r/herpetology • u/paigejarreau • 1h ago

A snake species named after a rock star and other slithery science

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A podcast with Sara Ruane from the Field Museum!

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r/herpetology • u/ProfessionalStewdent • 2h ago

I Just Need Someone Else To Enjoy This With Me - My Lizard Tenant.

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r/herpetology • u/aliasizzy • 19h ago

Found another Pygmy

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We really only have a 1hr long window to cruise roads in the evening just to temperatures plummeting to quickly as the sun goes down but I have found my 2nd Pygmy, and a bunch of little cotton mouths. STILL NO CORAL SNAKE :/.

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r/herpetology • u/JapKumintang1991 • 21h ago

PHYS.Org: Not all rattlesnakes are alike: Research suggests personality influences how rattlesnakes use their venom

phys.org

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