Welcome to kingsnake.com's "featured contibutor" page!

In addition to bringing you herp news, photos, and site updates, the kingsnake.com blog is launching a featured contributors program, bringing the biggest names in reptiles and amphibians to share their decades of experience and knowledge with our site visitors.

Leading the launch this week is author, photographer, and columnist Richard Bartlett, one of the most prolific writers on herpetological subjects in the 20th century. With hundreds of books and articles to their credit, Richard and his wife, Pat, have spent over four decades documenting reptiles both in the field and in captivity.

Check out the kingsnake.com Richard Bartlett bookstore!

Coming soon: Featured contributors Phil Goss of USARK, Slayer's Kerry King, Dr. Dante Fenolio of the San Antonio Zoo, Carole Allen of the Sea Turtle Restoration Project and more!

Jeff Barringer Publisher - Featured Contributor Founder of kingsnake.com, Jeff Barringer is a veteran field hobbyist with almost three decades of experience roaming the thorn-scrub or Texas is search of reptiles and amphibians. A specialist in snakes of the Genus Lampropeltis, or kingsnakes and milk snakes, Jeff is very active in the reptile communities legal/political process, and is one of the founders of NRAAC.