Our resident beasties
The reptile room is home to many many beasties including two species of crab, four species of gecko, four species of praying mantis, two species and three locales of poison dart frogs, as well as stick insects and ten species of tropical fish.
Here are a few of our favourites:
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Crustaceans
Vampire Crabs
Geosesarma "tricolour"
We have two colonies of vamiper crabs here in The Reptile Room.
The first being our Purple vamps - Drax, Mavis and Mr Crabby. They were the very first residents in the reptile room, joining us from Germany way back in 2019. We have had hundreds of babies from this colony over the years but unfortunately it crashed in late 2025, it has taken eight months (and five new additions, but we are finally seeing babies again.
Purple vamps will back available in the shop again very soon!
We have a large breeding colony of metallic vampire crabs headed by Drax, Mavis and Mr Crabby. They were the very first residents in the reptile room, joining us from Germany way back in 2019. We have had hundreds of babies from this colony and hope to produce hundreds more.
The vampire crabitat, also known as The riverbed, is a 45 45 60 custom built fully bioactive exo terra with climbing walls and a pond.
Red Devil Vampire crabs
Geosesarma hagen
We currently have two male red devils who reside in a 100 litre bioactive aquarium along with our colony of Bumblebee millipedes. I would very much like to get a few females and to see if i can get a breeding colony going, for now they have the millipedes to keep them company
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Isopods
Rubber Duckys
Cubaris Sp.
Rubber Ducky’s are a on the pricier side of isopod keeping and as such are not used as part of a cleanup crew. These charming little isopods are enjoyed as a pet and not a food source.
We have been trying to establish a colony of Duckys for the last three years and I refuse to give up! Rubber Ducky’s were originally gifted to us in the summer of 2024, they failed to thrive and I tried again in 2025, and now again in 2026, I'm not giving up though....watch this space....
Red Panda King
Cubaris sp.
These fabulous little guys joined us in February 2025, they are so pretty and very bold.
We keep our Red pandas and Yellow zebra isopods in greenhouse set ups as they are fab show piece species.
For those with keen eyesight, you will see that one viv is double labelled; this is because Red Panda King's can sometimes alsp produce Citris King offspring.
Yellow Zebra
Armadillidium maculatum
Like the Ducky’s, our yellow zebra isopods were also gifted to us in the summer of 2024. Unlike the Duckys though our Zebras are very outgoing and can regularly be seen scurrying around their habitat. Zebras are very versatile and be kept in glass jars, green house enclosures, tubs and even desert vivariums! We regularly have yellow zebras available in our shop from our multiple colonies here in
The Reptile Room.
Ember Bee
Ardentiella sp. 'Ember Bee'
Our Ember Bee colony joined us in The Reptile Room in September 2026 and they have fast become my favorite species of isopod here. These little guys are beautiful, bold and always put on a show. As they are so very expensive we currently house ours in a tub, once they establish a steady colony we will give them a proper home upgrade.
We have started with ten adults and I'm hoping they will breed for us so that I can add them to the shop.
Watch this space!
Magic Potions
(Armadillidium vulgare)
Magic Potions are not overly difficult to keep but do take a long time to breed! We got our Potions early in 2026 and it took until September before we had babies! They are a great species though - very pretty. We keep ours in a greenhouse type enclosure with succulents and lots of branches to climb.
Reptiles
Crested Geckos
Correlophus ciliatus
I adore geckos, any that adoration for me started with cresties
Pippin
Tri-coloured Extreme harlequin, partial pin. Male. Five years old.
Pippin was the first crested gecko to join the reptile room early in 2022, he’s the reason we fell in love with cresties. He’s very clumsy; often missing his bugs when striking, and missing branches when jumping. We love his derpy ways.
Pippin was paired with Ladybug in 2024 and 2025 and has been paired with
Miss Ruby for the 2026 season.
Pip currently lives in “The Jungle” a massive 45x60x90 fully bio active exo terra vivarium because hes my first gecko love, he gets the biggest house.
Ladybug
Red Phantom, patternless super-Dalmatian with black, olive and red spots. Female. Five years old.
Ladybug joined us in 2022 She was a pet store crestie and as such was not at all hand tame. It’s taken a lot of work and patience to get her to where she is now - a love bug! Ladybug is always sweet when taken out and kids really enjoy handling her.
Ladybug was paired with Pippin for her first two seasons and has since been paired with Severus for her third breeding season.
Ladybug is currently housed in a smaller custom built fully bioactive 45 45 45 exo terra, she's been placed in a smaller vivarium to help her gain weight as shes now on a breeding break for 2027.
Miss Ruby
Full pin, white wall Lillywhite, female.
Four years old.
Miss Ruby came to us all the way from The Czech Republic in summer 2023. She was a tiny ten grams on arrival and we she has blossomed into a beautiful lady.
Miss Ruby is our spicy gecko! She’s very jumpy and does not enjoy being handled (which is also why i rarely get pics of her!) Miss Ruby does not come out when we have visitors as she loves to run and jump. I've lost track of the number of times she has made a break for freedom, and every single time it happens i'm convinced shes going to be the first of my geckos to lose her tail!
Despite the fact that she clearly doesn't like me - Miss Ruby has accepted both of our males and produced the most stunning babies in 2025 with five out of seven being lilies! Her first pairing was with Severus in 2025 and she was then paired with Pippin for the 2026 season.
Miss Ruby lives in a fully bio active vivarium with a custom background and plenty of hiding places to help her feel secure.
Severus
High white Harlequin, male age seven years.
Severus came to us in autumn 2024 as a rescue, his previous owner could no longer care for him. He was reported to be quite spicy but we’ve found him to be nothing but charming. He’s a great one for children to handle as he’s the largest of our cresties and he’s so gentle.
Severus was paired with Miss Ruby in 2025 and three of their 2025 babies are available now! He was paired with Ladybug for the 2026 season so we have to wait and see what their babies look like.
Severus lives in an upcycled IKEA cabinet that has been transformed into a custom built fully bioactive vivarium, its 42x37x100cm complete with a window to view the fish from his bed.
Agatha
Agatha joined the Reptile Room in September 2026, shes a pale phantom dalmatian. Agatha will be taking Ladybugs place in our breeding program next season to give Ladybug a much needed break.
Shes a happy go lucky, easy to handle female who will be a great mate for Severus in 2027.
Right now Agatha is living in the Rainforest lodge - a 45 45 60 Exo Terra with a custom background and plenty of plants to climb and tunnels to hide in.
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Mossy Gecko
Mniarogekko chahoua
Krinkle is our beloved Mossy gecko, she originally came in as a rescue and we fell in love with her. Once Krinkle had completed her complex treatment and rehabilitation we moved her into a live planted fully bio-active 45 60 60
exo terra vivarium where she is very happy. Krinkle is a little love who comes out for fuss almost every night. Shes a sweetheart. Due to her complex medical history we will never re-home or breed from Krinkle.
 Chahoua gecko sitting on a log, eating a mealworm |  Krinkle was in very bad condition when she came to us, emaciated and suffering from MBD |  Krinkles fully bio active 60x45x60 exoterra vivarium |
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Mourning Geckos
Correlophus ciliatus
Mourning geckos are almost always female, they reproduce by pathogenesis - or cloning themselves! Mourning geckos lay two eggs every two to three months and the babies will be exact genetic clones of their mothers. The eggs are often glued to the lid of their vivarium making it very difficult to find and remove them! One mourning gecko can easily become an army in just a couple of years!
We currently have four adults in The Reptile Room.
We have four resident mourning geckos who live in a fully bioactive 45 60 60 exo terra vivarium, they share their home with two dart frogs Dash and Dart.
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Neon Day Geckos
Phelsuma klemmeri
Klemmeri geckos are some of the most beautiful dwarf geckos in the world and we currently have three breeding adults in The Reptile Room; Ragnar, Lagertha and Siggy.
Unlike the cresties, Neon day geckos require a heat source of 30.C and they thrive in bamboo forest style vivarium's - the bigger the better! Our colony live in a live planted fully bioactive 45 60 60 exo terra with a lot of bamboo poles of different sizes. They spend their time flitting between basking under their heat lamp and chasing crickets around their enclosure. The klemmeri are always out on display; I never have to go looking for them.
I have been trying to create a thriving colony of these beauties for two years now, and finally after a lot of trial and error we are successfully incubating our first clutch of eggs! Klemmeri geckos will be available in our shop very soon!
 Three klemmeri geckos sitting on a bamboo branch |  Our Klemmeri gecko vivarium |  A klemmeri gecko lounging on a bamboo log |
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(Hemidactylus imbricatus)
Viper Geckos
Cinders, Smokey and Ember
In September 2026 we welcomed a breeding trio of Viper Geckos into The Reptile Room; these three are fabulous little creatures who are out and about in the day time.
Our Viper trio live in a fully bio-active desert-scaped 100cm-long glass vivarium with succulents, rocks and twisted branches to add to the desert theme that simulates their natural habitat.
I'm hoping they settle in well and will start producing eggs soon.
Amphibians
Axolotl
Ambystoma mexicanum
Our fabulous little lotl came to us from an axolotl rescue; at only ten months old he had been badly mistreated and as a result was missing an arm, a leg and most of his gills. Luckily he was rescued just in time and he has made a full recovery- axolotls can regenerate almost any part of them that has been injured but it is a long and tiring process.
Now Anton has a live planted 180 litre cold water aquarium all to himself and he is loving life.
Our fabulous little lotl came to us from an axolotl rescue; at only ten months old he had been badly mistreated and as a result was missing an arm, a leg and most of his gills. Luckily he was rescued just in time and he has made a full recovery- axolotls can regenerate almost any part of them that has been injured but it is a long and tiring process. Now Anton has a live planted 180 litre cold water aquarium all to himself and he is loving life.
Ranitomeya
Ranitomeya veriabilis southern
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We have a number of dart frogs in The Reptile Room, the smallest being three thumbnail dart frogs who i raised from tadpoles in 2023, they now live together in a 45 60 45 exo terra fully bioactive vivarium. They have been breeding since January 2025 and we are currently raising their babies. Available in our shop now.
I raised these three thumbnail dart frogs from tadpoles in 2023, they now live together in a 45 60 45 exo terra fully bioactive vivarium. I have heard calling recently and am hopeful they will start producing eggs for me next season.
Dendrobates
tinctorious Tumucumaque
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Bonnie and Beau are a potential breeding pair of dart frogs that I am so excited to have in The Reptile Room! I raised Beau from a tadpole back in 2024 and after all his clutchmates failed to thrive I was determined to find him a partner! Enter Bonnie, I raised her from a tadpole in 2025 and they are now quite the happy pair.
Their home is currently under construction - I'm building them a fully bio active 45 45 60 exoterra that will have a custom background.
Dart frog sitting on a leaf
Dart frog sitting in his jungle home
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Dendrobates
Dendrobates tinctorious Nominate
These beautiful dart frogs were the second ever inhabitants of the reptile room back in 2020.
We were hoping Dash and Dart were a breeding pair but now suspect they are both male. They are very happy together and regularly share the same bromeliad for a bed.
Dash and Dart live in a fully bioactive 45 60 60 exo terra vivarium, they share their home with four mourning geckos.
These beautiful dart frogs were the second ever inhabitants of the reptile room back in 2020. We were hoping Dash and Dart were a breeding pair but now suspect they are both male. They are very happy together and regularly share the same bromeliad for a bed. Dash and Dart live in a fully bioactive 45 60 60 exo terra vivarium, they share their home with four mourning geckos.
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Dendrobates auratus "Super Blue"
The fourth species of dart frogs in The Reptile Room are our Dendrobates Auratus Super blues. We have a breeding colony of three adults ; Hopper, Max and Eleven (so named as she is my eleventh pet dart frog) I often refer to this group as "my invisible frogs" they are there in theory but rarely ever seen. Auratus are a notoriously shy species so when they do make an appearance it feels extra special.
Our Super blues live in a live planted fully bioactive 45 60 60 exo terra vivarium.
 Dart frog sitting in Leaf litter |  Our invisible frogs have a beautiful live planted fully bio active 60 45 60 vivatium to hide in. |  Dart frog sitting on a leaf |
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Invertebrates
Metallic Stick Insects
Achrioptera manga “Orangea”
Metallic stick insects can make unique and pets for insect enthusiasts. Their striking appearance and gentle nature make them an interesting addition to any home. They are relatively low-maintenance, requiring a mesh enclosure, fresh bramble leaves for food, and a humid environment to thrive.
We have kept a colony of metallic sticks for the last three years; eggs hatch around Feb-April, nymphs grow to adulthood by July and produce eggs until September when they come to the end of their lifespan. We gather the eggs and the process begins again the next year.
Millipedes
Siamese Glow Millipedes
(Benoitolus siamensis)
This really has been the year of the bugs! We added two colonies of millipedes to The Reptile Room in 2026, the first being Siamese Glow pedes.
These guys are so cool; in the daytime they look like any other standard brown millipede...but under UV light they glow bright blue!
We house ours in a fully bio-active 45 45 30 glass vivarium with plants, mosses and lots of dried leaves and wood for them to munch on.
I'm hoping to get babies from my original five this year, if not then I will add another five and see how that goes.
Bumblebee Millipedes
Anadenobolus monilicornis
We have a small colony of Bumblebee millipedes living with our two male Red Devil Vampire crabs, its an experiment of sorts to see if they are compatible. It seems to be working so far as I still have all my adults, but I've not seen any babies yet; now that could be that they are hiding....or the vampire crabs are eating them! I don't think it's the latter as they have Powder Blue isopods and springtails to snack on as well as an abundance of plants, leaf litter and mosses to choose from. I'm keeping an eye on them, fingers crossed for a successful experiment.
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