with Panamanian golden frogs are a boon for this species, which has been extinct in the wild since 2009. ...

Much of the saltwater crocodile's vocalisations use water, either by slapping body parts on the surface, or vibrating the body beneath the water s...

Biologists with Purdue University and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources are celebrating the discovery of a young Hellbender Salamander i...