January February 2021 Herper's Most Wanted Inland Central bearded Dragon Tips on Keeping the Dragon Snake By Scarlett Nightshade An Inte
January February 2021
Herper’s Most Wanted Inland Central bearded Dragon
Tips on Keeping the Dragon Snake
By Scarlett Nightshade
An Interview with Randy Williams of Zen Habitats
By John Virata
Three Jays Tortoise Sanctuary
By Rebekah Pettit
Keeping White’s Treefrogs
By Zach Brinks
6 lizards of the legless variety
By Jeff Bolkan
Project Varanus salvatorii
The first known case of genetically proven parthenogenesis in the
Asian water monitor.
By Tony Abruzzi
12 Indian Star Tortoises Sent Home
By Thomas Sharp
March April 2021
Herper’s Most Wanted: Colombian Boa Constrictor
Want to keep a lizard?
Check out these five great species.
By John Virata
Tracking Nashville’s Urban Eastern box turtles
By Maggie Gigandet
30 paradise flying snake keeping tips
Popular with European reptile
keepers, Chrysopelea paradisi is considered one of the best flyers among the flying snakes.
By Scarlett Nightshade
Zen Habitats 4’x2’x2’ Wood Panel Reptile Enclosure
By John Virata
Top 10 Great Pet Snakes
Dart frogs for beginners
By John Clare
Expert Care Tips For the Yellow-Spotted Night Lizard
By Foster Reves
May June 2021
Herper’s Most Wanted Northern Leopard Frog
14 Red-Footed Tortoise Care
By Rebekah Pettit
22 Saving Southern California’s red-legged frogs
By John Heil
Colombian rainbow boa
By Scarlett Nightshade
36 Mazuri’s Troy Tollefson On Reptile Nutrition
By John Virata
40 Annulated Tree Boa success
By Tim Morris
46 Large lizards for advanced keepers
By John Virata
56 Keeping and Breeding the Electric Blue Day Gecko
By David L. Smith and J. Kelly Smith
July August 2021
Herper’s Most Wanted: Red-eared Slider
Notes from the field:
By Luke Thirkhill
At Risk Species Focus: The Western Pond Turtle.
By Michelle Hunt and Susan Sawyer
26 Keeping and breeding Goniurosaurus cave geckos
By Foster Reves
5 Most Interesting Frogs
Zoo Med Labs
Inside the Reptisun UVB/LED Lighting Solution.
By John Virata
Belize’s Fight To Save the Hicatee
By Natalie Stilwell
Top 8 Things To Consider Before Getting A Tortoise
>By Jamie Sheffield
Sept October 2021
Herper’s Most Wanted: Green anole
The Return of the dragons:
Understanding the new Hydrosaurus species.
By Kasey Schultz and Alex Myers
Hikari usa’s Chris Clevers:
How Hikari makes its herp foods.
By John Virata
African dwarf frogs
These little amphibians make great display animals.
By Lana Van De Mark
34 Komodo National Park
Walking with Varanus komodoensis.
By Anne Astorga
Apalochicola National Forest
A herping gem in Florida’s Panhandle.
By Benjamin Baker
The Beauty of ball pythons
The ball python is arguably the most popular reptile amongst keepers.
By Rebekah Pettit
54 WHICH GECKO SPECIES IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
Eight of the most popular geckos.
By John Virata
November December 2021
Herper’s Most Wanted: California Kingsnake
Reptiles of Hawaii:
Exploring the herps of O’ahu.
By John Virata
Striped Mud Turtle:
This little turtle is widely captive-bred.
By Anthony Pierlioni
The love of herpkeeping
5 ways to enjoy our passion.
By Foster Reves
Crested Gecko Enclosure
Upgrading Jello’s home.
By John Virata
Keeping the Skunk Gecko
This arboreal gecko is not often seen in the reptile hobby.
By Elizabeth Ralston
The Loggerhead Marinelife Center
The Florida-based center rescues and rehabilitates sea turtles.
By Rebekah Pettit
January February 2022
Herper’s Most Wanted: Western Fence Lizard
by Josiah Creasing
Vietnamese black-Breasted Leaf Turtle
This tiny turtle makes a great captive.
By Anthony Pierlioni
Call Sign: Critter Getter
Combat herping in Iraq.
By Stan Lake
7 tips for keeping a cornsnake
Quite possibly the most ideal pet snake.
By John Virata
Why enclosure Design matters
How much enrichment should we provide our captive reptiles?
By India Cullen
Conservation Efforts of Varanus niloticus
Quest to remove a plastic noose from a monitor lizard.
By Dr. Ingrid Sellschop
5 Snakes For Intermediate Keepers
Consider these beautiful snakes.
By John Virata
Top 10 Venomous snakes of Australia
You don’t want to be bitten by any of these snakes.
By J.V. Bolkan
March April 2022
Herper’s Most Wanted: Western Hognose Snake
REPTILES Interviews Dick bartlett
Elder statesman of the reptile community.
By Foster Reves
Scientific names
How did my reptile get its name?
By Rick van Mechelen
Keeping The Eastern Indigo The Einstein of snakes.
By Scarlett Nightshade
Red-Eyed Treefrogs
Care and breeding tips for this popular Anuran.
By Zach Brinks
Hatching Boiga cynodon
How an injured snake’s eggs were saved.
By Lohwana Halaq
The Top 5 Future Pet Reptiles
Based on Google Trends.
By John Virata
Captive Care And Breeding The Red-Eared Slider
Want to keep the most popular pet turtle? Read all about them here.
By Rebekah Pettit
May June 2022
Herper’s Most Wanted: Axolotl
The CHinese box turtle
Keeping the snake-eating turtle.
By Anthony Pierlioni
Zoo Med Philippines’ First Reptile Expo
Reptile keeping gets popular in the Philippines.
By B.P. Ross
Project Palaka
Saving the Gigantes Island Ground Frog.
By John Virata
the black-headed python
The beauty of this snake is not lost on its advanced keepers.
By Rebekah Pettit
The 3 Chameleons
Jackson’s, veileds, and panthers.
By John Virata
Herping Tioman Island
By Neil Miner
Mazuri nutrition
By Rebekah Pettit
Did you know?
Dart frog poison and toxicity.
By B.P. Ross
Caging and decor Buyer’s Guide
July August
Herper’s Most Wanted Milksnake
Ukraine’s BION Terrarium Center
Keeping reptiles alive during war.
By Foster Reves
Giant Tortoise Care
Galapagos and Aldabra tortoises in captivity.
By Rebekah Pettit
Robbie Hamper
Interview with the crested gecko queen.
By John Virata
Basilicus basilicus
Care and breeding the basilisk lizard.
By Eric Haycraft
Returning Texas Horned Lizards Into the wild
Captive breeding to bolster wild populations.
By John Virata
Peer pressure and pit vipers
On the trail of the author’s holy grail of reptiles.
By Stan Lake
Sept October 2022
Herper’s Most Wanted: Tiger Salamander
Vet report
Predisposing factors of gout in Australian dwarf monitors.
By Eric Los Kamp, DVM
Japanese sword-tail newt
Keeping and breeding Cynops
ensicauda ensicauda.
By Foster Reves
Batesian Mimicry
And the evolution of snakes.
By B.P. Ross
African Dwarf Mud Turtle
Care and breeding this little dynamo.
By Anthony Pierlioni
Massachusetts Northern Red-bellied Cooter Conservation
Working to ensure the successful recovery of this species.
By Robert Michelson
50 Herping Anza Borrego National Park
A gold mine of herps in the California desert.
By Neil Miner
Tips for keeping the California kingsnake
The California kingsnake is a feisty and beautiful colubrid with a tart attitude.
John Virata
November December 2022
Herper’s Most Wanted: Long-tailed grass lizard
African fat-tailed gecko
Natural history and care.
By Rebekah Pettit
The Blanding’s Turtle
A conservation success story.
By Robert S. Michelson
How herping west Africa
Got my ball python to eat.
By Larry Rodriguez
Copperhead Rescue
How the Amphibian Foundation started saving snakes.
By Maggie Gigandet
The levantine viper and the Snake Lady of Kashmir
Safely rescuing and relocating vipers in India.
By Thomas Sharp and Neellohit Banerjee
The Radiated Tortoise
Assurance colonies in captivity have helped the preservation of Astrochelys radiata.
By Rebekah Pettit
New Age Pet Mojave Reptile Lounge
A new entrant to the 4’x’2’x’2 enclosure space.
By John Virata
January February 2023
Herper’s Most Wanted
Northern Caiman Lizard
Vet Report
Cloacal prolapse
By Erik Los Kamp, DVM
Borneo Earless Monitor
The case for breeding Lanthanotus borneensis.
By B.P. Ross
The Rosy boa
Lichanura trivirgata is perfect in a rocky desert terrarium.
By John Virata
6 Beautiful Dart Frogs
Dart frogs make for beautiful display animals.
By John Virata
Care and breeding the sulcata tortoise
A big chelonian for expert keepers.
By Rebekah Pettit
Keeping Reptiles in Ireland
How the hobby fares in the land of no native snakes.
By Rachel Presser
The Cheat Mountain Salamander
Refugees to the mountaintop.
By Wesley Shaver
March April
Herper’s Most Wanted: Pink-bellied side-necked Turtle
Vet Report
Gut-loading your insects.
>By Eric Los Kamp, DVM
Bullsnakes
Champions of colubrids
By Jason Nelson
Interview with Dāv Kaufman
The host of Reptile Adventures speaks.
By Foster Reves
The Bearded Dragon
Caring for the most popular pet lizard.
By Autumn Baker
Zen Habitats 4’x 2’x 4’ Meridian Enclosure
Large enclosure with plenty of vertical space.
By John Virata
Herping in Singapore
Neil Miner and Dave DiNaso take us on an awesome Southeast Asian herping adventure.
By Neil Miner
The Egyptian Tortoise
Testudo kleinmanni in captivity.
By Anthony Pierlioni
May June 2023
Herper’s Most Wanted: Trans Pecos Rat Snake
14 Vet Report
Reptile medications.
>By Eric Los Kamp, DVM
16 The Way of the water dragon
A beautiful lizard for expert keepers only.
>By Alex Myers
24 Zoo Med Double Door Paludarium
A bioactive enclosure for Kweichow crocodile newts.
>By Foster Reves
36 The Spider Tortoise
Care and breeding this very small chelonian.
>By Anthony Pierlioni
44 the Toad lady falls for a kimberley rock monitor
Small in stature but big on personality.
>By Rachel Presser
52 diamondback terrapin conservation
Helping to secure the future of this most beautiful turtle.
>By Bob Michelson
60 Hitched at Hillman’s
How REPTILES magazine helped two readers get hitched.
July August 2023
Herper’s Most Wanted Vietnamese Mossy Frog
Vet report
Florida FWC’s Holy Thursday Massacre
By Eric Los Kamp, DVM
Rat Snakes of the USA
These stunning snakes come in a range of colors.
By Billy Fraser and Jason Nelson
Choosing The Right Substrates
When and how to use certain substrates.
By Eric Los Kamp, DVM
Bombina orientalis
Care and breeding the fire-bellied toad.
By Leandro Bergmann
The tortoise girl of antigua
How saving a tortoise 40 years ago led to a lifelong passion for redfoots.
By B.P. Ross
Snake Discovery’s Emily Roberts
One of Emily’s passions is educating the next generation of reptile lovers.
By Foster Reves
Spotted turtle conservation
Helping the spotted turtle thrive in the wild.
By Robert Michelson
Climate Control buyer’s guide
Products to help achieve climate goals for your herps.
