Freshly shed house snake

Hi,

Sorry they aren't in focus but they were a good representation of his colour and (lack of ) pattern.

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9476/housie02.jpg

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/3198/housie03.jpg


dr del

Awesome!!! :D Me gusta mucho mucho mass :gj::gj::gj:
Patternless albino Cape House Snake ?? I think so... but just in case You should sign for http://lamprophis.proboards.com/index.cgi ;)

They gonna tell You more....
male or female ??

He is a cool looking snake. Love his face.

Very nice looking guy!

He needs about a half dozen girlfriends.

I love his color!

Hi,

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Originally Posted by Aes_Sidhe

Awesome!!! :D Me gusta mucho mucho mass :gj::gj::gj:
Patternless albino Cape House Snake ?? I think so... but just in case You should sign for http://lamprophis.proboards.com/index.cgi ;)

They gonna tell You more....
male or female ??

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Patternless yes but I'm not sure he is an albino. I have sent the pics to a guy over here who breeds a lot of them - Erik from that forum ( I have been a lurking member for 3 years with the username of satanswombat ).


dr del

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Originally Posted by dr del

Hi,



Patternless yes but I'm not sure he is an albino. I have sent the pics to a guy over here who breeds a lot of them - Erik from that forum ( I have been a lurking member for 3 years with the username of satanswombat ).


dr del

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I fallen in love with Housies couple months ago... just Stripe one.. and Eric even Agree is little odd little fellow (very delicate stripe longer head not that buggy eyes) but he is pretty sure that is a stripe one... my forym name there is aessidhe ;)

Derek yours to light in my Opinion to be just patternless....
Is or T-Albino Patternless or Hypo Patternless :gj::gj::gj:

Did you get info from Eric already??

P.S. And I'm so angry:rage:
My Internet went down last evening because of heat wave.. and because of that I lost auction on Brick Red (Erythristic) yearling Female from Ben Siegel :rage::rage::rage::rage::rage: *sighs* next time i hope...

Very cool snake. Years ago I had a pair of the blacks , at least I think that's what they are called now. .....wish I still had them:(

Hi,

I had one reply from Erik recommending trying to get a patternless to go with him but I have asked a follow up question. :)


dr del

That's cool. It's I've never seen one without the stripes on the sides. In a book I have about Southern African snakes they have a picture of a BHS that was taken in Namaqualand, and it looks just like yours, same colour and it also had the stripe on the head only.

If they was black they was probably Black/Olive/Purple phase of Boaedon fuliginosus (Brown House Snake) I was thinking about pair as well but breeder Who have them had only males.. so not now...

This One here is Boaedon capensis (Cape House Snake ) Those are the cooles One in my opinion because of variety of morphs they have... I saw Even Piebald Cape House Snake :D

This year i wanna buy few pairs of them and next year start breed then :gj::gj::gj:

I'ld say just a patternless, maybe hypo but regardless he is gorgeous!

My book doesn't have Boedon Canpensis in it :(

The only house snake it has that has Capensis in it in my book is the BHS Lamprophis Capensis. They seem much darke, Dr. Del's one is much brighter, very cool!

Hi,

Same snake - they changed the classification. :)

He changes colour a little from light to dark - he can be an almost chestnut brown at times.

I just always seem to be taking pictures when he is lighter - maybe that is a conincidence or maybe I subconciously look at him and think "he looks nice today - let's take some pictures"


dr del

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Originally Posted by Jared2608

My book doesn't have Boedon Canpensis in it :(

The only house snake it has that has Capensis in it in my book is the BHS Lamprophis Capensis. They seem much darke, Dr. Del's one is much brighter, very cool!

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A Phylogenetic study was performed by Chris M. R. Kelly et al. and published in November 2010 which details a variety of Taxonomic changes in the genus, Lamprophis.

List of changes below:

Lamprophis capensis, fuliginosus, lineatus, maculatus, mentalis, olivaceus & virgatus have now been moved to the Boaedon genus.
This means they are now to be classified as 'Boaedon sp.'

Lamprophis lineatus bedriagae was not expressly mentioned in the study but as it is a lamprophis lineatus subspecies, it should also move to the genus: Boaedon.

Lamprophis inornatus has been removed from the Lamprophis genus and placed with the water snakes in the genus: Lycodonomorphus.

Lamprophis swazicus has been moved to it's own genus 'Inyoka'

Lamprophis aurora, fiskii, fuscus & guttatus remain in the Lamprophis genus.

Lamprophis aybssinicus, erlangeri & geometricus are retained in the Lamprophis genus - but as they were not sampled in this study, future studies may place them elsewhere.

Article: Kelly, C.M.R., et al. Molecular systematics of the African Snake family Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843 (Serpentes:Elapoidea), with particular focus on the genera Lamprophis Fitzinger, 1843 and Mehelya, Csiki 1903. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. (2010), doi:10/1016/j.ympev.2010.11.010

available from: Science Direct:gj::gj::gj:

@ Derek.... If I get more Housies I'll probably will push You guys for African House Snakes sub forum in Colubrid section :P... If that will not pass.. well next year I'll plan Platinum account so I will Create one in members forum anyway :rolleyes:

I wish more ppl get in to House Snakes.. they are nor expansive... coll looking...really easy to care and maintain.. and i dont seen more tame snake yet:D

And With more and more B.Capensis morphs Available... I think they have real bright future ahead :gj:

Aaaah now I get it! My book was first published in 2004 so its out of date, so I guess a new one is in order. I was also confused by the Cape House snake, because we just call the Brown House Snakes, it's nice and simple, they're brown, and they live near houses, lol!

As a side item, the Aurora House snake is also really gorgeos!!

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@... If I get more Housies I'll probably will push You guys for African House Snakes sub forum in Colubrid section :P... If that will not pass.. well next year I'll plan Platinum account so I will Create one in members forum anyway :rolleyes:...

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Hahaha - not addicted much? :D Seriously, though, these are interesting snakes that I'd like to see more of (and learn more, too). For whatever reason, they just don't seem to be available much. I've only ever seen three - don't know anyone personally who has them. :confused:

What is their temperament like? Personality? I've watched Ben's FB auctions too and thought that they were interesting.

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What is their temperament like? Personality? I've watched Ben's FB auctions too and thought that they were interesting.

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Those are sweetest things in the world... I have young corn snake before anth that was like Quick Silver always try to run out from me
My Striped House Snake just twitch a little when you pick him up and then He just chill in the palm of my hand using fingers as branches... And mind that mine is WC specimen...

And dont even remind me Last Ben Auction :rage::rage::rage::rage::rage:
My damned Internet provider :tears::tears::tears:

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Originally Posted by Aes_Sidhe

Those are sweetest things in the world... I have young corn snake before anth that was like Quick Silver always try to run out from me
My Striped House Snake just twitch a little when you pick him up and then He just chill in the palm of my hand using fingers as branches... And mind that mine is WC specimen...

And dont even remind me Last Ben Auction :rage::rage::rage::rage::rage:
My damned Internet provider :tears::tears::tears:

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Do you know where to find an accurate care sheet for them?

Kingsnake.com have one... beside the best info You can find on :

House Snake Forum:gj::gj::gj:

The more I learn about colubrids, the more they are becoming my favorite type of snake. After reading this post I looked around the net at pics and info for more information on African house snakes.

http://housesnakes.net/
Seems to have some good info about them, including care sheets and species lists.

Very nice! I haven't seen many House Snakes but they seem to be becoming more popular. :) I wouldn't mind adding one to my collection some time.