Our Breeders - Past Projects
Jungle Carpet Python (Morelia spilota cheynei)
When one of the nations' largest breeders disbanded their breeding groups of this form, we immediately grabbed up the top four. Bright lemon yellows and dark brownish blacks. At well over six feet in length, these are also some of the tamest jungle carpets we have ever seen. Lovely!
- Pricing: N/A
- Additional Photos: Egg Hatching, Hatchling, Striped Hatchling
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Angolan Python (Python anchietae)
An interesting small specie of python from southern Africa. Superficially similar to ball Pythons, although they get quite a bit larger.
Caramel Ball Python (Python regius)
Homozygous for Caramel, a recessive trait. The most widely known combination using this trait is the incredible Caramel Glow Ball Python, a double homozygous Caramel and Ghost Hypo snake that must be seen to be believed. Sadly, all known Caramels exhibit minor spine deformities, usually involving a crooked tail tip. Claims of 'perfect' animals are common, but all we've seen have shown the problem under x-ray. In view of this, we've removed all Caramels from our colonies.
Lake Elsinore Rosy Boa (Charina [Lichanura] trivirgata myriolepis)
This locality represents the 'typical' rose and bluish-gray with irregular striping and is one of the larger rosy boas. Adults may grow to over three feet in length. Not a common locality in captive collections.
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- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Cerbat or Kingman Rosy Boa (Charina [Lichanura] trivirgata arizonae)
Very clean root beer stripes on slate background, with a very distinctive head pattern. Collected along the dirt road through Cerbat Canyon near Kingman, Arizona. A very popular locality.
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- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
San Felipe Rosy Boa (Charina [Lichanura] trivirgata saslowi)
Really pretty rosies! A great beginners snake. Attractively marked with gray and reddish-orange stripes, often with pale speckles in the lower side stripes. One of the smaller forms of rosy boa, rarely exceeding two feet in length. Found in rock outcroppings near the town of San Felipe on the east coast of the Baja Peninsula, Mexico.
- Pricing: N/A
- Additional Photos: Newborn
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Rough-Scaled Sand Boa (Gongylophis [Eryx] conicus)
An interesting sand boa from Pakistan and adjacent regions. Uniquely clad in very coarse conical scales, particularly near the tail. Fairly gentle and small, maturing at about two feet for males, three feet for females.
Gray-Banded Kingsnake (Lampropeltis alterna)
Beautifully marked with wide orange saddles edged in white blotches on a light to medium gray background. We produced only the popular "light phase or Blairs" morph. Perhaps the most coveted Kingsnake.
- Pricing: N/A
- Additional Photos: "Blue Gray-Band", Another, Hatchling
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Mexican Black Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula nigritus)
Very solid black snakes. Perhaps the best pet kingsnake for beginners. Very popular pet store item. Ours are flawless jet black, with just tiny traces of white under the chin.
- Pricing: N/A
- Additional Photos: Portrait
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Lavender Albino Banana California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae)
We've tried to get away from breeding California Kingsnakes at least a dozen times over the years, and each time something new and spectacular catches our eye. This time it was these! Truly deep lavender and soft butter-yellow coloration in odd combinations of stripes and bands. Spectacular!
- Pricing: N/A
- Additional Photos: Portrait
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Snow California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae)
Just when we thought Cornsnakes had a lock on genetic variability, we took a look around...and wound up buying a bunch of hot new California Kingsnake morphs!
- Pricing: N/A
- Additional Photos: Another
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Banana California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae)
We worked with these in both normal and albino forms. Most are nearly solid yellow, with only a little black along each side of the yellow mid-dorsal stripe.
- Pricing: N/A
- Additional Photos: Albino Banana Close-up, Banana Portrait, Banana
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Banded Black & White California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis g. californiae)
Very solid black and snow white. When we think of California Kingsnakes, these are what is pictured in our minds. A very popular pet store item. We produce Banded and Aberrant specimens, some may be heterozygous for albino as well.
- Pricing: N/A
- Additional Photos: Banded Hatchling, Aberrant Hatchling, More Aberrant Hatchlings
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Striped Black & White California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae)
Very solid black and snow white, with a full-length mid-dorsal stripe. Very popular pet store item.
- Pricing: N/A
- Additional Photos: Hatchling
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Albino Queretero Kingsnake (Lampropeltis ruthveni)
These unbelievably bright snakes are clad in pinkish white, lemon yellow, and fluorescent scarlet. Absolutely stunning. We produce both ‘Double Yellow ’ and ‘Double White’ types. Double White (top) and Double Yellow (bottom)
- Pricing: N/A
- Additional Photos: Double Yellow
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Albino Variable Kingsnake (Lampropeltis mexicana thayeri x L. ruthveni)
Crossing albino Queretaro Kingsnakes into the Variable Kingsnakes to create an albino with thin orange bands seemed interesting. Not surprisingly, the variability of this line produced more than expected!
- Pricing: N/A
- Additional Photos: Portrait, Milksnake Phase Hatchling
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
California Mountain Kingsnake (Lampropeltis zonata zonata x multicincta)
Lots and lots of red, white and black triads. California Mountain Kings are not commonly available in the pet trade, as they produce small clutches. Our stock originated in southern Oregon, where a naturally occurring intergrade is found.
Pueblan Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum campbelli)
These get big and always feed readily. Very wide white rings with black and pure red bands. We selected stock with very clean bands, eliminating the ugly grayish wash so common in this form.
Apricot Pueblan Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum campbelli)
Perhaps the most attractive of all baby Milksnakes. Wide peachy-orange rings with black and pure red bands. These guys always get lots of attention from prospective buyers.
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- Additional Photos: Hatchling
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Mexican Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum annulata)
These get big and always feed readily. Wide red rings with black and white or yellow/orange bands. Our breeders are all first generation snakes from wild-caught adults, unrelated to any others in captivity.
Jalisco Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum arcifera)
Yet another big Milksnake. A typical looking Milksnake in every way, but a rather rare subspecies in captive collections. The advanced collectors always grab these up. Adult approach four feet in length.
- Pricing: N/A
- Additional Photos: Adult
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Conants' Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum conanti)
Built like the Sinaloan Milksnake, but patterned with even black tipping on each white or red scale, creating a speckled appearance. These guys are not very common in collections yet.
Nicaraguan Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum stuarti)
A beautiful and very large Milksnake. Two of our adults are over six feet in length and can eat medium rats! A lovely tri-colored snake the size of a half grown boa constrictor! Definitely impressive.
Andean Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum andesiana)
A beautiful and very large Milksnake. Intricately speckled throughout, giving this snake a truly unique appearance.
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- Additional Photos: Hatchling
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Snowflake Anery Cornsnake (Pantherophis [Elaphe] g. guttata)
We found this guy in a local pet shop and immediately purchased him. He appears to be a new form of Calico. Unlike the previously known form of Calico, he lacks the 'blistering' defect and the white tends to be associated with the pattern. The "Snowflake" trait has been proven as a recessive mutation, and like the previously known Calicos takes 2-3 years for the appearance to show itself. Due to the propensity for American breeders to rapidly deflate the values of new morphs, we accepted an offer from a SE Asian investment group for this entire project. No specimens will be sold in the USA until this firm decides to market them here, so don't bother to ask.
- Pricing: N/A
- Additional Photos: Portrait
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Chinese Green Ratsnake (Rhadinophis frenatum [Elaphe frenata])
Spectacularly attractive green ratsnakes. With a maximum length of under three feet, these are sure to be a hit. Partially arboreal, they are seldom seen in US collections. We were first to breed these in the US, but while simple to keep - they are difficult to reproduce consistently. Hopefully, our captive bred stocks will begin production in 2005 and these may be simpler.
- Pricing: N/A
- Additional Photos: Egg Hatching, Hatchling, Adult, Axanthic
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Bamboo Ratsnake (Oreocryptophis [Elaphe] porphyracea vaillanti)
Here's one of those interesting oddball Asian ratsnakes. Fairly secretive in nature, they are rather uncommon in US collections. Highly sought after by collectors, they are difficult to establish as captives. There are a number of subspecies, most of which are being reclassified at this time.
Baja Ratsnake (Bogertophis rosaliae)
As the names suggests, these rare nocturnal ratsnakes are found in Baja, Mexico. Faintly patterned as hatchlings, they fade into pale rosy-tannish unicolored adults of around four feet. Very gentle bit difficult to keep, they are related to Trans-Pecos Ratsnakes.
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- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Baird's Ratsnake (Pantherophis [Elaphe] bairdi)
These start out as grayish snakes with thin blotches. As they mature they turn into solid bluish gray snakes with golden orange between the scales. Very attractive, hardy and gentle. May grow to six feet or more! Don't confuse these with the other aggressive ratsnakes - these are very gentle.
- Pricing: N/A
- Additional Photos: Hatchling
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Western Green Ratsnake (Senticollis triaspis intermedia)
Rare greenish ratsnakes found only in remnant forests of the northern Mexican deserts. US population are restricted to a few mountainous locations in the desert southwest. Extremely alert and inquisitive, they continually explore a gentle keepers hand, but one quick move and they flee or bite.
Orange-Eyed Crocodile Skink (Triblonotus gracilis)
Really weird lizards. Dark brown with a fluorescent orange eye-ring. These guys dispelled the myth that only geckos have a voice! We produced our first offspring from these on 10/18/95, likely the first ever from a captive breeding. A second generation offspring hatched on 10/14/98, another first for VMS! We eventually disbanded the project afetr four generations, having proved that it could be done.
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- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Yellow-Eyed Crocodile Skink (Triblonotus novaguineae)
Much rarer in captive collections than the Orange-Eyed race, and considered to be more difficult to maintain. We kept a female for three years, and then after her demise, found a male. After keeping him for three years, we placed him with a capable keeper in hopes he can locate a female.
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- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Banded African Fat-Tailed Geckos (Hemitheconyx caudicinctus)
We produce a few banded morphs of this popular gecko. They grow quickly and are very tame, making excellent pets for the beginner. If you are experienced with Leopard Geckos, these guys are the next step. We no longer breed these exclusively, but some years produce a few here and there from various heterozygous outcrosses, and they may be priced higher if the genetics involved warrant it.
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- Additional Photos: Hatchling
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Striped African Fat-Tailed Geckos (Hemitheconyx caudicinctus)
An interesting mutation commonly found in wild populations. Thought to be a recessive trait, our experience indicates it's not that simple! We've bred stripe to stripe and gotten a percentage of banded morph in the resulting offspring several times now! We no longer breed these exclusively, but some years produce a few here and there from various heterozygous outcrosses, and they may be priced higher if the genetics involved warrant it.
'White Socks' African Fat-Tailed Geckos (Hemitheconyx caudicinctus)
Here's another interesting morph (perhaps it should be called Piebald?) that cropped up in our colonies a few years back. Most specimens have one or two white 'socks', although we've had a couple with four! Occasional specimens show white on the chin or face and sometimes on the legs. Inherited as a simple recessive.
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- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Frog-Eyed Gecko (Teratoscincus scincus)
Also known as the Wonder Gecko, and wondrous they are! We acquired adults of this specie in 1999 and produced second and third generation off-spring. Check out the unique scalation of this specie, as well as the wonderful noise-making scales on top of the tail.
- Pricing: N/A
- Additional Photos: Close-up, Tail Study, Just Being Cute
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Helmeted Gecko (Geckonia chazaliae)
Originally imported from Morocco, these little guys are really neat. They bear a remarkable resemblance to the American 'Horned Toads' (Genus Phrynosoma). They are gentle, easy to handle and easy to keep.
- Pricing: N/A
- Additional Photos: Close-up, Dorsal View, Tail Study, Relative Size
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Spider Gecko (Agamura persica)
Native to desert regions of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Uniquely adapted to desert life, they enjoy basking under a spot-lamp during the day, making them a great display animal!
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- Additional Photos: Close-Up
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Chinese Leopard Gecko (Goniurosaurus luii)
Wow! A purplish background with little dark spots and bright orange to yellow cross-bands. Babies are among the most stunning offspring we produce. Officially recognized by science in 1999, they were virtually unknown in captive collections until 1997. We produced many of these from 1999 to 2002.
Vietnamese Tiger Gecko (Goniurosaurus araneus)
Finally, a new gecko for the pet trade! Very attractive banded golden brown on tan. Native to Hainan (China), they were virtually unknown in captive collections until 1997. Similar to a slender Leopard Gecko. Originally imported as Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi hainanensis, a name which later turned out to be incorrect for this specie - but you may find many early references to them under that name.
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- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Chocolate Jungle Albino Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius)
Jungle and 'Chocolate' Tremper Albino. We find the rich chocolate browns and busy jungle patterns of these extremely pleasant. They also seem to have unusually calm dispositions! We no longer breed these exclusively, but produce a few here and there from various heterozygous outcrosses, and they may be priced higher if the genetics involved warrant it. Limited quantities.
Chocolate Tangerine Albino Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius)
We created our Tangerine Albino line by crossing 'Brandt' strain Tangerines and 'Tremper' strain albinos, the best of which were absolutely stunning. Now we've crossed those into our Chocolate Jungle Albino line to create yet another look. The best are rich chocolate brown with tangerine highlights. Pretty neat!
Australian Thick-Tailed Gecko (Underwoodisaurus milii)
One of the cutest geckos we've ever encountered, with pleasant dispositions and easy care requirements - they are sure to be a hit! Native to Australia, they are enchanting.
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- Additional Photos: 'My Nose Itches', Portrait
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Crested Gecko (Rhacodactylus ciliatus)
Large tame weird looking geckos! Very easy to handle, keep and breed. Many articles have recently appeared extolling their virtues. Native to New Caledonia, these were thought extinct until recently! We produced a variety of color types.
Gargoyle Gecko (Rhacodactylus auriculatus)
Slightly smaller than the Crested Gecko, but very similar in temperament. Adults possess unusual large knobs on the top of the head – making them look like the horns of a gargoyle! Very easy to keep. Native to New Caledonia.
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- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
New Caledonian Giant Gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus leachianus)
These are the coolest geckos on the planet. They get enormous and move like a sloth. Imagine a gecko the size of your forearm that weighs nearly a pound! Absolutely tame and easy to handle. Unfortunately, they take several years to reach sexual maturity. This is sure to keep prices high for years to come.
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- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Pine Island Giant Gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus henkeli)
Slightly smaller than the nominate form, these are a bit more greenish in color and have silver eyes. Absolutely tame and easy to handle. Unfortunately, they take several years to reach sexual maturity. This is sure to keep prices high for years to come.
Carrot-Tailed Viper Gecko (Teratolepis fasciata)
Originally from Pakistan, they are very easy to keep and breed. Unlike most small geckos, these little guys are really easy to handle and are very docile. Attractive too! Babies grow unbelievably fast on a diet of wingless fruit flies or pinhead crickets.
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- Additional Photos: Another, Tail Study, Hatchling
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Gold x Tiger Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps)
One of the newer color varieties, solid golden colored with dark purplish-brown bands on the flanks. We maintain a single group of double-heterozygous animals, with the male being a nice gold in color. The babies are rather variable, with some becoming spectacular.
Veiled Chameleon (Chameleo calyptratus calyptratus)
If you don’t know about these already, just walk into any pet store. Number one selling chameleon of all time and the only one commercially captive bred. Native to Yemen and Saudi Arabia, these are from drier climes than most chameleons - and are much easier to keep. Male (top) and Female (bottom)
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- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Red Ridge-Tailed Monitor (Odatria (Varanus) a. acanthurus)
If you think monitors are interesting, but wish they were smaller, then these are the lizards for you! Maturing at about two feet in length, they are easy to keep and work with. Native to the central deserts of Australia, they feed readily on insects, pink mice and raw ground turkey. A definite winner!
- Pricing: N/A
- Additional Photos: Tail Study, Eggs Hatching, Hatchling, Hatchling, Hatchling
- Current Availability: Project terminated, all stock has been sold.
Reticulated Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum suspectum)
The most fascinating lizard in existence. Besides being one of the worlds' two venomous lizards, they have the greatest personalities of all we've kept. We've retained a single specimen as a pet, because I like him. He's huge and fat and is the only reptile we've ever given a name. He is Cartman, our resident fat-ass! (Hey, we live near South Park - what did you expect?)