P. baroni, rear-fanged beauties!!! (pics)

[Evan Jamison]

I'm getting 2.2 of these guys, and they are coming in tomorrow. I couldn't be more excited!!! They are CB by Rob Nimmo, and are amazing looking animals, as well as a very well behaved species (especially for arboreal colubrids). I've wanted to start working with these guys for a while now, and finally found some that I could trade for. I know, they're not balls (blasphemy, right Adam? ), but they're still beautiful!!! I'll be taking better pics when they get here tomorrow, but let me know what you guys think.

Male #1


Female #1


Female #2


Thanks for looking!!
-Evan

[JLC]

Wow, those are awesome looking! Do they have a common name? They look SO TINY! How big will they get?

[Laooda]

SWeeeeeeeeT! 's Those are Awsome!

[Evan Jamison]

Wow, those are awesome looking! Do they have a common name?
They look SO TINY! How big will they get?

Philodryas baroni
Common names: Barons green racer, Pampas ratsnake, Argentine green snake, long-nosed tree snake. There are probably a bunch of others, but these are the ones I've seen.

The mother of the babies I'm getting is close to 6 ft, and the male is 3.5 ft (both in country for 9 years), but I think they average about 4-5.

-Evan

[markface]

very cool lookin critters . i love the noses and the striping down the back .

[joepythons]

I like the looks of them .Congrats

[Evan Jamison]

Thanks guys! There aren't a lot of species other than balls that really want to have in my collection, and this is definitely one ot them. I'll post more pics once they arrive.

-Evan

[lillyorchid]

WOW they are really different looking that is for sure!

[Kara]

NICE!!!! Don't get bit...I've heard they actually pack a bit of a punch. Can't wait to see more pics of them Evan...baroni are just too cool!!

K~

P.S. Now you need some Rhynchophis!

[Evan Jamison]

NICE!!!! Don't get bit...I've heard they actually pack a bit of a punch. Can't wait to see more pics of them Evan...baroni are just too cool!!

K~

P.S. Now you need some Rhynchophis!

Yeah, some of the other Philodryas species have caused some relatively bad envenomations, but symptoms were mostly just prolonged swelling of the limb that was bitten and localized pain. There are reports of more severe envenomations too, but all the reported P. baroni bites have been a little edema with no systemic effects. I will be taking the necessary precautions when I do handle them, but the breeders that I've talked to about baroni have never had one bite in defense before, not even the babies.

I want some Rhynchophis in the future too, but these guys will help quell the urge to get more non-BP snakes for a little while . If they ever get here that is!

-Evan