The morph fan started with Bechtels albino corns. Althought, they did not sell for much more then normal.

Then I produced albino kings and I asked $300 and would not budge. At that time, mid seventies, that was a lot of money. I produced all cal king phases in albino. It started with Stripers, then I produced banded, coastal and desert of both phases, Newporters, etc.

That was the insane beginning. There was a buyer/seller, named John Ruiz, he bought animals and controlled the market. That was the beginning of all of this.

From there it went into all the Mexicana types, then morphs, etc. At one point in the late seventies, I had seven species of albinos. So on and so forth.

Once value was established, many types of reptiles made great investments. Back then, world first breedings where benefitual. As well as morphs.
Now there are very few snake species that are not captive bred, so morphs raise the value.

The world of varanids and lizards, is still wide open to species with value and morphs.

Also, don't forget the value of Bob M of sandfire dragon ranch. He pioneered the world of lizards which led to ME being able to fill hundreds of existing cages with varanids.

Ball pythons and hogs, were late in the game, but are doing great. So whats next?

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