I am a reptile breeder in the Pittsburgh area. Hognose, Boa morphs & localities, various colubrids, some pythons, and Australian Water Dragons.
A customer requested pictures of a Scaleless Amelanistic Texas Rat snake, and I realized I never posted any of this guy. As far as I’m aware there are only a handful of these floating around. I made two last year and this is my holdback, and the guy I got the parents from seems to have made a few. They start out kind of dull, but the older he gets the better color saturation.
I tried getting some photos of a few snakes the other day and just missed the direct sunlight which would have shown their colors and iridescence better, but figured I’d post some anyways. This is one of my female Kunashir Island Blue Rat snakes I’ll be breeding this upcoming season. Against the blue sky her belly doesn’t look as blue in the photo, but in person it’s very blue. When her boyfriend is done shedding I’ll be getting photos of him because he is super blue. These Kunashirs get bluer as they age, so generally the bluest ones you see are older.
Closeup of my one of my Hypo Marron boas that was supposed to be a male and ended up giving me a small but beautiful litter of babies.
These African Black House snakes just hatched the other day. Hopefully my last clutch of the year, the female likes to surprise me with extra clutches. They look cloudy right now since they’re about to shed, but they’ll be super iridescent after that.
I just posted up a variety of snakes on MorphMarket (link in bio). Getting good enough photos of baby snakes for ads is very time consuming due to their squirmy nature, so I still haven’t managed to get everything I have available posted. Photos never really show the true colors, they look so much better in person. Many snakes go through a color change into adulthood that drastically changes their appearance too, so make sure to look up adult versions.
I have a couple IMG Albino Motley 50% Het VPI up on MorphMarket. These are some kawaii looking baby snakes.
Here’s a super cool boa from one of the recent litters. I wish photos could truly capture how pink this guy is. Super Hypo Jungle Marron 50% Het Kahl, Sharp, and VPI. The white eyes and pink all over just give him a unique look.
I posted a few boas, some hognose, and a rat snake last night on MorphMarket. Check out the link in my profile or look up Esoterica Reptilia on MorphMarket. Here are some shots of the animals I posted. I’ll be uploading more here and there as I find time. It’s pretty time consuming trying to get good photos for the ads otherwise they’d get posted up at a quicker rate.
I have this nice Biak I’m hoping will stay this way. Started out as a red neo and here we are a few years later.
If you’re looking for something to do this Sunday come on down to the Pittsburgh Reptile Show & Sale and check out all the cool animals! It’s not just reptiles, but also birds, mammals, amphibians, bugs, apparently even an exotic cat breeder. Even if you aren’t in the market for a new pet it’s like going to a zoo for $6. Also tons of pet supplies there. I’ll be down there with a bunch of cool babies from this season so come say hi.
This Cameron Highlands Cave Dwelling Rat snake is huge and ready to breed and I was tempted to breed her this year, but my male needs a few more months to put on some more size. I don’t believe this species to have ophiophagus tendencies, but the female is so much bigger than the male. So I’ll probably breed these in the spring along with all of my other rat snake species.
My last clutch of hoggies for the year hatched recently. It was the second clutch from my Albino Conda x Lavender Het Albino pairing.
My last clutch of hoggies for the year hatched recently. It was the second clutch from my Albino Conda x Lavender Het Albino pairing.
IMG Albino Motley from a recent boa litter. I have a couple of these and IMG Hypo Albino Motleys that’ll make it up onto MorphMarket sometime in the next month.
This IMG Junglow Motley from one of my boa litters this year is just insane. Think I’m going to have to hold him back.
This boa is nuts. Super Hypo Jungle Marron 50% Het Kahl, Sharp, and VPI. I wish cameras could capture how pink it is. When I first saw the litter of babies for a brief second at a distance I didn’t know what I was looking at it was so pink compared to the others. Dad is an IMG and the 4 other babies ended up IMG, but looks like this one missed the genetic lottery on IMG.
This Albino het Coral hognose has been super inquisitive and friendly from day 1. Took food from tongs right away along with most of his siblings. He is spoken for, but some of his Albino Conda het Coral siblings are on my MorphMarket.
Well I thought I was done hatching eggs from this Olivaceous Project Black House snake female for the year, but I found this while cleaning cages last night. This is the first time she’s ever laid infertiles, 2 of the 7 were infertile. But she hasn’t been bred since the end of February and already had two perfect clutches since then. That is how prolific house snakes are.
This red Biak has been on an interesting ontogenetic color change path. This is at around 2.5-3yrs old. With and without flash.
I hatched out some super cool Scaleless rat snakes this season that I’ll be posting on MorphMarket over the next couple weeks. All are 100% het Leucistic & Amelanistic which is a rare combo, as far as I’m aware no one else has that combo available. Last year doing that pairing too, so get them while they last!
I just put this perfect little cutie up on my MorphMarket (link in the bio). Albino Conda het Lavender. Her and a few of her siblings have been tong feeding since day 1 so they’ll be offered up first. Surprisingly no picky eaters this clutch, just a few that are shy and need drop fed. I always want to keep a bunch of the hognose I make so I’m really not in a hurry to post them all at once, but I figure I’ll start offering some up.
I’ve brought this 2023 holdback Axanthic het Albino female hognose with me to the last few shows thinking she’d get snatched up since not many people sell well started females. She has the markings to look Arctic despite neither parent being Arctic as far as I’m aware. Everyone complimented how pretty she was and wanting her, but because she doesn’t also have Conda or Superconda they didn’t wouldn’t get her. Hognose are in danger of becoming like ball pythons where pretty isn’t good enough, it’s just gene chasing. I have an Axanthic Conda sister of hers so I get wanting more genetic outcomes in offspring, but I really hope hognose don’t become like ball pythons where everyone wants a 6 or more gene snake and everything else is unwanted garbage. Guess she’s staying with me!
These African Black House snakes are such a pleasure to keep and breed. I decided to only breed one female this year, my Olivaceous Project female from HouseSnakeMorphs. Her 2nd clutch hatched recently and I have 1.2 left from the first clutch. I’ll post them up on my MorphMarket sooner than later, just been slacking on posting ads and enjoying just raising this season’s babies.
Come check out the new venue for the Pittsburgh Reptile Show at the Pittsburgh Mills Mall today from 9am-3pm! Tons of vendors here with reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, oddities, and pet supplies. Way bigger, nicer venue!
I wish photos could capture the amazing colors on this girl. Extreme Red Toffee Conda het Axanthic. There are orange and red tints along with the tans and grays that just make a really cool looking hognose. I have my eye out for a Toxic Conda boyfriend to breed her to this upcoming spring.
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These African Black House snakes just hatched the other day. Hopefully my last clutch of the year, the female likes to surprise me with extra clutches. They look cloudy right now since they’re about to shed, but they’ll be super iridescent after that. #Boaedon #boaedonfuliginosus #housesnake #blackhousesnake #africanhousesnake #babysnake #snakes #iridescent #snakebreeder
My last clutch of hoggies for the year hatched recently. It was the second clutch from my Albino Conda x Lavender Het Albino pairing. #hognose #hoggie #babyhognose #albinohognose #hognosebreeder #hognosesnake #westernhognose #heterodon #heterodonnasicus
This boa is nuts. Super Hypo Jungle Marron 50% Het Kahl, Sharp, and VPI. I wish cameras could capture how pink it is. When I first saw the litter of babies for a brief second at a distance I didn’t know what I was looking at it was so pink compared to the others. Dad is an IMG and the 4 other babies ended up IMG, but looks like this one missed the genetic lottery on IMG. #babyboa #boaimperator #boaconstrictor #boa #marronboa #superhypo #boabreeder #boakeeper #snakebreeder #boamorph
This Albino het Coral hognose has been super inquisitive and friendly from day 1. Took food from tongs right away along with most of his siblings. He is spoken for, but some of his Albino Conda het Coral siblings are on my MorphMarket. #hognose #hoggie #westernhognose #heterodon #heterodonnasicus #hognosebreeder #babyhognose #babysnake #colubrid #colubridae #colubridcrazy
I came home to a small but better than expected litter of IMG Marron boas! 5 good babies, one stillborn, and 3 slugs. The Hypo Marron mom was actually sold to me as a male and after 2 years of not breeding my other Hypo Marron, I put a 2nd male in with them to hopefully entice the supposed male Hypo Marron into breeding, and thats when I caught them locked up. Soon after I saw the ovulation and got worried because I fed this mom like a male and she was only 3.5 years old which I’d never breed a female that young. So with her due date coming up I honestly expected all slugs and my main concern was just her pulling through. But thankfully she is doing great and ate right after I cleaned her up, she doesn’t even look like she lost much weight at all which is crazy. Pairing was IMG Hypo Jungle Motley Het Kahl & VPI x Hypo Marron het Sharp so I got some really cool IMG Marron combos along with the crazy looking Super Hypo Jungle Marron which is pink in person. There were 32 possible genetic outcomes from this pairing, half of which had Marron in them, yet all 5 babies have the Marron gene, so that’s great odds! #marronboa #boaimperator #boaconstrictor #babysnakes #boabreeder #boamorph #boasofinstagram #boa
These African Black House snakes are such a pleasure to keep and breed. I decided to only breed one female this year, my Olivaceous Project female from HouseSnakeMorphs. Her 2nd clutch hatched recently and I have 1.2 left from the first clutch. I’ll post them up on my MorphMarket sooner than later, just been slacking on posting ads and enjoying just raising this season’s babies. #boaedonfuliginosus #boaedon #africanhousesnake #blackhousesnake #housesnake #snakebreeder #babysnake #iridescent #iridescentsnake #rainbow
I wish photos could capture the amazing colors on this girl. Extreme Red Toffee Conda het Axanthic. There are orange and red tints along with the tans and grays that just make a really cool looking hognose. I have my eye out for a Toxic Conda boyfriend to breed her to this upcoming spring. #hognose #hognosesnake #heterodon #heterodonnasicus #hognosebreeder #snakebreeder #hognosesnakesofinstagram #hognosemorphs #toffeeconda
I didn’t hit any Amelanistic Scaleless this clutch, but luckily kept one last year that’s growing like crazy. I did hit three Scaleless het Amelanistic and half the clutch is Amelanistic. The sire of this clutch is the friendliest, most inquisitive rat snake I’ve ever had and his holdback son from last year is just like him. #Amelanistic #texasrat #pantherophis #pantherophisobsoletuslindheimeri #ratsnake #babysnake #snakebreeder
I’ve been on the hunt for a pure Ron St. Pierre El Salvadoran Blood boa male ever since I picked up a female a few years ago from a buddy of mine. Finally got lucky and I got this gorgeous male in today from Vin Russo. If you are a locality boa nerd these are super cool being that they are a pure locality and morph, and they happen to be an extremely small boa that is the perfect pet size. The buddy I got my female from has breeding age adults that are maybe 4.5ft. They’re also very iridescent despite not having a ton of black in them, and redder in person, the camera does no justice showing that. Stoked to finally have a male! #boaconstrictor #boaimperator #bloodboa #elsalvadorbloodboa #dwarfboa #boabreeder #boamorph #localityboa #snakebreeder
I’ll have some of these baby African Black House snakes available at the Pittsburgh Reptile Show tomorrow! These iridescent babies always seem to get snatched up quick and I’m not hatching out as many of them this year as I did last year. They make great pets, grow to a very manageable size, and don’f need a large cage, so if you’re looking for your first pet snake these are a very affordable first snake to get. #pittsburghreptileshow #boaedonfulginosis #AfricanBlackHousesnake #housesnake
My Argus monitor gets all of the infertile snake eggs, which I haven’t had much of this year yet.
I love this girl but she hates me 🤣 Two year old Royal Diadem Rat snake starting to develop adult coloration. My male is a little further ahead. #spalerosophisatriceps #spalerosophis #royaldiademratsnake #diademratsnake #ratsnake #ratsnakesofinstagram #colubrid #colubridcrazy #angrysnake #snakebreeder #reptilebreeder
This dude doesn’t like when I pet him, but at least I can feed him by hand. I find letting any reptile species stay a little wild and untamed makes them better breeders, so I’m cool with this being our main interaction. Reptiles I plan on being pets rather than breeders end up getting handled way more and tamed down. #intellagamalesueurii #intellagama #easternwaterdragon #australianwaterdragon #waterdragon #petlizard #petdragon #howtotameyourdragon #dragon #lizard #lizardbreeder A#reptilebreeder #snakebreeder
This dude doesn’t like when I pet him, but at least I can feed him by hand. I find letting any reptile species stay a little wild and untamed makes them better breeders, so I’m cool with this being our main interaction. Reptiles I plan on being pets rather than breeders end up getting handled way more and tamed down. #intellagamalesueurii #intellagama #easternwaterdragon #australianwaterdragon #waterdragon #petlizard #petdragon #howtotameyourdragon #dragon #lizard #lizardbreeder A#reptilebreeder #snakebreeder
I have a very nice pair of Russian Rat snakes that I’ll be breeding in the near future. I expect them to be popular among Pittsburgh snake people due to the black and yellow coloration 🤣 But honestly they are the nicest, tamest, most inquisitive colubrid I’ve worked with yet. From the moment I first handled them they have had zero defensive behavior, shyness, and you can even grab their heads and they don’t care. Just an amazing species. And due to being from harsh mountains in Russia and northern Asia they are super hardy and don’t need a ton of heat. As far as best pet snake goes, these have to be top 5 at least. #russianratsnake #ratsnake #elaphe #elapheschrenckii #asianratsnake #snakebreeder #snakekeeper #pittsburghreptiles #colubrid #colubridsofinstagram
This proven breeder male is tiny compared to this female, but within 20minutes of pairing them they were locked. Scroll for some vids. Quickest breeding I’ve ever seen in boas. And ever since he’s been either constantly locking her or laying on her. If this pairing isn’t successful this season then I’ll be shocked. But my luck lately, definitely not counting on it either. May the Boa Gods bless me 🤞
This proven breeder male is tiny compared to this female, but within 20minutes of pairing them they were locked. Scroll for some vids. Quickest breeding I’ve ever seen in boas. And ever since he’s been either constantly locking her or laying on her. If this pairing isn’t successful this season then I’ll be shocked. But my luck lately, definitely not counting on it either. May the Boa Gods bless me 🤞
Safe to say the Argus monitor likes eggs. #varanid #varanus #varanuspanoptes #argusmonitor #monitorlizard #lizard #dragon
Have you ever seen a snake with Heterochromia(one blue eye, one black eye)? I have a litter of baby Leucistic Colombian Rainbow Boas available and a few of them have #Heterochromia . #rainbowboa #babysnake #snakebreeder #leucistic #cuteanimals
Early stages of taming and training my Argus monitor. #howtotrainyourdragon #argusmonitor #monitorlizard #lizard
