Zach’s Reptile Refuge

02/20/2025

We can’t wait to participate at this great event!

07/15/2024

Wow, what a find! We recently had the great pleasure of finding a beautiful copperhead crossing the road. Of course, we decided to help him safely cross, but soon noticed he had a friend! If you look closely you’ll see his little stripeless scorpion buddy! We found the copperhead right next to him and it was amazing to see. It has been years since we have seen a scorpion in this area, we are very happy to have helped them both cross the road safely.

06/24/2024

Box turtles are such an amazing turtle species!

In summer 1967, eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina) number 7 was marked at Powdermill Nature Reserve. This turtle wasn’t seen again until summer 2004 and summer 2009 when it was spotted in nearly the same place digging nests. Last week, the bird banding crew found her digging another nest almost exactly where it was reported in 2004 and 2009.

The crew carefully and quickly noted the turtle’s markings and were able to match it with the data from her initial marking, and left her alone to continue her egg laying activities.

In 1967, this turtle was aged as “22 +/- years old” indicating that she was probably already two decades old, and probably hatched in 1945. Although ~79 years old seems like a long time for a small animal to live, box turtles are reported to live longer than 100 years!

06/20/2024

This was an absolutely amazing show!

06/14/2024

It’s always a blast at MCPL! Share any pictures you got from today!

06/14/2024

Make sure to come see us!

Join us tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. for a Reptile Adventure with Zach at MCPL.

06/06/2024

Coriolanus ( or Coryo! ) is our “Blue Eyed Lucy” ball python! Ball pythons are captive bred and have many genetics that can create different patterns and colors!

Blue Eyed Lucy stands for Blue Eyed Luicistic and it means that he is a blue eyed snake who believe it or not is not albino! Luicism is a genetic condition that causes a reduction or complete lack of pigmentation or melanin. Many luicistic animals can have white skin, fur/hair, scales etc. The biggest difference is that their eyes stay the same!

In albinism, the eyes are affected by the pigmentation loss and therefore will look pinkish or red! We are very grateful to have Coryo in our family and love taking him to shows!

05/24/2024

Do you have a child who is OBSESSED with lizards, snakes, and all things outdoors?? Then you should book US as your party entertainment!

MSG us for more information! We are accepting bookings right now! 🦎🎂🎉

05/05/2024

As the weather is starting to warm up and becoming pretty, remember that these amazing animals are not out to hurt you. Any interaction with you is an interaction they weren’t planning on having nor do they want, they simply want to get away. Having said that, it is important to familiarize yourself with the venomous snakes in the area.

05/04/2024

Come out to Main Street Market, Spring Fling Jubilee and enjoy a show featuring snakes, lizards, and turtles!

Show starts at 10am and we hope to see you there! 🦎

04/30/2024

04/20/2024

What better way to spend Earth Day than with our Earthy Friends! 🦎

Thank you McCreary County Public Library for having us and for having a great crowd!

04/20/2024

04/01/2024

What do you call a snake that bakes?
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A pie-thon! Happy April fools day from Coryo!

03/15/2024

Every time.