Winston-Salem, NC. No public retail location. Every live animal requires vetting before purchase.
Care Guides
Husbandry for every species we work with, written from how we keep them here.
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Boas & Pythons
12- Common Boa, Boa imperatorIntermediate6-10 feet. Females are larger than males. Dwarf localities 5-6 feet.Mexico through Central America to northern South America
- Kenyan Sand Boa, Eryx colubrinusBeginner1.5-3 feet. Females are larger than males.East Africa
- Blood Python, Python brongersmaiIntermediate4-5 feet. Heavy bodied.Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand and Sumatra
- Sumatran Short-Tailed Python, Python curtusIntermediate4-5 feet. Heavy bodied.Southern and western Sumatra
- Reticulated Python, Malayopython reticulatusAdvancedSuperdwarf 5-9 ft. Dwarf 8-13 ft. Mainland males 12-14 ft, females 16-18 ft.South and Southeast Asia
- Argentine Boa, Boa constrictor occidentalisIntermediate6-10 feetNorthern Argentina and Bolivia
- Timor Python, Malayopython timoriensisIntermediate6-10 feet, averaging around 8 feetTimor and Wetar, Indonesia
- Burmese Python, Python bivittatusIntermediateCommonly 10-16 feetMyanmar east through southern China and Indonesia
- Southern White-lipped Python, Leiopython fredparkeriIntermediateUp to 8 feetSouthern New Guinea
- Bismarck Ringed Python, Bothrochilus boaAdvancedAround 5 feet on average. The largest recorded was 8 feet 1 inch.Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
- Bredl's Python, Morelia bredliIntermediate6.5-8 feetCentral Australia, arid interior
- Jungle Carpet Python, Morelia spilota cheyneiIntermediate5-7 feetNorth Queensland rainforest, Australia
Kingsnakes & Milk Snakes
6- Black Milk Snake, Lampropeltis gaigeaeIntermediate4-6 feetHighlands of Costa Rica and Panama
- Desert Kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula splendidaBeginner4-5 feet, occasionally 6 or moreSouthwestern United States and northern Mexico
- Mexican Black Kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula nigritaBeginner3-5 feet. Around 4 is typical.Northern Mexico and extreme southern Arizona
- Nuevo Leon/Variable Kingsnake, Lampropeltis leonisBeginnerAround 3 feet, rarely 3.5Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas and adjacent Mexico
- Eastern Kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula getulaBeginner3-5 feetEastern and Central United States
- Honduran Milk Snake, Lampropeltis hondurensisBeginner3.5-4 feet, occasionally to 6 feetHonduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica
Asian Rat Snakes
10- Cave Racer, Orthriophis taeniurus ridleyiIntermediate6-9 feetSouthern Thailand and peninsular Malaysia, limestone cave regions
- Chinese Beauty Snake, Orthriophis taeniurus taeniurusIntermediate4-6 feetChina
- Thai Bamboo Rat Snake, Oreocryptophis porphyraceus coxiIntermediate32-36 inches. Females are larger than males.Northern Thailand
- Vietnamese Blue Beauty, Orthriophis taeniurus callicyanousIntermediate6-9 feetVietnam
- Yunnan Beauty Snake, Orthriophis taeniurus yunnanensisIntermediate4-6 feetYunnan Province, China
- Yunnan Bamboo Rat Snake, Oreocryptophis porphyraceus pulchraIntermediate32-36 inches. Females are larger than males.Yunnan Province, China
- Japanese Rat Snake, Elaphe climacophoraBeginner4-6 feetJapan and nearby islands
- Chinese King Ratsnake, Elaphe carinataIntermediateUp to 7.9 feetChina, Taiwan and Vietnam
- Rhinoceros Rat Snake, Rhynchophis boulengeriIntermediate4-5 feetNorthern Vietnam and southern China
- Mandarin Rat Snake, Euprepiophis mandarinusIntermediate4-6 feetChina
North American Rat Snakes
5- Black Rat Snake, Pantherophis alleghaniensisBeginner4-6 feetEastern United States, east of the Appalachians
- Corn Snake, Pantherophis guttatusBeginner3-5 feet is typical, 2-6 the full rangeSoutheastern United States
- Everglades Rat Snake, Pantherophis alleghaniensis “rossalleni”Beginner4-6 feetEverglades, South Florida
- Gray Rat Snake, Pantherophis spiloidesBeginner4-6 feetBetween the Mississippi and the Appalachians
- Texas Rat Snake, Pantherophis obsoletus lindheimeriBeginner4-6 feetTexas, Louisiana, Oklahoma
Other Colubrids
3- Western Hognose, Heterodon nasicusBeginner1.5-2.5 feet. Females are much larger than males.Central North America, the Great Plains
- Mexican Indigo Snake, Drymarchon melanurus erebennusAdvanced6-8 feetSouthern Texas and adjacent Mexico
- Blacktail Cribo, Drymarchon melanurus melanurusAdvanced6-8 feetCentral America