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Field Herping - Colorado in Sept
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Reptile supplies and exotic reptiles are what we specialize in at LLLReptile. We are dedicated to bringing you top quality service, great selection and guaranteed low prices. Quantity buying allows us to sell our vast selection of REPTILE SUPPLIES at unbelievably low prices. We also offer REPTILES and other exotic animals from around the world. We carry every supply needed to care, maintain, and breed healthy reptiles. Call us 7 days a week, toll free at 888-54-REPTILE
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Expos, symposiums, museum and zoo events and more offer herpers an opportunity to meet friends,
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Organized by Bob Ashley of ECO Publishing and Brian Potter of Chicago Reptile House, the NARBC shows take place in three cities across the country: Anaheim California, Tinley Park Illinois and Arlington Texas.
We welcome you to come out on your own or with your family and get up close and personal with some of the rarest and also some of the most common and best beginner pet reptiles.
Snakes, turtles, lizards and frogs are in the news somewhere every day. Check out the
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Clubs
Herpetological societies are typically non-profit, private organizations, clubs or organized groups of reptile and amphibian enthusiasts that are geographically focused around a specific state, province, or region. Many groups accept corresponding members from anywhere in the world. Most are open to the public, having been founded by hobbyists and non-professionals to promote education and conservation while often sharing knowledge related to husbandry and breeding.
There are several benefits to being a member of the ETHS...general meetings at The Houston Zoo, weekend field trips, socials/mixers -- just to name a few.
More importantly, though, being a member of the ETHS gives you the opportunity to make new friends and contacts with people who feel just as strongly as you do about lizards, snake, turtles, frogs and other cold blooded creatures.
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kingsnake.com has teamed with Amazon.com, to provide reptile and amphibian books we feel will be of interest to you, our users. In the categories below you will find books hand selected by our editors or use the search box to locate specific titles.
kingsnake.com has partnered with EBay, the leader in auction technology, to provide you with auction item listings of reptile and amphibian related supplies and care products as well as other items of interest to the herp community.
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Rhode Island is the latest entity to introduce legislation aimed at reptile owners and hobbyists. Introduced by Senators Tassoni, Lynch, Perry, and Pinga Senate Bill 2033 proposes a ban on the ownership of pythons and boa constrictors in Rhode Island, giving reptile hobbyists in the tiny state a double dose of regulation indigestion. Should it become law, anyone found in possession of these animals will face fines of at least $1,000. The bill as introduced prohibits ownership of the following: Alligators. Crocodiles. Pythons, and Boa constrictors.
To read the bill as introduced, click here. Although Rhode Island is a pleasant enough vacation spot, it is hardly habitat that would allow any of the proposed species to sustainably reproduce and become invasive. Additionally the bill as written provides no direction as to what to do with the animals currently in public hands, nor provisions to grandfather them in. Thanks to PIJAC for the heads up ~
The Chelonoidis elephantopus tortoise was thought to be extinct, but the presences of its genes in hybrid stock tell a different story.
A genetic analysis, published in the latest Current Biology, found that DNA footprints of the long lost tortoise species, Chelonoidis elephantopus, exist in the genomes of its hybrid offspring. These tortoises turn out to be a mix of C. elephantopus and another giant tortoise from the area, C. becki.
While researchers have yet to isolate a purebred C. elephantopus individual, such tortoises must exist, based on the DNA data. The study marks the first time that a species has been rediscovered by way of tracking the genetic footprints left in the genomes of its hybrid offspring.
"This work also underscores the importance of museum collections in facilitating new discoveries," co-author Ryan Garrick told Discovery News. "Here, we were able to extract DNA from tortoise bones that were collected many decades ago, and use this DNA to characterize the gene pool of purebred C. elephantopus."
Kingsnake.com user Mark Haas is currently in intensive care after being shot while transporting animals for sale. Our hearts and thoughts are with Mark at this time for a quick and speedy recovery.
Mark L. Haas remains in intensive care with a collapsed lung at Crozer-Chester Medical Center after being shot Sunday in the parking lot of Woodlyn Shopping Center, said Ridley Police Lt. Scott Willoughby. His injuries are not life-threatening, he said.
Haas was supposed to sell the snakes to a buyer from New York, but police still do not know if the deal went bad or Haas was the victim of a random carjacking.
The suspect took off in Haas' car with two boxes of snakes inside and eventually hit a pole in Folsom, then ran away. Willoughby said police found the car and removed the boxes - one containing 20 baby pythons and the other a five- or six-foot python - back to the police station so they would not freeze.
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Reptile and amphibian expos, symposiums, zoo and museum exhibitions and other educational events are great
places to ask questions, get answers and network with other herp keepers. Upcoming Reptile and Amphibian Events:
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kingsnake.com's Connect is a beta project being developed to let the herp community stay in touch with
their friends and fellow hobbyists, keep each other up to date on legislative issues as they develop, and to build and strengthen
the herp community network. Registered users of kingsnake.com can use it to share photos, links, information, alerts, updates and more. log infind connections
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This glossary of reptile and amphibian terminology was written and compiled by long time kingsnake.com member Gerald Germany (oldherper). Thanks to Paul Hollander, Jeff Barringer, Bill Love, and Jeff Nichols (shadindigo) for their review, corrections, additions and comments.
Some of them are legends known to every school kid in the world. Others are
revered mostly by their peers and the scientists and herpers who came after
them. They're the world's most renowned and influential herpetologists,
herpetoculturists and zoologists, and you can learn more about them and
their legacy to the hobby in kingsnake.com's Wikipedia-based index of herper
biographies.
Keeping reptiles and amphibians is often subject to a variety of laws, regulations, and restrictions.
These resources are here to help you navigate the sometimes complex issues of herp ownership.