I fell in love with reptiles when, in 2004, my family and I went to Hartley's Crocodile Farm in Cairns. There, the guy at the snake show had a copperhead, and told the audience, that if we wanted a snake, it was a good idea to jump up and down on your parents in bed at 2am and say repeatedly, "Can I get a snake?!"
One year later, I had my first snake, a six month old spotted python, Antaresia maculosa, named Panda.
Since then, my collection has grown, and will certainly continue to do so. I plan on spending almost every single waking hour looking after reptiles outside work.
Last Thursday, on 2nd October, 2008, I bought my first non-snake reptile. I give you my central bearded dragon, Pogana vitticeps, named DiNozzo. He was seven months old.
My Frequented Reptile Sites.
These are the sites and forums I frequent and like for reptiles. On all of these sites, I'm known as "notechistiger".
1. Aussie Pythons and Snakes (www.aussiepythons.com)
2. The Herp House (www.theherphouse.com)
3. Australian Reptile Forum (www.australianreptileforum.com)
4. The Herp Shop (www.herptrader.com.au)
5. Australian Reptiles Online (www.australianreptilesonline.net)
6. Herpetology Society of Queensland (http://www.geocities.com/herp_society_qld_inc/)
My Wishlist.
I'll get all of these eventually. I'll keep everything here, even if I've already got them.
- SNAKES -
Pythons
Antaresia maculosa- spotted python
Antaresia stimsoni- stimsons python
Antaresia childreni- children's python*
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Morelia spilota spilota- diamond python
Morelia spilota mcdowelli- coastal/Eastern carpet python
Morelia spilota bredli- Bredli/Centralian carpet python
Morelia spilota cheynei- jungle python
Morelia spilota metcalfi- MD/Inland carpet python
Morelia spilota imbricata- South-Western Carpet python
Morelia spilota variegata- Darwin/Northern Carpet python
Morelia carinata- rough-scaled python
Morelia viridis- green tree python
Morelia kinghorni- scrub python
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Liasis mackloti- water python
Liasis olivaceus- olive python
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Aspidites ramsayi- woma python
Aspidites melanocephalus- black-headed python
Elapids
Notechis scutatus- tiger snake
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Pseudechis porphyriacus- red-belly black snake
Pseudechis collettii- Collett's snake
Pseudechis australis- Mulga/king brown snake
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Pseudonaja textilis- Eastern brown snake
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Austrelaps superbus- copphead
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Hoplocephalus bitorquatus- pale-headed snake
Hoplocephalus bungaroides- broad-headed snake
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Acanthophis antarcticus- common death adder
Acanthophis praelongus- Northern death adder
Acanthophis pyrrhus- desert death adder
Acanthophis wellsi- Pilbara death adder
Other snakes
Boiga irregularis- brown tree snake
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Dendrelaphis punctulata- green tree snake
- LIZARDS -
Skinks
Tiliqua scincoides- Eastern blue- tongue skink
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Hemisphaeriodon gerrardii- pink- tongue skink
Dragons
Amphibolurus longirostris- long-nosed dragon
Moniters
Varanus acanthurus- spiny-tailed moniter
Varanus brevicauda- short-tailed pygmy moniter
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* I'm not entirely sure if I want children's pythons. They're pretty much like spotteds, except smaller, but they usually don't have the beautiful patterning of the maculosa species. Maybe, maybe not.