The discovery would mark the first time venom glands have been found in the mouth of an amphibian — one whose evolutionary history predates the appearance of snakes by more than 100 million years.

The plain-bellied water snake (Nerodia erythrogaster) is a sleek, semiaquatic snake that inhabits central North America. They thrive in both terrestrial and aquatic habitats, making them highly ...

The U.S. Forest Service usually closes Snake Road for the spring migration from March 15 to May 15. Due to the warmer weather and increase in reptile and amphibian activity, the road was closed on … ...

Journey into prehistory as the article explores seven monstrous serpents that once ruled land and sea. From the colossal Titanoboa in ancient Colombia to the transitional form Eophis in England and ...

Pretty much nobody is losing sleep over fears of a toad bite, but you might want to start welcoming amphibians into your nightmares. Scientists have found evidence of snake-like dental glands in ...

Scientists have detected snake-like dental glands in caecilians, which means these serpentine creatures might actually be venomous—an unheard of trait among amphibians. Caecilians secrete a ...

NEW YORK — A fossil find in Argentina has revealed a two-legged creature that’s the most primitive snake known, a discovery that promises to fire up the scientific debate about ...

Genetic sleuthing and comparisons of recently discovered fossils with living snakes point to a "protosnake" ancestor that likely had tiny hind legs and lived about 120 million years ago.

Snake loss. While it may seem obvious that a decline in amphibians could impact its predators, showing that this is true requires having long-term data from a particular site, which is very rare ...

The snake is described as a “miniaturized” genus and species, much smaller than its closest relatives, Weinell said. While Levitonius mirus reaches at most 6.7 inches in length, “the size of ...