Scarlet Kingsnake
Tracy Karplus
Views:15 views “The month of March comes with a few certainties in the southeastern United States. Winter will…
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Selangor Mud Snake
Views:2,456 views “As a budding herpetologist, my adventures have taken me all over Southeast Asia in search of…
Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake
Views:201 views “With in-situ images I tend to look for wide-angle compositions, a kind of herp photography that’s…
Finding Indigo Snake Eggs in the Wild
Ben Stegenga
Views:33 views Ben and Jesus have just kicked off our 2024-2025 indigo snake survey season, and while it’s…
Australian Bockadam
Views:195 views “A Cerebus australis (Australian Bockadam) lives across northern Australia, from the Kimberley region in Western Australia…
Collaborative Science to Monitor Invasive Snake Parasites
Views:228 views Ben holds up a freshly collected fecal sample from Eastern Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum flagellum) that will…
Snake Fungal Disease in Georgia
Houston Chandler
Snake fungal disease is caused by the fungal pathogen Ophidiomyces ophidiicola, which infects the skin of snakes and causes a wide range of symptoms. These symptoms can range from a few crusty or dry scales to serious lesions and eroding scales that can, in severe cases, be fatal for the infected snake.
Clifton’s Lizard Eater
Here’s a photo of one of México’s most striking and seldomly seen colubrid species: Clifton’s Lizard Eater snake, or Mastigodryas cliftoni, which can be found throughout tropical Northwestern México.