Genetics For Herpers

Genetics For Herpers is a great way to learn genetics. This book starts with the basics and teaches everything you need to know in order to understand the role that genetics plays in breeding. The book is 84 pages (7½" x 5½") and includes over 120 illustrations plus a glossary. Click here to learn more or order.

Mexican Rosy Boa (Charina [Lichanura] trivirgata trivirgata)

Beautiful snakes with wide brownish black and light golden-tan stripes. Very clean striping for a high contrast look. These are perhaps our favorite rosy, they really stand out. Like all Rosy Boas, they are gentle, easy to handle, feed readily, and make great pets for beginning snake keepers. Most females mature at just over two feet, with males slightly smaller. Click here to learn more/see adults.

Bay of LA Rosy Boa (Charina [Lichanura] trivirgata saslowi)

Strongly defined mahogany stripes on a medium gray background. These guys come from the Bahia De Los Angeles region of Baja, Mexico. Like other L. t. saslowi, they mature at about two feet and are very gentle. The specimen pictured is actually fairly light for this form - most are darker in the stripes. Click here to learn more/see adults.

Hypo Anza Borrego Rosy Boa (Charina [Lichanura] trivirgata myriolepis)

These appeared as a surprise in a litter parented by two pretty normal looking specimens of unknown origin. Somewhat variable, the palest Hypo specimens at birth are very light in color with thin bright orange jagged stripes, almost appearing albino. Others are a bit darker and some may even grow to appear almost normal as adults. Click here to learn more/see adults.

San Gabriel Mtns. Rosy Boa (Charina [Lichanura] trivirgata myriolepis)

This locality represents the orange extreme of the California coastal type rosy boas. Neonates posses rather plain brownish stripes, which fade into lovely oranges as adults, becoming one of the prettiest of the Rosy Boas in our opinion. From stocks originating in the San Gabriel Mountains off Highway 39, Los Angeles County, California. Click here to learn more/see adults.

Albino 'Limburg' Rosy Boa (Charina [Lichanura] trivirgata myriolepis)

Possessing pure red eyes, and a complete lack of all dark pigments, these snakes are simply stunning. Bright orange stripes that almost glow against a creamy pink background. Brilliant colors combined with large size make these extraordinary display animals! Click here to learn more/see adults.

Ensenada Rosy Boa (Charina [Lichanura] trivirgata roseofusca)

Another 'unicolored' population, this time from near Highway 1 south of Ensenada, Baja California Norte, Mexico. Still uncommon in captive collections. May retain traces of juvenile patterning as adults, a possible influence from neighboring populations of 'coastal' type snakes. Click here to learn more/see adults.

San Gabriel Mtns. Rosy Boa (Charina [Lichanura] trivirgata myriolepis)

This locality represents the orange extreme of the California coastal type rosy boas. Neonates posses rather plain brownish stripes, which fade into lovely oranges as adults, becoming one of the prettiest of the Rosy Boas in our opinion. From stocks originating in the San Gabriel Mountains off Highway 39, Los Angeles County, California. Click here to learn more/see adults.

The description of each specimen is followed by the sex of the specimen, it's date of birth, a stock number identifying the specimen, and the selling price. Photos are of the exact specimen listed, most are taken inside a standard 8oz deli cup for size comparison, and are updated as time permits.

Understanding our stock numbers may prove helpful in identifying unrelated specimens:

• F021-01M indicates a 2006 hatching (we started this code in 2001 with 'A', 2002 is 'B' and so on).
• F021-01M indicates the clutch number for that year, and thus all specimens listed as F021- are from the same clutch.
• F021-01M indicates this is the first male from that clutch. F021-03F would the third female from that clutch.

CB - Captive Bred, usually followed by year of birth. Hatched or born from parents kept in captivity.

CH - Captive Hatched, usually followed by year of birth. Hatched or born from a gravid wild-caught female.

WC - Wild-Caught. While all of our stock is produced here, some of it is produced from wild-caught adults that we maintain. We will occasionally sell some of the breeder animals as surplus.

LTC - Long Term Captive, usually followed by year of capture. Applies only to WC animals, indicates they have been maintained for a long period in captivity and are very well established.

50%, 66%, 100% - Percentage of likelihood the specimen is heterozygous for the listed trait.