Fourteen disciplines
Every page in the library belongs to one of the founding disciplines of the Citadel Culebra curriculum. They're how a beginner finds the basics and a breeder finds the edge — the structure underneath all the keeping.
Husbandry
Temperature, humidity, lighting, enclosure design — the daily craft.
Browse HusbandryBreeding
Pairings, ovulation, incubation, and the lifecycle of a clutch.
Browse BreedingGenetics
Morph theory, allele math, and the design of next-generation animals.
Browse GeneticsHandling
Reading body language, building trust, and safe restraint.
Browse HandlingBehavior
Field ethology applied to captivity — what a reptile is telling you.
Browse BehaviorSocialization
Cohabitation, individuality, and the social lives of reptiles.
Browse SocializationZoological-Level Operations
Run a private collection at zoo standards: SOPs, records, ethics.
Browse Zoological-Level OperationsDirect Access to Faculty
Office hours, case reviews, and one-on-one mentorship from working keepers.
Browse Direct Access to FacultyVenomous Handling
Hot work — protocols, hooks, tubes, hospital coordination, and humility.
Browse Venomous HandlingVeterinary Care
When to wait, when to drive — diagnostics, meds, and post-op husbandry.
Browse Veterinary CareEnclosure Design
From rack to bioactive: building habitats that work for the animal first.
Browse Enclosure DesignConservation & Ethics
The keeper's contract with wild populations and captive bloodlines.
Browse Conservation & EthicsNutrition
Whole-prey philosophy, gut-loading, refusal feeders, and long-haul health.
Browse NutritionField Conservation
Surveys, head-starts, releases — what real-world conservation looks like.
Browse Field Conservation