Guess the baby colubrid.........

Do you know what this is? Rep. points to the first person who gets it right.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...r/DSCN0269.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...r/DSCN0273.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...r/DSCN0279.jpg

Some type of Boiga irregularis?

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Originally Posted by twistedtails

Some type of Boiga irregularis?

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Nyet!

First hint: This snake is a viper mimic as a baby.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3306/...8ecb53.jpg?v=0

BTW: Anyone who has been to my house and seen the adults cannot guess..........although the adults look nothing like the babies.

Def a Tree colubrid.....

Cross Barred?
Dipsadoboa (sp?)

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

Cross Barred?
Dipsadoboa (sp?)

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Nein!

They definitely loves them some vertical space, though.

Second clue: Susan's Shirt..........

Not gettin the clues...LOL


Man I am rackin my brain here......egg eater? LOL

Rear fanged?

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

Not gettin the clues...LOL


Man I am rackin my brain here......egg eater? LOL

Rear fanged?

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It will eat eggs and the birds who sit on them.

Not rear fanged........

The second clue is for the species name of the snake.

Third clue:

Puff the Magic Dragon, lived by the Sea...........

Blunt headed tree snake

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Originally Posted by twistedtails

Blunt headed tree snake

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Nope.

Fourth clue:

http://www.mondoanimale.eu/images/cocorite.jpg

and
http://www.tntisland.com/images/cocoritefruit02.jpg

Dasypeltis fasciata?

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Originally Posted by herper55

Dasypeltis fasciata?

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Wrong continent.

Fifth clue - the San Diego Zoo has a pair.

Recap of the clues:

1. Look a the type of viper it mimics - that will give you the locale.
2. Susan's Shirts - the species name.
3. Think of the name of the dragon.......part of the common name.
4. mmmmm, fruit. Also part of the local common name.
5. SD Zoo has a pair - that recently bred.

I found a pic of one...
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...en-us%26um%3D1

Its a false eyelash viper but I cannot find the name of it...

telescopus semiannulatus

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I found a pic of one...
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...en-us%26um%3D1

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That is indeed one in the same. :gj:

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Originally Posted by twistedtails

Its a false eyelash viper but I cannot find the name of it...

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Unfortunately it is NOT a false eyelash viper. It is a pity that the person taking the picture didn't know what it was.

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Originally Posted by twistedtails

telescopus semiannulatus

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Wrong continent.

Telescopus is a rear-fanged venomous snake from Africa. This snake is not rear-fanged and is not from Africa.

I know what it is!!!!! It's a baby colubrid!!!!!

Edit - false pit viper - Xenodon?

A haiku by Skiploder:

A Bird lights afield
Eating silently alone
Wet worms Snake away

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Originally Posted by Skiploder

A haiku by Skiploder:

A Bird lights afield
Eating silently alone
Wet worms Snake away

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errrr.......?

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Originally Posted by rabernet

I know what it is!!!!! It's a baby colubrid!!!!!

Edit - false pit viper - Xenodon?

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No Madam Moderator.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

errrr.......?

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Clue #6...............is in the haiku.

Pseustes poecilonotus

Did I get it? huh huh huh?

Pseustes poecilonotus (juvenile). As adults, theses snakes specialize on bird eggs. (Yum.) When frightened, this individual widened the back of its head, thereby mimicking the appearance of the triangular heads of pitvipers. Adults of this species are duller in coloration.

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Originally Posted by twistedtails

Pseustes poecilonotus

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Let's check it against the clues:

#1 - Pseustes Poecilonotus are eyelash viper mimics as neonates.
#2 - Susan's Shirts - Sue's Tees (Pseustes)
#3 - Puff the Magic Dragon - Pseustes do like to huff and puff, hence the nickname - Puffing Snake.
#4 - The Cocorite Fruit - Pseustes Poecilonuts are known as the Dos Cocorite in their native land.
#5 - The San Diego Zoo has successfully bred their pair.
#6 - A Bird lights afield
Eating silently alone
Wet worms Snake away

You're right - it's a two month old Pseustes Poecilonotus........

I was searching like a mad man trying to find out what that was.:taz:

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No Madam Moderator.

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Drat!!!!! Is it an island snake?

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Drat!!!!! Is it an island snake?

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I believe it is from Costa Rica.

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Originally Posted by twistedtails

Adults of this species are duller in coloration.

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Depends on locality. Some areas produce gorgeous adult specimens. If I can get my wife or one of the kids to give me a hand, I'll take some pics of my adult pair.

Congrats! I figured out the picture of the fruit was only found in Trinidad and Tobago, but the budgies threw me off - I was taking them too literal as being Australian birds!

:cool:Congrats!