ABOUT
Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas and educated at Texas Christian University, Stephen Hammack began
collecting and caring for reptiles and amphibians back in the early 1970's. In 1977 he became seriously
interested in these creatures and began his professional career under the guidance of Dr. Gary Ferguson
at Texas Christian University. Steve has worked on numerous research projects with Dr. Ferguson and over
the years has published over a dozen articles in various journals, newsletters and trade magazines, and
continues to work with Dr. Ferguson on several ongoing research projects. He received his first
professional job as Live Animal Biologist at the Fort Worth Museum of Science & History and then moved
on as Lead Keeper in the Reptile Department at the Dallas Zoo. His current position is Keeper at the
Fort Worth Zoo in Fort Worth, Texas, where he has been employed since 1990. Steve is active in various
regional and international herpetological societies and has served as a board member to the Society for
the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.
Steve has successfully reproduced many species of reptile since he founded H.I.S.S. back in 1979, including
burmese pythons, carpet pythons, ball pythons, rainbow boas, sand boas, Madagascan tree boas, green tree
pythons and just about every type of colubrid snake you can think of! His main focus now is ball python
and kenyan sand boa morphs.
Kelli Hammack grew up in Garland, Texas and has always had an avid interest in all animals. In her early
twenties she began to build up a collection of snakes and geckos, and has reproduced several gecko species
in captivity, including crested geckos, leaf tail geckos, Chinese cave geckos, day geckos, fat tail geckos,
Malaysian cat geckos and leopard geckos. Kelli is best known for the many leopard geckos she reproduces
each year, however she is also working with a nice group of Rhacodactylus geckos.
We take great care to ensure that all of our animals get only the best of care and Steve and I are always
available to answer questions or just "talk herps" so feel free to call or email us anytime. We want your
experience with us and our animals to be a positive one. We consider many of our customers to be our friends
and we hope to provide our friends with beautiful captive produced herps for years to come!
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Dallas Metroplex Reptile Show, July 2004
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Some of our leopard gecko racks
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Dallas Metroplex Reptile Show, July 2004
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Some of our leopard gecko racks
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