Snakes are remarkable creatures with some amazingly diverse abilities. With no arms, no legs and only their mouth to catch food and defend themselves, snakes are still able to thrive on every...

Horned-nose viper (vipera ammodytes) When you think of deadly snakes, you probably envision ones like the black mamba from Africa, the king cobra from Asia, or any number of snakes from...

One of the more intriguing snakes in the viper family is the puff adder. “Arietans” translates to “striking violently”, so just the scientific name alone, Bitis arietans, tells you this is...

I've enjoyed reptiles for many, many years. I've kept lizards and snakes as a pet owner, and as a dealer when I have bred them to sell. And whereas I've learned a ton of information about them over...

You can see some differences between the green tree python on the left and the emerald tree boa on the right. To the untrained eye, green tree pythons and emerald tree boas may look exactly...

One of the most fascinating lizards in the reptile world is the caiman lizard, from the genus Dracaena, also known as water tegus. There are currently two recognized classifications of the caiman...