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Southern water snakes commonly eat mole salamanders,  a group that includes two endangered species in California. (Photo credit: J.D. Willson/University of Arkansas) Water snakes, commonly seen in the lakes, rivers and streams of the eastern United States, are invading California waterways and may pose a threat to native and endangered species in the state, according…

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Photo by James Harding CHICAGO— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today over the agency’s failure to grant Endangered Species Act protection to the Kirtland’s snake. The rare snake, now found only in scattered populations in the north-central Midwest, has sharply declined due to the loss of its prairie…

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Left to right. This scarlet kingsnake could be easily mistaken for its venomous relative (Photo credit David Pfennig) Middle. A venomous coral snake from Florida (Florida Images/Alamy). Right. Scarlet kingsnakes living in the North Carolina Sandhills have fine-tuned their mimicry of coral snakes, even though — or perhaps because — coral snakes have become extinct…

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The southern shovel-nosed snake is a small, desert-dwelling  species of Australian elapid snake that feeds almost exclusively on  lizard eggs. Photo Credit: Daniel Rabosky. On opposite sides of the globe over millions of years, the snakes of North America and Australia independently evolved similar body types that helped them move and capture prey more efficiently.…

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The  “true“ Pelomedusa subrufa remains relatively small, and it is a  eritable survivor: In Namibia, it can endure drought periods of  up to 6 years by burying itself underground. A. Schleicher Scentists at the Senckenberg Research Institute revealed that the African helmeted terrapin Pelomedusa subrufa actually comprises at least 10 different species. Until now, it…

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