What herps?????????

Its not really off topic but i didn't know where else to put it.

Just wondering what herps everyone keeps and what herpetological experience everyone has?

Cheers
Si

me first

Ok - herps I have right now:

1 Amelanistic corn snake, sex unknown but suspected male - called Sienna. Had him for just over 4 and a half years - Got him from a vets where I worked... he was a 'stray' although completely healthy; so his age is unknown

2 normal leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularis) male and female - called Kent and Cassie. Had them for just over 3 and a half years. Cassie is 3 years and 11 months old and Kent is 4 years old.

1 chocolate albino leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularis) female - called Sprinkles. Had her for 10 months. She is 1 year and 9 months old.

1 Crested gecko (Rhacodactylus ciliatus) sex unknown but suspected male - called Nacho. Had him for 2 weeks. He is about 5 and a half months old.

These are the only herps I've ever kept... unless you count trying to keep pet common frogs in the garden when I was really really young

As for experience:

I have the foundation course in Herpetology qualification (like a GNVQ level 2) passed with merit.

I worked as a volunteer in a vets that specialised in exotics for almost 2 years

I have done work experience for a month at Knowsley Safari park's reptile and inverts house (although not the greatest place in the world, experience is experience)

I'm a 3rd year zoology student - I want to work with herps as a career - ideally in a zoo!

^___^

Ill go next done.

0.1 python regius royal python

1.0 morelia spiloa cheynei jungle carpet python

1.0 chameleo calyptratus veiled chameleon


I have also kept and looked after many other species of snake, lizard and turtles.

My experience on top of this is different friends collections, my college had a good collection of herps, 10 weeks work experience at the Welsh Mountain Zoo (however their collection is pants-so dunno if this can be counted very much), and 2 months volunteering at the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, India.

I have also investigated intelligence in colubrid snakes at college and whilst in India carried out research on the biology of Calotes versicolor and we are currently working on changes to try and get our findings published in a journel.

Cheers
Si

Currently my collection is small due to moving and everything else.

herps
0.1 nicaraguan boa c. imperator
1.0 normal bearded dragon

rodents
0.2 dumbo rats
1.0 hamster
1.0 chinchilla


fish & amphibs
0.0.2 oregon newts
0.0.1 chiclid (earth mover)

Currently have:

snakes:
Rainbow boa
Blue Beauty ratsnake
Striped Cal King
Florida King
4 corns(amel,snow,ghost,creamsicle)
Pueblan milksnake
2 ball pythons

geckos:
11 leos(normals,SHTCTs,blizzard,mack snow,albino)
African Fat Tail gecko
Tokay gecko

other lizards:
Mountain Horned Dragon

other herps:
African side neck turtle

Lots of scorpions..



As far as my experience goes, I have quite a wide range of experience wiith snakes,geckos,other lizards,and scorpions..