Links
To Websites / Businesses I Like
CornUtopia
--- My wife, Kathy, has a separate website devoted to her continued propagation
of corn snakes and other beautiful herps.
--- The best gathering of field herpers / photographers share their
info and images here. If you like to see herps in nature, THIS is the
place!
TheTurtleSource.com
--- My friend Marc Cantos has launched his new website as the ultimate source of
turtles and tortoises.
Graptemys.com
--- My friend Chris Lechowicz has a comprehensive site devoted to the map
turtles (genus Graptemys) of the U.S.
Savage
Digital --- Cool, stylish herp (and other) photography by Randy May; select
your way to his 'Gallery' and eventually to 'Reptiles'. And don't miss
his invertebrate pics too!
The
Gardens of Eden --- Michael D. Kern has the magic touch for nature photography,
and is especially hot in the herp subject department. Check his website
for some visually stunning imagery.
Herp
Trips --- Eitan Grunwald loves to go field herping. His shutterbug's
eye records his discoveries in fine detail in natural photos taken in the animals'
natural habitats. Enjoy!
Amazing
Blue Reptiles --- A quality source of live, captive-bred panther
chameleons from breeders who understand how to do it right and keep the genetics
straight - for those who mistakenly reach my site thinking I breed chameleons.
Glades
Herp, Inc. --- Your best source on this planet for a huge selection of herp
species, including chameleons,
for sale and trade. PLEASE, call them
for your live chameleon needs : (352) 568-1713.
International
Herpetological Symposium --- This is the annual herp meeting that helped
launch the art of herpetoculture in the U.S.!
Fred
Parker Photography's Ultimate Exposure Meter --- A guide for nature photographers
- the basics of how light affects pictures and is controlled by a camera (and
you), broken down so you can really understand and use it.
T-Rex
Products, Inc. --- A manufacturer of a huge line of quality, well thought-out
products for herp keepers.
La
Vibora --- Jim Campbell is an old pal of mine; he now lives down in the
southern tip of Texas. He specializes in breeding venomous snakes, especially
tree vipers, ESPECIALLY gorgeous morphs of eyelash vipers.
The
World of Atheris --- Michael Jacobi is into this genus of the African
bush vipers in a major way, with up-to-date data on all species.
ADCHAM.com
--- This site is an international center for the sharing of information
regarding all aspects of old world chameleons.
Fauna
Magazine --- The finest periodical in the universe about the beautiful diversity
of life on Earth. Special emphasis is placed on the oft-neglected 'lower'
life-forms like herps and arthropods. Bi-monthly, it features superb photography,
exciting text, and total devotion to nature like you've never seen it before.
Wildlife and adventure lovers, it's a MUST !
Ripa
Ecologica --- Dean Ripa's elegant website about bushmasters and
other vipers. Especially noteworthy and recommended for reading by all
herpers is his in-depth article "Degenerated Science",
readable in full at his site.
Corn
Snake Progeny Predictor --- Mick Spencer offers a downloadable program for
giving you the expected results from most crosses of the various corn morphs
available.
Reptiles
Magazine --- The world's best monthly herp periodical, and one I've written
& contributed photos to since its inception back in 1993.
No Shitting in the Toilet
--- A celebration of everything that is perverse about traveling around the
world. Fun & different!
The
Venomous Snakes of Florida, and Snakebite First Aid --- My old buddy Greg
Longhurst has a very informative section on a fishing-oriented site that's definitely
worth a read.
Sacha
Korell's Natural Elaphe Collection --- A serious, non-commercial hobbyist
into some less-common rat snakes of the world.
Frogs
& Toads in Color & Sound --- Lang Elliott has posted a dozen nice
pics of eastern U.S. anuran species, and the recorded calls to match
each one.
The
Garter Snake Page --- Alan Francis has dedicated his herpetocultural efforts
to garter snakes (genus Thamnophis).
Snakes
of Louisiana --- Mike Monlezun and K.J. Lodrique Jr. present a fact-filled
and well-written site about Louisiana serpents.
HERPO
--- John Hollister's got a cool site with a variety of herp subjects, including
my favorite, a pictorial tour of herping the Trans-Pecos area of West Texas.
This is his self-described labor of love, including a bunch of his right-on-the-money
opinions, and is worth a close and leisurely perusal.
Lost
World Reptiles --- Gino & Ellen Sassani's site dedicated to their colubrid
breeding projects in the Tampa Bay, Florida area.
Melissa
Kaplan's Herp Care Information Collection --- Lots of herp help online for
all sorts of herps. If you're looking for help with nearly any herp species
in captivity, try here.
Herp
Vet Connection --- This site will help you locate a veterinarian with herp
experience near you within the United States.
RodentPro
--- Kevin Bryant' RodentPro is my source of frozen feeder rodents to supplement
what I breed. His product quality is extremely high, + rodents are neatly
packaged and sorted in sizes I find useful. I've also found him to be
ultra reliable - he ships when he says he will!
Snake
Steak Sausages by T-Rex --- I've used these products quite successfully
on my corns. They come frozen in packets and can be stored in your freezer
for convenient use between meals of whole rodents.
Images
From A Fragile Planet --- Greg
& Mary Beth Dimijian's admiration of Earth's beauty is evident in
their nature imagery from around the world. Their newest section, taken
on tour with me during Oct-Nov 2003, features Madagascar.
Franco
Andreone's homepage --- This researcher from Italy is a major player in
studying Madagascar's herpetofauna.
FOR
THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF HERP SITES ON THE
WEB, CHECK OUT:
kingsnake.com
--- This is Jeff Barringer's very informative and ultra up-to-date gathering
place for all herpers and herp-oriented websites. It also
has some of the busiest chats and forums on all subjects involving herps.
At this site, you're only a click away from virtually anything you'd ever want
to know about herps!
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