Living Art by Frank Payne

10/08/2024

We are all set up at the in Morgantown. Everything on the table is majorly marked down. Stop by and check it out!

09/08/2024

Hey everyone! I will be vending the tomorrow, Saturday, August 10. I’ll have lots of great lizards available. Stop by my table to check them out or just to say hi. Hope to see you there!

12/07/2024

Hey everyone! I will be vending the Oaks Reptile Expo tomorrow (Saturday, July 13)! I will have lots of blue tongue skinks, lacertas, and maybe a few rare oddball animals. ;) Stop by to check out the animals or just to say hi. 👋 Hope to see you then.

15/06/2024

Anyone close enough to Lancaster, Pennsylvania interested in a fully functional 25 gallon reef tank? It’s in great shape I just need less stuff to take care of. Aquaillunination smart led lighting, vortech power head, bubble magus skimmer. Large bucket of salt and many other supplies all included. Two fish (clown fish and six line wrasse) and several pieces of coral. Will sell all for $300 cash. Total value is more like $3k. Shoot me a message if interested.

07/06/2024

I will be vending the this Saturday along with my friend Justin Munsterman of ! I’ll have lots of amazing lizards available and would love it if you just stopped by to chat. Hope to see you there!

03/06/2024

Guilty as charged. 🤷‍♂️😂

02/06/2024

Two extra female carpet chameleons up for grabs right now! True captive bred and born. Just about ready to breed.

All of the recently posted carpet chameleons have sold. I did have a nice clutch of 13 hatch on 5/22/24. They will be ready the end of July or August. These babies are unrelated to any others in the country. I don’t do wait lists or deposits but if you follow this link and click the “Subscribe.....

24/05/2024

Captive bred carpet chameleons are finally available again! Head to my website now as they never last long.

True CBB (captive bred and born) lateralis are a world apart from WC (wild caught) lateralis. WC lateralis often come in at the end of their lives and females which are almost always gravid don’t last long in captivity. CBB lateralis are just as hardy as panther chameleons at a fraction of the cost and space. Single adults can live their entire lives comfortably in an 18”x18”x18” terrarium. Of course you can provide larger if you choose to. They do well in the typical screen chameleon enclosure but I prefer to provide a beautifully planted glass terrarium. The variety of coloration exhibited by lateralis, especially females, is some of the best of all chameleons.

A detailed article on their care and breeding written by myself is available to all that are interested. You can also pick up a copy of the January/February 2018 issue of Reptiles magazine to read another version of my Carpet chameleon article. Another great resource is the Chameleon Academy Podcast where I was recently featured on a round-table interview discussing carpets, also posted on my site. All of these are linked on my website in the care information section.

15/05/2024

Two very different species observed mating recently: Brookesia thieil and Phrynocephalus mystaceus galli. Hopefully more eggs from both species soon!

24/03/2024

Major update to my website inventory!

Sexed pairs of Lygodactylus williamsi, Tylototriton shanjing, and Anolis equestris potior.

Head to my website for more details!

09/02/2024

My inventory update is live on my website! Many rare geckos just added. Head there to check them out!

Wonder Geckos (Teratoscincus keyserlingii) Northern Spiny-Tailed Geckos (Strophorus ciliaris) Mossy Leaf-Tailed Geckos (Uroplatus sikorae) Spearpoint Leaf-Tailed Geckos (Uroplatus ebenaui) Electric Blue Geckos (Lygodactylus williamsi) Neon Day Geckos (Phelsuma klemmeri) Scorpion-Tailed Geckos (Prist...

09/02/2024

A little sneak peak of a major website update coming this weekend. ;) Message me with any interest or questions.

07/01/2024

Lacerta viridis pair. They don’t call them European green lizards for nothing! My females should be laying any day now. This species makes a great terrarium subject due to their intelligence, beauty, and ability to cohabitate well.

22/12/2023

The Iberian emerald lizard (Lacerta schreiberi) is a stunning and charismatic lizard from Europe. They are the most rare species in my collection as I am the only person breeding them on the USA to my knowledge. I hope that will change soon as I should be able to release the first pairs of this species to American herpetoculture in 2024. Stay tuned for many more updates on this species in the coming months.

21/12/2023

Male carpet chameleon (Furcifer lateralis) with his sights set on a cricket.

19/12/2023

The amazing electric blue gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi).

18/12/2023

One of my Ambanja panther chameleons (Furcifer pardalis) from years ago.

14/12/2023

Hatching baby carpet chameleons (Furcifer lateralis).

12/12/2023

10/12/2023

A perfect clutch of Brookesia thieli eggs! Here’s hoping for tiny little babies soon.

08/12/2023

An exceptional example of a male Trioceros hoehneli. A high altitude chameleon species from Kenya.

07/12/2023

Carpet chameleons, Cophotis dumbara, Electric blue geckos, scorpion tailed geckos, northern blue tongue skinks all available today! All captive bred and hand raised by my wife and I.

*The carpet chameleons will be posted at 5 pm EST.

07/12/2023

The colors of a gravid Furcifer minor chameleon are almost beyond belief. Such a beautiful small species of chameleon.

05/12/2023

This stunning orange northern blue tongue skink is probably the most colorful that we produced this year. Not a speck of dark pigment on it. My phone doesn’t capture the orange blush that exists on even the lighter portions. Available on my website now (link in bio).

04/12/2023

My very special Phyllobates terribilis ‘Blackfoot’ that I produced last year. Normally this species is nearly solid orange. You can see a typical example of this locality when I uncover one of its siblings at the end of the video. I’m very interested to see if this is reproducible in the next generation.

03/12/2023

I just posted a really nice group of proven breeder gargoyle and crested geckos to my website (link in bio). Head there and check them out! Any questions send me a message. Thanks!

24/11/2023

Hello everyone! I decided to have a major end of year sale on all remaining electric blue geckos (Lygodactylus williamsi)! I have multiple unrelated pairs and trios available from the most productive and diverse collection of this endangered species on the planet. These are the very last animals (of any species) that I have available from the 2023 season. Thank you too all that made this our best year yet. This sale is our way of saying thank you! Head to my website to get them while you can.

19/11/2023

TRADE. I have a good number of sexed pairs and trios of electric blue geckos (Lygodactylus williamsi) that I am interested in trading for k**b tailed geckos (Nephrurus sp.). If you are interested please let me know. Thanks!

**btailedgecko

10/11/2023

Hey everyone! I will be sharing table space with a friend tomorrow (Saturday, November 11) at the East Coast Reptile Super Expo in Oaks, Pennsylvania.

I will be bringing pairs of leaf tailed geckos, pairs of electric blue geckos, and my last two northern blue tongue skinks of the year. Hope to see you there!

09/11/2023

A young male electric blue gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi) being sent to a new home. Believe it or not his blue coloration will get much better as he gets older! This is a critically endangered species from Tanzania due primarily to habitat destruction. We have been working with this species for over ten years and have produced over 2000 of them, more than any other person or institution on the planet! When I first started captive breeding them they were incredibly rare and now they have become quite common in herpetoculture thanks in large part to the numbers we have produced. It’s wonderful seeing so many other people having success with them now. We will continue working with the species for the rest of our lives. They make wonderful terrarium subjects and captive bred animals are quite hardy. If you are interested in working with them yourself please send me a message.