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Dead gators found in snake-guy’s lair

The Long Island snake merchant who had 850 live serpents in his garage also kept alligator carcasses in his freezer.

Richard Parrinello, 44, of Shirley, got a $250 ticket from New York wildlife managers for three little alligator corpses he kept on ice at home, a state wildlife official said Friday.

That’s on top of another $250 ticket for two illegal Burmese pythons that investigators seized on Thursday from Parrinello’s Auborn Avenue home.

Parrinello refused to comment Friday about the reptile bazaar.

A notice nailed to the garage shows a hand gripping a revolver, and reads, “Anyone found here at night will be found in the morning!!!”

Parrinello gets to keep his 848 lawful snakes and some turtles and spiders at home until he and town officials work out a way to safely relocate the creatures.

“Could he go rent a storefront somewhere and open Reptiles R Us? Absolutely,” said David Moran, deputy town attorney for Brookhaven.