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Name is Chris.

Born and raised in SW Florida, currently going to Auburn University for a zoology BS degree then off to get a herp phD.

been working with reptiles since I was a toddler. I have extensive field experience with all the reptiles of the Southeastern US and with dozens of invasive species in Florida.

currently breeding/selling bearded pygmy chameleons and brown basilisks (i caught the browns in the wild). Favorite herps would definitely be snakes but I'm now a Ctenosaura fanatic after catching and owning them for several years. They are fantastic pets once tamed.

I hope to give the rest of my chameleon collection, all the basilisk hatchlings (due in a week or so) and any wild caught spinytails some good homes with the folks on the site.

I'm also a Land Rover fanatic and avid offroader lol.

Welcome aboard, Chris.

A big welcome here to ya'. Sounds very interesting what you do. Never kept any of the lizards you have, but they are a pretty species. Good luck with your clutch.

thanks. these are only my recent species. there is a list of the common names of about 75% of what I've caught, bred, or owned since I was a kid. there are at least 15-20 more amphibians I couldn't identify that I didnt list lol

CROCODILIANS (1):
• Alligator!

FROGS (10):
• Barking Treefrog !*
• Banjo Frog
• Bull Frog!*
• Cuban Tree-frog!*
• Dwarf African Clawed Frog*
• Green House Frog!*
• Green Tree-frog!*
• Grey tree Frog!
• Pig Frog!*
• Southern Leopard Frog!*
• White’s Tree-Frog*
• Spring Peeper!
• Southern Cricket Frog!
• Northern Cricket Frog!
• Squirrel treefrog!

LIZARDS (25):
• African Agama!*
• Anole (green)!*
• Anole (brown)!*^
• Anole (Bark)!*
• Anole (Knight)!*
• Basilisk (green)*
• Basilisk (brown)!*^
• Bearded Dragon*
• Bearded Dragon (red)*
• Bearded Pygmy Chameleon*^
• Broad Headed Skink!
• Chameleon (Veiled)*^
• Chameleon (Panther)*
• Collared Lizard*
• Curly-Tailed Lizard!
• Eastern Fence Lizard!*
• Eastern Glass Lizard!
• Gecko (Indo-pacific House)!*
• Gecko (Leopard)*
• Gecko (Mediterranean)!*
• Gecko (Reef)!
• Green Iguana*!
• Monitor (marsh)*
• Monitor (Timor)*
• Desert Racerunner!
• 6-lined Race Runner
• Sandfish*
• Skink (5-lined)!*
• Skink (Broad-headed)!
• Skink (ground)!
• Spinytail Iguana (C. Similis)!*
• Spinytail Iguana (C. quinquecarinata)*
• Texas Spiny Lizard
• Texas Spotted Whiptail


SNAKES (25):
• Amazon Tree Boa!
• Ball Python*
• Black Racer!*
• Blotched Water Snake!
• Brahminy Blind Snake!
• Brown Water Snake!
• Columbian Red-Tail Boa Constrictor*
• Copperhead!
• Dekay’s brown Snake!
• Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake!
• Florida Banded Water Snake!*
• Florida Brown Snake!*
• Garter snake!
• HYBRID Pueblan Milksnake/Arizona Kingsnake*
• Kingsnake (California)*
• Kingsnake (Arizona)*
• Mangrove Water Snake!
• Milksnake (Honduran)*
• Parrot Snake!
• Peninsula Ribbon-Snake!
• Pygmy Rattlesnake!
• Rat Snake (red)!*^
• Rat Snake (grey)!*
• Rat Snake (yellow)!*
• Rosy Boa (Baja)*
• Scarlet Snake!*
• Southeastern Crowned Snake!
• Southern Ringneck Snake!*
• Timber Rattlesnake!
• Viper Boa*
• Water Moccasin!

SALAMANDERS AND NEWTS (5):
• Northern Slimy Salamander!
• Southern Zigzag Salamander!
• Three Lined Salamander!
• Marbled Salamander!
• Eastern Newt!
• Dwarf Salamander!
• Ozark Zigzag Salamander!

TOADS (3):
1. American Toad!*
2. Cane Toad*
3. Narrow-mouthed Toad!*
4. Eastern Spade Foot Toad!*

TORTOISES (2):
• Gopher Tortoise!
• Greek Tortoise*

TURTLES (8):
• Florida Box Turtle!*
• Florida Snapping Turtle!
• Florida Softshell Turtle!*
• Painted Turtle!
• Cooter!*
• Loggerhead Musk Turtle!
• Red-Bellied Turtle*
• Red-Eared Slider!
• Stinkpot Turtle!
• Eastern Box Turtle!

Wow, awesome list you have there! I keep several species of snake (no breeding) and 3 beardies, but nothing on that large a scale. You remind me of a friend I have here who regularly goes herping & has a very impressive collection of native species. Incidentally, he is from FL. also.

I do not own all those haha. But I have either caught or purchased them over the years.