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The Chinese New Year - Year of the Wood Snake starts is January 29th! Do you want your very own Center for Snake Conser...
01/11/2025

The Chinese New Year - Year of the Wood Snake starts is January 29th! Do you want your very own Center for Snake Conservation "Year of the Snake" t-shirt? We have opted for a performance shirt featuring a Yunnan Mountain Bamboo Ratsnake. There are several styles available as a part of this fundraiser. Check it out and get your very own at this link: https://www.customink.com/fundraising/year-of-the-snake

All proceeds from this fundraiser will be placed towards our fundraising goal to purchase our very own facility! If you can make a donation above and beyond the purchase of a t-shirt, we will greatly appreciate it!

Join Us in Establishing a Permanent Home for Reptile and Amphibian Conservation! 🐢🐸

We’re on a mission to create a permanent home for My Nature Lab, our educational facility dedicated to the conservation of reptiles and amphibians. This space serves as a hub for learning, research, and hands-on experiences that inspire people of all ages to protect these vital species and their habitats.
To make our vision a reality, we need your help! We’re raising funds for the down payment to purchase the building, and your contribution can make all the difference.

Your support will help us:�🌱 Establish a permanent space for interactive education and conservation programs.�🐍 Expand resources for the study and protection of reptiles and amphibians.�🌎 Inspire a love for nature and a commitment to preserving biodiversity.

Donate today to help us secure this future for conservation and education!�[Insert donation link or QR code]
Together, we can create a legacy of care and stewardship for our planet’s most vulnerable creatures. Thank you for making this dream possible! 💚

04/15/2024

What is the smallest snake that you have ever seen? Check out how tiny this baby lined snake is that was found near Boulder, Colorado. Is is bigger or smaller than the smallest snake you have ever seen?

Does a triangular shaped head mean that a snake is venomous? No. Many snakes can flatten their heads to appear bigger ...
02/14/2024

Does a triangular shaped head mean that a snake is venomous? No. Many snakes can flatten their heads to appear bigger and potentially more intimidating to a potential threat. Check out how triangular these two bullsnakes can make their heads. Unfortunately, this myth had been perpetuated for who knows how long - too long in my opinion. I discuss this snake myth in our next newsletter. Have you signed up to get the newsletter of the Center for Snake Conservation or our educational facility My Nature Lab? If not, visit our website to sign up and stay current with everything we are doing.

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Conservation Through Education

Just like your favorite aunt or uncle, Sawa (a reticulated python) and Mr. Bags (a Burmese python) are stuffed after the...
11/23/2023

Just like your favorite aunt or uncle, Sawa (a reticulated python) and Mr. Bags (a Burmese python) are stuffed after their Thanksgiving meals. Giant snakes such as these pythons are known for eating very large prey items. The rabbits these snakes ate are around 35 percent of their body mass. Can you match this feat today with your Thanksgiving meal?

Ball pythons are one of the most popular pet snakes in developed countries around the world. Humans have bred 1000s of ...
12/09/2022

Ball pythons are one of the most popular pet snakes in developed countries around the world. Humans have bred 1000s of color and pattern variations by taking advantage of inbreeding and the high diversity of their genetics. Unfortunately, this has led to a culture of having to have the newest and greatest mutation (morph). While ball pythons readily breed in captivity, we still import 10s of thousands each year from Africa hoping for a new mutation to breed and sell. This is not sustainable and ball pythons are becoming harder and harder to find in their native habitats.

At what point do we stop importing this incredible snake species? Our planet’s health depends on keeping common species like the ball python common.

How does a snake breath while it is eating? A snake’s glottis is located at the front of their mouths and can be pushed...
12/08/2022

How does a snake breath while it is eating?

A snake’s glottis is located at the front of their mouths and can be pushed past the prey item allowing the snake to breath.

Check out the glottis of this reticulated python as it eats a rat. Can you see how it can open up to take a breath?

The Plains Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon nasicus) is often labeled one of the most charismatic species of snakes in North A...
12/06/2022

The Plains Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon nasicus) is often labeled one of the most charismatic species of snakes in North America. Its antics when confronted are quite impressive. It can hiss, flatten its head and neck, mock strike, and finally go through a death feign to fool its predators.

What do you like most about this species?

Snakes have the incredible ability to swallow prey whole. We often focus on their skull adaptations when teaching about...
12/05/2022

Snakes have the incredible ability to swallow prey whole. We often focus on their skull adaptations when teaching about how snakes eat but they have several other amazing adaptations that are just as important. One of those is how their skin stretches between the scales to accommodate giant prey items. This photo was taken while a 13’ long reticulated python ate a large chicken at our educational facility, My Nature Lab . It is an amazing learning experience to watch giant snakes eat and see these adaptations in action.

Male Diamond-backed Watersnakes (Nerodia rhombifer) have chin tubercles (papillae). It is thought that these tubercles m...
12/04/2022

Male Diamond-backed Watersnakes (Nerodia rhombifer) have chin tubercles (papillae). It is thought that these tubercles may play a role in reproduction (tactile stimulation on females) but it is unclear. This watersnake is the only species of snakes in North America with chin turbercles.

12/03/2022

Check out this Rough Greensnake grab and eat a large hornworm. Rough Greensnakes are from the eastern United States and eat a variety of soft-bodied arthropods including spiders. When approached in the wild, this species freezes and pretends to be a green vine swaying in the wind. Rough Greensnakes are almost strictly diurnal and sleep at night coiled up at the end of branch - we will have to post a picture of that soon.

Have you ever looked closely at the head of a Boa Constrictor? Check out these mustaches on these two boas? These are ...
12/01/2022

Have you ever looked closely at the head of a Boa Constrictor? Check out these mustaches on these two boas? These are examples of the Central American Boa (Boa imperator). Why do you think they have mustaches?

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