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- Argentine Boa, Boa constrictor occidentalisIntermediate6-10 feetNorthern Argentina and Bolivia
- Bismarck Ringed Python, Bothrochilus boaAdvancedAround 5 feet on average. The largest recorded was 8 feet 1 inch.Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
- Blood Python, Python brongersmaiIntermediate4.5-6 ft. Heavy bodied.North and East Sumatra, Bangka Island
- Bredl's Python, Morelia bredliIntermediate6.5-8 feetCentral Australia, arid interior
- Burmese Python, Python bivittatusIntermediateCommonly 10-16 feetMyanmar east through southern China and Indonesia
- Common Boa, Boa imperatorIntermediate5-8 feet. Females are larger than males. Dwarf localities 5-6 feet.Central & South America, some parts of Mexico
- Jungle Carpet Python, Morelia spilota cheyneiIntermediate5-7 feetNorth Queensland rainforest, Australia
- Kenyan Sand Boa, Eryx colubrinusBeginnerMales 1-2 ft, females 2-3 ftEastern Africa
- Reticulated Python, Malayopython reticulatusAdvancedUp to 21 ft. Superdwarf 5-9 ft by locality (Karompa and Kalaotoa 5-7; Madu 6-9). Dwarf 8-13 ft, females larger. Mainland males 12-14 ft, females 16-18 ft.South and Southeast Asia
- Southern White-lipped Python, Leiopython fredparkeriIntermediateUp to 8 feetSouthern New Guinea
- Sumatran Short-Tailed Python, Python curtusIntermediate4.5-6 ft. Heavy bodied.West and South Sumatra
- Timor Python, Malayopython timoriensisIntermediate6-10 feet, averaging around 8 feetTimor and Wetar, Indonesia
Kingsnakes & Milk Snakes
6- Black Milk Snake, Lampropeltis gaigeaeIntermediate4-5 feet (record 71 in)Costa Rica, Panama
- Desert Kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula splendidaBeginner~4 feetArizona, New Mexico, Texas
- 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
- Mexican Black Kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula nigritaBeginner3-4 feetMexico, Southern Arizona
- Nuevo Leon/Variable Kingsnake, Lampropeltis leonisBeginner2-3 feetMexico, northern portions of the Sierra Madre Oriental, primarily in the states of Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas.
Asian Rat Snakes
10- Cave Racer, Orthriophis taeniurus ridleyiIntermediate4-8 feetThailand
- Chinese Beauty Snake, Orthriophis taeniurus taeniurusIntermediate4-6 feetChina
- Chinese King Ratsnake, Elaphe carinataIntermediateUp to 7.9 feetChina, Taiwan and Vietnam
- Japanese Rat Snake, Elaphe climacophoraBeginner4-6 feetJapan and nearby islands
- Mandarin Rat Snake, Euprepiophis mandarinusIntermediate4-6 feetChina
- Rhinoceros Rat Snake, Rhynchophis boulengeriIntermediate4-5 feetNorthern Vietnam and southern China
- Thai Bamboo Rat Snake, Oreocryptophis porphyraceus coxiIntermediateMales 1-1.5ft, Females ~2ftThailand
- Vietnamese Blue Beauty, Orthriophis taeniurus callicyanousIntermediate6-8+ feetVietnam
- Yunnan Bamboo Rat Snake, Oreocryptophis porphyraceus pulchraIntermediate32-36 inches. Females are larger than males.Yunnan Province, China
- Yunnan Beauty Snake, Orthriophis taeniurus yunnanensisIntermediate4-6 feetYunnan Province, China
North American Rat Snakes
5- Black Rat Snake, Pantherophis alleghaniensisBeginner4-6 feetEastern United State
- Corn Snake, Pantherophis guttatusBeginner2-6 feetUnited States
- Everglades Rat Snake, Pantherophis alleghaniensis “rossalleni”Beginner4-6 feetEverglades, South Florida
- Gray Rat Snake, Pantherophis spiloidesBeginner3-6 feetCentral US
- Texas Rat Snake, Pantherophis obsoletus lindheimeriBeginner4-6 feetTexas, Louisiana, Oklahoma
Other Colubrids
3- Blacktail Cribo, Drymarchon melanurus melanurusAdvanced6-8 feetCentral America
- Mexican Indigo Snake, Drymarchon melanurus erebennusAdvanced6-8 feetSouthern Texas and adjacent Mexico
- Western Hognose, Heterodon nasicusBeginner1.5-2.5 feet. Females are much larger than males.Central North America, the Great Plains