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Field Herping | A Night in the Anza Borrego

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Within our first hour we saw approximately 4 DOR species in various numbers. We were quickly becoming convinced all that we would see would be the inevitable DOR snake or lizard. We paused shortly after entering the area known as Scissors crossing at some rock outcroppings hoping to find the desert rosy boa Lichanura trivirgata gracia while we didn’t find those, we did come across one of their prey items; the desert kangaroo rat Dipodomys deserti we couldn’t photograph the little rodent peering up at me through a crack in the decomposing granite boulder where it was hiding because our photographer left the camera in the car! I assure you it was an oh isn’t that cute moment, all I could see were two large somewhat bulging black eyes peering up at me begging me not to eat the body they were attached to.

Ricky’s Reptile Enclosures Set-Up & Review

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This is a video review of Ricky’s Reptile Enclosures which are some great enclosures for any reptile species that may be keeping. They are easy to heat and maintain and are just a clean-looking display enclosure which adds to any home.  

Interview with a UK Reptile Vet

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Authored by Tom Williams Interview with a UK Reptile Vet takes a look at Reptile Medicine in the UK. Nathalie Wissink-Argilaga Lic,Vet, GPCert [ExAP] MRCVS, who is the head of exotics at Scotts Veterinary Clinic in Bedford was kind enough to answer a few questions for The Reptile Apartment Group. Nathalie graduated from the Universitat […]