VETERINARIAN-LED · REPTILE HEALTH REGISTRY · EUROPE
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REPTILE SCREENING

Choose your reptile. See the relevant next step.

ERHR offers PCR screening for reptiles. Select your reptile below to see the relevant testing options.

Ordering is currently open for snakes (pythons and boas). Owners of other reptiles can join the interest list.

Included in the price

  • Sampling kit with oral swab, sample tube, zip bag and disposable gloves
  • Step-by-step sampling instructions
  • One unique Sample ID per animal
  • One PCR test per animal performed by an external veterinary laboratory
  • Prepaid UPS return shipment to the laboratory
  • English PDF test report with a QR code for public verification

An additional PCR test on the same sample can be added. Shipping of the kit to you is calculated separately at checkout.

START WITH YOUR REPTILE

What would you like to do?

Test a new reptile

For animals being purchased, recently acquired or entering quarantine.

Reduce the risk of introducing an important infectious disease into your collection.

Start screening

Prepare an animal for sale

For breeders and owners who want test results linked to the individual animal.

Create a laboratory test record that you can share with a buyer.

Document an animal

Protect your collection

For breeders and keepers managing several reptiles.

Choose screening relevant to the species when introducing animals or managing breeding stock.

View screening options

I have a health concern

For animals with clinical signs or known disease exposure.

Testing an unwell reptile is different from routine screening and may require a veterinary assessment.

Find the appropriate next step

  1. Place your order

    Choose the analyses and animals, then pay by card or MobilePay

  2. Collect and return the samples

    Use one labelled oral swab per animal and follow the return instructions

  3. Receive the test result

    Typically within 7 days after the laboratory receives the sample

Good to know about the test result

A negative PCR result applies only to the sample examined and the analyses selected; it is not a general statement that the animal is free from disease.