Russell Lawson

Russell Lawson

Description

My name is Russell Lawson, Jr. I am based in Central Florida in Clermont. I have been keeping and breeding snakes since 2002, when I was 15 years old. That was when my parents finally gave in to my asking to get some. The first snakes I owned were a pair of Mid-baja rosy boas (Lichanura trivirgagta saslowi). The next snakes I added to my collection were some normal ball pythons (Python regius). After breeding the rosy boas, and deciding they were too small for my liking, I sold all of the babies, as well as the adults. Then I bought my first ball python morph, a NERD lemon-line pastel from Bob Clark. I have since produced several ball python clutches, and hope to start breeding several other species in the near future. All of my breeding stock only comes from what I believe are the best lines, and only from breeders whom I trust and respect. I selectively breed all of my animals to ones I think will complement characteristics of the others in their offspring, and I am a strong believer in outbreeding to keep the lines genetically strong, and free of any possible defects sometimes associated with certain morphs. I want to provide the highest quality snakes that I can to anyone who chooses to buy from me, which is why I sought out attractive breeder animals from good lines when I started out, and will continue to do so as I expand into different projects. In the near future, I plan on producing and having available several codominant and recessive ball python morphs, including but not limited to pastels, cinnamons, orange ghosts, albinos, and dihybrid crosses of each.A few of the other species of constrictors I have worked with and kept are Burmese pythons (Python molurus bivittatus), reticulated pythons (Python reticulatus), boa constrictors (Boa constrictor imperator), and Brazilian rainbow boas (Epicrates cenchria cenchria), and I hope to expand my collection in the future to include these and several other species.