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.
What reptile are you testing?
Testing for tortoises cannot be ordered yet
In its first phase, ERHR offers PCR screening of snakes only. Sign up if you would like to hear when relevant tests become available. No kit is sent and no payment is taken.
Learn about relevant diseases
Testing is not currently available through ERHR.
- Mycoplasma agassizii
Mycoplasma agassizii is associated with respiratory disease in terrestrial tortoises. Testing may be relevant when adding a tortoise to a group or before breeding or sale.
- Herpesvirus
Herpesviruses can affect terrestrial tortoises. Screening may be relevant before introducing a tortoise to a group or before breeding or sale.
Place your order
Choose the analyses and animals, then pay by card or MobilePay
Collect and return the samples
Use one labelled oral swab per animal and follow the return instructions
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.