Biofauna Exotics, owned and operated by Chris Law and Abby Malvestuto, is currently located in Baton Rouge, LA and is dedicated to providing high quality, captive bred exotic animals for first time owners, collectors, and investors alike. The company was launched in February of 2015 with 30 years of combined passion and experience. In addition to being the owners of Roaming Reptiles of Louisiana and Roaming Reptiles of Central FL, companies focused on educational outreach and conservation, we are also members of the Chicago Herpetological Society, Global Gecko Association, USARK, and the American Tarantula Society. We *strongly* believe in conservation through captive breeding efforts as well as in the field, and as such, a portion of ALL sales go directly to herpetological conservation funds as well as USARK.

 

Chris has been keeping reptiles since 2000 and has been involved in a variety of reptile rescue and rehabilitation capacities over the last decade ranging from operating his own reptile rescue and rehabilitation service in Columbus, OH, to working with other private and State organizations to help provide expert care and/or transport animals in need all over the United States.  Chris has a bachelor’s degree in the biological sciences and uses his experience from both physical and academic elements to help others to appreciate these amazing animals.

 

Abby has been keeping reptiles since 2001, has a bachelor’s degree in biology and has former positions as both a Veterinary Technician and as a volunteer at the John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, IL. She has focused a great deal of her time in breeding and conservation efforts with a variety of species, having been published in Reptiles Magazine for her work with Lygodactylus williamsi. While her primary passion is boas, she also keeps and breeds a variety of species privately while conducting research. Now, she seeks to utilize her experience and knowledge to help others understand and appreciate reptiles and amphibians.

 

We pride ourselves in ensuring the absolute highest quality animals! As such, each animal purchased from us comes complete with health and genetic guarantees as well as full pedigrees. In order to see to this end, this is what you can expect from Biofauna Exotics:

• Our animals are carefully chosen based on temperament, locality/genotype/phenotype, and source.

• We do not inbreed. There will be no sibling pairings or parent to offspring pairings. We realize that this can limit us on producing specific “morphs” and we’re okay with that.

• We do not “hybridize”, and we do not muddy localities. Again, this might limit us on certain morphs that we’re able to produce and we’re just fine with that. We want clean genetics so we can tell you exactly what you’re buying from us. We hope you share the same values.

• Our animals are produced with a great deal of pride and passion. We want you to be 100% confident in the animals you purchase from us.

 

We can say with certainty that our prices may not be the cheapest or the most expensive on the market, however, we will ALWAYS have reliably high quality animals. We look forward to speaking with you and providing you with not only exceptional service, but with exceptional animals that you will be proud to call your own!

 

Sincerely,

Chris and Abby