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Amphibians
African Bullfrogs
African Clawed Frogs
Amphibian Diseases
Axolotls
Caecilian.org
Chinese Fire-Bellied Toads
Frog & Toad Care Articles
Frogland
Green Tree Frogs
Leopard Frogs
Ornate Horned Frogs
Ornate Frogs- Breeding
Salamander & Newt Care
Salamanders/Newts Overview
Swantje and Sven's Herps

Behavior
Animals Have Complex Dreams, MIT Research Finds
Animal Rights vs. Animal Welfare (Summer Musings I)
Anthropomorphism and Reptiles (Summer Musings II)
Biometeorology: Weather Affects Health
Burmese Python Kills Colorado Youth
Burmese Python Kills New York Teen
Change-Related Stress
Classical vs. Critical Anthropomorphism
Cognitive Ethology: Slayers, Skeptics, and Proponents
Coprophagy (Feces Eating)
Disease-Associated Preferred Body Temperatures in Reptiles
Emotion and Phylogeny
Ethology, Ecology and Critical Anthropomorphism
Ethological and Other Considerations of Reptiles in Captivity
Giant Snake & Lizard Bites: Open Letter to Emergency Responders
Green Iguana Behaviors
Handling Reptiles
Kidnapping males could save species
Lizards do really learn to recognize people
Lizard Tough Guys
Playing with the Big Boys: Handling Large Constrictors
Pssst...Wanna See My Pet Snake?
Reptilian Ethology In Captivity: Observations and Evaluation
Researchers "Talk" to Lizards
Taming Reptiles
What Is Intelligence?

Captivity
Adverse Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation (UVR) Exposure
Alfalfa Sprouts: Health Food or Health Risk?
Allergies to Reptiles and Herp-Keeping Products
Animal Poison Hotlines
Black Lights
Calculating the Cost of Electricity
Cataract Development: It's Cumulative
Catch the Wave: Reptile Lighting
Comparison of Sun vs. UVB Lighting
Dangerous UV light snakes its way into the shade
Disaster Preparedness for Bird and Reptile Owners
Emergency Planning for Reptile and Amphibian Collections
Fire Safety
First Aid/Wound Management
Getting Rid of Reptile Mites
Giant Snake & Lizard Bites: Open Letter to Emergency Responders
Heating: Watts it all about
Hot Rocks
Idiosyncrasies in Vitamin D Metabolism in Green Iguanas
Imagine: A Visualization Exercise
Lighting and Heating for Reptiles: They are not the same thing
Mercury Vapor Heat/UV Lamps:Suitable/safe for home use?
Mercury Vapor Lamps: Abstracts
Michael Holick, MD, Speaks on UV and D3...and Iguanas
Microclimates: Dealing with Summer Heat & Low Humidity
Moving and Shipping Reptiles
Musings on UV and D3...
Natural Pest Control
No UVB From Tungsten Filament Incandescent (Neodymium) Lamps
Open Letter To Emergency Responders to Biting Snake Calls
Produce Handling and Processing Practices
QUAKE! Living on the Fault Line
Reptile Housing: Size, Dimension and Lifestyle
Reptile Lighting: A Current Perspective
Reptile Lighting: You may not get what you think you are
Signs of Ingestion of Toxic Substances
Spiders and Scorpions Harm Reptiles
Sprout Safety: FDA Warns High-Risk Groups: Don't Eat Alfalfa Sprouts
Standard Tank Size
Substrates for Reptiles: Caveat Emptor
Substrates for Reptiles (Thesis Excerpt)
Sunlight & Reptile UVB Tubes: The importance of UVB
Tips to Prevent Home Fires Caused by Space Heaters
Treating Wild-Caught Wood
Use of cedar as a substrate
Use of pine in captive herp environments
UV Table
Vacations and Your Reptiles
Winter Advisory: Heading off problems before they start

Chelonians
Box Turtles
Box Turtle Care and Conservation
Captive Breeding of Chaco Tortoises
Chaco Tortoises
Chaco Tortoises: Captive Care and Maintenance
Desert Tortoise Diet Sheet
Red-eared Sliders
Russian Tortoises: Practical Care & Breeding
Soft-shell Turtles
Sulcata Tortoises
Tortoise Hatchlings - Rearing
Vietnamese Leaf Turtle: Tobago
Vietnamese Leaf Turtles: Captive Propagation and Husbandry

Box Turtle Health Issues
Box Turtle Housing
British Tortoise Trust
California Turtle and Tortoise Club (CTTC)
Chaco Tortoise Systemics and Bibliography
David Kirkpatrick's Turtle Articles
Diet Considerations of Captive Tortoises
Growing Your Own Tortoise Forage
Hibernating Turtles and Tortoises
Origin and evolutionary relationships of giant Galápagos tortoises
Shell Repair in Turtles and Tortoises
Shell-Rot in Turtles and Tortoises
Swallowed Fish Hook Removal Technique
Tortoise Phylogenetics

Cleaning & Disinfecting
Antibiotic agent may not kill all germs (Triclosan)
Cleaning and Disinfecting
Dirt on Soap
Disinfectants
Hand-Transmitted Infection
Hate housework? Can't find a reliable cleaner? Try a slug.
National Antibiotic Monitoring System (NARM/CDC)
Natural Pest Control
Researcher urges less use of antibacterial products
That cleaner may not be doing what you think it is...
The Dirt on Soap
Too clean is no good
Useful tips for maintaining a healthy home
Vinegar and Hydrogen Peroxide as Disinfectants
Wash your hands!

Conservation
ABC Bites on Rattlesnake Roundup Report
African Tick Disease Imported on Snakes and Tortoises
Ambushing prey may make snakes vulnerable
Amphibian Chytridiomycosis and EID of Wildlife
Amphibians: A Conservation Moment
Animals as Sentinels of Environmental Health Hazards (E-Book)
Biodiversity II: Understanding and Protecting Our Biological Resources (E-Book)
Bullfrogs: Introduced Predators in Southwestern Wetlands
Burnout: When Rescuers Need Rescuing
Captive Breeding as a Conservation Tool
Carnival Iguanas
Costa Rica Medicinal Plant Project
Damned Experiments! (Comment to Meltdown article)
Ecological Meltdown in Predator-Free Forest Fragments
Endangered species list grows long
European Studbook Foundation
Exotic Pets Blamed for Frogs' Demise
Extinction Risk Grows Around Globe
Forensics Fights Crimes Against Wildlife
Frog Population Declines Continue
Frogs Feel The Heat
Fundacion Pro Iguana Verde (Green Iguana Foundation)
Getting Under Their Skin: Reptile Skin Trade
Grand Cayman Blue Iguana
Herpetoculture and Conservation
Iguana Next Door: Reptile mania has struck...
Iguana: Survival of the Tastiest.
Iguanas and Other Reptile Pets Around The World
Into the Labyrinth: LEMIS, ABI and CITES
Invasive Species
Jamaican Iguana Research and Conservation Group
Mine's An Iguana
Nature and Human Society: The Quest for a Sustainable World (E-Book)
Neglected Elders: Endangered Reptile Species & Populations
Perspectives on Biodiversity: Valuing Its Role in an Everchanging World (E-Book)
Peter Pritchard: Hero of the Planet
Rattlesnake Roundups Revisited
Rattlesnake Roundup Venom, Antivenin Production, and Kenneth E. Darnell
Releasing Captive Reptiles
Reptile Give-Aways at Fairs
Reptile Skin Trade
Role of the Domestic Animal in the Zoo
State Conservation Links and Information (SSAR)
Sun Coffee a Threat to Migrating and Local Wildlife
Sweetwater TX Rattlesnake Roundup - Hollister
Truth Behind Rattlesnake Roundups (HSUS Report)
Understaffed and Overworked
Up for Discussion: Ethics & Resources
Urban Rattlers: A Homeowner's Guide
Venomous Reptile Relocators
Venomous Snakebite Treatment Information
West Indian Iguana Specialist Group (WIISG)
World's Reptile Populations Running Thin
Work of Nature

Crocodilians
Crocodilian Captive Care FAQ
FAQ About Alligators & Their Kin

Education
Animal Threats to Humans Studied
Herps in Arts and Literature (and Mythology)
How Humans Affect Animals
How to Hold Reptiles
Human Deaths Caused by Reptiles
Key Considerations in Selecting Reptiles
Ophidiphobes and Ophidiphobia
Reptiles Are Not Things
Special Needs of Classroom Reptiles
Use of Reptiles in Public Education

Food & Feeding
Alfalfa Sprouts: Health Food or Health Risk?
Are Sprouts Safe To Eat?
Ball Python Feeding Problems
Commercial Reptile Food Product Development: Two Scenarios
Emaciation (Starvation) Protocol
Evaluating Commercial Diets
Fact vs. Fiction: Clarifying Internet Food/Feeding Myths
FDA Warns High-Risk Groups: Don't Eat Alfalfa Sprouts
Feeding Hatchling Snakes
Feeding Tips for Carnivorous Reptiles
Firefly Toxicity
Fluids and Fluid Therapy in Reptiles
Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet)
Foraging Mix for Tortoises
Mature Alfalfa
Michael Balsai: Savannah Monitor Diet
Nutrients Of Foods Commonly Fed To Carnivorous/Omnivorous Reptiles
Overview of Digestion in Iguanids and Other Herbivorous Lizards
Picky Eaters: Herbivores and Omnivores
Reptile Veterinarians and Zoo Reptile Curators on Feeding Live Rodent Prey
Salmonella (CDC)
Salmonella and Vegetables
Thiamine
Use of Sprouts vs. Mature Greens and Whole Beans
Vegetable and Fruit Names
Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation for Herps
You Say Yuca, I Say Yucca...

Health
Abscesses
Adenoviruses in Reptiles
Amphibian Pain and Analgesia
AVMA Draft Model Veterinary Practice Act
Basal Metabolic Rates for Reptiles
Blister Disease
Bulging, Drooping, Distended Eyes in Reptiles
Burns
Calcium Metabolism and Metabolic Bone Disease
Cardiopulmonary Function
Change-Related Stress
Circadian Rhythms and Thermoregulation in Reptiles (Abstracts)
Claw Trimming - Britton
Claw Trimming - Kaplan
Clinician's Approach to Kidney Disease in Lizards
Cloacal and Hemipenal Prolapse
Constipation and Diarrhea
Constipation in Reptiles
Cryptosporidium
Decapitation of Reptiles: Inhumane Euthanasia
Dry Gangrene of Tail and Toes
Dystocia (Egg/Fetal Retention)
Effects of Hemolysis on Plasma Electrolyte, Chemistry Values
Emaciation (Starvation) Protocol
Euthanasia of Reptiles
Fecal Examinations
Feces and Urates
Firefly Toxicity
First Aid Kit for Reptiles
Fluids and Fluid Therapy in Reptiles
Hepatic Lipidosis (Fatty Liver Disease): Prevention is the best cure
Herp Pain And Analgesia
Herp Parasites
How can you tell if a nonresponsive reptile is alive?
Hypercalcemia
Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia in Reptiles
Hypothermia in Iguanas and Other Reptiles
Iguanid Herpesvirus (IgHV-1)
Importance of Necropsies in Reptile Health and Husbandry
Inclusion Body Disease
Kidney Failure
Kidney Failure in Green Iguanas
Kinks and Bends in Tails
Laxatives and Reptiles
Lethargy in Reptiles
Medicating Sick Herps
Metabolic Bone Disease: Identification and Treatment
Miscellaneous Factors Affecting Health and Welfare
Moving, Vacation and Boarding Stress
Myoclonic and Other Spasms in Iguanas
One Herper's Experience with IBD
Overview of Digestion in Green Iguanas and Other Herbivorous Lizard Species
Paralysis
Paramyxoviruses in Reptiles
Protective Parasites
Parietal Eyes
Parietal (Pineal) "Eye" Function in Reptiles (Abstracts)
Picking A Healthy Iguana
Picking a Healthy Reptile
Protein, Gout and Renal Failure in Reptiles
Pyrethroids: Not as safe as you think
Removing Retained Eyecaps
Reproductive Disorders of the Female Reptile
Reptile Allergies
Reptile First Aid/Wound Management
Reptile Mites
Reptile Parasites and Wormers
Reptile Skin Basics: Construction, Infection, and Color
Reptile Skin Shedding
Reptile Vision
Respiratory Infections
Seminal Plugs/Secretions
Signs of Illness & Stress in Reptiles
Signs of Pain and Discomfort in Herps
Sleep - Something More Than Merely Rest
Small oozing bumps and lesions on reptiles
Spiders and Scorpions Venom Harms Reptiles
Stargazing...
Stomatitis in Reptiles
Tail Breaks and Drops
Tail, Limb and Digit Autotomy
Treating Ripped Out Claws
Use of Hormone Antagonists to Inhibit Reproduction inEublepharis macularius
Vomiting/Regurgitation in Reptiles

Herpetology
A rose by any other name, or Making sense of those long, funny names
A rose by any other name, revisited
Adaptations to Herbivory in Iguanine Lizards
Agamids vs. Iguanids
Amazin' Shrinkin' Iguanas of the Galapagos
AmphibiaWeb
Animal Diversity Web: Vertebrata
Biological Warfare for the Garden
California Academy of Sciences/Herpetology
Chameleons' Tongues Give Up Their Secret
Contribution of Gular Pumping to Lung Ventilation in Monitor Lizards
Curiosities of Binomial Nomenclature
Dinosaurs, dragons, and dwarfs: The evolution of maximal body size
Drinking in Snakes
Duvernoy's Glands and "Warm" Herping
Ecological Meltdown in Predator-Free Forest Fragments
EMBL Reptile Database
ENature.com Local Wildlife Guides
Feeling Old?
Female Impersonaters: More on Garter Snakes
Flying Snakes Slither Through the Air
How to Hold Reptiles
Michael Balsai on the Savannah Monitor Diet
Myths and Fascinating Facts
Not So Common Garters
Open Letter To Emergency Responders to Biting Snake Calls
Ophidiphobes and Ophidiphobia
Reptile Hearing
Reptile Vision
Shhh! The snake can hear you
Snakes' Defensive Farts (Cloacal Popping)
Snake Hearing
Translations of Scientific Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of North America
Urban Rattlers (RATTLESNAKES!)

Humor
Free To a Good Home!
How to Give an Iguana Oral Medications
How to Resuscitate a Lizard
Lifeskills for Iguana Keepers
Good Herpetoculturist's Guide
Iguana Mailing List's Inappropriate Posting Scenarios
Iguana Way (or, How Iguanas Get Into Iguana Heaven)
Really Big Lizards: Be the first on your block to own a dinosaur!
Rime of the Barking Iguana
Significant Otherspeak
You know you might be a herper when...
You know you're ig-wipped when...
Terrorist Iguanas!
Ten Top Ways To Convince Your Mate That "Just One More" Herp Is A Good Idea

Invertebrates
Crayfish
Hissing Cockroaches: Battletanks of the Cockroach World
Keeping and Feeding Millipedes, Cockroaches, Hermit Crabs
Stick Insects
Firefly Toxicity

American Tarantula Society
Animal Diversity Web: Anthropoda
BugBios
Gordon Ramel's Insect World
Iowa State University's Bug Lab
Minax Tarantulas
The Spider Page

For Kids
Beastly Words
Careers Working with Animals
Careers in Veterinary Medicine
DiscoverySchool.com
Dr. Splatt's Roadside Attraction
Emma's Iguana Clip-Art Page
Glossary of Herp Terms
Herpetology: Finding University Programs
How Humans Affect Animals
How Stuff Works
Imagine: A Visualization Exercise
Iowa State University Bug Lab - Recipes
Lawrence Hall of Science Games & Activities
Recipe for a Rainforest
Reptile Rage
So, you think you want a reptile?
So, your folks won't let you have a reptile...?
Strange Science: The Rocky Road to Modern Paleontology and Biology
The Why Files: The Science Behind the News
University of Kentucky's Entomology Department - Recipes
World Wildlife Fund's Kid Stuff

Lizards
Adenoviruses
Agamas
Alligator Lizards
Anoles
Basilisk
Bearded Dragons
Blue-tongue Skink
Butterfly Agamas/Butterfly Lizards
Casque-Headed Iguana
Chameleons
Chameleons' tongues give up their secret
Club-tailed Iguanas
Collared Lizard
Cordylus
Cryptosporidium
Curly-Tailed Lizards
Cyclura (Rock, Blue) Iguanas
Desert Iguanas & Chuckawallas
Dwarf Tegu/Ameiva/Jungle-Runner
Fat-Tailed Gecko
Forest Chameleon
Glass (Legless) Lizards (Ophiosaurus)
Helmeted Iguana
Japalura Lizards
Knight Anole
Legless Lizards (Journal Abstracts)
Leopard Geckos
Leopard Gecko and Fat-Tail Gecko Egging and Incubation

Mabuya Skinks
Madagascar Iguania
Monitor Lizards
Monitor Lizards: A Brief Overview for the Beginner
Mysteries of the stumpy lizard revealed
Nile Monitors
Plated (Sudan Plated) Lizards
Sailfin Lizard
Sand Skinks
Savannah Monitor
Schneider Skinks (in German)
Spiny-tail (Black) Iguana
Spiny-tailed Swifts (Club-tailed Iguanas)
Swifts/Blue-bellies/Crevice/Fence/Spinys, North American
Swifts/Emerald/Jeweled/Smooth-Throated. South American
Toad-Headed Agamas
Tokay Geckos
Tree and Mountain Dragons
Uromastyx
Water Dragons - Kaplan, Powers

For Parents & Teachers
Activities and Lesson Plans
Advanced Genetics Wizard
Animal doc com - University of Georgia's virtual tour of a vet hospital
AwesomeLibrary.org
Beastly Words - or compiled into PDF
Bell Museum/Minnesota Herpetological Society Resource List (PDF)
Bibliography on the Biology of Reptiles and Amphibians
Center for Science in the Public Interest Nutrition Action Healthletter
Classroom reptiles - Thesis
Cortland Herpetology Connection - Learn to use animal identification keys
Dr. Splatt's roadside attraction
Enature.com's Online Field Guides
EnchantedLearning.com's Little Explorer's Dictionary
Favorite Books
Herps in Arts and Literature (and Mythology)
International Fund for Animal Welfare
IFAW's Amphibians and Reptiles as Pets
Imagine: A Visualization Exercise
Iowa State University's Tasty Insect Recipes
Just for Kids: Humans and Animals
Katerpillar & Mystery Bugs
Key Considerations in Selecting Reptiles
More than Half a Million U.S. Students Learn: What’s a Herp?
Myths and Fascinating Facts
National Biodiversity Information Infrastructure's Teacher Resources
National Museum of Natural History Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
National Wildlife Federation - Environmental Education, Kid Zone
Ophidiphobes and Ophidiphobia
Project-Approach.com
Rainforest Imagery
Schoolyard Habitat Program
Science NetLinks
Smithsonian Magazine Online
So, you think you want a reptile?
Sources for Wildlife Pictures (See also Researching Herp Info)
Special Needs of Classroom Reptiles
TRAFFIC Publications and Resources
Translations of Scientific Names of Reptiles & Amphibians of North America
Uncool Boffins: All Children's Perceptions of Scientists
US Fish & Wildlife's Kid's Corner
Use of Reptiles in Public Education
USGS Biological Resources Division's Learning Room (Middle-School on up)
USGS Biological Resources Division's Kid's Corner
Virtual Tour of the Reptile & Amphibian Hall
Word! A Glossary of Medical Words - from Kidshealth.org
World Wildlife Fund's Kid Stuff

Pet Trade Issues & Activism
A Note To the Good Pet Stores...and Bad
Animal Ark Press Release: Reptile Pet Trade
Animal Ark's Policy on Taking In Unwanted Reptiles
Animal Welfare Provisions in California Penal Code
Animal Welfare Provisions in Florida Penal Code
Animal Welfare Provisions in Minnesota Penal Code
Burnout: When Rescuers Need Rescuing
Carnival Iguanas
Complaint Form Letter
Conditions at: Santa Rosa, CA Pet Store
Conditions at: Sebastopol, CA Pet Store
Conditions at: Willits, CA Pet Store
Don't Just Get Mad: Do Something!
Evaluating Pet Stores
Exotic Pets Blamed for Frogs' Demise
Iguanas and Other Reptile Pets Around The World
Mine's An Iguana
Pet Store Rating Program
Petco: 1994 Kaplan & PetCo; Animal Ark
Petco: July 28 1997 Animal Ark & Petco
Petco: July 29 1997 Animal Ark & Petco
Petco: July 30 1997 Letters (1)
Petco: July 30 1997 Letters (2)
Petco: August 1997 Correspondence on a Phoenix AZ Petco
Petco: August 1997 Conference Call Recap - Kaplan
Petco: August 1997 Conference Call Recap - Cowan/Petco
Petco: August 1997 Conference Call Recap - Richard/MHS
Petco: MHS "Iguana Return Day" Press Release
Petco: Petco Managers Cited for Animal Abuse
Petco: San Francisco Files Abuse, Cruelty Charges against 2 Petcos
Petco: Melissa Kaplan's Letter to SF Chronicle and City Attorney
Petco: S. F. Files Suite Against Petco
Petco: Sued for Material Misrepresenting Facts to Stockholder
PetsMart: Letter to PetsMart's President
Releasing Captive Reptiles
Reptiles are not repulsive - but keeping them is
Reptile Give-Aways at Fairs
Rescuing Reptiles From Pet Stores
Rules of Thumb for Evaluating Pet Stores
Up for Discussion: Ethics & Resources
Writing Pet Store Complaint Letters

Plants
Annie Lancaster's Forage Mix
Asian Vegetables/Greens "Thesaurus"
Botanical and Common Vegetable and Fruit Names
Burpee Seed Company
Diet of a Generalized Folivore, Iguana iguana, in Panama
Edible Ornamental Plants List
Effects of Environmental Pollutants on North American Temperate Forests
ExoticPetsGardening Email List
GardenWeb
Gardeners.com
Growing Your Own Tortoise Forage
Guide to Plant Relationships
Harmful & Toxic Plants
Homemade Containers: The Vertical Garden
HortiPlex Database
MK Salad - An Illustrated Reference
Natural Pest Control
Open Letter to Pest Control CompaniesPark Seed Online
Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Database
Plants for a Future Database (PFAF)
Plants Causing Sudden Death
Plants Consumed by Iguanas in the Wild
Plants, Pesticides, and Herps
Plants Suitable For Herp Habitats
Safe Plants - University of California, Davis
Territorial Seed Company
Toxic Plants - University of California, Davis
Toxic Plant Database - University of Illinois, Champaign Vet Med
University of Oregon's Fruits and Vegetables
USDA CFSAN Poisonous Plant Database
USDA Nutrient Database
You Say Yuca, I Say Yucca...

Resources
Abbreviations in Herp and Animal Health Care and Keeping
Abbreviations and Emoticons
Acronym Finder
Altavista's Image Search Engine
AmphibiaWeb
Animal Pictures Archive: Reptiles and Amphibians
Animal-Related Careers
Animal Communicators: Animaltalk.net, Cyberark.com, Speaking Out For Animals
Animal Diversity Web
Animal Poison Hotline
Basking Spot - Jen Swofford
Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE Digital Collections
Berkeley Digital Graphics Library
Biology Online
BiologyBase
BIOSIS Internet Resource Guide to Zoology
Cage Materials
Careers in Veterinary Medicine
Citing Online Sources
Columbia Encyclopedia
Commercial Tank Sizes
Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine
Convention on Internation Trade of Endangered Plants and Animals (CITES)
Converters: Area, Circle, Length, Percents, Temperature
Crocodilian Biology Database - Adam Britton
Definitions and Abbreviations of Veterinary Terms (WSU)
Diccionario Terminológico De Oftalmología (English>Spanish)
Dictionary of Sound-Alike Words
Edible & Harmful Plants Index
Edible Plants List
Email Discussion Lists
EMBL Reptile DatabaseFDA Center for Veterinary Medicine
Encyclopedia.com
Free-Ed.net's Online Medical Terminology Course
Generally Recognized Drug Doses
Glossary of Drug Dosing & Routes of Administrations
Glossary of Herp & Related Terms: A-E,   F-L,   M-O,   P-S,   T-Z
Glossary of Reproduction Terminology
Harmful & Poisonous Plants: A-G, H-N, O-Z,  Harmful Plants
Health Care Conversion Factors
Herp Booksellers and Journals
Herp Magazines
Herp Mall
Herp Photos by Jon Maloney
Herp Web Database
Herpetology: University Programs
Herpetology.com - Mark Miller
HerpIndex.com
HerpMed
Homemade Containers: The Vertical Garden
InfoMine Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
InteliHealth Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Internet Archive
Internet Public Library Reference Center
Kingsnake.com
Librarians' Index to the Internet
Library of Congress
LibrarySpot.com
Mail Order Herp Equipment Suppliers
Mail Order Prey
Medical Terminology: Basics
MedlinePLUS
Megaresources
Mike Pingleton's Herpetocultural Homepage
Moving & Shipping Reptiles
Multilingual Glossary Tech/Medical Terms (9 European languages)
National Academy Press (online books)
National Animal Poison Control Center (NAPCC)
Natural & Least Toxic Pest Control
Nature Sounds
Nomenclatural Glossary for Zoology
Nutrients for Edible Ornamentals
OneLook Dictionary (Meta-dictionary/thesaurus)
Pet Travel
PetHobbyist.com
Plants Causing Mechanical Injury
Plants Suitable For Herp Habitats
Product Names and Foreign Equivalencies
Reading & Using a 1cc Syringe
Researching Herp Information Online and Offline
SearchEDU.com
Signs of Ingestion of Toxic Plants and Other Substances
Smithsonian Image Database
Tortoise Foraging Mix
Translations of Melissa Kaplan's Articles
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Endangered Species Program
U.S. Geological Survey (lots of wildlife info throughout this site)
Vegetable & Fruit Names
VeternaryPartners.com
Videos of Vertebrate Movement
Wikipedia
Word! A Glossary of Medical Words - from Kidshealth.org
Yahoo's Zoology > Reptiles & Amphibians links
You Say Yuca, I Say Yucca

Snakes
Ball Pythons
Ball Python Feeding Problems
Boid Inclusion Body Disease
Burmese Pythons
Boa contrictor (Red-tail boa)
Corn Snakes
Garter Snakes
Gopher Snakes
Kenyan Sand Boa
Kingsnakes and Milksnakes
Rosy Boas

Anatomy of the Snake
Cobra Information Site
Feeding Troublesome Hatchlings
Finding Escaped Snakes
Not So Common Garters
Ophidiphobes and Ophidiphobia
Rattlesnake Roundups
Snake & Lizard Bites: Open Letter to Emergency Responders
Urban Rattlers
Venomous Snake Relocators

Canada Lists
United Kingdom Lists
United States Lists
Lists for Other Countries
Additional Society/Rescue Resources
Adoption Forms
CyberAdoption Sites
Specialty Societies

Animal Hoarders
Burnout: When Rescuers Need Rescuing
Can't find a herp society/rescue in your area?
Starting a Herp Rescue
Starting a Herp Society
The Grim Reality: Unwanted Reptiles
Venomous Snake Relocators
Zilla's story

Using the Internet
Adobe's On-The-Fly PDF-to-HTML Conversion Utility
Adobe's Plug-in Windows PDF-to-HTML Conversion Utility
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Alt.Urban.Folklore
Anti-spam resources
Area Code Lookup
Art On The Web
Art of Getting Help On The Internet - Kaplan, Agre
Assessing and Validating Information Found on the Internet
Botanical Terms
Chainletters
CNET.com
Columbia Encyclopedia
Columbia Encyclopedia
Encarta Encyclopedia Online
Emoticons and Abbreviations (Smileys)
Find the best search engine for your search
Freemedicaljournals.com
Foreignword.com
High-Tech Dictionary - emoticons, HTML tags, email, and more
Hoaxbusters
How To Protect Your Computer From A Virus
Inappropriate Email List Posting Scenarios
Mail-abuse.org
Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesarus
Merck Medical Manual
MedlinePlus - National Library of Medicine
National Center for Missing and Exploited Kids
Netiquette Primer
Netiquette Guidelines
OneLook Dictionary
Online Conversions
Online Medical Dictionary
Other types of search engines
Photos On The Web
PubMed - Medline
RefDesk - reference works and resources online
Researching Herp Information On- and Offline - Kaplan
Snope's Urban Legends Reference Pages
Sounds On The Web
Spam.abuse.net
Thesaurus.com
Trend Micro's HouseCall Online Scanner
Tucows
Urbanlegends.about.com
Urbanlegend's Sick, Dying and Missing Kids
Virus Encyclopedia - Symantec
Virus Hoaxes - Symantec
Yahoo's How To Search The Web

Veterinarians
Canada Lists
United Kingdom Lists
United States Lists
Other Countries Lists
Consulting Veterinarians List
Additional Online Vet Listings

Picking a reptile vet
Finding A Herp Veterinarian - Kaplan, Keller
Still can't find a herp vet?
Ten Reasons To Call A Vet
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Zoonoses
Alfalfa Sprouts: Health Food or Health Risk?
Antibiotic-resistant Salmonella in milk
Cryptosporidum
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Other Autoimmune Disease in Animals
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Cutting Through the Cutting Board Brouhaha
Dirt on Soap
Doctor's Group Questions Antibacterial Soaps
Excessive/Inappropriate Use of Antimicrobial Products
Food for Thought: Lessons from a case of toxic ice cream
FoodNet
Fright of the Iguana: Pet Reptiles Pose Risk of Salmonella Infection for Their Owners
Hand-Transmitted Infection
How to Disinfect your Salad, Sponges and Sinks and Rags, Oh My!
Human Health Concerns
If you touch a turtle, wash your hands!
Interview with the CDC: Dr. Jonathan Mirmen
Kids, Reptiles & Salmonella
MedlinePlus
National Antibiotic Monitoring System
Potential Zoonoses in Exotic Pets
Precautions You Can Take To Prevent Contamination
Preventing Zoonotic Diseases in Immunocompromised Persons
Problem with Gram-Negative Bacteria
Produce Handling and Processing Practices
Pros and cons of long-term probiotics use in green iguanas
Public Health Implications of Fecal Shedding of Salmonella in Iguanas
PubMed
Reptile Associated Salmonellosis - Selected States 1996-1998
Reptile-Related Salmonellosis
Researcher urges less use of anti-bacteria products
Salmonella's Molecular Mimics May Spark Arthritis
Salmonella and Vegetables
Salmonella Citations in the Veterinary and Medical Literature
Salmonella's Main Drug Hits Resistant Strain In U.S.
Salmonella: Then and Now
Scirus
Sprout Safety: FDA Warns High-Risk Groups: Don't Eat Alfalfa Sprouts
States Hatch Warning Labels for Reptiles
Too Clean Is No Good
Tracking and Tackling Foodborne Germs
Triclosan: Antimicrobial May Not Kill All Germs
Useful Tips for Maintaining A Healthy Home
Vinegar and Hydrogen Peroxide as Disinfectants
Wash Your Hands!
Wash-Resistant Bacteria Taint Foods
West Nile Virus and Mosquito Control
Who Speaks for the Microbes?
Zoonoses From Reptiles and Their Parasites
Zoonoses in house pets other than dogs, cats and birds.
Zoonotic Diseases: Animals In The Classroom (PDF)