Salt and Pepper

[John1982]

This pair of mussurana, Boiruna maculata, arrived today as part of a trade deal. I've had my female pied for a couple years now and never got around to picking up a male so I jumped on the offer. As much as I like the pieds and super pieds, I can't deny the absolute beauty of the normal.

2017 super pied female(in shed):




2016 normal male:









My pied female slurping down one of last years stillborn garters:

[dakski]

John,

Awesome animals, but what exactly are they in english?

Kingsnakes?

Either way, good luck and keep us posted.

[richardhind1972]

Very nice snakes,
I'd never heard of them either, just done a bit of reading on them and there pretty interesting and rear fanged and love to munch on other snakes
There colours are so cool

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[Bogertophis]

Wow, we sure don't see these every day....I'm not normally a big fan of "pied" but that last pic, that female is & I really like the normal male too.

[Zincubus]

This pair of mussurana, Boiruna maculata, arrived today as part of a trade deal. I've had my female pied for a couple years now and never got around to picking up a male so I jumped on the offer. As much as I like the pieds and super pieds, I can't deny the absolute beauty of the normal.

2017 super pied female(in shed):




2016 normal male:









My pied female slurping down one of last years stillborn garters:

Absolutely stunning !


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[John1982]

but what exactly are they in english?

Kingsnakes?

They're kind of like the kings of central and south america. These specialize in feeding on other snakes(ophiophagy) in the wild and are even immune/resistant to the venom of their native vipers - these are bothrops destroyers - but are vulnerable to the venom of the corals as well as that of their own kind. Mussurana is the common name for snakes in the genus Clelia, which these used to be in until they got changed to Boiruna maculata. They're still called mussurana and sometimes false mussurana.

[Craiga 01453]

Thanks for sharing!!! Congrats on some super cool pickups!!
I dig those pieds, but the normal is simply stunning!!!!

[Avsha531]

Super cool and interesting, those are some really pretty snakes that I've also never heard of. Thanks for sharing!

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[EL-Ziggy]

You have some of the most amazing and unique critters John. Where do you find this stuff that most of us have never even heard of?!

[Stewart_Reptiles]

I always like that species, and I really like that Super Pied, I don't recall seeing one of those before, stunning.

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