Biography
My name is Andreas Schillert and I live in Berlin, Germany.
I have been involved in this hobby since 1989 and specialize in snakes, especially Dasypeltis. The first snakes I ever kept were Pantherophis guttatus (Corn Snake) and Opheodris aestivus (rough green snake). I acquired my first egg eaters (Dasypeltis scabra) in 1991. Two years later I also added D. fasciata and D. inornata to my collection. I furthermore keep Aspidelaps l. lubricus (South African coral snake). Since 2004, I also started to keep some lizards. Specially Tokays (Gekko g. gecko), Smaragdskink (Lamprolepis smaragdina), Asian snake-eyed skink (Ablepharus pannonicus) and the Berberskink (Eumeces algeriensis). Now (2022) I only have Tokays. Since 2016 I have and breed Madagascarophis meridionalis.
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Membership:
I have been a member of the Terrariengemeinschaft Berlin e.V. (TGB Berlin) since 1992, where I served as chairman for four years. I have also been a member of the DGHT (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Terrarienkunde) since 1994.
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General Knowledge:
Since 2001, I am in possession of the VDA & DGHT qualification permit for keeping reptiles, expanded to include dangerous ones.
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Professional Article:
Schillert, A. S. (1997): Das Portrait:Mehelya capensis capensis SAURIA, Berlin, 19 (2): 1-2.
Schillert, A. S. (2000): Buchbesprechung: GREENE, FOGDEN & FOGDEN (1999): Schlangen. Faszination einer unbekannten Welt SAURIA, Berlin, 22 (4): 10.
Schillert, A. S. (2004): Dasypeltis fasciata – SAURIA, Suppl., Berlin, 26 (3): 609-612.
Schillert, A. S. (2009):Erfahrungen bei der Terrarienpflege des Gepunkteten KapskinksTrachylepis punctatissima (Smith, 1849) SAURIA, Berlin, 31 (2): 5-12.
Grossmann, W., T. Kowalski & A. S. Schillert (2013): Das Asiatische Schlangen- oder Natternauge, Ablepharus pannonicus (Fitzinger, 1823) SAURIA,Berlin, 35 (2): 3-13.
Schillert, A. S. (2016): Das Portrait:Bitis cornuta SAURIA, Berlin, 38 (2): 1-2.
Grossmann, W., A. S. Schillert, B.-M. Zwanzig & T. Kowalski (2020): Trachylepis cf. brevicollis (WIEGMANN, 1837) aus dem Dhofar, Pflege und Vermehrung im Terrarium - SAURIA, Berlin, 2020, 42 (3): 55-70.
Grossmann, W. & A. S. Schillert (2022): Der Berberskink Eumeces algeriensis Peters, 1864 Pflege und Vermehrung im Terrarium –– SAURIA, Berlin, 44 (2): 35-51.
Schillert, A. S. (2022): Erfahrungen bei der Terrarienpflege der Katzenaugennatter Madagascarophis meridionalis DOMERGUE, 1987 (Squamata: Serpentes) SAURIA, Berlin, 44 (3), 29-40.
Schillert, A. S. (2025): Haltung und Nachzucht von Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus (LAURENTI, 1768), SAURIA, Berlin, 47 (2): 29-38
19.08.2025