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New lizard species found above 15,750 feet in Peru’s harsh Andes landscape

Neonate Census Time

Ben from the Herpetology Team here! A few of our animals had a fruitful summer this year, producing a solid number of offspring, so I figured an update was in order. So far in 2026...

Indigenous ‘turtle women’ help vulnerable reptiles recover in Ecuadorian Amazon

On the banks of the Aguarico River in the Ecuadorian Amazon, a group of Indigenous Siekopai women are combining traditional knowledge and modern technology to help a threatened nat...

Legal gaps allow rampant pet trade, poaching reptiles and amphibians towards extinction

Spain’s law enforcement agency, the Civil Guard, announced on Sept. 25, 2026, that it seized 209 reptiles from breeding facilities in Jérica and Sot de Ferrer (Castellón), includin...

LIZARDS TAKE OVER!

Little did George Rau know, as a young boy in 1951, that the 10 lizards he caught near Milan, Italy, and brought back to Cincinnati in one of his socks would survive when released...

More Latin American species are surfacing at a Bangkok wildlife market

More Amazonian species, in larger numbers, are appearing for sale on the other side of the planet in Southeast Asia’s exotic pet trade, reports contributor Gloria Dickie for Mongab...

New checkered gecko discovered in Sichuan’s dry-hot valleys

A new checkered gecko from northwestern Sichuan is genetically and morphologically distinct from all known members of the Japonigekko subgenus.

Baby Lizard behind bookcase

I had one for four days last summer. Just left it alone and it came out one afternoon so I opened up the big sliding window, got a broom and swept it out gently. They are prolific...

Scientists Discover a Mysterious New Snake Species Hiding in New Guinea

A newly identified New Guinea groundsnake named for Slash is genetically distinct from its relatives and lives in threatened forest habitat. A 28-inch-long reddish-brown snake from...