The Hotness.

Just in time for my Birthday.

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...e/arrival1.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...e/arrival2.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...e/arrival3.jpg


:D


Cheers,
Kat

And it is....... ?????????? (Other than the Hotness)

some sorta house snake i bet

it is a really cool looking snake that i want now! dang another one to add to the list but i have to know the name to add it!

It's cool looking- just have no clue what it is! Lol!

Whatever it is, it looks pretty cool, I love that cute face :gj:

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

And it is....... ?????????? (Other than the Hotness)

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I believe you mean 'and THEY are?????'

Dipsadoboa flavida

AKA Teeny Tiny Hotness

some sort of tree snake???

Huge eyes means arboreal....errrr....a good sign

Very nice!!!

Whered you get these ones?

When in to check on them in QT and discovered the boy shimmying up the groove in the screen door......

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...le/creeper.jpg



Cheers,
Kat

Adorable teeny tiny hotness - and potentially very sneeky, too! Love that last picture!

Very nice Kat :D

ok call me dumb it you want but when i googled it, i couldn't find a common name.???

Dipsadoboa flavida: Mount Kenya Bushviper

Very nice! Love the pattern on those guys :D

What an adorable teeny, tiny, sneaky hotness.

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Originally Posted by N4S

Dipsadoboa flavida: Mount Kenya Bushviper

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lol No, definitely not a bushviper there.... This is a Colubrid, you can tell from the eyes, and shape of the head.

Cross barred tree snake
http://www.bio-ken.com/colubrids.htm

I got it from here.

http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/im...m=205668&one=T

Yes, Alicia has the right of it. I would suspect the field tags were goofed on that particular specimen since Cal Academy has around 5 specimens labeled correctly, where as photos in the Berkeley database come from a wide variety of sources (likely a mislabeled sample in a museums back room).

These guys are absolutely amazing to watch cruising around in the evenings. We call the male 'pig' because he likes to sit curled in the food dish while he eats....


Cheers,
Kat

are they rodent eaters?

They have a food dish???

What do they eat?

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Originally Posted by Lucas339

are they rodent eaters?

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They are now. From what I can glean from the literature, they are primarily lizard/frog/tad eaters, but these guys are more than happy to scarf mice pinks left in a dish....

creeping smoothly along
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...le/sneaker.jpg

with a big ol' gut.
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...ngle/fatty.jpg


I'm really excited to work with these guys, hopefully see some CB kids in the future.

Cheers,
Kat

They look so FREAKING! cool

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Originally Posted by N4S

I got it from here.

http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/im...m=205668&one=T

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Those guys look like this. :) http://zoltantakacs.com/zt/pw/sn/album.php?idx=15

man i really like these little guys! good luck with these and keep us posted on when some pairings happen! sounds like you have a good market for those right here!

They are really cool - but what got you interested in them to say "I want a pair of those"? And how did you find a breeder to get them from? I'm fascinated with them!

that's crazy... i've only seen these in a zoo. i think they called them cross barred snakes (toledo).
anyways, nice score!

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Originally Posted by rabernet

They are really cool - but what got you interested in them to say "I want a pair of those"?

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I actually was looking for a new project that was not already being kept in captivity, but had the potential to be established successfully. I had seen a pic of another species of these (D. weileri) at Cal academy of sciences and thought they were beauties but likely to be hard to keep (arboreal/fairly specialized feed/flighty). When I saw these guys on an import list as LTC's, I couldn't help myself. I totally went back and forth with myself over whether this was a wise thing to try, how hard would it be to provide for them, etc. In the end, I leapt and so far they have been an absolute dream, eating and active and parasite free. They do, of course have some nice pointy teeth (and are rear-fanged), but they have been disinclined to bite thus far. I'm pretty happy with the project and hopefully will be able to work out the biology of these guys, since so little is known.

Cheers,
Kat

What a wicked lil snake, I love his eyes.

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Originally Posted by janeothejungle

I actually was looking for a new project that was not already being kept in captivity, but had the potential to be established successfully. I had seen a pic of another species of these (D. weileri) at Cal academy of sciences and thought they were beauties but likely to be hard to keep (arboreal/fairly specialized feed/flighty). When I saw these guys on an import list as LTC's, I couldn't help myself. I totally went back and forth with myself over whether this was a wise thing to try, how hard would it be to provide for them, etc. In the end, I leapt and so far they have been an absolute dream, eating and active and parasite free. They do, of course have some nice pointy teeth (and are rear-fanged), but they have been disinclined to bite thus far. I'm pretty happy with the project and hopefully will be able to work out the biology of these guys, since so little is known.

Cheers,
Kat

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Very cool! I'll be following their (and your) progress with interest! Congrats again!