Welcome to the official African House Snake website. This site is designed to be an ever-expanding resource on the various species and morphs of the African House Snake. As a herpetologist if I could create the perfect pet snake it would be a lot like the House Snake.
Qualities I would include would be…
1. The animal should be an undemanding captive requiring not much more then average room temperature to thrive and a steady diet of prekilled rodents that can be kept on hand in the deep freezer
2. They should breed easily enough to let even the least experienced amature do some breeding and contribute to community knowledge base by doing so.
3. There should be potential for lots of new patterns, colors and knowledge to be gained to let new herpers take part in a pioneering effort.
4. The animal should not grow unduly large so that young herpers can get past mom and or dad’s objections about it eating the family cat.
Well it may interest you to know that I have just described the Genus of Lamprophis to a "T". This has led many to question exactly why the House Snake has not become more successful in the mainstream pet trade. My answer has always been due to the fact that there is a lack of knowledge along with a great many misconceptions about the various species of House Snake, along with the fact that the few breeders that do breed them do not go out of there way to market them effectively.
When I first discovered the African House Snake I knew I had found my individual calling in the Herp world. Sure I could go into corn snakes or milks or kings or bulls or just about any of the common snakes where the knowledge was already well gathered and things would be a lot easier.
So this site is my contribution to the Herpetological Community. Please take time to look around and contributor to our forums and blog or even submit your articles for inclusion in our knowledge base. The opportunity to discover new traits, phases and even species is exceptional.
Remember, those who travel first, travel the hardest path but they also reap the greatest rewards and are blessed with being among the first to view new discoveries.
~ Jack Spirko
Web Master
The African House Snake Website