 I
started studying, hunting for and keeping reptiles at a very
early age. My first snake was a beautiful 6 plus
foot kingsnake I acquired at the age of only 10. One day
it bit me quite good on the hand, even though there was no
damage and zero pain my parents required me to give the snake
away. It was a decision made in ignorance by people who
thought they were protecting me and I was devistated but I did
not stop.
Over the years I captured dozens of Corn and Rat snakes in
Florida where I lived until I was 13. There were many
black racers and water and gater snakes as well along with the
delicate and very beautiful green snakes. Lizards were
everywhere mostly the green anoles that never seemed to decline
in population though our cats each ate a few every day that they
hunted in the swamp and on the fences around our home. On
the venomous side there were plenty of cottonmouths, a few
eastern diamondbacks and even a few of the tiny pigmy rattlers.
When we moved to Pennsylvania my hunting and fishing life
improved but the herping success dropped. I found the
ocassional copperhead and timber rattler along with numberous
garters and norther water snakes but it was nothing like
Florida.
Today at 34 with about 25 years of studying reptiles behind
me I realize that the more you learn the more you realize how
little you know. Herpetology is a wonderful prusuit that
develops the mind and allows you to learn to see beauty where
many never look.
Even though I have been publishing web sites since 1996 I
have just started to publish content about reptiles and
herpetology. I will use this page mostly to provide links
to sites that I publish and other sites I enjoy about reptiles.
Some of the Reptile Sites I Enjoy are
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