Stephen Richardson

      

The Hobby:

I am an educator at Platt College where I teach mathematics and basic physics.   The rest of my time is spent with my wife, kids, and snakes.  I take great care to maintain a clean and healthy facility where I have a diverse collection of snakes.  I love to care for and observe all my snakes; I can't help admiring them, even the meanest of them.  I figure I am not living right if I don't get tagged now and again.  I love all aspects of keeping and breeding snakes; however, some of the most exciting moments come when new clutches of boas are born or the little snakes emerge from the eggs.  There are lots of baby creatures at our facility during the spring and summer.

I have purchased many snakes over the years and I have very high expectations, I always expect to get a healthy robust snake that feeds well.  I promise to provide high quality snakes to buyers, the same quality that I expect when purchasing.  All of the animals I sell, unless otherwise noted, are captive bred by me in my home facility.  I only sell healthy snakes that are feeding well; I stand by the health and quality of my snakes, see my terms.  We are licensed to breed California rosy boas and California king snakes, all sales of California species come with a numbered receipt that includes our permit number. 

I consider myself an up and coming breeder and I hope to be in the snake hobby for a very long time; I am enthusiastically working to build a reputation of trust and quality over time, much like some of the talented professional reptile breeders that I look up to in the trade.  References are available upon request.

Here is a list of most of our projects:

Coastal Carpet Pythons, Morelia spilota mcdowelli (Jaguar and Normal Siblings)

Childrens Pythons, Antaresia childreni

Irian Jaya Carpet Pythons, Morelia spilpta variegata

Centralian Carpet Pythons, Moreilia spilota bridle

Woma Pythons

Boa Constrictors, Caulker Cay, Nicaraguan (t-positive and normal), and Tarahumara Mountain Boas

Brazilian Rainbow Boas, Epicrates cenchira cenchira

Kenyan Sand Boas, Gongylophis colubrinus (Anertheristic, High Orange, and Normal) 

Rosy Boas, Lichanura trivirgata (Many localities of Arizona, California, and Mexico) 

Western Hognoses

Honduran Milksnakes, Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis (Tangerine)

California Kingsnakes, Lampropeltis getula californiae

Mexican Black Kingsnakes, Lampropeltis getula nigritus

Tarahumara Mountain Kingsnakes, Lampropeltis pyromelana knoblocki

Speckled Kingsnakes, Lampropeltis getula holbrooki

Corn Snakes, Elaphe Guttata (Amelanistic, Motley Amelanistic, Butter, Motley Butter, Ghost, Motley Ghost, Lavendar, and Opals)

Sonoran Gopher Snakes, Pituophis Melanoleucus affinus (Amelanistic)

Mexican Pine Snakes, Pituophis depi jani

Bull Snakes, Pituophis catenifer sayi (Amelanistic and Nornal)

T-Positive Gopher Snakes (Natural Integrade)

My three favorites are carpet pythons, rosy boas, and dwarf boa constrictors.  Feel free to check out some our animals and facilities in our photo gallery.

Serious snake hobbyist,

Stephen Richardson

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About Stephen:

Hey, lets get the kids a snake, yep that is how it all got started.  Stephen wanted to get our daughter a snake as a pet, I said no immediately because I was raised to fear all snakes no matter how harmless.  But after Stephen talked me into it over several days, I finally gave in, but I still had my reservations.  Our first snake was a sweet female sand boa and I really thought that she would be our last, yeah right if only I had known.  I slowly came around to appreciate and dare I say love snakes myself, but if not for Stephen and his intense appreciation for the creature I would have never come to this point.  

As a family we count down until the spring, herp time!  We pack up the kids during spring and summer season and go looking for what may be happening to cross the road in the desert.  Stephen is like a kid in a candy store, he can's get enough herping.  In fact I recall many night trips where my kids and I were all asleep but Stephen who didn't want to stop just yet is scanning the road surface for serpents well past 2:00 am.  He also loves to go lantern hunting to see what he can come upon, and even if he comes across something he has seen a million times like a sidewinder, he is just as enthusiastic as ever.  Stephen and I have even been known to have a date night end up as a herping date night, now that is love for the snakes on his part and love for your husband on my part.

He has an appreciation that is contagious and you just can't help but be pulled into it. Stephen is obsessed; and that is not being dramatic, this man eats, breaths and sleeps reptiles.  His mom told me that this obsession was nothing new; she said he would spend the entire day of his summers as a kid looking for whatever snakes he could find.  He grew up in the San Bernardino Mountains where there was no shortage of snakes, lizards and frogs to catch and observe.  I love to see the excitement with which Stephen cares for his captive bred collection. He is devoted to giving them the best care, daily spending time holding his snakes and caring for them. 

Extremely tolerant wife,

Shalee Richardson

 

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