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The rhino rat snake (Gonyosoma boulengeri) is one of the most unique colubrids on the planet. Adam Radovanovic, Head of Reptiles at Birmingham Wildlife Conser...

A 13-year-old Brazilian rainbow boa (Epicrates cenchria cenchria) has given birth to 14 babies at a University in the United Kingdom via parthenogenesis, i...

New viper species Ovophis jenkinsi was discovered in the Yunnan province, in the remote region of Yingjiang County and was named in honor of renowned herpe...

Researchers in China have rediscovered the Gammie’s wolf snake (Lycodon gammiei), also know as the Sikkim false wolf snake, in southeastern Xizang, China. ...

Researchers have discovered a new distinctive and secretive snake species in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. Rhynchocalamus hejazicus is a small snake beari...

Seventy five Louisiana Pine snakes (Pituophis ruthveni) were released May 9 into the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana by the Forth Worth Zoo. This ma...

New Jersey Pinelands Commission Herpetologist Jeff Dragon captured, photographed and released a queen snake (Regina septemvittata) after three years of loo...

More than 100 million years ago, the ancestors of the first snakes were small legless lizards that lived alongside other small, nondescript lizards in the ...

Known for eyelash-like scales above their eyes, this brilliantly colored eyelash viper is more diverse than scientists ever imagined. According to a study pu...

Researchers of Khamai Foundation and Liberty University have discovered a new species of coffee snake endemic to the cloud forests of northwestern Ecuador. Bi...

Brazilian spider and snake venom continue to be a source of new discoveries with biotechnological potential. Two recently published studies show how this i...

New species of pit viper—Trimeresurus ayeyarwadyensis was found to occur in the Yangon region's Hlawga Park and Pyapon and Myaungmya districts of Myanmar.B...

Garter snakes have something in common with elephants, orcas, and naked mole rats: they form social groups that center around females. The snakes also t...

The draft recovery plan for the Louisiana pinesnake is now available as The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s remove it from the Federal List of Endangered and...

Germany's reptile of the year for 2024 is the common European adder (Vipera berus), scientists said in a press release.The German Association for Herpetolo...

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

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Australia is once again upholding its notable reptile reputation as researchers discover a new venomous species of snake, the Desert Whip Snake. The dis...

The Fort Worth Zoo recently released 55 Louisiana Pine Snakes into the Kisatchie National Forest The Fort Worth Zoo participates in several breeding pro...

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

The phenomenon the researchers were studying is called "social buffering," and it has been widely documented across the bird and mammal families — as well ...

Garter snakes form friendships. By tracking 40 snakes over eight days, researchers found that the reptiles tended to return to the same groups. The rese...

Tara Harris, director of conservation and science at the Phoenix Zoo, said 40 of the threatened narrow-headed garter snake were born at its Arthur L. and E...

The Tibetan hot-spring snake (Thermophis baileyi), keeps from freezing to death by hanging around the region’s geothermal pools, feasting on frogs and smal...

The Fort Worth Zoo released more than 50 snakes in Kisatchie National Forest. No need to worry though. Read more info about this topic using the followi...

Scientists have classified a new family of snakes. Just 3 known species belong to the newly identified Micrelapidae family which live in East Africa and th...

If you find a snake curled up under your tent, it would be best to leave the tent propped up and give the snake a good opportunity to leave. Read some tips...