Reptiles for sale. All reptiles are vertebrates, breathe with lungs, and have dry, scaly skin. Reptiles lay eggs that have a dry leathery shell. Unlike amphibians, which lay eggs with a jelly coat that must remain in water, reptiles are less dependent on water. over earth’s history they have been an extremely diverse and successful group even today they are a very successful group they occupy a great variety of terrestrial habitats in some habitats such as deserts they are the dominant vertebrate group some have even returned to an aquatic lifestyle in oceans and freshwaters

• Basic Reptile Types – Turtles are the only reptiles that have their “houses” on their backs. – Lizards have visible, moving eyelids, limbs, and an ear opening on each side of their head. – Snakes lack limbs, eyelids, and ear openings. – Crocodilians include alligators, as well as crocodiles. They are the most ancestral of the reptiles.

The majority of reptiles are predators, some of which exhibit extremely narrow and specific diet specializations. As is the case with amphibians, there is, in many species of reptiles, a strong behavioral bias towards movement in the recognition of their prey, and an aversion to feeding on dead animals. The nutritional requirements of reptiles are not well understood, although a number of recent reviews have dealt with the health aspects of these topics. At present, the poverty of reliable information on reptile nutritional requirements and feeding behavior is such that they probably rarely receive either properly balanced or adequately varied diets in captivity. Most reptile species will require live foods that are either the same as, or closely resemble their natural foods. Food should be offered between once and three times weekly in most cases, and the animal should be fed to satiation at each feeding. 

An integral theme of my educational efforts is that every species has a role in the ecosystem. This means, for example, that there is no such thing as a “bad snake.” However, we all know people who are fearful of snakes, and some are adamant about killing venomous species. We should, therefore, work to be available and able to quickly and correctly identify harmless species for these folks, thereby reducing the casualty rate as much as possible. We should strive to partake in Conservation Through Education, gradually but consistently increasing in others the perceived value of the natural world. 

Plants and animals do not have a voice that most people understand. It is up to us to make a conscious choice to be that voice. We must work to preserve as much of this world’s biodiversity as we can—for the critters’ sake and our own.

RILEY’S reptile breeding facility is a state of the art reptile breeding facility where we breed reptiles for wholesale to pet stores, private sales and export. As industry leaders we are passionate about our reptiles and their care, well-being and hygiene is very important to us and is the back bone of our success. Through over 20 years of captive breeding reptiles we have established a collection of high quality reptiles that we are proud of. We have a wide variety of quality, captive bred reptiles for sale that are advertised under the livestock section on our website.

At RILEY’S REPTILES we pride ourselves on the health of our reptiles and in doing this one of the most important things is what we feed them. This is why we have a large facility where we breed all the feeder foods for our reptiles, ensuring that we are feeding our reptiles the best quality food. This includes mealworms, super worms crickets, roaches and rodents.