Category Archives: Reptile Facts

Reptile Biodiversity Hotspots South Africa South Africa has more tortoise species than any other country in the world. Many of these tortoise species can be found no where else. Tortoises belonging to the genus Homopus commonly called Padloopers or Cape Tortoises can only be found in South Africa in desert or semi arid habitats. Geometric […]

Different species of snake eat different types of prey. Sometimes juvenile snakes will eat different food than adults of the same species e.g Baby White Lipped Tree Vipers eat mainly lizards and frogs, while adults will eat birds and small mammals as well as frogs and lizards. There are many more species of snake that […]

Before you get to the methods of heating your reptiles, you will need to know how a reptiles body works in regards to regulating temperature. You and I are endothermic ( warm blooded) this means that we can regulate our body temperature ourselves. We turn the food we eat into energy, we metabolise this energy […]

Tortoises are one of the most interesting reptiles to keep. They are calm and don’t bite. Tortoises live a long time and they are a long time commitment. One of the biggest mistakes inexperienced tortoise keepers make is giving their tortoise the wrong diet. Some people think they can feed their tortoise ice berg lettuce […]

In South Africa we have a lot of different reptiles available to keep. These range from Corn Snakes and Bearded Dragons to Diamond Back Rattlesnakes and Monocled Cobras. There are plenty of colour varieties available from the massive amount of Corn Snake colour and pattern mutations and Leopard Gecko colour varieties to albino Monocled Cobras […]

Reptiles show no physical signs of aging like mammals and live much longer than mammals of the same size. It has been shown that reptiles cells only show small signs of damage as they age compared to a dog or a cat. Reptiles have a very low metabolic rate and as such they do not metabolize oxygen […]