George Van Horn
Kevin McCurley · ivory retic
Ty Park · Aldabra tortoise
Blue-tongue skinkwhere keepers
belong.
The private network for the whole keeper world — a college for reptile keepers. Profiles, species & discipline spaces, live faculty, the Codex and the Exchange, all in one place. Free to read everything, always — join in when you're ready to take part.
a real, living platform.
This is the actual Culebra Connect dashboard, embedded live — browse the whole thing, nothing is hidden.
a private network for the whole keeper world.
Members live their whole keeping life inside Connect — part social network, part professional network, part college campus, purpose-built for serious keepers, breeders and professionals.
Profiles, feeds, posting — see what everyone keeps and what they're working on.
Organized and professional, built for our whole student and faculty network.
Cohorts, faculty, lineage — a real student body you actually belong to.
Meta once built Workplace — “think Facebook, but for your company.” Millions of people at companies like Walmart, Delta and AstraZeneca ran their working lives on it: a feed, organized groups, key updates, live video, a knowledge library. People loved it. Then Meta walked away to chase AI, and shut it down in 2026 — not because it failed, but because it wasn't worth their while.
Culebra Connect takes that proven blueprint and rebuilds it for the keeper world — owned and run by people who actually keep reptiles, with a knowledge archive and a marketplace no general-purpose platform could ever offer.
everything a keeper needs, in one place.
Four pillars, every feature explained. The ones marked Coming are on the build board right now — this platform ships weekly.
Everything the keeper world says, in one organized place.
- The feed
A social feed for your animals, wins, milestones and questions — like, comment, follow the keepers you trust.
- Spaces
Species, discipline and faculty-led rooms. Not one flat feed — a real campus of rooms, as deep as our 10,406-species taxonomy goes.
- Direct messages
Private conversations with keepers, breeders and faculty — questions that don't belong on the feed.
- Key updatesComing
Pinned, must-see announcements that never scroll away — from faculty and space leads.
- Notifications that respect you
Digest-first by default. Connect tells you what mattered — it never bombards you into muting it.
A college, not just a chat room.
- Live sessions & AMAs
Expert lives, scheduled lectures and field broadcasts with the faculty — plus a growing replay library.
- 24/7 coaching
Always-on Q&A across every discipline, from peers, moderators and faculty.
- Field Study courses
Structured coursework and certification cohorts on the Student plan — a real curriculum with real instructors.
- Events & RSVPComing
Expos, meetups, cohort deadlines and live-session calendars you can actually plan around.
- Podcast & newsletter
Culebra Conversations and the Culebra Chronicles, surfaced right inside Connect.
Your standing in the community, earned and visible.
- Living profiles
Reptile-centric profiles: who you are, what you keep, your projects, rank, badges and knowledge-lineage.
- Points & levelsComing
Every like your posts earn is a point. Nine levels from hatchling to apex — your level badge rides on your avatar everywhere.
- LeaderboardsComing
7-day, 30-day and all-time boards. See who's carrying the community this week — and climb.
- Polls & member surveysComing
The community gets a say — quick polls in spaces, pulse surveys from faculty.
- Member directoryComing
Find keepers by state and specialty — the keepers near you, and the ones working your species.
The social layer of a four-product stack — not an island.
- Culebra Codex, built in
The living knowledge archive and 10,406-species database — readable from day one, even on the free tier.
- Culebra Exchange, built in
The connected marketplace — listings, breeder storefronts and buying, one click from the conversation.
- A real certification path
Citadel Culebra coursework leads somewhere: certification cohorts and credentials that mean something.
- One account, whole federation
Your Connect identity carries across Cerebro, Codex and Exchange — one login, one profile, one reputation.
structured like a school.
Three layers, so you always know where to go — the main commons, the led groups, and the specialist rooms.
The central hub — general forums, announcements and the federation-wide commons everyone shares.
- 01Husbandry
- 02Nutrition
- 03Behavior & Handling
- 04Socialization & Bond-Building
- 05Breeding
- 06Genetics
- 07Anatomy & Physiology
- 08Venom Animals & Toxicology
- 09Zoological & Large-Scale Ops
- 10Conservation & HWC Research
- 11Vet Science & Medics
Plus named faculty inner circles (Kevin McCurley, Tom Crutchfield, Ty Park & more) and per-species communities — unlimited, on a taxonomy that runs 10,406 species deep. No space caps, ever.
taught by the people who built this.
Live audits on heat, humidity and rack design — submit a photo of your setup and get it reviewed on air.
Open the live room- KMKevin McCurley
- TCTom Crutchfield
- TPTy Park
- SLStacy Lobato
- GVGeorge Van Horn
- SASteve Angeli
Expert lives, scheduled lectures, AMAs and a growing replay library.
why we built our own.
We could have rented a community platform like everyone else. Here's what the usual options actually give you — and what we refused to accept.
- One flat feed — every community is a single room
- Your community lives at skool.com/your-name
- No certificates and no real course depth
- Every group looks exactly the same
- Spaces are capped by plan tier
- Costs creep as your community grows
- No certificates
- Members can't delete their own accounts
- An algorithm decides who sees your posts
- No structure — everything scrolls away
- You don't own the audience or the data
- One policy change and the community is gone
- Our own branded home — culebraconnect.com, not a subdomain of someone else's platform
- Unlimited species-level spaces on a 10,406-species taxonomy
- The Culebra Codex and Culebra Exchange built in — knowledge and marketplace, one login
- A real certification path through Citadel Culebra coursework
No retention maze, no support ticket. Cancel means billing stops — immediately.
You will never be charged after you cancel. Ever.
Your account, your call. Leave and take your peace of mind with you — no emailing an admin.
Digest-first by default. We'd rather you visit because you want to.
Every like your posts earn is a point — points you can never lose. Nine levels carry you from hatchling to apex, your level badge rides on your avatar everywhere, and higher levels unlock courses and perks you can see waiting for you.
- 01This could be you+214
- 02Weekly top keepers+187
- 03Ranked by the community+165
choose how deep you go.
- All community forums + discipline & species spaces
- Your living profile + the social feed
- Direct messages with keepers & faculty
- Live expert sessions, AMAs & the replay library
- 24/7 questions & coaching
- Podcast, newsletter, points, levels & badges
- Everything in Community, plus —
- The full stack: Cerebro · Codex · Exchange · Connect
- Field Study courses + certification cohorts
- Culebra Codex — the full knowledge archive
- Culebra Exchange — marketplace access
- Faculty inner circles + direct mentorship
Simple monthly pricing — cancel anytime. The Student plan unlocks every Citadel Culebra product: Cerebro, Codex, Exchange & Connect.
Connect is the glue.
Cerebro, Codex, Exchange and Connect each stand alone — but they interlock, and all four are live. Connect is the social layer across the whole stack.
The learning + operating system. Curriculum, certifications and the operational hub.
The living knowledge archive — the reptile Wikipedia, masterclasses and research.
The connected marketplace — listings, breeder storefronts, shipping and brokers.
The people. The social glue that ties all four pillars together.
your people are already here.
Reading is free, forever. Start there — join in when you're ready.