Pantherophis
Snakes
THE YELLOW RATSNAKE
by Chris Montross of Darkhorse Herpetoculture - Photos by author and Lance Jarzynka
In the extreme southeastern United States there lives a snake of beauty beyond compare, the Yellow Ratsnake.
Originally described by Holbrook in 1836 as...
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...
Op-Ed
The Importance of Obscurity – The Odd Species We Need
By Justin Smith
Herpetoculture has evolved drastically over the last 30 years while simultaneously staying the same in a sense. We’ve seen ball pythons firmly cement their place in the hobby and explode into the...
Uncategorized
Baird’s Rat Snakes: The Rat Snake Made of Metal
The current state of the hobby sees a lot of colubrid species becoming a staple or phasing in and out of the hobby. One species in particular has never really had a “heyday” like...
