Practical Reptile Keeping

Practical Reptile Keeping is the only monthly herp care magazine published in English. Launched in 2009, it attracts an international readership and is packed with advice on how to look after and breed snakes, lizards, tortoises, turtles, amphibians and bugs. As well as stunning photography, each issue features technical help, product information and health care advice to keep your animals in tip-top condition, plus breeding details and the latest news relating to this group of creatures from around the world.

Welcome

Dazzling new eyelash vipers discovered • Featuring stories that include the discovery of a snake linked with coffee plantations, insights into what attracts turtles to deadly plastics, the find rv of a new colourful gecko now named after a famous artist, an explanation for a strange aspect of tree frog behaviour and more, including a new release scheme for a highly endangered Asian turtle, and the discovery of one of the biggest snakes ever recorded, while starting here with the remarkable find of five new additions to one of the most colourful groups of snakes on the planet.

New coffee snake species discovered in Ecuador’s cloud forests

Discovering another Van Gogh!

Understanding the appetite of sea turtles for plastics

WHY DO TREE FROGS LAY THEIR EGGS ON THE GROUND?

Breeding programmes initiated in Vietnam to help turtle species threatened by extinction

ANCIENT ARACHNID FROM COAL FORESTS OF AMERICA STANDS OUT FOR ITS SPINY LEGS

Discovery of a gigantic ancient snake in India

Bright tails and body stripes • Professional herpetologist and Africa resident Paul Donovan considers why some lizards have bright tails and body stripes, and how these assist their survival.

Ten of the world’s weirdest snakes! • Timothy Zedi draws up a list of the ten species of snake that he finds most interesting, and yet are rarely kept, although they would make fascinating additions to the collection of an experienced hobbyist.

An unexpected injury

Information about sandfish

REPTILE FOCUS • The Formentera wall lizard (Podarcis pityusensis formenterae)

Rattlesnakes Serpents that shaped a nation • A U.S. rattlesnake enthusiast writes about his experiences keeping members of this most iconic group of venomous snakes, and also explains how they have become a part of American political life and culture.

The world of tree dragons • Specialist breeder James Hicks provides key information about the care and breeding of this fascinating and striking but misunderstood group of lizards.

Breeding mantellas • Joshua Ralph discusses the breeding and conservation of the fascinating frogs that form the Mantella genus, and how those keeping these frogs need to aid their survival.

Back from beyond THE BRINK? • James Brereton describes how an obscure Australian amphibian looks set to be the first-ever species of its type brought back to life successfully in a laboratory, after having become extinct, and discusses the significance of this breakthrough.

Other de-extinction projects

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