Kingsnake Journals

Northern Leopard Frog from kingsnake.com user Terry Cox credit: kingsnake photo gallery 

Experts attached a satellite transmitter to Pancake's shell, which will track its location for up to 90 days. Mary Dixon / Wildlife Conservation Society

A few new action alerts have hit USARK's page that may impact reptiles owners that we wanted to share here! If this impacts you, be sure to check the links!

Screenshot of the live Pennsylvania den of I think "Pickle" one of their Timber Rattlesnakes. Yes they have names and profiles! 

The International Herpetoligcal Symposium turns 50 this year and kingsnake.com will be there to help them celebrate as a returning sponsor to kick off our 30th year! We all are celebrating. 

This year is going to be located in a true herpers heaven, The Chiricahua Desert Museum in Rodeo, NM. If you have never been to an IHS event, let me tell you that you are missing out. IHS is more than just talks, altho they are a big part of it and I have been honored to be a speaker twice! IHS is a gathering of people from all areas of our community. It is more than what we see at the expos. When you go ro IHS you get everyone, you get the legendary herpetologists that you read books by, the breeders who started the field, the zoo keepers who are doing amazing work and also the actual scientist mingling with the deli cuppers and the kids who are just getting their start. From their site

 A new action alert has come out from our friends at USARK regarding Diamondback Terrapins and potential Endangered Species listings. From the action alert:

On the road again, we just seem to be on the road again and it feels so GOOD! I tell you, it is like the old days! Jon and kingsnake.com will have a booth at the Reptile Super Show in Pomona and he will have all our awesome swag. You can hit him up with any questions about the site and talk to him in person there! We will have a swag booth at the Pacific Northwest Reptile and Exotic Animal Show where you can pick up the coolest gear around as well this weekend too! For more information on the Pacific Northwest Reptile and Exotic Animal Show check their page here and to see what is all going on at the Pomoma Super Show, click here If you see Jon, be sure to take a selfie with him and post it on socials!

Cindy and Seri at one of the many NARBC Tinley Park shows

Shortly after the March NARBC, Seri Dukart of Gallery Gekko and Creature Care Cards was preparing to go in for her second knee replacement when tragedy struck at home. A fire wiped out both her home and attached dog grooming business. It was a total loss. While most of her animals survived, she lost her beloved African Grey, Toba. With a week to surgery, Seri got everything set. She shipped her geckos across the country to a friend who could hold them until she had a place to live again that was not a camper, a local pet shop opened for her reptile pets to hang out and educate people about reptiles and she ended up finding a place to rent to continue serving her grooming clients. Her home was older and to rebuild, she needed to come up with $10-$15,000 to get the electrical upgrades to get insurance to kick in to start the repairs so she could move back home and restart her life.

Are you ready?

Photo from Reddit

Photo of Noxen Fire Volunteer showing tubed venomous snake, rather than some more barbaric ways of other roundups such as sewing mouths shut while unsedated. Photo from Noxen Fire Dept Facebook page

Two Ibiza wall lizards. Photograph: Guillem Casbas

Image screenshot from video from KVUE

Researcher Corinna Hazelrig studies a snake. Credit: Taylor Miller