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A man who has been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice in relation to trafficking turtle has been ordered held in custody after he was arrested. Albert Bazaar, formerly of Angie, Louisiana was charged with conspiracy and Lacey Act violations. The government alleges between January 2022 and December 2023, Bazaar poached and sold more than 1,700 loggerhead musk turtles (<...

Researchers in China have discovered a new species of reed snake in the Calamaria genus. The snake, the Guangxi reed snake (Calamaria incredibilis) was found in Chongzuo and Guilin Cities in Guangxi, China. According to the researchers, the snake uses its tail as a form of mimicry to confuse predators that the tail is actually a head and there are two snakes in the a...

Researchers in India have described a new species of gecko in the Eublepharis genus. The gecko, Jhuma’s leopard gecko (Eublepharis jhuma sp. nov.) has been described based on three specimens that are morphologically and phylogenetically distinct from its congeners. It is also 6.9 to 7.8% distinct from its closest sister species, E. satpuraensis. It ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) announced last week that it has released more than 1 million Houston toad (Anaxyrus houstonensis) tadpoles into Bastrop State Park southeast of Austin. The release, in conjunction with the Houston Zoo, Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy (ARC) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) took place this spring and is the...