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Large-headed Turtle
A Chinese-endemic 'big-head' turtle that looks like a Reeves' but with a huge triangular head it cannot retract - a threatened, somewhat delicate water turtle.
White-lipped Mud Turtle
A strikingly pretty mud-turtle relative - the 'mango-head' morph can flush yellow onto limbs and shell. Friendly and mid-priced, but it cannot brumate and must be kept heated year-round.
Inland Bearded Dragon
The quintessential beginner lizard - a personable, arm-waving, beard-puffing desert agamid that thrives with good heat and UVB.
Dione Rat-snake
The Dione rat-snake (Elaphe dione) is a widespread, docile, non-venomous colubrid of northern China and across temperate Asia — a hardy feeder-snake and a popular beginner pet snake.
White-lipped Pit Viper
The white-lipped pit viper (Trimeresurus albolabris) is a slender, arboreal venomous pit viper of southern China and Southeast Asia, recognised by the white line running from its body to its lower lip.
Boomslang (African Tree Snake)
The boomslang (Dispholidus typus) is a slender, rear-fanged African colubrid whose potent hemotoxic venom can cause fatal internal bleeding — one of the few colubrids dangerous to humans, and with no reliable record of successful captive keeping.
Fiji Banded Iguana
The Fiji banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus) is a vividly striped, diurnal arboreal iguana endemic to Fiji and Tonga, listed under CITES Appendix I as an endangered species and very rarely seen in the pet trade.
Fire Skink
The Fire Skink (Mochlus fernandi, formerly Riopa fernandi) is a West African skink whose body bears continuous black-white-red bands from snout to tail like flames — hence the name. Affordable and striking, it is a great example of a skink that is both cheap and beautiful.
Buff-striped Keelback
The Buff-striped Keelback (Amphiesma stolatum) is a small, non-venomous, diurnal snake reaching about 90 cm, with interlaced gray-brown and yellow-brown patterns. Gentle in temperament, its numbers have dropped sharply due to pesticide use.
Red Bamboo Snake
The Red Bamboo Snake (Oreocryptophis porphyracea, formerly Elaphe porphyracea), also called the purple-gray ratsnake, is a medium-sized, non-venomous snake. Gentle and nocturnal, it makes a good pet snake, though it demands high humidity and stable temperatures.