Pony Express Amphibian and Reptile Society

03/15/2025

A team of researchers has rediscovered a frog species which has not been seen in more than 130 years. First described in 1902, Alsodes vittatus had evaded detection since then, despite multiple search efforts. The researchers discovered two populations of the frog at the southeastern end of the anci...

03/13/2025

06/16/2024

Yunnan, China is a biodiversity hotspot, with many new reptile species discovered in the region in recent years. It is also where a research team from China found a new species of medium-sized venomous snake, known as a mountain pit viper.

06/07/2024

A species extinct in Kansas could make a comeback this year.

06/07/2024

03/05/2024

When a fungus nearly wiped out the American chestnut a century ago, it sent a shock wave through food webs that still affects Timber Rattlesnakes today.

02/21/2024

A 34-year-old man in Colorado died after his pet Gila monster, named Winston, escaped his cage and bit him, police said.

08/08/2023

Don’t miss this one!! Going to be a great presentation by one of the best herpetologists in our region.

07/28/2023

STOCKTON, Utah (KSL.com) — Hundreds of thousands of small toads were part of a mass migration across a country road in Stockton Wednesday, leaving witnesses and biologists stunned at the scale. Mary Hulet said she was driving home from the airport after 7 p.m. and was at the bottom of an area know...

07/21/2023

Scientists have described a new salamander species of the genus Tylototriton from evergreen montane forests on Ngoc Linh Mountain in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

07/20/2023

The snake had previously been mistaken for others, however researchers have now found it is an entirely new species.