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Giant Side-Necked Turtle Fossil Discovered
Paleontologists with North Carolina State University have just published a paper detailing their findings of a giant turtle fossil in 2005 that is believed to be the largest side necked turtle species on record. More>>

Win a Steppe Runner and More! As part of REPTILES' 20th anniversary celebration, and to help introduce this new lizard to the hobby, REPTILES and ReptileChannel have partnered with Armstrong’s Cricket Farm, Exo Terra, Reptile Industries, Timberline and Zoo Med to offer you a chance to win a steppe runner and everything needed to keep it. More>>	REPTILES Turns 20! Enter our 20th anniversary contest to help us celebrate. Send us an email detailing a particular aspect of the magazine that struck a chord with you. It could be an article or a photograph, or even a column. Follow the link to learn more.  More>>
REPTILES Magazine to Give Remainder of 2012 Online Store Profits to USARK New REPTILES merchandise has been added to the magazine's Zazzle store, including products commemorating the magazine's 20th anniversary. More>>	New Lizard Discovered in Africa An international collaboration of scientists has announced the discovery of a new species of lizard from remote, war-torn mountains in Central Africa. More>>
Clemson University Students Share the Joy of Herps with Girl Scouts Public outreach demonstration enables Girl Scouts to interact with live animals and museum specimens. More>>	Drug Derived from Gila Monster Saliva May Aid in Weight Loss Study of rats and the drug Exenatide showed the drug reduced the cravings for food in rats. More>>

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ReptileChannel.com is the place to go online for all of your crucial and informative reptile and amphibian news. As part of AnimalNetwork, ReptileChannel covers reptile news stories that matter, from conservation efforts to the latest reptile studies, to club and event happenings throughout the United States. Keep abreast of the latest in reptile and amphibian health issues important to the herping hobby, view reptile videos, and learn to properly care for your reptiles.

Care Sheets

NEW!	Care Sheet for the Argus Monitor The Argus monitor is an active and hissy monitor species. It is a bold and curious animal to view in the vivarium, but an Argus monitor does not appreciate being picked up and held, and it will not usually come to accept this even with repeated handling. More>>

ReptileChannel offers a range of care sheets covering lizards, snakes, turtles and tortoises, and amphibians. These are important pieces of information to properly care for your animals, with crucial information such as proper enclosure size and other habitat information, nutrition requirements, and animal demeanor. Want to add a ball python  to your collection? Check out the care sheet and read about its feeding requirements, optimal enclosure space, and if it requires a heat lamp to stay healthy. Looking to get an Indian star tortoise? ReptileChannel has the latest on how to care for it, and many other popular reptiles and amphibians, with new reptile care sheets always on the way! More>>

Exclusives

What Would You Like to See in REPTILES Magazine? Help plan the topics and issues! More>>

Mystery Skull Challenge Test your skull skills. Can you I.D. these reptile skulls? More>>

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Creature Caption Contest Submit a caption for the reptile photo. More>>

Reptile Contest See all current and previous Reptile contests. More>>

ReptileChannel Editor Russ Case

ReptileChannel Editor Russ Case is a long-time reptile enthusiast, beginning with a childhood spent in constant search of reptiles and amphibians to keep as pets, originating in the woods of his native New Jersey and later in the scrub and forests of Southern California. He has kept many different pet lizards, turtles and snakes, as well as, briefly, a single crocodilian (a spectacled caiman).

A professional editor since the mid-1980s, in 1993 he was hired by Fancy Publications (now BowTie Inc.) to be the managing editor of Bird Talk and the brand-new REPTILES magazine. REPTILES was an immediate hit, changing from a bimonthly magazine to a monthly and requiring Case to leave Bird Talk to focus solely on REPTILES and its annual sister magazine, Reptiles USA. REPTILES quickly cemented its position as an industry leader in promoting the successful keeping of pet reptiles and amphibians, and in 2001 Case became the magazine’s lead editor.

He is also the group editor of Aquarium Fish International, Aquarium USA, Marine Fish and Reef USA, Coral and Reef USA, Motorcycle Consumer News, Ponds USA, Auto Restorer and FishChannel.com, as well as a consulting editor for BowTie Press. He has written three children’s books about reptiles: Snakes, Lizards and Turtles and Tortoises comprise BowTie’s Beginning Vivarium Systems series of books. When time permits, Case also writes the blog, “Random Neural Firings of a REPTILES Editor,” and he can often be found engaging the reptile community on the REPTILES Facebook page.