Last updated: September 14, 2026

About US at CB Reptile

CBReptile.com is a family owned and operated captive bred reptile breeder and online reptile store that has been selling healthy, captive bred reptiles since 1999 [3][8]. This cb reptile about us page explains who we are: a specialist breeder with a biologist on-site in Galloway, New Jersey, working with more than 25 species of tortoises, turtles, chameleons, geckos, ball pythons, corn snakes, skinks, frogs, tegus and iguanas [1][3]. Every animal we ship is captive bred, comes with a 7-day health guarantee, and travels UPS Overnight with tracking emailed the evening of shipment [10].

Key Takeaways

Founded in 1999, CBReptile.com is one of the longest-running captive bred reptile breeders and online reptile stores in the United States [3][8].
Family owned and operated, with a biologist on-site who oversees husbandry, feeding schedules and pre-shipment health checks [1][12].
Captive bred only. We do not sell wild caught animals, which is the single biggest difference between our reptiles and cheap imports.
Over 25 species available, including panther chameleons, veiled chameleons, leopard geckos, crested geckos, tortoises, ball pythons, corn snakes, skinks, tegus and iguanas [1][3].
Guarantees: live arrival plus a 7-day health guarantee on all reptiles, tortoises and turtles [10].
Shipping: nationwide FedEx Overnight, Monday through Thursday, signature required [10].
Free education library: hundreds of published care guides on lighting, humidity, diet, housing and breeding, written for the public and used by keepers worldwide.
Reviews are mixed across third-party aggregators, and we address that openly in this cb reptile about us page rather than hiding it.
Contact: support@cbreptile.com or call/text 609-705-7787 [2][3].

What is CB Reptile?

CB Reptile (CBReptile.com) is a captive bred reptile breeder and online reptile store that breeds, raises and ships reptiles and amphibians directly to keepers across the United States. The “CB” stands for captive bred, which is the whole point of the business: animals hatched in a controlled facility from known parent stock, never pulled out of the wild.

We are not a general pet retailer. We don’t stock hamsters, aquarium plants as an afterthought, or a wall of random livestock bought from importers on Monday and sold on Tuesday. We breed and raise specific groups of reptiles and go deep on them. Our main collections include:

Chameleons: panther chameleons (Ambilobe, Nosy Be, Nosy Faly and other locales), veiled chameleons, and designer veiled crosses from selected genetic lines [5]
Geckos: leopard geckos and giant leopard geckos, crested geckos, gargoyle geckos, chahoua geckos
Tortoises and turtles: Hermann’s, Greek, marginated, leopard, sulcata, red-footed, pancake and Aldabra tortoises
Snakes: ball pythons and corn snakes in a wide range of morphs
Lizards and others: bearded dragons, skinks, tegus, rhinoceros iguanas, and poison dart frogs [1][3][7]

“Captive bred isn’t a marketing word for us. It’s the operating condition of the entire business. If we can’t breed it or raise it properly, we don’t list it.”

Decision rule: if you want a specific morph, a known hatch date, a documented feeding history and a seller who can tell you what the parents look like, a dedicated captive bred breeder is the right choice. If you only care about the lowest possible price, an importer will usually beat us, and the animal will usually pay for it.

CB Reptile history and background: how long have we been in business?

CBReptile.com has been breeding and selling captive bred reptiles since 1999, which makes us one of the oldest continuously operating online reptile stores in the country [3][8]. That is more than 25 years of hatch seasons, incubator logs, shipping seasons and customer questions.

The timeline in short:

Period	What happened
1999	Operations begin as a small captive breeding project focused on chameleons and geckos
2000s	Expansion into tortoises, turtles, ball pythons and corn snakes; direct-to-keeper shipping becomes the core model
2010s	Build-out of the dedicated breeding facility, formal 7-day health guarantee, and the free online care guide library
2020s	Growth to 25+ species, expanded morph programs (crested geckos, leopard geckos, panther chameleons), and site content updated through 2026 [1][4]

Longevity matters in this industry for a practical reason. Reptile breeding is slow. A sulcata or Aldabra tortoise takes years to reach breeding size, and a panther chameleon line takes several generations before you know what it reliably produces. A business that has only existed for two seasons cannot have selectively bred anything. Ours has had the time.

Common mistake buyers make: assuming every website selling reptiles is a breeder. Many are drop-shippers or resellers who never see the animal. Ask any seller how long they have bred the species you want, and what the parents were.

Who founded CB Reptile and who runs it today?

CBReptile.com is family owned and operated, and day-to-day animal care is directed by an animal biologist who works on-site at the facility, not remotely [1][12]. Our lead biologist holds a Bachelor of Science degree earned at Stockton University in southern New Jersey, with coursework and field study in animal biology, herpetology and ecology.

Having a biologist physically on the property changes three things:

Husbandry is written down and standardized. Temperature gradients, UVB output schedules, misting cycles and supplementation are protocols, not guesses.
Health calls happen early. A biologist walking the racks daily catches a gecko that skipped two meals or a tortoise with early pyramiding before it becomes a shipping problem.
Customers can actually talk to the person responsible. When a buyer has a husbandry question after delivery, or a complaint, we arrange a call with the biologist rather than routing it through a generic support script [9].

Because the founder’s family also keeps and breeds these animals personally, there is no separation between “the collection” and “the inventory.” The hatchlings in the grow-out room are raised on the same schedule whether they end up staying or shipping.

Where is CB Reptile located?

CBReptile.com operates from Galloway, New Jersey, at 174 S New York Rd, Galloway, NJ 08205, with a call and text line at 609-705-7787 [2][12]. Galloway sits in Atlantic County, about 15 minutes inland from Atlantic City and close to a major FedEx hub, which is a genuine logistical advantage for overnight reptile shipping.

A few practical notes about the location:

We are a breeding facility, not a walk-in retail pet shop. Visits are by arrangement only. Random foot traffic is a biosecurity risk to hatchlings.
Being near a shipping hub means later drop-off cut-offs, so animals spend less total time in a box.
New Jersey’s four-season climate is why we invested in climate-controlled rooms and greenhouse-style outdoor enclosures for species like tortoises that benefit from real sunlight in summer. Our guide to outdoor housing for red footed tortoises comes directly from that setup.

Edge case: during extreme heat waves or hard freezes, we hold shipments. A delayed animal is an inconvenience; a cooked or chilled animal is a tragedy. We will always choose the delay and tell you why.

What is CB Reptile’s breeding philosophy?

Our breeding philosophy is simple to state and expensive to follow: breed fewer animals, raise them longer, and only ship the ones we would keep. Volume is the enemy of quality in captive breeding, because every shortcut in incubation or grow-out shows up months later in the animal’s bones, appetite or temperament.

The core principles we work from:

Known lineage over mystery stock. We track pairings so we can tell you what produced your animal. In our chameleon program this means working with top genetic lines and documenting locale purity or intentional designer crosses [5].
Species-specific environments, not one-size-fits-all racks. A panther chameleon needs airflow and a misting cycle; a leopard gecko needs belly heat and a dry hide. We run different rooms, different lighting and different reptile misting systems accordingly.
Grow-out before sale. Hatchlings must be feeding consistently, gaining weight and hitting size benchmarks before they are listed. We record accurate weights and measurements rather than rounding up [4][8].
Nutrition is not an afterthought. Gut-loaded and dusted insects, species-appropriate greens, correct calcium-to-phosphorus ratios and proper UVB. Metabolic bone disease is almost entirely preventable, and preventing it is our job, not the buyer’s cleanup.
Genetic diversity over inbred novelty. Chasing one flashy trait through tight inbreeding produces weak animals. We outcross deliberately.

Choose us if you want a hatchling that has already proven it eats, grows and behaves normally. Look elsewhere if you want day-one hatchlings at wholesale prices; we usually won’t sell an animal that young.

What care guides and free education does CB Reptile publish?

We have written and published hundreds of free care guides, species profiles and husbandry articles, and they are available to anyone, whether you buy from us or not. This is the part of the cb reptile about us story that most competitors skip, and it’s the part we’re proudest of.

The library is organized around the questions keepers actually ask at 11pm with a sick animal:

Lighting and heating: panther chameleon UV lighting, Hermann’s tortoise lighting, Greek tortoise lighting, marginated tortoise lighting, giant leopard gecko heating
Humidity and hydration: chameleon humidity targets and troubleshooting, misting schedules, shedding problems
Housing: leopard gecko habitat setup, tegu habitat, pancake tortoise housing, super giant leopard gecko housing, leopard tortoise habitat
Diet: Aldabra tortoise diet, giant leopard gecko diet, rhino iguana feeding
Genetics and morphs: leopard gecko color morphs, harlequin and flame crested geckos, Ambilobe and Nosy panther chameleon colors, blizzard diablo leopard geckos
Breeding and sexing: sexing leopard geckos, Hermann’s tortoise breeding, sulcata tortoise breeding, raising panther chameleons

New husbandry articles, species updates and facility notes go on the captive bred reptile blog, and site content is actively maintained, with pages updated as recently as 2026 [1][4].

Why give it away? Because most reptile deaths in the first year are husbandry failures, not genetics. Educated keepers have healthier animals, ask better questions, and come back years later for their second and third reptile.

CB Reptile vs other reptile breeders: what actually differs?

The main difference between CBReptile.com and most other reptile sellers is origin and oversight: we breed and raise captive bred animals under a biologist on-site, while many online sellers resell animals they never raised [12]. Third-party reviewer Knoji positions CBReptile as a well-known reptile and amphibian specialty store competing with retailers such as Underground Reptiles and XYZReptiles [11].

Seller type	Animal origin	Husbandry oversight	Care support after sale
CBReptile.com	Captive bred and raised in-house	Biologist on-site, daily records	Free guide library plus direct biologist access
Wild caught importer	Wild collected, shipped in bulk	Minimal; short holding periods	Usually none
Big-box pet store	Mixed, often wholesale	Generalist staff, many species	Generic printed sheet
Online reseller / flipper	Bought from third parties	None; seller may never see animal	Limited

Where we are honestly not the cheapest or the best fit:

Price: captive bred, grown-out animals cost more than imports. That gap is real and we don’t apologize for it.
Instant gratification: if a species is out of season, we won’t fake stock to make a sale.
Rare wild-type oddities: if a species genuinely can’t be captive bred at scale, we generally won’t carry it.

Quick example: two buyers want a Hermann’s tortoise. Buyer A pays less for an import with no hatch date and spends the next year treating parasites. Buyer B buys a captive bred Sicilian western Hermann’s tortoise with a known hatch date and a documented feeding history. Five years later, only one of those tortoises has a clean growth record.

Does CB Reptile ship nationwide, and what are the guarantees?

Yes. CBReptile.com ships nationwide via FedEx Overnight, Monday through Thursday, with a signature required on delivery and tracking numbers emailed the evening the animal ships [10]. Every reptile, tortoise and turtle is covered by a live arrival guarantee and a 7-day health guarantee [10].

How shipping works, step by step:

You order, and we confirm species, sex (where sexable) and size.
We check the weather at both ends. Extreme temperatures mean we hold and reschedule.
We pick a ship date, Monday to Thursday, so no animal sits over a weekend.
The animal is prepped in a breathable container inside an insulated box with a heat or cold pack as conditions require.
Tracking is emailed the evening of shipment [10].
You sign for delivery and unbox immediately, then follow the included care sheet.
You report any issue within the guarantee window, with photos, to support@cbreptile.com or by calling/texting 609-705-7787 [2][3].

CB Reptile return policy and guarantees

Reptiles are live animals, so our policy is health-based rather than a standard retail return window. The 7-day health guarantee covers the animal’s condition on arrival and through the first week, provided the enclosure, heating, lighting and humidity match the care instructions we supply [10]. We are transparent that this is a guarantee, not an open-ended return policy, and some review aggregators have flagged our return terms as limited [14].

Practical requirements that decide most claims:

Someone must be available to sign on the first delivery attempt.
Open the box on arrival and photograph the animal before setup.
Have the enclosure fully built, heated and stabilized before the animal arrives. This is the single most common cause of first-week problems.
Contact us inside the guarantee window with photos of both the animal and the enclosure.

Edge case: if you plan to house the animal on a smooth, easy-to-inspect surface for the first week (many keepers use reptile carpet or terrarium liners), stool checks and appetite monitoring get much easier, and any claim you need to file is far better documented.

What are CB Reptile customer reviews and our reputation?

Our reviews are genuinely mixed across third-party platforms, and we think stating that plainly belongs in an honest cb reptile about us page. Review aggregator Worthepenny, updated through July 2026, reports an overall 3.5 rating from 183 reviews, with praise for selection, knowledgeable service and pricing, alongside criticism of shipping delays, occasional health issues and limited returns [14]. Knoji’s April 2025 analysis scores us 3.8 out of 5 [11]. Sitejabber is lower, at 2.2 stars from 88 reviews [13]. Trustpilot reviews into 2026 include customers describing prompt service and fast problem resolution on higher-priced animals such as iguanas [15].

How we respond, in practice:

We publicly invite dissatisfied reviewers to email support@cbreptile.com and we offer to schedule a call with our biologist [9].
Shipping-delay complaints are usually weather holds. We have gotten better at explaining why a hold happened instead of just saying “delayed.”
Health complaints get a documented review: photos, enclosure details, and the animal’s in-house feeding record.

“A breeder with zero complaints after 25 years and thousands of live animal shipments would be telling you something less believable than a mixed review profile.”

What we ask of you: read reviews with the question “what was the enclosure like?” in mind. Live animal outcomes depend on both sides. That is exactly why our care guides exist and why we send a care sheet with every animal.

CB Reptile credentials, team size and community

CBReptile.com is a small, family-run operation, not a warehouse: a compact team of full-time keepers and shipping staff working under an on-site animal biologist holding a BS from Stockton University in New Jersey [1][12]. Our credibility markers are the ones that matter in herpetoculture, and we won’t claim any we don’t hold.

What we do have:

An animal biologist on-site every day, with a BS in the biological sciences from Stockton University [12]
A purpose-built breeding facility with species-separated rooms, quarantine space and incubation logging [5][12]
More than 25 years of continuous captive breeding experience across chameleons, geckos, tortoises, snakes and lizards [3][8]
Documented lineage, accurate weights and measurements, and health certification practices for shipped animals [4][8]
USDA and state wildlife compliance for the species we sell and ship, plus federally required paperwork where applicable

What we do not claim: we are not a veterinary clinic, not a zoo, and not an accredited research institution. Where an animal needs veterinary care, we say so and point you to a qualified reptile vet.

Community and where to find us

Beyond the storefront, we stay reachable through our blog, our email support line and our social channels, where we post hatchling updates, morph photos, facility footage and husbandry tips. Keepers who want to see specific morphs before buying will find extensive photo sets on species pages such as pinstripe crested geckos, and affiliates and long-term partners can manage their accounts through our affiliate terms and conditions page.

The fastest ways to reach a human:

Email: support@cbreptile.com [2]
Call or text: 609-705-7787 [2][3]
Blog and care library: updated regularly with new species and husbandry content [1]

Why choose CB Reptile for your next reptile?

Choose CBReptile.com if you want a captive bred animal with a documented history, a biologist you can actually speak with, a 7-day health guarantee, and a free library of care guides written by the people who raised your animal [10]. Choose someone else if price is your only criterion.

A short checklist before you order from us or anyone:

Confirm the animal is captive bred and ask for the hatch date.
Ask what it’s eating and how often, by weight if possible.
Build the enclosure first. Heat, UVB, humidity and hides stable for at least 48 hours.
Read the species guide end to end before the box arrives.
Check the guarantee terms and note the claim window and what documentation is required.
Plan the delivery day so someone can sign and unbox immediately.
Line up a reptile vet in your area before you need one.

Frequently asked questions

Is CB Reptile a real breeder or a reseller?
CBReptile.com breeds and raises captive bred reptiles in its own facility in Galloway, New Jersey, with a biologist on-site overseeing husbandry [1][12]. Only captive bred animals are sold [3].

How long has CB Reptile been in business?
Since 1999, which is more than 25 years of continuous captive breeding and online reptile sales [3][8].

Who runs CB Reptile?
It is family owned and operated, with animal care directed by an on-site animal biologist holding a BS from Stockton University in New Jersey [1][12].

Where is CB Reptile located?
174 S New York Rd, Galloway, NJ 08205, with a call and text line at 609-705-7787 [2][12]. It is a breeding facility, so visits are by arrangement only.

Does CB Reptile ship nationwide?
Yes, via FedEx Overnight, Monday through Thursday, signature required, with tracking emailed the evening of shipment [10].

What guarantee comes with a CB Reptile animal?
A live arrival guarantee plus a 7-day health guarantee on all reptiles, tortoises and turtles, provided care instructions are followed [10].

What species does CB Reptile sell?
More than 25 species, including panther and veiled chameleons, leopard and crested geckos, tortoises and turtles, ball pythons, corn snakes, bearded dragons, skinks, tegus, iguanas and poison dart frogs [1][3][7][12].

Are CB Reptile’s care guides free?
Yes. All care guides, species profiles and husbandry articles on the site are free to read, with no purchase required.

What do customer reviews say about CB Reptile?
Reviews are mixed: Worthepenny reports 3.5 from 183 reviews and Knoji 3.8 out of 5, while Sitejabber is lower at 2.2 from 88 reviews [11][13][14]. Praise centers on selection and knowledge; complaints center on shipping delays and return terms.

Can I speak to the biologist before buying?
Yes. Email support@cbreptile.com or call/text 609-705-7787 to arrange a conversation about species suitability, sexing or husbandry [2][9].

Does CB Reptile sell wild caught reptiles?
No. The business sells only captive bred reptiles, which is the origin of the “CB” in the name [3].

What should I do before my reptile arrives?
Fully build and stabilize the enclosure at least 48 hours ahead, with correct heating, UVB, humidity and hides, then read the species care guide before unboxing.

Conclusion

Twenty-five plus years in captive breeding teaches one lesson above all others: the animal’s first year is decided by decisions made before it ever ships. That’s why CBReptile.com breeds rather than imports, keeps a biologist on the property instead of on call, grows hatchlings out instead of flipping them, backs every shipment with a live arrival and 7-day health guarantee, and publishes our entire care library for free [10].

Your next steps, in order:

Pick the species that fits your actual life, not the one with the best photos. Use our free care guides to compare lighting, humidity and space demands.
Build the enclosure before you order. Stabilize temperatures and humidity for 48 hours.
Read the specific species guide for your animal front to back.
Contact us with questions at support@cbreptile.com or 609-705-7787 before you buy, especially about sexing, morph genetics or adult size [2].
Schedule a delivery day when you can sign for the box and unbox immediately.

If you want a captive bred reptile raised by people whose names are attached to it, that’s what this cb reptile about us page describes, and that’s what arrives in the box.

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