Ted Cook II

Ted F. Cook II has had a life long fascination with animals, especially reptiles. His started keeping herps at age 5 with a pair of red spotted newts given to him by his grandmother. Over the years he has kept a variety of species, from Green Anoles to Monocled Cobras, but his true passion lies in the gecko world. Over the past 7 years he has limited his collection to several gecko species, including Leopard, African Fat Tailed, Bent Toed, Crested, Madagascar Leaf Tailed, and Tokay Geckos. He also keeps and breeds Amazon Tree Boas. He resides in Buffalo, NY with a menagerie of over 100 reptiles, a rat, a betta fish, and two incredibly spoiled cats. He is a small scale breeder of Leopard, Crested, and African Fat Tailed Geckos under the name of Tyrant Lizard Reptiles, and is working towards establishing captive bred lines of the more unconventional species that he keeps and loves.

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