Faculty · Jun 4, 2026 · Citadel Culebra

The People Who Built This Field

Why Citadel Culebra is taught by working legends — Kevin McCurley, Tom Crutchfield, George Van Horn, Ty Park, Steve Angeli, and more — and what that means for how you'll learn.

Most education borrows its curriculum from a university and its instructors from wherever it can find them. We did the opposite: we started with the people who actually built modern herpetoculture and structured a school around them.

That mix matters. You'll learn from the keepers who started it, the ones defining it right now, and the up-and-coming talent carrying it forward — a range of methods and opinions, not a single dogma. Take what serves your animals, and build your own judgment with confidence.

Over the coming weeks we'll spotlight each faculty member: what they pioneered, how they actually work, and what they're teaching inside the school.

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