The Most Underrated Reptile Species | Frank Payne

Frank Payne is a biology teacher, former AZA herpetology zookeeper, and the founder of the reptile breeding operation, Living Art by Frank Payne. In this episode, we discuss the importance of both, keeping a wide variety of species and narrowing your focus to a select few. Frank explains why he has decided to focus on small species and the main differences he sees between keepers and breeders. We also discuss some incredibly underrated species in herpetoculture, the ethical issues with keeping medium to large species, and we learn specifics about a few of his breeding projects, including the genus Draco, i.e. flying lizards. SHOW NOTES: https://www.animalsathomenetwork.com/... JOIN US ON PATREON:   / animalsathome   CHECK OUT CUSTOM REPTILE HABITATS: https://www.animalsathome.ca/crh LINKS FROM THE EPISODE:    / livingartbyfrankpayne   https://www.livingartbyfrankpayne.com/   / livingartbyfrankpayne     / livingartbyfrankpayne   Why Small-Batch Reptile Breeding is the NEXT BIG Opportunity | TC Houston:    • Why Small-Batch Reptile Breeding is the NE...   Carpet chameleons with Frank Payne: https://chameleonbreeder.libsyn.com/c... Video Clips and Photos Used in Episode:    / livingartbyfrankpayne   0:00 Coming Up 1:18 Guest Introduction 3:41 Housekeeping 6:08 Welcome Frank / Background & History 9:25 Zookeeping & Biology Teacher 16:00 Breeding Business & Keeping many species 31:45 Niching down the Species 29:42 Small Species & Issues with Medium and Large Species 40:02 Breeding vs Keeping 52:20 Underrated species in the hobby 1:01:00 Why aren't Carpet Chameleons more popular? 1:05:44 Draco | Flying Lizard project 1:14:29 Keeping outside with short summers 1:18:47 YouTube Channel 1:20:47 Closing Thoughts 1:22:17 Outro SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST: APPLE► https://apple.co/347PjSO SPOTIFY► https://spoti.fi/2UG5NOI GOOGLE► https://bit.ly/3dX6bQq STITCHER► https://bit.ly/2UFzwHM _________________________________________ WEBSITE► https://www.animalsathome.ca EMAIL►[email protected] FACEBOOK►   / animalsathome.ca   INSTAGRAM►   / animalsathomeca   DONATE TO AMAZON RAINFOREST CONSERVANCY (ARC): http://amazonrainforestconservancy.com/ BELOW ARE MY AMAZON AFFILIATE LINKS. PLEASE READ DISCLAIMER: More information here: https://www.animalsathome.ca/affiliat... PODCAST EQUIPMENT: ZOOM H6: https://amzn.to/3n2YBIP Shure SM58: https://amzn.to/2Gqx2Ze Microphone Boom: https://amzn.to/33g40UT Microphone Desk Stand: https://amzn.to/34r6wHx Head Phones: https://amzn.to/3cLmdNl FILM & OTHER EQUIPMENT: Shelving Unit: https://amzn.to/2waz0nD Camera: http://amzn.to/2D8Ed0w Lavalier Microphone: http://amzn.to/2oPjpac Action Camera: http://amzn.to/2HeDug Voice Over Microphone: https://amzn.to/2AXyq22 Drill: https://amzn.to/2SH9Veg ABOUT DILLON: Welcome to my channel, Animals at Home! Here you will find the reptile videos I have made as well as video versions of The Animals at Home Podcast! The podcast mainly focuses on the pet reptile industry. My mission with Animals at Home is simple: To inspire others to push the limits of their reptile husbandry by promoting the importance of high-level, creative husbandry individualized for each reptile.    • The Most Underrated Reptile Species | Fran...   DISCLAIMER: Try this at your own risk! I take full responsibility for the safety of this setup for myself but cannot recommend anyone copy what I have done unless you are willing to do the same.