Passenger from Bangkok found carrying Indonesian pit vipers, spider-tailed horned vipers and Asian leaf turtles in luggage ...

Authorities in India have arrested a man for trying to smuggle dozens of rare reptiles, including poisonous snakes, into the country. The Indian citizen, who was returning from Thailand, was stopped ...

Indian customs authorities in Mumbai arrested an Indian air traveler whom they suspected of concealing multiple rare species of wildlife, including venomous snakes, in his checked-in baggage.

details of whom were not released, also had three spider-tailed horned vipers – which are venomous, but usually only target small prey such as birds – as well as five Asian leaf turtles.

Among these snakes were three Spider-tailed horned vipers, highly venomous and targeting only small prey like birds, as well as five Asian leaf turtles.

Animals of rare species — the Spider Tailed Horned Viper, Asian Leaf Turtle, and Indonesian Pit Viper — have been found, said Customs officials at the international terminal of the airport ...

They included 3,831 Palawan forest turtles, a critically endangered species found only on the north of the large island, as well as 160 Asian leaf turtles and 25 Southeast Asian box turtles.

These include the eastern box turtles, the invasive red-eared turtles and the Asian leaf turtles, said 1StopBorneo conservationist Shavez Cheema. He said the requirements for box turtles that are ...

Authorities have seized spider-tailed horned vipers, Asian leaf turtles and Indonesian pit vipers from the passenger [Mumbai Customs-III/Twitter] ...

In their post, they said they had seized three spider-tailed horned vipers, five Asian leaf turtles and 44 Indonesian pit vipers from the passenger. It isn't clear where the reptiles had been ...