Herpetoculture Magazine
Venomous
Keeping the Infamous, Inland Taipan
By Tie Eipper
The Inland Taipan is a species of snake that must only be kept by experienced elapid keepers. The toxicity of the venom combined with the fact that they can be unpredictable make...
Product Reviews
Product Review: Exo Terra Thermostat
Review by Ryan Cox
Finding a thermostat right now is terrible. Like everything else, it seems that COVID has created a thermostat shortage. It seems that when many websites run out of them the restock...
Book Review
Book Review: Cornsnake Cultivar Compilation Vol. 1 & 2
Book by Sarah Mohr, Review by Justin Smith
A lot has changed in the corn snake world since I was a kid. What once seemed like a lot of morph options has now exploded into...
Book Review
Book Review: Reticulated Pythons – A Complete Guide to Care and Husbandry
Book by Sid James, Review by Ryan Cox
When we get into keeping, we are often ignorant as keepers. We shouldnt take offense to this as it is a new world with A LOT of...
Venomous
The Emerald-Horned Pit Viper!
By Derek Dykstra
One of the most difficult questions we can be asked as reptile enthusiasts, in my opinion, is “What is your favorite species?” or more specifically to me, “What is your favorite snake?”...
Amphibians
How Herps Navigate
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....
Industry Spotlight
Industry Spotlight: Ryan & Erica McVeigh of VivTech!
HM: What is your background and how did you get to where you are currently in the industry?
RM: I’ve always loved reptiles and even through college kept them as a hobby. I worked at...
Invertebrates
So Many Legs! Keeping Centipedes
By Paul Donovan
Although I have worked with reptiles for the past 30+ years and it is always exciting to stumble across a species you have only ever seen pictures of while walking in the...
