Lizard and Snake Resources

The Royal Veterinary College

• The Royal Veterinary College is the oldest veterinary school in the United Kingdom. It is one of the few colleges outside the U.S.A. and Canada to achieve AVMA accreditation.

Veterinary and Zoological Associations

• British Veterinary Zoological Society A division of the British Veterinary Association for vets who treat exotic species
• Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians
• The American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Aims to promote healthcare and promote conservation of captive and free-ranging wildlife
• Wildlife Disease Association The association for wildlife vets and publishers of the Journal of Wildlife Disease
• Association of Zoos and Aquariums The association represents virtually every professionally operated park, aquarium, oceanarium, and wildlife park in North America

Professional Journals

• Journal of Herpetology The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles' quarterly scientific journal, covering all aspects of the biology of amphibians and reptiles
• Contemporary Herpetology A peer-reviewed, on-line scientific journal devoted to the global dissemination of scientific information on amphibians, turtles, crocodilians, and reptiles

Academic and Government Organisations

• University of Florida Wildlife and Zoological Medicine web page
• The EMBL Reptile Database An online information resource on reptile taxonomy with a focus on the species level
• The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Treating and preventing venomous bites

Commercial Organisations

• Greendale Laboratories UK veterinary diagnostic laboratory service dealing with exotics
• Vet Ark A commercial pharmaceutical company that caters for the exotic pet veterinarian
• Krieger Publishing The publisher of the Exotics series and other relevant herpetological resources
• Reptiles Magazine A monthly reptile magazine

Internet Resources

• Pub Med The National Library of Medicine's search service
• Net Vet A huge collection of links to veterinary school sites world-wide
• Veterinary Information Network The largest and longest established veterinary resource on the web

Literature Search

Use these links to find recent scientific publications via CAB Abstracts (log in required unless accessing from a subscribing organisation).


Reptile report cards - writing client handouts that work. Wright, K.; The North American Veterinary Conference, Gainesville, USA, Small animal and exotics. Proceedings of the North American Veterinary Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, 16-20 January 2010, 2010, pp 1733-1736, 10 ref. - Full Text Article