Rarest reptile in your collection

-NO MORPHS- what is your rarest reptile in your collection? Mine is a *natrix maura * (Spanish water snake) maybe the only CB exemplar of my country (Italy)

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He’s not in my collection yet (still with the breeder), but I recently bought a Madagascar Ground Boa. I also have some CH Calabaria, which are rare, and I used to own a group of Bismarck Ringed Pythons.

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I dunno how “rare” any of my snakes are since I typically specialize in corns and sand boas, but I do have a Tri colored hognose male. Nothing like extremely rare to some but he is a gem in my collection. (The first Pic is a cropped feeding image, if it’s deemed inappropriate I’ll remove it just let me know)

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I have a mosaic leopard gecko, which is pretty rare, but the species itself is common. (There is no morph called ‘mosaic’ in leopard geckos- I’m referring to the cause of the ‘half-and-half’ appearance.)

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I’d like to see a picture of that.

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Sure! Her name is Harvey (points if you get the reference). She is Normal/Blizzard. Here are pics of her as a 2 year old:

Here is her old morph market listing, with a pic of her as a juvenile.

Another of her as a juvenile

A pic of her as a hatchling with 2 siblings.

(edits for links & to add her name because I’m her mommy. :blush:)

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@mblaney Miss Harvey Dent?

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Indeed! flips coin :wink:

That is a really cool pattern on her.
I dont know how rare this is, because I don’t know what she is, but she is my newest leo. I think she is the most visually stunning animal in my collection so far. Her name was Zero when we thought she was a boy. Upon further inspection we determined her to be a her and changed her name to Zara.

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lol I said no morphs but I appreciate it @klp1190

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Oh damn sorry @david21 thats what I get for posting at 1am when I should have been asleep. Please let me know and I’ll remove it if you’d like.

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I post these guys a lot, but my rarest non-morph reptile would likely be Xenodermus javanicus (Dragon Snake).

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nah im fine btw its very beautiful that Leo gecko

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I can’t find any information about how rare they are in the wild, but hainan cave geckos can be hard to find fir sale! This is mine, his name is Feitan

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Do subspecies count for a common reptile? Such as there being more rare sub species of leopard geckos?

I have a pair of Bismarck Ringed Pythons. I also have a pair of Northern White Lipped Pythons but they are not as rare as the Southerns.

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I don’t have any rare reptiles :joy:
I have ball pythons, hognoses, a bci boa, and crested geckos :joy::joy:

But it’s really cool seeing what unique animals other people have!

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Not as rare as most, but have seen a steep decrease in availability in last few years. Southern Wlp.

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My gosh!! Look at those eyes, just speechless!!

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My rarest would probably be either my Rhamphiophis or my mainland Oligodon purpurascens. Not many people working with either. My Charina and Calabaria might rank in there too

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