Some Mussuranas

[bioteacher]

I recently got a pair of Mussuranas (Boiruna maculata) from John Michels at Black Pearl Reptiles. They are from a Uruguayan, David Fabius, stock. They are unbelievably hard to photograph because of how deep their blacks are and the iridescent, oil-slick sheen to them. Anyways, the male is normal and the female is a piebald (which works as a co-dominant trait with the super an almost all-white pied). Here they are - I went a little snapshot crazy ;D:

Male:



















Female (you can still see some of the red band on her neck):











Not the best, but some belly shots showing the pied effect:


















Just thought this was a neat shot, showing tongue movement

[Slim]

AWESOME Shots!!!

[cdavidson9]

Read an article on these guys in Herpes Nation.. after reading and doing a bit more research they quickly became my favorite colubrid for sure. You have a very beautiful pair there! I'm stoked for you.

[bioteacher]

Thanks Slim!

Thanks cdavidson9! That's also where I first read about them. I wrote a Sibon article for them last year and have another one or two coming out this year I hope. I got the mussuranas from the author, John Michels - Black Pearl Reptiles (excellent to deal with btw).

[ballpythonluvr]

The most beautiful colubrids I have ever seen!

[John1982]

Very nice! These guys have been on my wish list for quite a while.

[ExotixTowing]

They are insanely beautiful !!

[boadaddy]

Mussuranas are pretty cool for a colubrid, I almost got a trio last year with two high white pieds but got more boas instead lol. Great looking pickups and photos btw

[dragonmoon]

wow totally stunning

[spasticbeast]

I am both impressed with the mussuranas and your camera skills. Well done!