Designer Reptiles and Amphibians

by Richard D. Bartlett, Patricia P. Bartlett

Advice on purchase and selective breeding of color morphs that display unusual patterns

This unusual title focuses on reptile breeding to produce color morphs that display unusual patterns on many different reptile species. They include boas, pythons, milk snakes, kingsnakes, lizards, turtles, crocodilians, amphibians, and others. Here is advice from experts that discusses both purchasing and selective breeding in detail. The book is filled with color photos that indicate the wide variety of colors and patterns that can be obtained.

95 pages, Paperback

First published March 30, 2002

Reviews

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

More an advertisement catalogue than in depth discussion of the interesting origins of reptile color morphs. If you're interested in buying a color morph, this book might give you some ideas of what to look for, but if you're interested in breeding color morphs, very little feels attainable by this book.
Would have benefitted from a greater committal to the way genetics works or a full commitment to the wide variety of morphs (it hardly touches on morphs in Crested Geckos or Hognose Snakes, for example)
Probably the best resource on Corn Snake and Rat Snake morphs

[Erik Paterson · Rating 4 out of 5]

beautifully illustrated and concise. Somewhat of an older book so not as comprehensive as one might desire but, regardless, this is a great read for thoise interested in the morph aspects of herpetoculture.