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Great Basin Serpentarium Promoting education, captive propagation, and responsible pet ownership. Welcome to the Great Basin Serpentarium page.

Here we will keep you updated on shows, recent changes, new sales, and the day to day happenings at our shop. If you're looking for a particular animal let us know. We are currently working with more than 200 species in order to provide captive bred pets for everyone from the first time pet owner to the experienced keeper. Our facility is not open for tours at this time.

Guessing she’ll be the first of our Shinisaurus to give birth this year! Getting big!
13/08/2024

Guessing she’ll be the first of our Shinisaurus to give birth this year! Getting big!

Some days are more exciting than others. Found a few new babies yesterday.
12/08/2024

Some days are more exciting than others. Found a few new babies yesterday.

More babies! Yellow ackies (varanus acanthurus) this time.
30/07/2024

More babies! Yellow ackies (varanus acanthurus) this time.

Check out what was born today: Egernia stokesii (gidgee slinks)!!!
28/07/2024

Check out what was born today: Egernia stokesii (gidgee slinks)!!!

A few Heterothele villosella eggsacs went full term in the moms’ enclosures. For years we’ve been gathering data on eggs...
24/07/2024

A few Heterothele villosella eggsacs went full term in the moms’ enclosures.
For years we’ve been gathering data on eggsac development, but at this point I have more than what I have time to pull and record data on. We’re letting a number of them hatch inside mom‘s cage. Spider moms have been doing this for much longer than I have so might as well let nature do its thing. The only downside is pulling sometimes hundreds of babies out of the substrate in mom‘s enclosure.

Oh sweet Barron’s racer, what are those behind you?
23/07/2024

Oh sweet Barron’s racer, what are those behind you?

The next iteration of our “oreo” Cal king project. Still need to get a bit more reduced side pattern but a step in the r...
22/07/2024

The next iteration of our “oreo” Cal king project. Still need to get a bit more reduced side pattern but a step in the right direction.

And another new one for us! Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi (Black pine snake).
21/07/2024

And another new one for us!
Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi (Black pine snake).

Our first Nephrurus levis are out of their eggs! This is another new one for us this year! These little geckos bring our...
20/07/2024

Our first Nephrurus levis are out of their eggs!
This is another new one for us this year! These little geckos bring our total number of species/subspecies/locales produced at Great Basin Serpentarium to 180!

Fed and watered the Grammostola shelves today and found these five moms guarding their eggsacs. Grammostola pulchripes, ...
28/06/2024

Fed and watered the Grammostola shelves today and found these five moms guarding their eggsacs. Grammostola pulchripes, G. rosea “Red color form”, Grammostola pulchra, another G. rosea “Red color form”, and another G. pulchripes

Here we go again!!! Xenesthis immanis (Colombian lesserblack)!
26/06/2024

Here we go again!!! Xenesthis immanis (Colombian lesserblack)!

It’s been a great year for blue tongues at Great Basin Serpentarium! This season we’ve had multiple litters from 5 type...
14/06/2024

It’s been a great year for blue tongues at Great Basin Serpentarium! This season we’ve had multiple litters from 5 types (species/subspecies/etc.) of blue tongue skinks! All were captive bred in our facility! Tiliqua scincoides intermedia (northern blue tongue), T. s. scincoides (eastern blue tongue), Tiliqua sp. (Irian Jayan blue tongue), Tiliqua gigas evanescens (Merauke blue tongue), and Tiliqua g. keyensis (Kei isle blue tongue)! While the northern Blue Tongue skink is the most popular and available in the US hobby, and rightfully so, the other species and sub species are quite incredible in their own right. Not very many people are successfully producing the less common blue tongues so hopefully these CB babies will get into the hands of those who want to continue these lines in the hobby.

Today’s updates. Another gorgeous FWC (Hydrodynastes gigas) clutch. The Bredl’s (Morelia bredli) are finally getting to ...
05/06/2024

Today’s updates. Another gorgeous FWC (Hydrodynastes gigas) clutch. The Bredl’s (Morelia bredli) are finally getting to it. And the pygmy mulga monitor (Varanus gilleni) pair was back to courting and mating!

We have a game over here during the birthing season that is called some version of “Baby or Poop?”. It’s easy to play. Y...
02/06/2024

We have a game over here during the birthing season that is called some version of “Baby or Poop?”. It’s easy to play. You walk by an enclosure, see a pregnant female with a tail in the air, and you quickly guess as to whether or not a baby or a p**p is going to come out. Obviously the goal is to see a baby is being born. I have guessed wrong so many times and sat and watched a lizard or snake have a bowel movement. This morning I guessed wrong again. Thought she was just p**ping. Came back and saw this. Baby was the correct answer. Northern blueys are done for the season but now the indos are up!

Another exciting day! We had what should be our last northern bluey litter of the year. This has been our best bluey yea...
01/06/2024

Another exciting day! We had what should be our last northern bluey litter of the year. This has been our best bluey year yet and we’re still waiting on the Keis, classics, Halms, Merauke, and Tanimbars. The female striped tree skinks dropped another baby! And kings are finally hatching! So far a few clutches of Mexican black kings and a some cal kings are hatching!

Some fun updates from yesterday. One of the striped tree skinks, (Egernia striolata) gave birth. Turns out we have two f...
29/05/2024

Some fun updates from yesterday. One of the striped tree skinks, (Egernia striolata) gave birth. Turns out we have two females in the enclosure. The tropical ratsnake gave us the our biggest clutch to date, Three eggsacs were collected and all three look great (Orphnaecus sp. Quezon Blue, Tliltocatl vagans, and Tliltocatl albopilosus “Nicaragua”) and we ended the evening with a quick canyon run that started with this little great basin gophersnake. This one wasn’t about sitting still for pictures. After a few pics we let this one continue on its way.

Another one of those awesome days! Children’s python finally dropped her eggs. Both Goniurosaurus luii amd G. lichtenfel...
28/05/2024

Another one of those awesome days! Children’s python finally dropped her eggs. Both Goniurosaurus luii amd G. lichtenfelderi eggs hatched. Another rough scaled sand boa gave birth and an anthill python looks to be prepping to lay a clutch!

Another amazing few days. Gastropholis prasina (green keel-bellied lizards) are hatching - all seven eggs hatched and al...
26/05/2024

Another amazing few days. Gastropholis prasina (green keel-bellied lizards) are hatching - all seven eggs hatched and all the babies are out and about now. Eryx conicus (rough-scaled sand boas) are starting to give birth. The first litter is here with five perfect babies. Our last Morelia spilota cheynei (jungle carpet python) that was paired this season has dropped her clutch. All five species of cave geckos that we paired this year have laid eggs and we’re expecting babies from all five to be available on our website in just a few more weeks. We also have some amazing yearlings on our website now. And the pancake tortoise mentioned last post is out of the egg and doing well!

It has been a busy couple days. Another pancake tortoise hatched this morning, the pastel lightning pied is out of the e...
16/05/2024

It has been a busy couple days. Another pancake tortoise hatched this morning, the pastel lightning pied is out of the egg and looking good, our high yellow jcp dropped a clutch and more 2024 blueys are being photographed to go up on our website.

Another first for us and the 86th tarantula species we’ve produced at Great Basin Serpentarium! Baby Psalmopoeus ecclesi...
14/05/2024

Another first for us and the 86th tarantula species we’ve produced at Great Basin Serpentarium! Baby Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus from this eggsac are now available at gbserpentarium.com.

A great Mother’s Day surprise! Our Eastern bluey (Tiliqua scincoides scincoides) is giving birth! Here are few of today’...
13/05/2024

A great Mother’s Day surprise! Our Eastern bluey (Tiliqua scincoides scincoides) is giving birth! Here are few of today’s babies.

Check out the variation in these siblings. Hopefully we’ll have more Baron’s racer eggs on the ground in just a few week...
17/04/2024

Check out the variation in these siblings. Hopefully we’ll have more Baron’s racer eggs on the ground in just a few weeks.

Things have been so busy I have fallen quite behind on posting updates! Spring is in full swing over here. All the incub...
13/04/2024

Things have been so busy I have fallen quite behind on posting updates! Spring is in full swing over here. All the incubators are on and filling up with eggs, babies are being born, and things are changing daily! We were expecting litters from up to seven different types (species/subspecies/locales) of blue tongue skinks this season. I’ll be updating with pics shortly as bluey moms are giving birth each week over here.

A handful of geckos hatched this week, but one isn’t quite ready to accept its new life outside of the egg yet!
21/11/2023

A handful of geckos hatched this week, but one isn’t quite ready to accept its new life outside of the egg yet!

A couple recent spider pairings: Ephebopus murinus, Orphnaecus sp. Quezon blue, Catumiri argentinense, and Cyriocosmus e...
13/11/2023

A couple recent spider pairings: Ephebopus murinus, Orphnaecus sp. Quezon blue, Catumiri argentinense, and Cyriocosmus elegans.

Look at these adorable gecko smiles!
04/11/2023

Look at these adorable gecko smiles!

Happy Halloween!!!
31/10/2023

Happy Halloween!!!

Still updating the website with our 2023 babies. Tokays, Bawangling caves, Chinese caves, and more sand boas will be pos...
30/10/2023

Still updating the website with our 2023 babies. Tokays, Bawangling caves, Chinese caves, and more sand boas will be posted tonight!

I am finally getting around to updating our galleries online. Starting with the tarantula gallery. https://www.greatbasi...
30/10/2023

I am finally getting around to updating our galleries online. Starting with the tarantula gallery. https://www.greatbasinserpentarium.com/gallery-tarantulas
It is going to take a while as we have more than 200 tarantula species at our facility but it’s a start. Already a couple I have to redo as they did not turn out as anticipated, but we’ll get there.

Dubia are up on the website. More species will be posted this weekend. Each state has different rules regarding insects....
29/10/2023

Dubia are up on the website. More species will be posted this weekend. Each state has different rules regarding insects. Make sure you know your state laws before ordering.

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If only nature videos used this kind of music when showing the "creepy crawlies" rather than the foreboding audio that typically accompanies...

Recently acquired a handful of these charismatic little lizards and couldn’t be happier!

Check out what was found last night! #lizardsofgreatbasinserpentarium #lizardsofinstagram #geckosofinstagram #tokay #tokaygecko #gekkogecko #baby #babygecko #onlycaptivebred

We offered a special treat 🍉 to the desert tortoises this morning. Thought we'd share the satisfying crunching sounds with the world. So turn on the volume and listen to that crunch! We joined with the state of Utah to run the Utah Desert Tortoise Adoption Program. Several of the tortoises have found homes. But there are several more 🐢🐢 still looking for a family willing to make some space in their hearts and their yards. If you are a resident of Utah (excluding Washington, Kane, or Iron counties) and interested in offering a home to an animal that may outlive you, please check out: https://www.greatbasinserpentarium.com/desert-tortoise The page is a work in progress, but you can take a look at the forms and get an idea of the simple permitting process while you are making up your mind. 🏜 🐢 🍉

1st instars this time. #Nhandu chromatus (2 of those), another #Tliltocatl schroederi, and #Psalmopoeus cambridgei. Need more vials! #tarantulasofgreatbasinserpentarium #spiderkeeper #tarantulakeeper #tarantula #babyspiders #theraphosidae #tarantulasofinstagram

Listen to this Golfodulcean poison frog's (Phyllobates vittatus) loud trill! This male calls to females like this throughout the day. It's such a fun sound! #frogsofgreatbasinserpentarium #phyllobates #phyllobatesvittatus #amphibian #golfodulceanpoisondartfrog #dartfrog #frogcall #loud #vivarium

Another couple eggsacs hit 2nd instar. This time #Phormictopus sp. “green gold carapace” and #Heteroscodra maculata. #tarantulasofgreatbasinserpentarium #instatarantula #spidersofig #birdeater #tarantulakeeper #tarantula #spider #theraphosidae

Always a good day when four tarantula eggsacs finish molting to 2nd instar at the same time! #Phormictopus cancerides, ,#Nhandu coloratovillosus, #Lasiodora parahybana, and #Tliltocatl schroederi! I might need some more vials - it’sgoing to be a busy weekend! #tarantulasofgreatbasinserpentarium #tarantulakeepers #exotickeeper #arachnid #arachnophobia #babyspiders #birdeater #sofreakincute #longweekend #theraphosidae

Small clutch of big snakes. #snakesofgreatbasinserpentarium #lavender #reticulatedpython #reticsofinstagram #bigsnake #babysnakes #pythonreticulatus #snakeeggs #retic

Apparently raspberry jelly is the key to finger licks.🤪😋 "Koch's giant day gecko" #lizardsofgreatbasinserpentarium #phelsuma #phelsumakochi #phelsumamadagascariensis #giantdaygecko #fingerlickinggood #lizards #geckos #cutegecko

Legless lizard eggs update: watch one move inside the egg! These are the Eastern glass lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis) eggs pulled on April 28th (see our video post from that day). #lizardsofgreatbasinserpentarium #captivebred #leglesslizard #ophisaurusventralis #ophisaurus #easternglasslizard #lizardeggs #itsalive #legless

Phlogius sp. "Black" enjoying a meal. These are heavy webbers if you couldn't tell from the video. 😁 We've been raising this one up from our last eggsac. Hoping one of our holdbacks matures into an ultimate male so we can produce some more CB babies again! #tarantulasofgreatbasinserpentarium #phlogius #phlogiusspblack #whistlingspider #heavywebber #spidersofinstagram #tarantulasoftheworld #australiantarantula #captivebred #havingasnack

Fire-bellied toad (Bombina orientalis) tadpoles having a food party! Music: Busy shoes URL: InShot #frogsofgreatbasinserpentarium #amphibiansofinstagram #firebellytoad #bombina #bombinaorientalis #tadpoles #tadpolesofinstagram #foodparty #noms

This fiesty bluey bub was ready to take on anything - including my 📷! #lizardsofgreatbasinserpentarium #bluetongueskinksofinstagram #tiliquascincoidesintermedia #tiliqua #bluey #bluetonguedskink #babybluetongue #northernbluetongueskink

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