Jon Coote
The Early History of Western Herpetoculture, Up to the Year 1900-Part 3
The third and final installment of Jon Coote’s article shares the history of tortoise keeping. Read to learn about the longest lived tortoises in captivity, and several prominent tortoises throughout ...
The Early History of Western Herpetoculture, Up to the Year 1900-Part 2
So began the 735-year history of the famous Royal Menagerie, which lasted until 1835. In the 15th century, both the 13th Earl of Oxford and Sir Robert Brakenbury served as ...
The Early History of Western Herpetoculture, Up to the Year 1900-Part 1
Jon Coote is a professional herpetologist and comparative animal nutritionist, trained at the University of Nottingham in the UK. He currently resides and works primarily in the UK as a ...
Pet Treefrog-1793
In 1793 the English naturalist Robert Townson travelled between Göttingen and Vienna on horseback, a journey that took him six weeks. But he was not travelling alone, for in his ...