anyone ever see a house snake like this?

[daveadk]

and not the one thats in shed....the tangerinish looking one.

[llovelace]

Love the color

[daveadk]

the female always laid slugs.....i dunno if it was her or him. i gave them to a friend awhile ago. but i have yet to see another house snake like him

[dr del]

Hi,

I think it might be because they are different species.

House snake subspecies are notorious for not interbreeding very well.

This forum seems to be down at the moment but check out this page when it comes back up and have a search to try and work out what ones you had.

http://lamprophis.proboards.com/inde...lay&thread=265


dr del

[dr del]

Hi,

Having rooted around on that site I'm wonder if it is isn't the type mentioned in this thread from the shape of the head and the lack of head and body markings.

Swazi Rock Snake – Inyoka swazicus

The Swazi Rock Snake is large eyed slender House Snake that is extremely secretive and considered rare in much of its range. The Swazi Rock Snake is only found in the Eastern most Parts of South Africa including Losotho and Swaziland.
The Swazi Rock Snake is usually a dark Red, Red Brown, Beige, Orange Brown, to light Bright. The have a tendacy to favor rocky outcrops hunting a wide range of prey in and around rock crevices. The are considered nocturnal and their large eys help them see in the darkness. The are considered small by House Snake standards and are ussually around 40 to 50 cm with 90 cm as a maximum length

Other than that the only thing I can think of is some form of patternless T+ albino?


dr del

[Aes_Sidhe]

I was thinking about red form of Boaedon fuliginosus but it's to Orange and lack of any pattern trow me off..
It Could be totally different Specie like Derek suggest..
Is a lot of mess with house snakes right now... they was reclassified last year species move to different genes and such...
That could explain why female trow always slugs... You may attempt to hybridize 2 different species...

And Derek I dont think so is a Swazi ... Swazi have light Eyes.. This one have black... Will try do some research as well.

[daveadk]

hmmm i never came across swazi before... i will have to look into this more.thanks!...like i said my buddy has them now...since he's dinking around with a bunch of them....i'll have to let him know.

[Aes_Sidhe]

Ok guys i done some more research and this is my Conclusion...
Both now looks to me as Boaedon fuliginosus... because of lack of Pattern..

Is Common Mistake .. i did it in my first post here as well to mistaken B. maculatus as Boaedon fuliginosus...
B. maculatus have visible pattern to them when B. fuliginosus dont...

From What I can see from that Picture is a Regular Brown Phase Female.. and Pastel morph/locality male

Quote from other web site: "Pastel" - just an unusually light coloration of normals; often a peach/orangish hue

As of Slugs.. is hard to say why it happens... Many times female lay eggs in water dish and that of course kill them maybe that was a case...

Is a Possibility that female could be very low patterned B. maculatus ...

She is in Shed on that picture... and that could throw my ID off.. and from i check on my research this 2 species as well as B. capensis dont hybridize...with each other...

Hope that helps

[Aes_Sidhe]

Uhh some correction to my last post ....
Looks like hybrids are possible between B. capensis and B. fuliginosus link here and between B. capensis and B. lineatus link here

Looks like House Snakes are bigger Headache with classification that i suspected before