1. REPTILE MANAGEMENT

2. General Considerations Habitat Food Regulation

3. Vivarium sand or soil water – think fish dechlorinate filter temperature shelter

4. REPTILES chelonians lizards snakes tuataras crocodiles amphisbaenians – worm lizards

5. Chelonians turtles tortoises terrapins

6. TURTLES spend most or all of their time in water leatherback turtle – Dermochelys coriacea largest turtle, endangered

7. TORTOISE spend most or all of their time on land Aldabra tortoise – Geochelone gigantia 2nd largest tortoise, CITES protected

8. TERRAPINS spend significant time on land and in water

9. TERRAPINS - Red-Eared Slider Southern U.S. omnivorous 75 ° F Red-Eared slider – Trachemys scripta elegans

10. LIZARDS habitats - desert to marshes diets - herbivorous, omnivorous, carnivorous, insectivorous temperature requirements - widely varied bottom line - do your homework

11. horned toad (a lizard - really!) Phrynosoma platyrhinos –

12. SNAKES habitats - desert to marshes diets - herbivorous, omnivorous, carnivorous, insectivorous temperature requirements - widely varied bottom line - do your homework

13. SNAKES - smooth green snake habitat - open areas diet - insectivorous non venomous bright green yellow or cream belly smooth green snake – Opheodrys vernalis

14. SNAKES - sand boas many species habitat - sandy, semi-arid (for many) diet - small rodents non venomous brown patterns some have orange females - 18 inches, 200 gm males - 15 inches, 70 gm Desert Sand Boa – Eryx miliaris

15. SNAKE CARE Research - different snakes have different needs Vet - find one experienced with snakes Housing tight cage as long as the snake  reduces lung infections

16. SNAKE CARE Substrate sand wood chips - NOT cedar absorbent Water bowl sunk into substrate needed for shedding much of requirement comes from prey

17. SNAKE CARE heat lamp or ceramic heater gradient 80-95° F don’t use hot rocks Accessories tree branches for climbing snakes hiding places - flower pots, plantings

18. SNAKE CARE activity diurnal nocturnal other quarantine food - mice, weekly, diameter of snake

19. SNAKE CARE handling hook - best tong - harmful to snake sack exit can - for dumping snake from sack

20. SNAKE CARE temperament always bad never bad inbetween more anxious when shedding and feeding other characteristics musky constrictors

21. SNAKE CARE public health venomous snakes -don’t cage must be locked responsible for bites Salmonella

22. SNAKE CARE breeding live bearers - boa constrictors, water and garter snakes, and rattlesnakes & egg layers cool down - may require several months incubation  78-84 ° F  ~ 2 months

23. SNAKE CARE sexing size of snake length of tail from cloaca hemipenis “cloacal pop”

24. SNAKE CARE sexing “cloacal pop”

25. SNAKE CARE sexing - copperhead hemipenes

26. SNAKE CARE sexing by probing

27. SNAKE CARE sexing by probing male female

28. TUATARAS habitat - small islands around New Zealand diet - carnivorous temperature ~54 ° F 50-80 cm; up to 1 kg living fossils

29. AMPHISBAENIANS – worm lizards Florida worm lizard – Rhineura floridana