Kingsnake Journals

I bet that is two thing you never thought you would hear together? Rattlesnakes and Breast Cancer Awareness Month, huh? Well fun fact, Copperheads, Southern Copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix) are contributing to breast cancer research!  There is a protien in their venom that inhibits the growth of breast cancer. I share this every year, I find an article or the study to share. But today when I found the study, I scrolled and read it again and then kept scrolling and realized exactly how many more studies this one lead to or was related to. So click here to go to the original study, but take a moment to scroll down and see just a handful of things we have learned from our venomous animals. 

#RattlesnakeFriday is a hashtag made to raise awareness about the need for conservation of ALL venomous animals. While we may mostly highlight rattlesmakes, you might see some other stuff smattered in. 

Holyfield, the new rescue intake to Small Scale Reptile Rescue

Monday Blues? How about some good news!

ONE Login for Kingsnake

We are working on updating a lot of our databases and one of them is our shows!

Each month like clockwork, five dollars disappears. I never really miss it, I get an email telling me it is gone. I am a Bronze Sustaining member of USARK. In total, it is $60 per year to them, a little more than regular bronze and it is a little more than two tacos a month for me so I never notice. USARK is essential to our community.

An embryo of Cape house snake (Boaedon capensis) stained to show developing muscle blocks in the trunk. The embryo shows right-handed coiling. Credit: Raul Diaz, California State University Los Angeles.

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: