High Desert Herps

06/16/2026

Caught one of my emerald grass lizards laying eggs this morning. Thought it was cool.

Pics of the other female and the male just for the heck of it.

06/11/2026

I've got (2) one year old pure Mozambique white throat monitor males looking for new homes.

These were produced by my good friend Robert Balan at Farmhouse Reptiles. I raised up a nice group of 5 and kept back a single pair.

Good temperaments as you can see. Awesome animals.

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05/23/2026

Really nice month old ackies ready to rock and roll.

05/18/2026

05/09/2026

Can you guess the species???

05/08/2026

Freshly hatched baby pilbaras vs baby Ackie. Always surprises me how big the pilbaras are when they hatch.

04/23/2026

Sharing the auffenbergi again because why not. Still amazingly very little interest in these. It's baffling to me. Such a pretty species.

04/10/2026

Some updated pics of the baby auffenbergis. I can't believe the lack of interest in this species. As someone who has kept almost every single odatria species, I've said it over and over, these are my favorite of all of them.

If you are a serious monitor keeper, these should be in your collection!

03/12/2026

5 week old Varanus Auffenbergi ready to go!!!

03/09/2026

Unrelated clutches of prasinus babies hatching last week. If anyone is looking for an opportunity to raise up a completely unrelated pair, great chance.