Snakes
Snakes
The Ups & Downs of Breeding Herpetofauna: Carpet Python Edition
By Ryan Dumas
Every year I have a select few pairs of herpetofauna I attempt to reproduce. Planning and executing a synthetic cycle of events that trigger them to do so is not always easy....
Snakes
The South Mountains Red Ratsnakes: A Journey Into Herpetoculture
By Chris Montross of Darkhorse Herpetoculture
It all started in 1999 when Michael Coone finished college and decided that he was determined to find some of the local population of Red Rats in the foothills...
Chelonians
By Paul Donovan
There has been much written regarding the extent to which reptiles rely on vision as a primary sense of their surroundings, with many people believing them to be blind or having poor...
Snakes
By Paul Donovan
The detection mechanism of prey within the snake families is predominantly achieved through the use of the tongue (via pheromones), and eyes (visually); this is a pretty standard organization, irrespective of the...
Amphibians
By Paul Donovan
The animal world around us is full of impersonators who would have you believe they are something they are not. Harmless species do this, by playing on the strength and reputation of...
Amphibians
By Paul Donovan
There are some questions you get asked which, on face value, you give an answer to but upon reflection later, make you wonder if you gave the correct answer. Take this one....
Snakes
Establishing Neonate Green Tree Pythons
By David Brahms
So you have recently purchased your first baby Green Tree Python and are having a difficult time getting the new acquisition to eat. This is not too uncommon, and the intent of...
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...
