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[Patrick Long]

They have a food dish???

What do they eat?

[janeothejungle]

are they rodent eaters?

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


with a big ol' gut.



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

Cheers,
Kat

[Patrick Long]

They look so FREAKING! cool

[mooingtricycle]

I got it from here.

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

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

[Lucas339]

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!

[rabernet]

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!

[Colin Vestrand]

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

[janeothejungle]

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

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

[Jyson]

What a wicked lil snake, I love his eyes.

[rabernet]

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

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