Every Reptile You've Every kept

[Herpkid101x]

Hey everyone i was just wondering what kind of reptiles people here in the Ssnakess Forums have kept in the Past and what they have now.!

I'll start!
1. A Ringneck Snake i found in my yard
2.Some Frogs and Toads(really amphibians but kinda the same thing)
3. A Cornsnake
4.A Rat Snake
5. A second Rat Snake
6.A Ball Python that i have now
7. A Leopard Gecko that i also have right now

The first 2 animals i was about 6 or 7 years old so i didn't know better about taking them out of the wild

[RIBBIT]

Well
garter snakes
1 milk snake
a lot lot lot of frogs
green anoles
1 gecko i dont know what kind
and two balls
all besides the balls i caught and let go

[Herpkid101x]

oh that reminds me i also did catch a garter(that i kept when i was like 8) that was in my backyard in this big patch of tall grass that ive caught alot of different stuff

[Herpkid101x]

oh how old are you cuz in the picture of you holding your 2 ball pythons in your hand you look kinda around my age. just alittle curious!

[RIBBIT]

I am 13 years old:)

[reptilenut4sure]

Well in the past I have kept

a Nile monitor
Savannah Monitor
Crested Gecko
Iguana
Fire belly toads
Bearded Dragon
2 Previous Ball Pythons
Red Tailed boa

And as of now I have

Common Snapping Turtle
Mexican Red Knee Tarantula
Bearded Dragon
Red Tailed boa adult
Red Tailed boa baby
Amazon Tree Boa
Dwarf Caiman Alligator
Ball Python
Burmese Python
False Water Cobra
Kingsnake
2 Leopard Geckos

I think that is it. LoL.

[LISA127]

I have kept:
box turtles
red footed tortoise
ball python
corn snakes
leopard geckos
monkeytailed skink
blue tongued skink
mali uromastyx
green tree frog
grey tree frog
pac man frog

[hecate]

Assorted garter snake species
Bull snakes
Okeetee corn snakes
Everglades rat snakes
Eastern indigo
Fox snakes
Reticulated python
Great Plains rat snakes
Common snapping turtle
Three-toed box turtle
Eastern painted turtle
Midland painted turtle
Blanding's turtle

Can I include the amphibians?

Leopard frog
Pickerel frog
Wood frog
Tiger salamander
Spotted salamander

[ffollett]

ok here it goes

Sav monitors
Veiled Chameleon
Water Dragon
Bearded Dragon
Western Hog
ball pythons
Columbian Boas
Green tree python
King Snake
Carpet Python
Burmese Pythons
Reticulated Pythons
Corn snake
Nic Boa
Common Snapper
Red eye green tree frog
Red Eared slider
Sulcata Tortoise
Leapord Gecko
Tegu
Garter Snake
Pacman Frog
Bull Frog

I think thats all of them from over the years.

[Herpkid101x]

man you guys sure have kept a bunch of herps in your lifetime!

[ffollett]

At least for Lori and I a few of those were rescues that we ended up taking care of for a period of time before they were healthy enough to give away but most of the list is stuff we either currently own or owned at one time as a pet or breeder.

[TailsW/Scales]

This is going to take me forever. Here goes nothing.

Previously
Boas:
Solomon Island ground
Dumeril
Dozens of Red Tail localities
Argentine
Emerald Tree
Amazon Tree
Anacondas

Pythons:
Retics
Burm
Savu
Mackott
Scrub
Green Tree
Olive
Carpets (several localities)
Rocks
Indians
Childrens
Spotted
Ball

Colubrids:
Ratsnakes
Kingsnakes
Milksnakes
Corns

Misc Snakes:
Cribos
False Water Cobras

Misc Lizards:
Fence
Bearded Dragons
Leopard Geckos
Anoles (kept as feeders)
Chameleons

Monitors:
Croc
Blue Tail
Savannah
Black & White throats
Argus
Finch
Timor
Water
Yellow (V. Melinus)
Black Tree
Dumeril
Peach throat
Ackies
Mangrove
Nile

I have also previously owned a lot of venomous.

What I currently have:
Retics
Burms
Indian
Balls
Rattlers
Two Monitors

I am probably missing some (I've owned a lot). If I think of them I'll edit this post or just start another. Just an FYI all these animals were in pairs or more. :)

[Herpkid101x]

woah thats alot ot reptiles lol!

[TailsW/Scales]

woah thats alot ot reptiles lol!

Yes it is. I've been in the game a really long time.

Oh and you can also add a Ringed Python to the list of previously owned. Told you I'd forgent one /some. :crazy:

[reptilenut4sure]

LoL I would agree with ya that is alot of reptiles ya got/had.. What is your favorite kind of monitor? im looking for a new one nothing HUGE, but ya know.

[TailsW/Scales]

What is your favorite kind of monitor? im looking for a new one nothing HUGE, but ya know.

Well ....................... what are you into??? My personal favorite has always been my Croc Monitors (V. Salvadorii). But they get huge. he he he

What's your max length?? I can certainly steer you in the right direction.

[reptilenut4sure]

Id say max length would be around 4 feet. I had a nile monitor but was sick when I got him and died a bit later. And i had a savanah monitor but it was a CRAZY monitor, and it would not eat anything I tried to feed it.

[PDXErik]

Ugh, should I list every one or just the ones after I got serious about it?

Before I knew better, I have killed a:
ball python
african rock python
spiny tailed iguana
two savannah monitors
two nile monitors
several garter snakes
a few anoles
many house gekos

After I got serious, I have successfully kept:
a ball python (python regius petcoicus)
a red tailed boa (boa constrictor petcoicus)
a brown phase white lipped python (no cheesy sci name)
a red tail boa rescue (boa needmebetterhomicus)
another red tail rescue
and finally a beautiful little yellow amazon tree boa

It's like climbing a ladder, exept that there's always another rung. A beautiful thing :)

[TailsW/Scales]

Id say max length would be around 4 feet. I had a nile monitor but was sick when I got him and died a bit later. And i had a savanah monitor but it was a CRAZY monitor, and it would not eat anything I tried to feed it.

You've got a P.M. :D

[ffollett]

This is going to take me forever. Here goes nothing.

I am probably missing some (I've owned a lot). If I think of them I'll edit this post or just start another. Just an FYI all these animals were in pairs or more. :)

and I thought my list was long. I actually think you may have Brad beat out.

[morbid]

I have kept herptiles for 20 years now, and I can´t actually remember all.. :no:

But I can tell you what I am currently keeping..

Lizards:

Podarcis sicula cettii
Podarcis pityusensis kameriana
Timon lepidus
Lacerta agilis
Lacerta milensis

Snakes:

Nonvenomous:
Elaphe quatuorlineata muenteri
Zamenis situla (striped and blotched.)

Venomous:
Vipera ammodytes ammodytes
Vipera nikolskii
Vipera orlovi
Vipera renardi
Gloydius halys caraganus

Amphibians:

Hyla arborea
Bufo calamita

[Spider-Tart]

i grew up w/ iguanas and numerous frogs of different sorts

currently only have a baby ball python and an adult ball python.

[WingedWolf]

Previously:

Snakes:
ball pythons
sinaloan milk
Eastern garters

Lizards:
banded geckos
bibron's geckos
house geckos
green anoles
desert night lizards
leopard geckos
Green water dragons

Currently:
ball pythons
African house snakes
pueblan milk snake

[untsmurf]

Two red ear sliders
four dwarf frogs
one leopard gecko
a crap ton of fish, but they don't count

Now I have:
one red ear slider
one red tail boa
a snail
bunch of fish
and a fiance, lol

[The Snake Guru]

and I thought my list was long. I actually think you may have Brad beat out.

LOL......yeah I wouldn't be so sure of that! LOL But she's damn close! LOL Well Let's give it a shot:

Boas:
Suriname Boas
Amazon Basin Redtails
Guyana Boas
Hogg Island Boas
Columbian Boas
Amazon tree Boas
Indo Tree Boas
Anacondas
Brazilian Rainbow boas
Nicaruaguan Boas
B.C.Longicaudas
Peruvian Boas
Solomon Islands
Rosy Boas (several locals)
Kenyan Sand Boas
Rough Scaled Sand Boas
Rubber Boas
Smooth Scaled Sand Boa

Pythons:
Green Tree Pythons
Burmese Pythons
Reticulated Pythons
Scrub Pythons
Mackalot's Pythons
Jungle Carpets
Iran Jayan Carpets
Ball Pythons
Savu Pythons

Colubrids:
Kingsnakes (All sorts of locals Brooks, Cali, Mexican Black, ect.)
Milksnakes (Same as above)
Corns
Yellow Rats
Bullsnakes
Pine Snakes
Hognose snakes
Sunbeam snake
Texas rat snakes
False Water Cobra
Garters
Ribbons
Rough Green Snakes
Water Snake (Various Locals)
Gopher Snakes
Ringnecks
Red Bellies
Racers
Coachwhips

Venomous:
Copperheads

Turtles/Tortioses:
African Helmeted Side Necks
Painted turtles
Red Ear Sliders
Map turtles
Cooters
Gibba Side Necks
Common Snappers
Alligator Snappers
Musk Turtles (Common and Razor Back)
Spiny Soft-Shelled Turtles
Florida Soft Shelled Turtles
Smooth Soft Shelled Turtles
Chinese Big-Headed Turtle
3 Toed Box Turtles
Eastern Box Turtles
Sulcuta Tortoise
Russian Tortoise
Red Footed Tortoise

Lizards (all):
Anoles (Several ssp.)
Day Geckos
Tokay Geckos
House Geckos
Mediteranian Geckos
Crocodile Geckos
Crested Geckos
Leopard geckos
Fat-Tails
Frog Eyed Geckos
Skunk Geckos
Flying Geckos
Skinks (Several of the smaller ssp. Five Lines ect.)
Longtail-Grass Lizard
Glass/Legless Lizards
Jeweled Lacertas
Water Dragons
Bearded Dragons
Green Iguanas
Desert Iguanas
Spiny Swifts
Emerald Swifts
Fischers Chameleons
Vieled Cham.
Savanah Monitors
Black-Throat Monitos
White-Thoat Monitors
Ridge-tailed Monitors
Black and White Tegus

Diamond spectacle cross caiman

Amphibians:
Tiger Salamanders
Marbled Salamanders
Newts (Fire Belly/Eastern/Crested)
Horned Frogs
Fantasy Frogs
Green Tree Frogs
Gray Tree Frogs
White's Tree Frogs
Red-eyed Tree Frogs
Emerald Tree Frogs
Toads (various ssp.)
Axolotls
African Clawed Frogs

Invertabrates:
Purple Moon Crabs
Soap Dish Crabs
Praying Mantids (Various ssp.)
Millipedes (Various ssp.)
Tarantulas (too many to list)
Scorpions (too many to list)

Wheeeeew think that's about it.....hard to say though, but that's all I could think of off the top of my head. LOL

~B~

[reptilenut4sure]

ok I am serously just wondering somthing here ..How the hell do you remember all that? LoL.. Thats a huge list.

[The Snake Guru]

RFLOL....anything reptile related sticks in the old brain pan like glue! Can't remember when my B-day is or How old I am, but ask something about that stuff...and no problem! LOL I probably did forget some stuff in there though.

~B~

And see I did forget stuff! After Looking at other people's lists.....

You can Add:
Dumeril's Boas
Spotted Pythons
Children's Pythons

LOL.....I may come up more yet....19 years, probably would've been easier to list what I haven't kept! LOL

[Herpkid101x]

woah guru your like a reptile dictionary!! lol

[reptilenut4sure]

Yea he is..That is a huge list and it keeps growing lol. But so does my list..Just not as fast haha.

[The Snake Guru]

RFLOL....nah, there are so many species that I have always wanted to keep and just never got around it...yet. Good thing you didn't ask for that list....LOL

I but that's why I finally had to say....ok time to just stick to snakes, it was like running a a zoo here for awhile, so now it's all snakes and the Alligator Snapper....so far I've been able to stick to it.

~B~

[ffollett]

Yeah it won't last long. I bet if you could find someplace for it you would have a Dwarf Caiman in there.

[The Snake Guru]

LOL...yeah I certainly would like to try one! those wedge heads look cool as hell as adults. Someday perhaps, we'll have to see. I hear they are a fairly land-loving croc. Do a lot of nighttime strolling from what I've read...would make and interesting keep.

~B~

[ffollett]

I keep trying to talk Lori into one. The deal is if we get a house in a few years with some land I can build an out door enclosure for a pair.

[reptilenut4sure]

I heard they love the land too, ive got mine in a 2/3 water 1/3 land setup and he doesn't use the land much..my new cage is goin to have 1/2 and 1/2 tho. so we will see if he gets out more then. Need lots of greens too i Think..If i can figure it out i will build a cave inside too LOL>

[Aaron_S]

Man I want a caimen. Or a croc lizard...I'd settle for that!

[ffollett]

I heard they love the land too

I was more talking property. Right now our house is on the standard size lot. Lori keeps eying the houses up the road from us that have a min of 5 acres.

[Aaron_S]

Go for it man...unless you just go do it you never will!

[Boots Hawks]

Ok, I started very young, and if it moved I tried to catch it. My Dad tells when I was 4 and we lived next to lake and I brought a snake home and tried to keep it in my dresser drawer. I guess my mom had a cow. So as what I remember,

Blue belly lizards
Gopher snakes,, lots and lots pobably over 50 in my life.
Red Racers, mean devils
Blue Racers
Horned Toads, lots of them two
common toads
bull snake (a lot like a gopher snake but darker)
yellow dotted salimanders
all kinds of garter snakes. My family was visiting relatives in Iowa one summer. I was about 11 I think, anyways walking down this alliway I saw a snake, garter I think. So being me, I chased it and was trying to catch it. Well it went up under this tile, the type they put on roofs, the asphalt tile. But it was on the sides of this house. I tried to just pull it up a little ways to catch the snake. Well to my surprise I found a city of snakes. I bet there was a hundred snakes up under that tile. Not knowing any better I got the peoples trash can and started filling it up with snakes. I had 38 of them before I realized that I had torn almost a third of the tile of the back of the house. I dragged my load of snakes back to my families house and they made me let them go. I wanted to take them back to California and sell them to my friends and make a fortune. Oh well....
I had a veriety of water snakes that I caught in the wild.
lots of anoles from when I was in the service at Ft. Polk.
I even caught a big snapping turtle, but desided to let it go after in took half my dogs nose off.
ball pythons,
common rt boas
salmon boas
and now red group boas
geckos from my windows in Florida
tree frogs
bull frogs
Toads lots of toads, always thought how cool it was to watch them flick that tongue out and grab a bug
California King snakes
and as old as I am I know I am forgetting something.

Boots H