Philippe de Vosjoli

Philippe de Vosjoli, is the former President of the American Federation of Herpetoculturists, President of the Responsible Herpetoculture Foundation and is widely considered the creator of herpetoculture as a discipline. Phillippe is one of the founding members of ‘The Vivarium’ magazine and the original publisher of the ‘Advanced Vivarium’ line of books. That landmark series launched the trend for providing quality reptile and amphibian information. He is the author of more than 50 articles and 40 herpetoculture books, one children’s book, and two near-future science fiction books. With Bob Mailloux, Philippe was responsible for the first captive breeding of many frog species, including Chacoan horned frogs, Fantasy horned frogs, Chilean wide-mouth frogs, and Joazeiro horned frogs. With Frank Fast, he discovered most of the island forms of giant geckos and the lesser New Caledonian live-bearing gecko, emphasizing establishing them for herpetoculture. Philippe currently works with species he feels should be propagated before they become unavailable. He was also instrumental in launching the Herpeton 2019 event with Allen Repashy.