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If you happened to have attended the 2003 Gila Productions Tampa Reptile show you might recall that the most outstanding snake of the show ribbon and prize were awarded to Mark and Kim Bell for their breathtaking Pastel Ghost Ball python. By ...

There are many snakes to choose from when a newcomer to the hobby decides it’s time for a pet snake. In Ball Python mutations alone there are thousands of combinations and by the time you add in the Boas, Carpet Pythons, Colubrids and the many ...

It’s hard to decide what the most interesting thing about these incredible animals is. Is it their amazing ability to play dead? Is it their impressive number of color and pattern morphs or is it the fact that at least one person has succumbed ...

There are 17 steps in the production of melanin in Ball Pythons. Melanin is what gives all organisms their color and a break anywhere in this pathway will result in an amelanistic or Albino Ball Python. Since there are so many possible ways to ...

Ask most people in the reptile hobby that question and you will be surprised how integral boas have been in the complete herp experience. Going back to the 50’s and 60’s the old-timers will tell you of the days when boas were sold by the foot ...