Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1st August 2012 - Over a hundred endangered reptiles confiscated in Hong Kong were flown home to the Philippines today, while the second-time offender who smuggled them, has ...

Among the reptiles seized were species globally listed Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, including the Pig-nosed turtle Carettochelys insculpta, Blue Speckled Tree Monitor Lizard ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Facebook has emerged as a major market for trafficking in live reptiles in the Philippines, according to a new report by TRAFFIC, the wildlife ...

Species identified include 49 species of lizards, 40 species of frogs, 35 species of snakes, one caecilian, one species of freshwater turtle and one crocodile. Northeastern Mindanao is home to species ...