Australia is well-known around the world for its unique Flora (plants) and Fauna (animals). Equally abundant in Australia are its variety of unique Pythons. The Centralian Carpet Python was discovered in 1870 in and around Alice Springs, which is in the centre of Australia. This species’ colours reflects that of the [...]
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I keep a wide variety of Carpet Pythons, a group of snakes that is not only very popular in Australia but also around the world. I’d like to tell you a little more about the Inland Carpet Python variety.
Inland Carpet Python: Morelia spilota metcalfei
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It is official! I am off to Singapore in September 2012 to give a talk on Zoological Horticulture. In summary, I will be talking about a new course I’m developing about the use of plants when it comes to animals.
I’m really looking forward to [...]
Hi and welcome to Brad’s Pit. I recently presented a talk to a group of herpetologists (another name for someone into Reptiles and Amphibians). I had a tongue-twisting conversation with a young member in the group, who initially asked “what is a Herpetologist?”
I more or less answered, “Why, Herpetology is the study [...]
Hi and welcome to Brad’s Pit. Just last week, I visited a reptile collection that had a fair number of Spiny-tailed monitors. These are unique little monitors that are found naturally throughout the top end, middle to western areas of Australia. And they make for great captives.
Let’s take a look [...]
Hi and welcome to Brad’s Pit. The species I am going to cover today is the very first reptile I ever owned. Yes, that’s right: my very first reptile ever was a blue-tongue lizard and I still keep them today. By my calculations, I’ve been keeping the BTL (Blue-tongue lizard) for [...]
Hi and welcome to Brad’s Pit. It is official I will be talking at REPTCON, The Australian Reptile Convention. I have been invited by the organisers of the event to do a talk on reptiles!
It’s interesting when you get asked to do a talk at a convention or [...]
