The keeper’s field guide

Find your reptile and build their world.

Free care guides with sources you can follow, enclosure planning tools, and a notebook that remembers feeding day for you.

An orange-brown crested gecko gripping broad green leaves

Meet the species A climbing gecko that lives in the canopyThe crested geckoRead the care guide →

Where are you with your reptile?

Choosing one

Find species that fit your space, time and budget, then compare what their care really involves.

Getting ready

Plan and build the enclosure, then work through the arrival checklist before your animal comes home.

Already keeping

Keep feeding, weights, sheds and cleaning in one place, with reminders when things are due.

Reptile care guides

Browse 94 species introductions and care guides. Check each guide’s scope and sources.

Browse all 94 →

Getting started

Leopard gecko

Eublepharis macularius

Arid terrestrial · 20+ years · 16 min read

Getting started

Corn snake

Pantherophis guttatus

Temperate terrestrial · 20+ years · 17 min read

Some experience

Ball python

Python regius

Tropical terrestrial · 30+ years · 19 min read

Some experience

Bearded dragon

Pogona vitticeps

Arid terrestrial · 10–15+ years · 6 min read

Some experience

Russian tortoise

Testudo horsfieldii

Arid terrestrial · 60+ years possible · 5 min read

Some experience

Red-eared slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

Freshwater semi-aquatic · 20–30 years · 5 min read

My reptiles · free

Never wonder “when did I last feed them?”

Your private keeper’s notebook for every animal and enclosure, on your phone or computer.

Today at a glance. The care routines you set, due today and over the next week.
One history per animal. Feedings (and refusals), weights, sheds, cleaning and temperature readings, with dates.
Reminders on your terms. Email or a calendar export, at the time you choose.
Yours to keep. Download a full backup any time.

Start your notebook

The My reptiles Today screen on a phone, listing feedings and cleaning due with checkmarks to mark each one done — Example notebook with sample animals

A finished 36 by 24 by 48 inch wooden enclosure with two glazed doors

New build guide

Build your enclosure

Plans you can actually build.

Wooden enclosures from local hardware-store materials, with a shopping list, cut diagrams, step-by-step pictures and a 3D model you can turn in your browser.

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Browse enclosure guides

Planning tools

Species finderMatch reptiles to your space and routine Compare careSide by side, same questions Enclosure plannerMeasure, equip and save a plan Cost plannerSetup, monthly care and electricity Arrival checklistReady before your animal comes home

Understand the animal before planning its care.

Every species has its own way of living. Our guides connect those natural behaviors to the choices you make at home, from a secure hide to a well-placed branch. Every guide links the published references it draws on and shows when they were last checked.

How we approach care →

Always free to read. Care guides are free to read.
Sources you can follow. Guides show their sources and review status.
Private by default. Notebook records are private to your account.