Responsible Herpetoculture Foundation "RHF"

15/06/2025

RESPONSIBLE HERPETOCULTURE JOURNAL ISSUE #21 RELEASED!!!

MEET ANOTHER GREAT RESULT OF MUTUAL COOPERATION OF A TRUE INTERNATIONAL TEAM - PROFESSIONALS FROM UKRAINE, UK, USA, GERMANY, COSTA RICA, CHINA & AUSTRALIA.

WE WORK DAILY TO FIND AND PUBLISH THE MOST INTERESTING AND VALUABLE MATERIALS ON VARIOUS HERPEOCULTURE-RELATED TOPICS INTERESTING FOR OUR BELOVED AUDIENCE!

Featuring in this issue…

1. In the article "AN EXPLORATION OF MINDANAO’S
HERPETOFAUNA" Jan Pavlas from Herping Honza - Mindanao Reptile Enthusiast will introduce you to one of the world's richest sanctuary of herpetofauna - the Mindanao Island!
2. Thomas Marriott and Ellie Bland from Chester Zoo, will share the great achievements of ex situ breeding program for rare Calotriton arnoldi. Read their material - "HOW CAPTIVE BREEDING IS SAVING THE MONTSENY BROOK NEWT".
3. Learn useful tips about incubating of Soosan tiger snakes with Mohammadalizadegan from his article "INCUBATION NOTES FOR SOOSAN TIGER SNAKE FROM IRAN".
4. Find out how to breed Kenyan sand boas with Юрій Іванчук - "HUSBANDRY AND BREEDING OF KENYAN SAND BOAS".
5. See how BION Terrarium Center maintains the population of Xenagama taylori from Somalia in article by Иван Неижко and Marchevskaya - "BREEDING SHIELD-TAILED AGAMAS IN BION TERRARIUM CENTER".
6. Uncover the history of one of the most successful reptile/amphibian breeding facility in Europe with Олексій Марущак and Volker Ennenbach in "THE STORY BEHIND TROPENPARADIES".
7. Dive into the interesting and complicated world of professional photography of amphibians and reptiles with Cesar Barrio Amorós and Masó in "PHOTOGRAPHY FOR HERPERS: LEARN THE TIPS AND TRICKS" Part 2.
8. Discover a new lizard species from China with Dr. Bo Cai by reading "THE DISCOVERY OF THE DADU MOUNTAIN LIZARD".
9. Open the world of herpetoculture of Australia with Adam Sapiano after reading of "HERPETOLCULTURE IN AUSTRALIA: INTERVIEW WITH Herpetological Society (VHS)" - interview conducted by Thomas Marriott.
10. Following the Australian topic - learn about the recent famous Astralian reptile show "VHS REPTILE EXPO 2025: SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS" from Andrew Walker.
11. "BEHIND THE SCENES OF “ OF THE WORLD”" and Foggett will take you to one of the most interesting thematic zoos dedicated to crocodilians.
12. See another great set of world famous reptile-related masterpieces created by Carel Brest van Kempen in the article "HEAR THE LIVES AND TIMES OF KAREL VAN KEMPEN".

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13/06/2025

As of today, RHJ is the only international periodical on Herpetoculture run by Editors from Australia, China, Europe, Latin America and the USA. We do our best to provide you with the exclusive and professional materials from the top experts, private breeders and zoos and much more.
The date of release of issue 21 of RHJ is 15 June, 2025

Discovering the Splendid Mountain Lizard.
How Captive Breeding is Saving Europe’s Most Endangered Amphibian.
Incubation Notes for Soosan Tiger Snake.
Interview with Legendary Artist, Karel Van Kempen.
Captive Husbandry of Xenagama taylori.
The Story Behind Das Tropen Paradies.
Photography for Herpers: Learn the Tips and Tricks.
An Exploration of Mindanao’s Herpetofauna.
Herpetolculture in Australia: Interview with VHS.
Behind the Scenes at the VHS Expo 2025.

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11/06/2025

Read our guidelines on proper husbandry and breeding of one of the most variable (in terms of coloration types available in herpetoculture and in the wild) Uroplatus species - Henkel's leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus henkeli):
https://responsibleherpetoculture.foundation/resource-category/care-sheets/

You will find important tips on how to organise a breeding of these geckos, how to maintain females' ability to lay more clutches and how to raise problematic babies.

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05/06/2025

Art is probably one of the most effective ways to communicate important messages to wide audience. Art in a form of sculptures, pictures, photographs, drawings, videos etc. helps to show nature's beauty to ordinary people in understandable form that causes positive emotions. Such emotions slowly (or quickly) begin to associate the depicted scenes or objects with something that the observer values in his/her life. And showing reptiles and amphibians (let be honest, creatures that are sometimes scary for average human being) is not an exception. People, who can create such art - are true masters of changing peoples' minds)

Tell Hicks is one of them.
It is hard to name more famous artist who dedicates his artworks to herpetofauna and is known worldwide. When it comes to showing all natural beauty of snakes, turtles, chameleons and other representatives of the world's herpetofauna - this artist is one of the best examples of comibination of talent, knowledge and love to the objects he shows.

Read our paper "AN INTERVIEW WITH LEGENDARY ARTIST, TELL HICKS" and learn more about his life, inspirations, works and goals!

The article can be found in Issue #14 of Responsible Herpetoculture Journal, which is available at the Hobbyist's level of subscription:
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22/05/2025

Popular for more than 30 years now! - Veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus) have been bred in captivity in huge numbers and it is one of the species for which helps new generations of hobbyists to start their own collection.
In our basic manual on how to work with them we show our experience with keeping and breeding of these intelligent and interesting creatures!

Read our husbandry guide for Veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus) on our web site:
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20/05/2025

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20/05/2025

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Launched in March 2022 as official publication of the Responsible Herpetoculture Foundation (RHF) the Responsible Herpetoculture Journal (RHJ) is being published rich and content and eye-catching edition on bi-monthly base. RH Journal offers you the original and effective platform to show your products, service and achievements to educated audience of over 20 000 followers for today. Our authors are top experts in herpetology, herpetoculture, nature conservation, zoo specialists. Our Editorial Board spans six different countries.

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16/05/2025

Behind the scenes of the Kölner Zoo's terrarium department - learn more about international reptile and amphibian ex situ breeding programms in the article authored by Thomas Ziegler "BEHIND THE SCENES OF COLOGNE ZOO AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE DEPARTMENT".

In the article, in a form of an interview, Thomas answered questions from our editorial team, uncovering some pages of the Zoo's work, that are dedicated to enormous work saving asian species of newts, crocodiles, terrestrial and arboreal geckos, turtles and other interesting representatives of herpetofauna. You will see their achievements, get acquainted with the Animal of the Year 2024 and see how herpetoculture approach within the Zoo's laboratories help saving biodiversity.

The article can be found in Issue #13 of Responsible Herpetoculture Journal, which is available at the Hobbyist's level of subscription:
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13/05/2025

RH Journal #20

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Description:
– Dmitri Tkachev – Editorial
– Bryan Kao – Visiting “Iguanaland” zoo in Florida
– Thomas Marriott, Rick Wilton – How Horsfield tortoises changed the hobby
– César l. Barrio-Amorós, Albert Masó – Introduction to photography for herpers
– Yuriy Ivanchuk – Husbandry and breeding of Kenyan sand boas
– Thomas Marriott – The review of 2025 BHS and AHH conference in the UK
– Frank Payne – Captive husbandry of the secret Toad head agamas
– Scott Eipper, Tie Eipper – Ultimate guide to Australian herpetological literature
– Sumin Lim – The breeding practices of Red spotted newts
– Yuelong Chen – Observation of the Chinese alligator
– Javier Magro – Promoting Responsible Herpetoculture in Spain
– Milan Will – The boy and turtles: the story of team turtle Wedemark
– Leandro Bergmann – Art adventure with Sławomir Mrożkiewicz, Poland

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12/05/2025

Read our guidelines on proper husbandry and breeding of one of the most favourite Eublepharidae geckos among hobbyists worldwide - East Indian leopard gecko (Eublepharis hardwickii):
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You will find important tips on how to organise a breeding colony of these geckos, how to winter them, notes on feeding and watering and much more.

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06/05/2025

Can Reptile’s or Exotic pet shops be educational centers? Without a doubt, if they adhere to and promote the principles of the Responsible Herpetoculture.
We are proud to introduce on the pages of the RH Journal:
“Kameleon” rep shop in Tilburg (The Netherlands), owned by Roger van Rossem, not only offer special events for his customers, but also organizes lectures, in schools, zoos and research in frames of his nonprofit organization “Herpetofauna Foundation”.
https://responsibleherpetoculture.foundation/rh-resource/exotic-pet-shop-kameleon-tilburg-the-netherlands-responsible/
Tong Reptile Shop in Haizhu District, Guangzhou (China), owned by Kairy Tong, first started from 20 m2 shop on a local market and gradually moved to its current place with scale more than 1000 m2. For today it is the only Educational Center on Herpetoculture in China
https://responsibleherpetoculture.foundation/rh-resource/tong-reptile-breeding-and-propagation-center-in-chinathe-new-face-of-reptile-shows/
“La Ferme Tropicale” in Paris(France), founded by Karim Daoues evolved from a specialised pet shop to an ambitious herpetocultural/terraristics educational center For nearly 20 years now, the company has developed courses that offer an interdisciplinary approach to herpetoculture and terraristics, incorporating both theory and practice.
https://responsibleherpetoculture.foundation/rh-resource/la-ferme-tropicale-education-activities-and-courses-responsible/

The list of exciting rep shops can go on and on and we will be happy to tell you about new inspiring examples on our pages.
Write to us about your exotic pet shops if you feel that they meet high standards have their own face and share the secret of your success with your audience in RHJ. This will be a strong argument in favor of Conservation through Commercialization and support for Responsible Herpetoculture in general.

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