The Californian Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus californiae) The Californian Kingsnake is a hardy, stocky and attractive snake that does extremely well in captivity, and is a great snake for anybody that has an interest in reptiles, especially snakes. They make lovely pet snakes and are common in captivity due to the fact that they are easy [...]

The Grey Banded Kingsnake, Lampropeltis alterna The Grey Banded Kingsnake, Lampropeltis alterna, is a snake that is extremely popular all around the world, but is not so easy to find in your common pet store. For me, this Kingsnake is a step above the rest and is a great snake to add to a collection. [...]

The Mexican Red Rump Tarantula, Brachypelma vagans The Mexican Red Rump Tarantula is a truly awesome spider of the New World Brachypelma family. This tarantula is hard not to notice with its entire body covered in jet black velvet-like hairs with long, fine, red hairs on its abdomen (hence the name Mexican Red Rump), making [...]

The White Lipped Tree Viper (Trimeresurus albolabris)   These are one of the more common of the vipers found in the pet trade due to their large geographic range, being easy to keep, well tempered and having mild venom. These are pit vipers; they are called this because they have little pits just below the [...]

Tokay Gecko, Gecko gecko   Description The Tokay Gecko is a large nocturnal arboreal gecko that lives in the trees of rain forest from north east India and Bangladesh, throughout South East Asia, to Indonesia and western New Guinea. The Tokay Gecko is also commonly seen inhabiting areas such as human settlements and is often [...]

Uromastyx. (Uromastyx acanthinura) Uromastyx are medium sized ground dwelling lizards. They reach a size of between 25 – 50 cm. Spiny tailed Lizards, Dab Lizards are all names given to the Uromastyx complex. There are 16 different species of Uromastyx recognized at the moment. The animals that will feature in this article is from the [...]

Usambara Baboon Spider (Pterinochilus murinus) The Usambara Baboon Spider, also known as the OBT (Orange Baboon Spider, or as some like to call it Orange Bitey Thing!) are truly awesome spiders. They are Super Fast and Super Aggressive, and are a great DISPLAY animal. If agitated in any way they will not hesitate to lift [...]