All our reptiles shed their skins (or “slough”, pronounced "sluff") several times a year and, usefully, the species the slough has come from can usually be identified by the markings on it. So we can tell if, for example, grass snakes occur in a given area without ever having seen a grass snake there! For several years now, ARC has maintained a “bank” of reptile sloughs which are made available to researchers or universities investigating various aspects of reptile biology, conservat...
