Michiana Reptiles

06/02/2023

Clutch #2 laid today het clown female to an enchi bumble belly clown. Having a late season this year

05/21/2023

Clutch # 1 on the ground pairing was a purple passion pin to super lesser

01/10/2023

First lock of the season candino pied to albino pied

01/07/2023

All set up at the goshen reptile show today

09/18/2022

Female Kahl Sunglow RLT Het Stripe

09/18/2022

Male Orange Dream Vanilla Yellow Belly

09/15/2022

Male Banana Pastel Enchi Het Clown. PM us for additional info.

06/24/2022

Clutch # 1 is all shed out pairing was a lesser clown to a het clown also clutch # 2 crawled out today pairing was a phantom pin to a banana

06/20/2022

Clutch # 12 and 13 laid today pairings were pastel hypo to enchi yb pied and hidden gene woma pos het g stripe to a lesser clown

05/31/2022

Clutch 8 laid today with a whopping 3 eggs.
She was paired to a pastel super enchi desert ghost, all will be at least enchi DH pied desert ghost

05/25/2022

Memorial Sale
Contact us for more info

2021 Female
Spider
Enchi Lesser
Fire Spider Pastel
Spider
Pastel Lesser
Pastel
50% Het Albino
Enchi Pastel Het Clown
Enchi Gravel
Pastel Cinnamon
Specter Gravel
Pastel Lesser
Fire
Pastel Het Clown

2021 Male
Orange Dream Enchi
Spider
3 Het Caramel 50% Hypo
Spider
Lesser Fire
2 Mojave Banana 50% Het Albino
50% Het Albino
Lesser Enchi
Pastel Enchi
2 Banana Pastel Het Clown
Enchi Gravel
2 Highway
Normal
Pastel Lesser

05/24/2022

Clutch #6 laid today pairing was a super lesser female to a lesser clown, looking to make more BELs with the added bonus of all being het for clown

05/23/2022

We’re having a Memorial week sale on all Ball Pythons from now until May 30th at 25% off. Feel free to message us. I’ll get a list on availability up later.

05/17/2022

Sharp Fire Sunglows and Paraglows born on 5/01

05/12/2022

Clutch #4 laid today super lesser paired to a ghi firefly

05/02/2022

Second Boa litter born today. Paraglow paired with a Sharp Fire.

04/27/2022

Clutch #2 on the ground pairing was black head leopard spot nose / phantom pin X banana

04/03/2022

Some of the babies born on March 11th

03/12/2022

Mom proved to be a super hypo and dad proved het Sharp.
Sharp Sunglows and Hypos het blood.

02/10/2022

ALERT: America COMPETES Act of 2022 Lacey Act Amendments

UPDATE 7/28/22: We have been posting relevant updates on our main alert page at https://usark.org/2022lacey/. To be brief, the “CHIPS-Plus” bill that passed in the Senate passed the House on 7/28 (243-187 vote). This bill includes some of the technology initiatives included in the America COMPETES Act, USICA, and other bills. The portions of COMPETES that were not germane to the intent of the bill (including the bad Lacey Act amendments) were not added to the CHIPS-Plus package. This should be the end of any threat from these Lacey Act amendments for this Congressional session.

Thank you to everyone who contacted their legislators and voiced opposition! Your opposition is hugely important and needed. When advocacy groups like USARK meet with legislators, they give us more attention if they have been hearing from their constituents. The Reptile Nation is a huge part of USARK and we just want to say thank you again to those who took the time to fight for responsible h**petoculturists.

Also, a huge thank you to other animal keepers and organizations who opposed these Lacey Act amendments! USARK and h**p keepers were certainly not the only ones fighting. The stoppage of these Lacey Act amendments shows that various animal interest groups can work together and make a difference. Thank you!

Read below or at https://usark.org/2022lacey/ (more info and What To Do at link). We also have a spin-off post at https://usark.org/2022lacey1/ and an FAQ page at https://usark.org/2022laceyfaq/.

UPDATE 7/28/22: The "CHIPS-Plus" bill passed the Senate and then the House (243-187 vote). This bill includes some of the technology initiatives included in the America COMPETES Act and other bills. The portions of COMPETES that were not germane to the intent of the bill (including the bad Lacey Act amendments) were not added to the CHIPS-Plus bill.

UPDATE 7/27/22: This is the current version of the technology-focused "CHIPS-Plus" bill. No Lacey Act amendments are in this bill.https://rules.house.gov/.../files/BILLS-117HR4346SASA.pdf

UPDATE 7/20/22: After months of negotiations, the Senate voted to advance a $52 billion bill aimed at boosting domestic semiconductor production. The House may vote next week as this works through the process. This will take some pressure off the conference committee and the USICA/COMPETES reconciliation may fade away but keep contacting legislators through our alerts!

UPDATE4/7: House Representatives have been announced to the S1260/HR4521 reconciliation conference committee. See the list at https://usark.org/laceycomm/. An unofficial list of Senate members has been released (included at link).

UPDATE 3/29: A top priority on Capitol Hill is to pass the Bipartisan Innovation Act (this is the current name for the bill that will merge HR4521 and S1260). The primary goal of this bill is to boost high-tech research and chip manufacturing in the United States. Since the House and Senate passed different versions, the two versions must now be merged (reconciled). The process to conduct a formal reconciliation finally started Monday evening with a move from the Senate that replaced the text of HR4521 with the text of S1260 and sent it back to the House. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said the House should vote this week against the bill from the Senate. This downvote will trigger the formation of a conference committee with members from both chambers. That committee will reconcile HR4521 and S1260 to produce a final bill. Following a vote to begin a formal conference negotiation process, Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell must define the structure of the committee talks.

UPDATE 3/28: Following a roll call to limit debate on the measure (cloture), the Senate voted 68-28 to send its version (text from S1260) of this bill back to the House. Next, the House will reject this bill. This was the process needed to set up a cross-chamber conference committee to settle on the final language for the bill (reconciliation of the two bills).

UPDATE 2/14: As we have stated, the America COMPETES Act (HR4521) and U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (S1260) will be reconciled (merged) in committee. The merged bill will likely have a new name (promoting a “Make It In America” or similar moniker). As of this update, the House has yet to send the final version of HR4521 to the Senate (due to over 200 amendments being added on the House floor). Informal discussion on the reconciliation may begin this week. The formal Senate/House conference should begin in March. This issue of strengthening the U.S. economy (specifically in the technology fields) is a priority for many in Congress. Our mission remains to keep the Lacey Act amendments from being added to this or any other bill. Full alert at https://usark.org/2022lacey/.

UPDATE 2/4: This bill passed in the House and will go to the Senate. We will adjust our alert to contact Senators at the appropriate time. It was a slim margin with the final vote at 222-210.

UPDATE 2/1: The America COMPETES Act passed out of the Rules Committee, as expected. It will next go to the full House for a vote [debate on February 2]. Our goal is not to stop the bill but to get the Lacey Act amendments removed before it goes to the Senate. During today's hearing, Arkansas Representative Rick Crawford specifically cited the Lacey Act amendments as provisions that, "...would not stand a chance if they were vetted through regular order and the legislative process." The hearing was filled with opposition and pointed concern that this Act is far too broad and unfocused with an unreasonable number of amendments (over 600). The Act strays far beyond its stated purpose. Keep contacting your Representatives! (See https://usark.org/2022lacey/ for directions.) end update

Buried within the 2,912 pages of the America COMPETES Act of 2022 lie Lacey Act amendments that affect all non-domesticated pet owners and the greater pet community. COMPETES is an acronym for Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength. The stated purpose of the Act is to strengthen America’s economic and national security but obviously, this was slipped into the massive bill in hopes to go unnoticed.

The amendments would reverse the USARK federal lawsuit victory by reinstating the ban on interstate transportation of species listed as injurious under the Lacey Act. The bill would also create a “white list” (see #2 below) that could affect millions of pet owners, as well as pet businesses. If your species of interest, even your pet, is listed as injurious (which could happen because it can survive outside somewhere in the U.S.), then it cannot be transported across state lines. That means you could not even take a pet with you if you moved to another state or needed veterinary care across a state border. This does not just ban sales but prohibits all interstate transportation. This will trickle down to hundreds or thousands of common pet species.

The America COMPETES Act may pass in the House next week. If passed in the House, it will then be sent to the Senate to be reconciled with an innovation policy package called the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, or USICA, that passed in the Senate last year. The America COMPETES Act is the House Democrats' response to USICA (which does not contain the Lacey Act Amendment). The House Rules Committee will hear the America COMPETES Act on February 1, 2022. This is the same language we saw introduced by Florida Senator Marco Rubio as Senate Bill 626 in 2021.

Briefly, the amendments will:

1. Provide that the Lacey Act bans the interstate transport of species listed as injurious. Specifically, it replaces Lacey’s current language ‘‘shipment between the continental United States’’ with ‘‘transport between the States."

2. Create a “white list” of species that can be imported. This means that any animal (reptile, amphibian, fish, bird, mammal) that is not on the white list is by default treated as an injurious species and is banned from importation.

3. Create a new authority allowing FWS to use an “emergency designation” that becomes effective immediately after being published in the Federal Register unless an extension of no more than 60 days is allowed. That means no due process, public input, hearings, advanced notice, etc. for injurious listings.

4. Permit FWS to not allow importation if a species has not been imported in “minimal quantities” (to be defined) in the year prior to the enactment of this Act.

5. The effective date would be one year after the enactment of this Act.

Read the relevant amendment text (these are pages 1661-1665) at https://usark.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-HR4521-excerpt.pdf.

In our landmark court decision, four federal judges agreed that USARK was correct and that the Lacey Act (Title 18 Section 42 of the U.S. Code) did not ban interstate transportation of injurious species based on the original language of the Lacey Act and the intent of Congress. As a result of this fight for our members and the h**petocultural community, this meant animals domestically bred under human care could be moved and sold across state lines (within the continental United States). For h**petoculturists’ concerns, this included some species of constrictor snakes and 201 species of salamanders.

SAMPLE MESSAGING and more at https://usark.org/2022lacey/.

02/07/2022

Hypo Leopard with some attitude

01/18/2022

Ovulation on this Paraglow. She was paired with a Sharp Fire.

01/18/2022

Pos Super Sunglow due on 2/22/22. She was paired with a Blood Parahet. Will prove if she is a super hypo and will prove the blood het BWC or Sharp.

10/23/2021

Highways and Gravels just posted on my Morph Market.

https://www.morphmarket.com/stores/mwynn/

10/14/2021

We’ve several Normal wild type Male and Female Ball Pythons. PM us for more info.

10/11/2021

Slowly adding what we’ve available on Morph Market.

https://www.morphmarket.com/stores/mwynn/

Matthew Wynn on MorphMarket is owned by Matt Wynn and located in Elkhart, Indiana. My brother and I are a small reptile hobbyist and breeder of Boa Constrictors, Ball Pythons and Leopard Geckos. We’re proud members of USARK.

10/11/2021

Some breeder size males that need new homes. They’re not tame and will not make good pets.

09/22/2021

Slight overbite on this girl but still doing great.

https://www.morphmarket.com/us/c/reptiles/pythons/ball-pythons/680352

Ball Python Morph: Highway, S*x: Female, Maturity: Baby/Juvenile, Birth: 4th August 2021, Weight: 118g, Prey: Pre-Killed Rat, Price: $350, Seller: Matthew Wynn, Last Updated: 09/21/21, ID: .

09/06/2021

Ball Python Morph: Spider Cinnamon, S*x: Female, Maturity: Baby/Juvenile, Birth: 29th July 2021, Weight: 54g, Prey: Pre-Killed Mouse, Price: $150, Seller: Matthew Wynn, Last Updated: 09/06/21, ID: .