return to main index

  mobile - desktop
follow us on facebook follow us on twitter follow us on YouTube link to us on LinkedIn
 
click here for Rodent Pro
Mice, Rats, Rabbits, Chicks, Quail
Available Now at RodentPro.com!
Locate a business by name: click to list your business
search the classifieds. buy an account
events by zip code list an event
Search the forums             Search in:
News & Events: Herp Photo of the Day: Happy Rattlesnake Friday! . . . . . . . . . .  Herp Photo of the Day: Kingsnake . . . . . . . . . .  Northern Virginia Reptile Show - Oct. 07, 2023 . . . . . . . . . .  All Maryland Reptile Show - Oct. 14, 2023 . . . . . . . . . .  Richmond Reptile Expo - Oct. 28, 2023 . . . . . . . . . .  All Maryland Reptile Show - Nov. 04, 2023 . . . . . . . . . .  All Maryland Reptile Show - Dec. 09, 2023 . . . . . . . . . .  York County Reptile Show - Dec. 10, 2023 . . . . . . . . . .  Northern Virginia Reptile Show - Dec. 16, 2023 . . . . . . . . . . 

(kingsnake.com) - Friday, Sep 29, 2023

Happy Rattlesnake Friday! How stunning is the red on this Speckled Rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus), uploaded by kingsnake.com user lichanura ! This Speck was found in Arizona. Be sure to tell them you liked it here! As always on Friday, we celebrate all of our venomous reptiles for their contribution to the world.


Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here!


Sponsored Link advertise here - click for info

Banner Pool $100.year - click for info
Layne Labs - Natural Diets for Pets & Wildlife
New & Updated Business Listings
Looking for a reptile or amphibian related business? Our directory lists some of the most popular herp businesses in the world.
List Your Business - Update Your Listing
New
• Xtreme Exotics
• Mouse Works LLC
• Zeigler Animal Feeds
• The Big Cheese Rodent Facto...
• Reptiles at the York Expo
• York County Reptile Show
• Eublah Exotics
• Northwest Zoological Supply
• Mark Kennedy Reptiles
• California Zoological Suppl...
Updated
• Magellan Explorer
• Zeigler Animal Feeds
• The Big Cheese Rodent Facto...
• Rodentpro.com
• Northwest Zoological Supply
• Mark Kennedy Reptiles
• Mouse Works LLC
• California Zoological Suppl...
• Zoo Med Laboratories, Inc.
• Geckos Etc.
Locate a reptile or amphibian business by name:
Updated Classified Vendors
Our classified advertising system includes a directory of classified vendors, with their latest ads, shipping info, customer feedback, payment options and more.
 Classified Vendor Directory  - Update Vendor Profile
 - jroush
 - Locals BOAs Only, Inc.
 - reptileman9912
 - morphevolution
 - jcherry372
 - jbgherps
 - ss_exotics
 - snared99
 - cbsensations
 - nwzoological
search the classifieds. buy an account
Reptile & Amphibian Events
Expos, club meetings, symposiums, and other events are great places to network with other herpers. Check out the detailed or state by state event lists by clicking here!.
Submit a non-profit event - Purchase a commercial listing


full banner - advertise here 50¢/1000 views
Polar Rodents - US based provider of frozen rats and mice.
pool banner - $50 year


News Briefs

Arkansas High School Breeds Endangered Species
(kingsnake.com) - Tuesday, Sep 19, 2023


Photo from Chance Duncan - First of 4 hatching Louisiana Pine Snakes

Usually when you hear of endangered species being bred, it isn't in a high school, but that is the cool part of reptiles. Former kingsnake.com volunteer and high school science teacher extraordinaire Chance Duncan likes to bring science to life with his charges in a special way. He has always kept animals in his classroom and after getting over the fear factor of the snakes, he began integrating the Louisiana Pine snakes into his class.

Every year I see students come in my room who are kind of uncomfortable or a little bit nervous but very quickly they realize that the snakes are not these scary monsters that they thought they were," said Duncan.
"They play a really critically important role in their ecosystems. They are very, very important to preserve their presence and keep them around."

Keeping these snakes around is just what Duncan is working to do.

Russelville High School is believed to be the first secondary institution in the world to produce a critically endangered snake species which makes it an amazing accomplishment and a fantastic educational experience for Chance to pass along to the next generation.

Chance, we are so proud to know you!

To read the full story and see all the amazing photos and video, click here!
More News Briefs
  - Arkansas High School Breeds Endangered Species
  - Injured Alligator finds sanctuary
  - Holy Thursday Massacre: The Killing Fields of Florida
  - GIla Monsters saving Diabetics
  - Largest Turtle hatching documented
  - Drone captures Leatherback laying eggs
  - Crocodiles and Pollution, the balance in Belize
  - Prehistoric lizard discovered
  - Despite natural disasters, Manning River turtle hatchli...
  - First nesting season for Pink Iguanas
  - Youtuber builds legs for snakes
  - Football Star JJ Watt gives snakes respect
  - UPDATE: Lacey Amendment DEAD
  - Help a Herper! Tim Cole medical fundraiser
  - ACTION ALERT: Alabama
  - More...


Featured Contributors
CANEBRAKE! A Big One!
(Richard Bartlett) - Monday, Sep 25, 2023



A Canebrake Rattlesnake, large and irate, but not without reason.

The sun was well below the horizon. Darkness was being ushered in by the plaintive calls of Chuck-Will’s-Widows and a few Green Treefrogs. The warmth of the day was giving way to what had been forecast to be a cool evening and an even cooler night. One more round on the herping road and time to head home.

But I only made it half-way and decided that enough was enough. I reversed and headed for home, still some hundred dark miles southward. Ahha. Pavement! Progress. MPH? Let’s say 60. A thick cover of clouds added to the darkness.

I swung around a curve and—SNAKE. Big Snake. It was in the opposite lane and was moving steadily towards the edge, the long roadside grasses and almost impenetrable woodland blackberry tangles.

I stood on the brakes, safely reversed direction—and the snake had disappeared. Was it a cottonmouth? I had been able to see it was very heavy-bodied. I clambered out of the car headlamp a blaze, clampstick in hand, and almost at woodland edge saw the tall grasses moving sinuously.

On my first step towards it I got snagged by blackberries, went down, and lost my headlamp that went out when it hit the ground. I floundered around, retrieved the dropped utensils, said the heck with this, stood up and stopped in my tracks. That big snake had decided to ”talk”, not in the hisses of an angry cottonmouth, but, rather, in the whirring language of an irate rattlesnake. And in this area it almost had to be a Canebrake, Crotalus horridus atricaudatus.

From that point on, all went well. I sidled towards the ratcheting, finally saw the coiled and irate snake, got a couple of dozen photos, and left after estimating the length of the snake as well over a hefty length of 4 feet. A bit darker in color than most seen in the area, it was the highlight of the night, and quite probably for the season.

Continue reading "CANEBRAKE! A Big One!"
More Featured Articles
  - CANEBRAKE! A Big One!
  - The Giant Worm Lizard (Amphisbaenid)
  - The Collared Forest Gecko
  - The Bridled Forest Gecko
  - The Brown Water Snake
  - Amazon Tree Boas
  - Okeetee Memories
  - Pyxie Frogs
  - Blotched Blue-tongued Skinks
  - Gila Monsters
  - Holy Thursday Massacre: The Killing Fields of Florida
  - Corns of a Different Color
  - Yellow-bellies and Redears
  - Eastern Indigo Snake
  - GIla Monsters saving Diabetics
  - More...



Banner Pool $30.00year - click for info

click here for Rodent Pro

click here for The Bean Farm

click here for Healthy Herp

click here for The Bean Farm

click here for Rodent Pro
pool banner - $50 year
click here for Geckos Etc.
pool banner - $50 year

 Reptile & Amphibian Business Directory
  To get your business or web site listed, click here - To update your listing, click here - For detailed business listings by state, click here
Quick Overview
Map Web   
Web  
Web  
Web  
Web  
Web  
Web   
Web   
na
Web  
Map Web   
Map Web  
Map Web  
Web   
Web     
Map Web   
Web  
 
Map Web  
Web   
Web  
Web     
Web