Bonus content from the July/August 2011 issue of the Ultimate Exotics article “Getting your Colubrids to eat well“ Click here to download the feeding and maintenance chart

This is my setup for my female Sorong Green Tree Python. This setup was built by a friend of mine, Byron Zimmerman, who has had many years experience building custom cages for reptile keepers. This cage design was based on Greg Maxwell’s cage design that he describes in his popular book The Complete Chondro. I [...]

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Copperheads – a masterpiece of nature By Richard Boynton, Creatures and Critters Some species are so breathtakingly stunning that often our desire to have, overrides common sense, and we forget to take cognisance of the dangers involved in our actions. I do not believe that it would be responsible to encourage the keeping of venomous [...]

Panther Chameleons Furcifer pardalis Introduction Chameleons hold a fascination for many people because of their rather over exaggerated ability to change colour. While they may not have the ability to match all the colours of the rainbow instantly some species do not need to: they are already half way there. Of all the chameleons commonly [...]

Burmese Python (Molurus bivittatus)   Burmese Pythons were amongst the first snakes I kept, and have had at least one of these beauties in my collection ever since. Currently I am the proud owner of several of these beasts, varying in age and size. Unfortunately I only have a few normal coloured ones, and a [...]

Poison Dart / Arrow Frogs (PDF) – Based on personal experience! “Jewels of the forests”- That is what these creatures have been called and this is truly the case! My experience with Poison Dart Frogs (PDF’s) has been exciting, rewarding, heartbreaking, and all other emotions you can think of! My passion for these spectacular amphibians [...]

Stick Insects Introduction A discussion about stick insects may well bring to mind the walking twigs occasionally seen in the veldt, such as the one in the accompanying picture. If so, you would be correct but may be ignoring some of the most fascinating and bizarre creatures on the planet. Stick insects and their relatives, [...]

Sugar Gliders Sugar Gliders get their name from their “sweet tooth” and because they have a fold of furred skin stretching from their forefeet to their hind feet which they spread out like a kite to help them glide through the trees searching for insects and nectar! Sugar gliders are small possums found in Australia, [...]