Questions tagged [herpetology]
The study of reptiles and amphibians, and a subarea of zoology.
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Reptile identification - Is this a green iguana?
At first instance it looks like an iguana and since this photo was taken near the coast of Pernambuco, Brazil it could only be the green iguana, but as you can see from the photo the reptile is black. ...
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Identification of Anoles
Can anyone help me identify these anole species? All photos taken on St. Thomas, USVI, in close proximity to one another.
(click to zoom in)
Each photo is a different individual, but the overall ...
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Why would a python go after such large prey?
I read that most Pythons would go for smaller prey, around the size of a house cat, but that larger species enjoy crocodiles, deer and even a bit of antelope for dinner. But why?
Now, I realise that ...
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How old is the action of sneezing?
Is there an estimate for when the ability of sneezing evolved? A little bit of research, and some critical review of my memories tell me that:
Many, if not maybe all mammals sneeze.
Some reptiles ...
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what kind of lizard is this
Found on ground by house in residential neighborhood in Fort Pierce FL. looks mature maybe 17".
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How does a turtle develop inside its egg?
This is related to Cause of premature death in turtle eggs, for those interested.
I have noticed that Kinosternon spp. eggs have three layers:
hard outer shell
white opaque membrane (like the one you ...
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Aren't tortoise bones fused with the shell? How did this tortoise (in the post) survive without it?
I've just read this story about a tortoise that lost a good portion of its shell in a forest fire here in Brazil and got a 3D-printed prostheses.
Here's the picture of it:
The way it looks like, it ...
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What is the current status of the taxon Crocodylus raninus?
What is the current status of the taxon Crocodylus raninus, the Borneo Crocodile? See Wikipedia Is it now a valid species, a subspecies of Crocodylus porosus (The Saltwater Crocodile) or merely a ...
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Snake with red eyes and black skin found in a plant pot
It was found dead/stiff in an empty plant pot in a kitchen.
Could it be a young Höllenotter (a melanistic vipera berus, photo in Wikimedia Commons)?
Is the reddish/brownish part an injury? And ...
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Larva attacking frog ? Guide about this
The above picture was taken in western forest of India where a larva attached itself to a frog neck. What is it and how it will effect the frog?
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Lizard Identification
What is this lizard?
Seen in Hollywood, Florida, on a golf course. It may have been an escaped pet and was approximately 17" long.
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What is this frog I found
What type of frog or toad is this? I found him in my backyard in southern Alabama and he is clearly very small. I’m not sure what species it is, it’s mostly brown but has small spots on the top of his ...
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Was this snake behaving abnormally?
This morning, I walked out front of my house to find a medium-sized snake balled up on my driveway beneath my motorcycle. I spotted it from my porch so I didn't walk any closer. I believe it was a ...
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Is there any research on episodic-like memory in reptiles?
I've been studying the area of episodic-like memory in non-human animals and our old reptile cousins seem to be really underrepresented (or not represented at all). Is there any research that I am ...
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Snake Identification in India
Location: Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.
Time: Near the end of September at around 1:00 pm.
This snake was spotted in a drain near my hostel in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. Can somebody help me ...
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Help identifying small snake in southern India
I found a baby snake near a hill in Karnataka, Southern part of India.
It's monsoon season here.
Approximate length - 15 cm
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Poison of the Japanese Tree Frog
The Japanese Tree Frog (Dryophytes japonica) (EN / JP) has a poison on its skin that can even make you loose your eyesight, if you touch your eyes, after touching{NOTE}. I found quite a couple of site ...
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Can any one ID my tortoise?
I have got a pet tortoise and I was wondering if any one could identify it. I think it's a male around 2 years old.
I'm not quite sure, it is quite small, very shy and goes very fast.
He likes ...
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Scientific name of a lizard's reproductive system
I need to find the scientific (latin) names of the reproductive organs of female and male lizards. So far the only result I've got is that male lizards have hemipenes inverso, but nothing on the ...
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Is this a worm or snake?How to get rid of it?
Hi! I found this thing in my bathroom. I killed it but still it's friends keep on reappearing. It moves slowly , is it a snake? How can i get rid of them? I live in Mumbai, India. It's rainy season ...
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snake identification
While moving large, old oak logs I'd stacked a year ago to form a terraced garden, I noticed it was very moist under the logs.
I saw 5 kingsnakes, a scarlet snake, a couple of small brown earth ...
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How do you identify this particular snake shedding?
Aloha,
Snakes are illegal in the State of Hawaii, with the exception of the Hawaiian Blind Snake (Brahminy Blind Snake (Ramphotyhlops braminus)). I've read through a plethora of articles to no avail....
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Do Parasaurolophus have hands with fingers to grab?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasaurolophus#mediaviewer/File:Parasaurolophus_cyrtocristatus.jpg
I cannot tell if the hands have fingers strung together to form a hove, or fingers to grab. I have ...
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Can a crocodile crack open a turtle's shell?
To put the question more accurately I consider the Saltwater Crocodile, which has been measured to have a bite force of 16.4 kN and estimates of up to 34 kN in 6.7-meters long individuals.
For turtles ...
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How to Scale Metabolic rate and drug dosage according to Mass?
I was reading a book "Biology and evolution of Crocodilians" by Gordon Grigg and David Kirshner.
And I can't understand the part about metabolic scaling no matter which method I tried I can'...
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What is this snake in South Florida, USA
I observed this snake for about 10 minutes. It was slithering back and forth in about 50x20 yard (50x20 meter) area. Just kept going back and forth (then I left). There was a similar snake at the same ...
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Are there any examples of viruses that have jumped from reptile to human?
I know that there are plenty of examples of zoonosis occurring from reptiles to humans that involve bacterial pathogens, (e.g. Salmonella) but are there any instances of viruses being transferred from ...
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Medical Uses of toxic venom
One interesting thing I recently learned is that venom has medical uses that can actually save lives! But from what I see so far this either applies to venoms from creatures that are not fatal to ...
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Help me ID snake
Could someone please tell me if this is a cotton mouth? Found 2 on my back porch, one got away.
Location: Fayetteville, AR (USA) [Note: there are several ponds nearby]
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What's this parasite?
Any microbiologists or parasitologists recognize this? It's from my pet bearded dragon in the eastern US and the vet's never seen it before.
