Discontinued
I'm Alex, I co-created Emerald Scales and with the help of many others, we rehomed and sold hundreds of exotic pet reptiles and amphibians to and from all 48 contiguous US states.
As of the end of 2022, Emerald Scales is no longer an active project. It was exciting to explore, but the concept simply isn't sustainable. It was an eventful 5 years!
81 species taken in & Sold
lizards
snakes
turtles
amphibians
Geckos
African fat tailed gecko
Chinese cave gecko
Crested gecko
Leachianus gecko
Leopard gecko
Madagascar day gecko
Mourning gecko
Standing's day gecko
Tokay gecko
White lined gecko
skinks
Sulawesi water skink
Eastern BTS
Fire skink
Indonesian BTS
Kei Island BTS
Northern BTS
Monitors & Tegus
Asian water monitor
Savannah monitor
Nile monitor
Argentine B&W tegu
Gold Tegu
Red Tegu
misc
Bearded dragon
Chinese water dragon
Curly tailed lizard
Green iguana
Mexican alligator lizard
Panther chameleon
Plumed basilisk
Red iguana
Saharan Uromastyx
Yellow Uromastyx
boas
Amazon tree boa
Boa constrictor
Boa imperator
Brazilian rainbow boa
Colombian rainbow boa
Dumeril's boa
Hog island boa
Kenyan sand boa
Mexican rosy boa
Nicaraguan boa
Peruvian Longicauda boa
colubrids
California king snake
Corn snake
Eastern hognose
Eastern (black) rat snake
False water cobra
Honduran milk snake
Puebloan milk snake
Mexican black king snake
Mountain king snake
Northern pine snake
Ridley's cave racer
Rough green snake
Sinaloan milk snake
Western hognose
pythons
Ball python
Burmese python
Carpet python
Reticulated python
Woma python
turtles
African side neck turtle
Blanding's turtle
Chinese pond turtle
Eastern box turtle
Map turtle
Mississippi map turtle
Musk turtle
Ornate box turtle
Red eared slider
Yellow bellied slider
tortoises
Red foot tortoise
Russian tortoise
Snapping turtle
Sulcata tortoise
frogs
Pacman frog
Tomato frog
Toads
Colorado river toad
Fire bellied toad
Smooth sided toad
Misc
Axolotl
who's "we"?
While you mostly just saw one dude unboxing reptiles, there were up to 5 people hard at work at any given time. It was an ever-changing team behind-the-scenes handling animal care, logistics, customer support, video production, social media, local pickups, deliveries and much more.
