How are Anteresia not more popular?

[jclaiborne]

Here are a quick few...he's wasn't a happy camper


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[Neal]

Neat little guy. I'd probably get one if I planned on keeping boids.

[rascal_rascal_99]

How nippy compared to other snakes?

Age and size seem to matter more to them calming down than handling does for the most of it. Babies are 6" long with a 60' attitude, it's laughable honestly, and at that size often won't sit still in your hands much before trying to shoot off and run away. It seems like somewhere around 12-18 months old, it's like they wake up one day and are suddenly a totally calm and laid back, different animal. I have four adult breeders and none have ever been handled, so long as there isn't a scent of rodent in the room, I can handle any of them and do not expect to get bitten.

[Expensive hobby]

Why are they not more popular? Who knows.

Because these exist!








Lol, that's why for me at least

But for lil guys they are cute!


I like my Dubstep to go Wop Wop Wop Wop

[lefty]

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nice. i love their eyes when they are that tiny. the eyes are so huge. its like the hatch with adult eyes then grow in to them.

[lefty]

Neat little guy. I'd probably get one if I planned on keeping boids.

Why are they not more popular? Who knows. They are small, they are fairly bullet proof, they have fairly undemanding husbandry and they - for a boid - are fairly active. They are easy and entertaining captives.

Then again, it depends on your definition of popularity. There are plenty of antaresia afficionados out there. Once you discover where they hang out, maybe you will reconsider the whole "lack of love" thing.

excuse my lack of education on this.....i'm curious what makes these guys a boid? what is the difference between a boid and a non-boid?

[MarkS]

Very nice, I really like the Anteresia myself. I used to have a nice maculosa for a while and really enjoyed his personality, unfortunatly I went through one of my 'reductionist' periods and now he lives with someone else. I'm sure I'll eventually have some again someday, they really are a lot of fun and not that common (yet)

[MrLang]

excuse my lack of education on this.....i'm curious what makes these guys a boid? what is the difference between a boid and a non-boid?

I believe (please correct) that the simplest differentiation is that they're a constrictor that gives birth to live young, vs. egg laying.

[lefty]

I believe (please correct) that the simplest differentiation is that they're a constrictor that gives birth to live young, vs. egg laying.

thats what i thought too. however these snakes have been refered to as boids twice in this thread but they are egg laying pythons, therefore not boids if my understanding is correct.

[MarkS]

excuse my lack of education on this.....i'm curious what makes these guys a boid? what is the difference between a boid and a non-boid?

I believe at one time taxonomists lumped the pythons in with the family Boidae as the subfamily Pythoninae,
they've been split out into their own family but a lot of people still refer to both pythons and boas as boids.

Family: Pythonidae - Fitzinger, 1826 Pythons taxa
Genus: Antaresia - Wells & Wellington, 1984
Genus: Apodora - Kluge, 1993
Genus: Aspidites - Peters, 1877
Genus: Bothrochilus - Fitzinger, 1843
Genus: Leiopython - Hubrecht, 1879
Genus: Liasis - Gray, 1842
Genus: Morelia - Gray, 1842
Genus: Python - Daudin, 1803 Pythons

Family: Boidae Gray, 1825 Boas

Subfamily: Boinae - Gray, 1825 Boas taxa
Genus: Boa - Linnaeus, 1758 Boas
Genus: Candoia - Gray, 1842 Bevel-nosed boas
Genus: Corallus - Daudin, 1803 Neotropical tree boas
Genus: Epicrates - Wagler, 1830 West Indian boas
Genus: Eunectes - Wagler, 1830 Anacondas

Subfamily: Erycinae - Bonaparte, 1831 Old World sand boas taxa
Genus: Charina - Gray, 1849 Rosy boas, rubber boas
Genus: Eryx - Daudin, 1803 Old World sand boas
Genus: Gongylophis - Wagler, 1830

Of course knowing taxonomists, this could change at any time.