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Top 5 Reason YOU Should Be a USARK Member!
By Justin Smith
"The United States Association of Reptile Keepers (USARK) is a science, education and conservation-based advocacy for the responsible private ownership of, and trade in reptiles and amphibians. We endorse caging standards, sound...
Venomous
Snake In Service: Ethics & Husbandry for Optimal Venom Production
Insights revealed by Kentucky Reptile Zoo's founder Jim Harrison & director Kristen Wiley! By Harmony Tenney
One Man, A Dream, and an Intern
You may have seen Jim Harrison and Kristen Wiley on National Geographic’s Snake...
Snakes
Malagasy Cat-Eyed Snakes!
By Roger Pewtress and Nipper Read
Madagascar is, by the nature of its geography, a paradise for insular island endemic species, and as such is a herpers dream. Iconic species such as Sanzinia, the Madagascar...
Snakes
Creating Mr. Blue – A (Not-So) Short History
By Tim Morris
Everyone has a story to tell about how they got started in something… for my journey into the world of green tree pythons (chondros), it was the book “The Reproductive Husbandry of...
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...
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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
The History of the Blue Line Chondros
Name of Line: Trooper Walsh Blue Line
Founding Breeders: Al Zulich, Trooper Walsh, Tim Morris
Founding Animals: AZ014, AZ015, TW8962, TR8834, TM9327-The Legend, TM9348-Tim Morris Blue Female (TMBF), and JH9618-Mr. Blue.
Notable Descendants: TW9347–Powder, TW9347–Carolina, TW0203–Skyy, TW...
