08/14/2026
This is so exciting!!
THE REPTILE CLUB IS OPEN
For centuries, breeders of horses, hounds, and prize stock have kept their lineage in studbooks, bound volumes that traveled with the animal and held its history. As these traditions matured, public institutions formed to keep them. The Jockey Club. The Kennel Club. The Cat Fanciers’ Association. Each one a public body, gathering the records of thousands of breeders into a single register, open to anyone.
No equivalent institution ever formed for reptiles. Breeders kept their own records regardless. Spreadsheets, notebooks, photographs that traveled with the animal. Some breeders kept careful files for decades. Others did not. With no common standard and no body to maintain continuity, many of the earliest lineages faded with the people who bred them.
What was missing was not only the record. It was the institution behind it.
Today, The Reptile Club and its Registry open to the public.
Each approved registration becomes part of the permanent public record and receives a Certificate of Pedigree. Anyone can search the Registry and inspect a registered animal without creating an account.
Only the breeder can confirm that they produced an animal or add registered parents to its pedigree.
Registry credits are currently available through HatchLog, The Reptile Club’s free companion app. HatchLog is available in open beta on Google Play and through Apple’s TestFlight. After purchasing credits, breeders can register through HatchLog or on reptileclub.com.
Six breeding programs serve on the Crested Gecko Morph Committee and recommend the content of the Crested Gecko Morphs Standard through a public process. A recommendation takes effect only after The Reptile Club adopts and publishes it.
Welcome to The Reptile Club.
Explore the Registry:
https://reptileclub.com/registry/
Register an animal:
https://reptileclub.com/register/
Download HatchLog:
https://reptileclub.com/hatchlog/
Meet the committee:
https://reptileclub.com/committee/crested-gecko/
