Snakes
Vipera berus: The Most Successful Venomous Snake?
By Nipper Read
Vipera berus is a relatively small species of viper, with a massive distribution; it is in fact, the snake species with the largest distribution of all snakes, even extending into the arctic...
Morelia Spotlight
Morelia Spotlight: The Citrus Tiger
The Citrus Tiger is a line of tiger carpets that traces to Jason Baylin’s original line of tiger carpets. It was a pairing between an HCQ Tiger and an undocumented coastal carpet. Anthony Cappenetto...
Snakes
Keeping the Malagasy Leaf-Nosed Snake
By Nipper Read
There are many beautiful and exotic looking colubrids, but Langaha must surely be the strangest looking of them all. These snakes are so unique in appearance that they were placed in their...
Snakes
Acclimation and Husbandry of Malaysian Mangrove Snakes
By Jonathan Rheins
Mangrove snakes, Boiga dendrophila ssp., are strikingly beautiful and notoriously defensive colubrids locally common throughout Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and adjacent island chains. Their gorgeous color scheme and impressive attitude have captivated even...
Snakes
By Marcial Mendez
Name of Line: Albino
Founding Breeders: Damon Salceies, Trooper Walsh, Marcial Mendez
Founding Animals: VPI / Bushmaster Meraukes, Floyd, Midas, Versace
Characteristics and Traits: As neonates, the differences between normal chondros and albino chondros can...
Snakes
Chondro Line History: Tiger Stripes
By Dave Dee
Name of Line: Tiger Stripe Line
Founding Breeder(s): Rico Walder of Signal Herpetoculture
Founding Animals: SH00111 (PNG x Sorong) and SH01049 (Biak)
Notable Descendants: SH04095, SH09123, SH10060
Characteristics and Traits: Tiger Stripe chondros are known for...
Snakes
By Pedro Caixinha
Name of Line: Mosaic Line
Founding Breeder(s): Pedro Caixinha (Portugal)
Founding Animals: Mosaic
Notable Descendants: Halloween (PC16-05, Mosaic X Hirubilo), Jackpot (PC16-09, Mosaic X Hirubilo), Friday 13 (PC16-03, Mosaic X Hiruilo), Dark Shadows (PC16-08, Mosaic...
Snakes
By Mark Heger
Name of Line: Calico Line
Founding Breeder(s): Trooper Walsh and Greg Maxwell
Founding Animals: Computer Chondro, AquaGirl, and Calico Jr
Notable Descendants: Mr. Black, October, Mandango, Bruise, Splash
Characteristics & Traits: Calico Line animals often display...
