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Book Review
Book Review: “Snakes of Australia” – Scott and Tyese Eipper
Review by Phil Wolf
The quintessential field guide - what makes a great field guide? Anyone who practices herpetoculture or actively field herps, has one, if not multiple field guides in their arsenal of knowledge....
Snakes
Captive Husbandry of Xenodon pulcher
by Roy Arthur Blodgett
Disclaimer
It is important to begin by disclosing that what follows is largely a work of opinion, primarily informed by the author’s experiences and secondarily by those of other keepers who have...
Tips
Top 5 Herp Room Must-Haves: Kris Painschab of Badlands Herpetoculture
1: Disposable Gloves
The first item on my list of reptile room necessities is probably the one that is the most indicative to me. In my many years of reptile keeping, I have found that...
Uncategorized
Skin Colour in Nature
By Paul Donovan
Why that colour?
Colouration is used for many purposes in the animal world. For example, birds use it for courtship, where males are often vibrantly coloured, and when combined with often elaborate dances,...
Snakes
R&B Reptiles and the Pursuit of Old World Rat Snakes
Do you ever see an animal in a book or magazine and think “I’d really love to work with an amazing creature like that!”? I mean, think back, really think back to a time when...
Product Reviews
Product Review: Ironton 500 lb. Utility Cart
Review by Justin Smith
If you are like me and don’t have a spacious herp room, then you are very likely to know my pain when I have to rearrange my entire room to get...
Industry Spotlight
Industry Spotlight: Dr. Kevin Messenger
HM: Who are you and what do you do?
KM: My name is Kevin Messenger and I am a professor at Nanjing Forestry University in China. I grew up in Charlotte, NC and have had...
Book Review
Book Review: The Asian Ratsnakes and Kin of Greater China by Kevin Messenger
Review by Justin Smith
China is typically not the first place herpes think of as a “mecca”. In fact, much of the country's herps haven’t been studied nearly as much as their Southeast Asian neighbors....
