End of Blog (For Now)

As Google is ending their FTP service, I won't be able to continue making posts to this blog (thus the recent lack of herp news). At some future date I may consider starting up a WordPress or other blogging platform here, though it will probably be a slightly different URL so that I don't lose previous posts.

Contribution to Herpetology

A nice article here on the development of a reference guide to the 22-volume Biology of the Reptilia series, by 85-year-old Ernest Liner.

California Tiger Salamander

The native tiger salamander is now considered threatened in California. (News source.)

Rediscovered Australian Frog

An Australian frog thought extinct for 30 years has been rediscovered. (News source.)

Fisherman Attacked by Croc

A crocodile carried off a Ugandan fisherman. (News source.)

Snakebites

A Florida off-duty deputy was bitten by a water moccasin at a youth fishing event. (News source.)

An Australian man was bitten by a death adder. (News source.)

Brown Tree Snakes

A report shows that more than 500 brown tree snakes were caught on Guam from October to December last year. (News source.)

Breeding Behavior

Interesting information on all-female species of whiptail lizard.

And, a certain Peruvian frog is the first known monogamous amphibian.

Python Season

A new season will be available to hunters for reptile of special concern in Florida state-managed areas around the Everglades. (News source.)

Komodo Attack

A Komodo dragon bit a Komodo Island park ranger on the foot; it had apparently been chasing a monkey. This report doesn't say why or how it turned on the ranger.

[Update: a little more information on the attack here, but several details still missing.]

Florida Python Ban

Florida is trying to ban "reptiles of concern." (News source.)

Gator Fingers

A recipe.