Tag: snake fungal disease

Snake fungal disease is a troubling issue for reptile biologists who have focused increased attention on the illness over the past decade or so. But while researchers have published a...

Aquatic snake species in Kentucky have high incidences fungal disease, which may affect their behavior without impacting their short-term survival. “We did see that snakes — especially the queen snakes...

A new large-scale snake survey has found that a deadly fungal disease has spread through 19 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. The snake fungal disease Ophidiomycosis is caused by the fungus...

A pair of new studies illuminate one of the ways that a fungal disease may be killing snakes as well as what methods may not work for protecting infected serpents....

A deadly snake fungal disease has officially spread into California — the farthest west of any detection yet, according to a recent bulletin from the state Department of Fish and...

Snake fungal disease infects snake species regardless of their ancestry, physical characteristics or habitats, according to new research. “It was totally randomly dispersed,” said Frank Burbrink, curator of herpetology at...

A team of researchers has documented the first detection of the fungus responsible for snake fungal disease in wild snakes in Europe. They wrote about their findings in a study...

Researchers have identified the fungus that’s causing snake fungal disease, an emerging disease in the eastern and midwestern United States that causes lesions on a number of snake species. While...

Snake fungal disease, a deadly and mysterious fungal infection fatal to snakes, has now been confirmed in a third free-ranging snake in Georgia. Last week, the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease...

Tracking down snakes for a living can be fun, except when you stumble upon one that’s lost a portion of its face or tail. Lead author of a recently published...