Recommended Links

Kingsnake.com, www.kingsnake.com
(This is the largest and most widely used website for reptile and amphibian enthusiasts. It offers forums, classified advertising, events listings, retail store listings, breeder listings and much more.)

Reptiles Magazine, www.reptilesmagazine.com
(This is the best known monthly magazine pertaining to all aspects of herpetoculture.)

Reptilia Magazine, www.reptilia.net
(This is the bi-monthly European herp magazine and is printed in Spanish, German, Italian and English versions.)

Rich Ritchey, The Oregon Reptile Man, www.oregonreptileman.com
(Rich does over 400 shows, birthday parties and presentations each year in Oregon and Washington. His shows are entertaining to audiences of all ages and he is much sought after.)

Scott Peterson, The Washington Reptile Man, www.reptileman.com/home.html
(Scott performs hundreds of shows, birthday parties and presentations each year in Washington and Oregon. He is quite the professional showman and has been featured many times in print and on television. Scott also owns and operates the Washington Serpentarium, an impressive reptile zoo north of Seattle.)

Building an Incubator. With help from Dr. Doug Dix, we converted a used refridgerator into an incubator. Here's how we did it.

Nutritional Information on Feeder Invertebrates. With help from Dr. Mark Finke, we constructed a chart to compare nutritional data for feeder invertebrates (mealworms, giant mealworms, superworms, waxworms, crickets, silkworms, earthworms, and cockroaches).

Nutritional Information on Feeder Vertebrates. With help from Dr. Mark Finke, we constructed a chart to compare nutritional data for feeder vertebrates (mice, rats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chicks and hamsters).

Inset: Connor Criswell and "Violet", an Indonesian blue-tongue skink.
Background: "Violet", exploring the front yard on a summer's day.