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The Spotted Python, Children’s Python and other small Australian Pythons

The Spotted Python, Children’s Python and other small Australian Pythons

The word Python brings up a couple of very strong thoughts in the minds of people who hear it, the first thought being constrictor and the second being large. Although the Spotted Python and the Children’s Python are both constrictors they are ...

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The dynamic Mojave Ball Python, where would we be without it?

The dynamic Mojave Ball Python, where would we be without it?

There are hundreds of ball python morphs in existence today but only a few are as versatile and as necessary in making beautiful combos as the Mojave ball python. We need to look at the origin and the path this morph has taken to fully ...

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Madagascar’s Snakes: the Dumeril’s Boa, Sanzinia, Ground Boas and more…

Madagascar is a truly amazing place that is vanishing right before our very eyes. It has the distinction of being the world’s fourth largest island and earning the name of microcontinent due to its size and unique biodiversity. It is home to a ...

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Ultramel Ball Pythons, the morph that almost didn’t happen!

Ultramel Ball Pythons, the morph that almost didn’t happen!

The Ultramel Ball Python is one of the most beautiful and underutilized recessive morphs on the market today and there was a time when the entire project almost got scrapped. The origin of this morph has a winding story that started in Africa ...

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Will a Tarantula make a good pet?

When you mention the word tarantula more people will think of fear than fondness thanks to movies like Arachnophobia. The fear people feel when confronted by a giant hairy spider is very real but the facts behind it are mostly imagined. ...

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The Champagne Ball Python origin story and name change.

The Champagne Ball Python origin story and name change.

Most Ball Python Morphs have great origin stories and the Champagne Ball Python is no exception. It has gone from Africa to America to Europe and back again as it tried to be the next big deal in Ball Python propagation a decade ago. It even ...

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Have you seen the Witblits Bearded Dragons? Something new and exciting in an otherwise over farmed market.

Other than the anticipation for the elusive Albino Bearded Dragons and the disappointment over the problems associated with the silky Bearded Dragon Morph there seemed to be nothing to talk about in the reptile community. That was before the ...

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The Genetic Stripe Ball Python, Natures Paintbrush.

The Genetic Stripe Ball Python, Natures Paintbrush.

Most people look at the Genetic Stripe Ball Python and all they see is a striped brown snake. When I look at the same snake I see an opportunity to create natural art by using nature’s paintbrush to make some of the most distinct Ball Python ...

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Is a land tortoise the right reptile pet for me? A look at the Burmese Mountain Tortoise vs some of the other land tortoise species.

Is a land tortoise the right reptile pet for me? A look at the Burmese Mountain Tortoise vs some of the other land tortoise species.

If you had asked me if a land tortoise made for a good reptile pet five years ago I would have said no! Wild caught imported Burmese Mountain Tortoises were notoriously difficult to work with and keep alive. Ask any breeder and they will tell ...

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If the Spider Ball Python is being shunned the world over why is the Bumblebee Ball Python so popular?

If the Spider Ball Python is being shunned the world over why is the Bumblebee Ball Python so popular?

From England to Japan buyers and breeders are shying away from buying or breeding the Spider Ball Python and their combos. This refusal from the public has been attributed to the fact that some Spider Ball Pythons will show signs of erratic head ...

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