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Snakes
Vulnerable Beauties: The Jamaican Boa
By Nipper Read
The Jamaican boa is an iconic symbol of the vibrant island of Jamaica in the Caribbean, but also a sad reminder of the destruction humans can do to a species as well...
Snakes
The Herald Snake
By Nipper Read
Those that know me will tell you I’m a sucker for a rare colubrid. I don’t care if it's small and dull coloured with the most difficult to reproduce diet, if...
Snakes
Vipera berus: The Most Successful Venomous Snake?
By Nipper Read
Vipera berus is a relatively small species of viper, with a massive distribution; it is in fact, the snake species with the largest distribution of all snakes, even extending into the arctic...
Snakes
The Wide World of Atheris Vipers
The genus Atheris, currently comprises fifteen species of small, heavily keel scaled, arboreal pit vipers. The vipers are distributed in sub Saharan African and are typically encountered in primary forest, cloud forest and disturbed...
Herping
Herping Israel: Part 2 with Nipper Read
(Read part 1 here.)
Waking up, we had a quick breakfast and packed our things. Jurgen travels light and his small bag contained only seven cartons of Marlboros and three pairs of pants ( I...
Herping
Herping Israel: Part 1 by Nipper Read
Some time ago, I was recovering from a serious operation (don’t be sad, I’m like Wolverine, indestructible) I was a bit “morphine-ed” up and under the strict instruction from the Surgeon to have a...
Herping
Herping Greece with Nipper Read
Field herping, looks great eh? All those amazing pictures on insta, the tales of adventure and mishap on podcasts, drunken chats after reptile shows, who wouldn't wanna get into field herping? what could be...
