Herpetology
My interest in reptiles began in 1986, when I took a Natural History class at Palomar College with Dr. Ben Banta. Shortly after this class I started keeping some of the animals that I collected. I have kept a variety of both snakes and lizards over the years, and have also had some limited success in breeding them. My all time favorite specimen I kept was a large male Giant Day Gecko named Felix.
Below is a list of Herps that I have kept over the year:
Species and Subspecies
That I have Kept
Northern Rubber (Charina bottae)
Coastal Rosy (Lichanura trivigata roseofusca)
Desert Rosy (Lichanura trivigata gracia)
Mexican Rosy (Lichanura trivigata trivigata)
Royal Python (Python regius)
Brazilian Rainbow Boa
Jungle Carpet Python (Morelia spilota cheynei)
Long-Nosed Snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei)
AZ Mountain Kingsnake (Lampropeltis pyromelana pyromelana)
California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus californiae)
Eastern Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus getulus)
Black Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus niger)
Florida Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus floridana)
Desert Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus splendida)
Prairie Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster)
Western Shovel-Nosed Snake (Chionactus occipitalis)
Glossy Snake (Arizona elegans)
Pacific Gopher Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus)
Lyre Snake (Trimorphodon biscatus)
Desert Iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis)
Banded Gecko (Coleonyx variegatus)
Chuckwala (Sauromalus obesus)
White-Throated Bosque Monitor (Varanus albigularis)
Tokay Gecko
House Gecko
Gold Dust Day Gecko
Stadings Day Geckp
Giant Day Gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis)
Southern Pacific (Crotalus viridis helleri)
Northern Pacific (Crotalus viridis oreganus)
Red (Crotalus ruber)
Southwestern Speckled (Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus)
Panamint Speckled (Crotalus mitchellii stephensi)
Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
Argentine Horned Frog
Red Legged Frog
Tiger Salamander
Axolotl
White's Tree Frogs
Bull Frog