Reptile Garden

22/04/2025

Ra and Rosie chilling together ☯️ Albino and Het Albino West African Gaboon Vipers (Bitis rhinoceros).

21/04/2025

For those interested in the Albino Gaboon Vipers and the full story. My friend Bryce put together this video and short documentary on it. He did all the filming, lighting and editing himself and I must say what a good job. Give him a follow for more educational content.

This is one of the craziest stories of how Bjorn from Reptile Garden made a joke about being the first one to breed albino gaboon vipers and then to his surp...

21/04/2025

Ultra one of our Albino Reticulated Pythons (Malayopython reticulatus), laying just like a Green Tree Python on this tree trunk we suspended at an expo.

We don't allow people to often hold our large constrictors unless it is like 7 people or more at one time. The reason being is they can hurt and even break ribs if handled incorrectly. With a lot of mass, you want to spread out the weight as best you can.

This option allows the snake to lay comfortably and people to still get close and have the opportunity for pictures, etc.

Ultra is a twin as we hatched 2 from one egg. Her sister's Mel, so we got Ultramel like the custard.

19/04/2025

We got 14,000 reactions and comments on my posts last week! Thanks everyone for your support! 🎉 Much appreciated. Please like follow and share for educational reptile content. Let me know what you would like to see more of and we can get som3 cont3nt on them. We have over 70 species of reptiles in the collection.

11/04/2025

Striker looking majestic in his bioactive enclosure. West African Gaboon Viper (Bitis rhinoceros)

31/03/2025

This is Reaper my Black-Headed Bushmaster (Lachesis melanocephala).

I love how the top of his head almost disappears when in the dark. These snake are super secretive and spend much time in underground hollows and logs etc. They are extremely hard to find in their natural range in Coasta Rica and Panama.

Bushmasters are the longest Vipers in the world, although this species it nit the longest they still get around 2 meters. The Southern American Bushmaster (Lachesis muta) can grow to 3m with the record of apparently 3,6m. That is insane!

Bites from this species are extremely serious, and even with antivenom, 80% of people die. Now remember that venoms primary use is to secure prey, not bite people.

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29/03/2025

Blush, looking pretty in her coils. West African Gaboon Viper (Bitis rhinoceros).

21/03/2025

Feeding the new baby Gaboons. Some are getting the hang of it while others are a bit slow to start. They all eat well, though, which is great.

15/03/2025

Lizass my Rock Monitor (Varanus albigularis) catching some rays by the pool after an educational show at a birthday party.

02/03/2025

Albino West African Gaboon is coming out to investigate whats going on. Any food, Dad?

09/02/2025

I have been working on making my enclosures better and bigger, etc. I still have a long way to go, and it is a costly exercise. I recently pimped out Strikers crib, and he is loving his new cork hide.

It is so rewarding to make things look nice and enrich the environment for these guys, even though Striker is happy to sit and wait for a meal.

Anyway, here is a little photo shoot of Stiker the West African Gaboon Viper (Bitis rhinoceros).

01/02/2025

We fully stocked on feeder insects Mealworms, Black soilder fly larvae, Superworms and Dubia roaches.

31/01/2025

Field's Horned Vipers (Pseudocerastes fieldi)

26/01/2025

Mom and Dad of the recent baby Cape Cobras (Naja nivea) we hatched.

21/01/2025

My Gaboon Viper fang collection is growing. I have some large animals around 1,5m and at best their fangs are 2,5cm long which is half of the record 2 inches or 5,1cm. Now you do get Gaboons of 1,8m with heads twice the size of mine. Where are the world record holders for largest fangs? Obviously I don't have those genetics, and I have seen a monster before owned by

Does anyone have some monster fangs they can show us. My Fer-de-lance has all my gaboons beat so far.

Ok, let's see who comments " why did you kill all those snakes for their fangs" LOL

They shed them all the time so they are nice and sharp. The nice white ones just fell out and the brown ones were swallowed. I would have many more, but I don't like to dig through the ....

09/01/2025

Don't miss our last show at the Science Centre. If you do we can come to you for your next party or event.

09/01/2025

Boa Constrictor (Boa imperator), waiting patiently for her next meal. Covered up so nicely in her moss bed. It is great to add new things to your cages and give it a slight change up from time to time. This is a form of enrichment.

We can always do better, so let's add more to our enclosures when we can. It is often more rewarding having a few larger display cages than a bunch of snakes in a rack.

06/01/2025

This beautiful Rhino Viper (Bitis nasicornis) was sitting so pretty that I just had to get a close-up. These are hands down, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful snakes in the world. What do you think has these beat?

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