Hello, Keri! My name is Amber and I just joined this group. I actually live down in southeast Kansas, near Pittburg, and I so understand what you mean about a...
... The crocodile gets its name from the Greeks who observed them in the Nile river. The Greeks called them krokodilos, a compound word from kroke, which means...
Hey all, I'm considering purchasing an indigo snake. So far my interstate commerce form is good for go, and I am waiting for my permit to go thru the state...
Interesting insight, thanks. But I had always heard a slightly different account of how crocodiles got their name. When the Greeks first catalogued crocs...
I've kept indigos at the zoo where I work and I love them. But, I would never keep them at home. I am inherently lazy and decided a while back to get rid...
I've never heard of an indigo. Please, tell more about them. Are they truly indigo colored? Almost all my experience has been with boas and pythons, although I...
I really, REALLY wish I would've took a picture, but I didn't- and if nobody can answer this question for me, I'll be ready the next time she does it to take a...
kinda sounds like she was shedding and ate the skin ... From: julietrose5381 <julietrose5381@...> Subject: [Herpetology Central] ***HELP?! What the HECK...
Not to change the subject but I never have thought about the possibility of needing permits. I'm pretty sure I'm ok with my couple of Chams, beardies, etc....
I've already done the vet thing and will go again at the end of the week. Still this is baffling to me. I have a 6 month old female Panther Cham. She started...
I believe she was shedding and then she ate it. The reason you have never seen it before is, as you saw they are quick. That would be a good time for something...
I agree. Other frogs shed and then eat their skin, too. Frogs are naturally vulnerable so it's a process that happens fairly fast, which explains why they're...
Your frog is shedding skin and then eating it. My budgetts frog does the same thing...looks like floating slim..I have also seen it with my african bullfrog...
The Eastern Indigo is protected in the US. and you MUST have Permit from YOUR STATE"S Fish and wildlife department. You MUST BUY CAPTIVE BRED, YOU MUST PROVE...
It looks like my Monkey Tail girl is having a baby! She's got that look, women who've had babies, you know that look, the it's time look....She's got her butt...
Fingers crossed for you, hope it all goes well. kim ... From: posumkim <kimba555@...> Subject: [Herpetology Central] Hey, it's quiet here but...... To:...
Oppossum babies are sooooo cute !!! I had one that would sleep in an old birdhouse that the squirrels had chewed on to enlarge the opening. I had an oppossum...
? Opossum?????My name is posskim on the list because I used to breed Short Tail Opossums (a small South American exotic). What I was talking about is a Monkey...
Oh yes, I love the Eastern Indigos. I first took care of them when i worked at my museum and fell in love with them. They are north americas longest snake...
My bad! I wondered why you were writing about mammals on a herp site. I know what skinks are but had never heard of monkey tails. I looked them up on the web....
Sure no problem, I love learning new stuff too. Kim L in Mich. ... From: frogsense <reneesmith@...> To: herpetologycentral@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon,...
HELLO I HAVE AN ARTICLE DEDICATED TO THE STUDY OF THE ETIMOLOGY OF THE WORD "CROCODILE" I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD PROBABLY LIKE IT BECAUSE IS IN SPANISH...BUT...
I translated only some ideas of the article but I hope to be usefull, now i'll upload the article at the "files" link *The comparison between what the...
I translated only some ideas of the article but I hope to be usefull, now i'll upload the article at the "files" link *The comparison between what the...
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