Just a few new critters I've aquired.

[KrokadilyanGuy3]

Caramel Atrox and his 100% het lady friend.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Palustris3/Snakes/1622113_10156571292435705_237227710565104628_n_zps wixmstb2.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Palustris3/media/Snakes/1622113_10156571292435705_237227710565104628_n_zps wixmstb2.jpg.html)

Trans Pecos. May do a revamp on the enclosure since these guys are more of an arid dweller, but figured they're found in gardens too and it was already set up anyway..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Palustris3/Snakes/IMG_20160313_2118092_zpshidkb3js.jpg (http://smg.
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Arizona, awesome snake.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Palustris3/Snakes/12798944_10156522710285705_753742292564797575_n_zp shnbgasoz.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Palustris3/media/Snakes/12798944_10156522710285705_753742292564797575_n_zp shnbgasoz.jpg.html)

My big Girl. Little over 5'. Also have an 18".

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Palustris3/Snakes/12801112_10156522710425705_2860938102839696307_n_z psljytvkuj.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Palustris3/media/Snakes/12801112_10156522710425705_2860938102839696307_n_z psljytvkuj.jpg.html)

Bitis crusing the streets.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Palustris3/Snakes/12794576_10156522710205705_8962125521569892414_n_z pseplkc112.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Palustris3/media/Snakes/12794576_10156522710205705_8962125521569892414_n_z pseplkc112.jpg.html)

[Herpo]

I love the rattlers, stunning!

[Albert Clark]

Amazing reptiles Krok. Congrats! The bitis has some aberrant coloration, I haven't seen that before.

[Venomhunter]

Great collection, more a viper lover?

[Venomhunter]

Great collection, more a viper lover?

[Minkness]

Is that trans pecos a rat snake or a hot of some kind?

[Tiny Boidae]

Is that trans pecos a rat snake or a hot of some kind?

It looks almost like a copperhead is what I immediately jumped to... But I could be wrong.

[Minkness]

That's what I was thinking too!

[FWK]

Is that trans pecos a rat snake or a hot of some kind?

It looks almost like a copperhead is what I immediately jumped to... But I could be wrong.

Yes, it is a Trans-Pecos Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster). A recent paper proposed revisions to the genus Agkistrodon, including reclassifying this animal as a Broadbanded Copperhead (A. laticinctus). Beautiful snake though, that Blacktail is very nice as well.

[KrokadilyanGuy3]

Thanks guys.
Yes, Venom, I fancy Crotalids the most but I'm a viper kind of guy. I have dabbled with naja, tiapans, mambas and such, but just too flightly for me. I am a fan of a select few and may even get some were I to cross any at a show or something.

As FWK stated, it is a copperhead.
Haven't read that paper though.

[AwesomeGuy376]

Absolutely beautiful snakes! Personally I love anything that rattles (on snakes and beds ;))but i'd never have the guts to keep a hot :P

[KrokadilyanGuy3]

It's not for everyone but it's really not that bad.

I guess it depends on your focus when it comes to keeping reptiles. Personally I don't consider them a holding animal so I don't really have that lure of wanting to hold them. I consider them more like fish, which is why I keep most in natural enclosures instead of on newspaper in a bin. Awesome to watch.

[EL Ziggy]

Amazing animals and great pics Krok.Thanks for sharing.

[Tsubaki]

Gorgeous, especially love the bitis!

[D Grade]

Thats a really pretty C. Molossus. Very nice collection!