The only herps that can be hidden in a dorm room are the odd species that don't need external heat at all. If you have a good, tight locking enclosure you can probably hide rubber boas in your room extremely easily. That's not going to help you with your python or your skink though.



Also some very important additional advice.

When you move out of the dorms and into an apartment. DO NOT get a very large reptile unless the landlord, very explicitly, states that its okay.

My sophmore year of college I moved into an apartment and bought a baby Argentinian Tegu named "Taco". I raised him from a green-headed baby to a 4 ft chick eating monster who would constantly escape from his cage, sleep under my bed, fall asleep in my lap, and poop all over the floor. He was the best pet lizard ever and I loved him, but my landlords rule of "pets are fine as long as it doesn't become a zoo" was crossed in a big way, and I had to part ways with him. That was one of the worst days of my life. Don't end up in a situation where you grow attached to an animal only to have to give it away later.