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cobraman
10-07-03, 09:16 PM
Chinese Mountain Pit Viper eating a mouse (How many ya want, Scott?)
TheRedDragon
10-07-03, 09:31 PM
:jawdrop: The colours on that Viper are AMAZING!
Dani33
10-07-03, 09:46 PM
WOW!!!!!!!
Edwin
10-07-03, 09:58 PM
very cool
CDN-Cresties
10-07-03, 10:04 PM
Very nice, how many venomous snakes do you keep? Do you require a special permit? Also, have you ever been tagged? (These are just questions out of curiosity :) )
Thanks

-Steve-
reverendsterlin
10-07-03, 10:50 PM
not that familiar with them but I think it looks more like Trimeresurus kanburiensis than Trimeresurus monticola or Ovophis monticola. No antivenin for these is there? Definitely a beautiful animal, I need to get out of the low desert so I can keep some of these cooler more humid species.
Maik Dobiey
10-08-03, 03:45 AM
Regarding the orange dorsal coloration I would think them to be Protobothrops jerdoni xanthomelas and I am sure that it is at least a Protobothrops jerdoni ssp.
But being not so familiar with the english names for the first second after reading I thought of Ermia mangshanensis which is one of my absolute favorites. But in english it is called Iron headed Pit Viper or so I think...
Nevertheless a very beautiful species and a nice picture.

-Maik-
spyderman
10-08-03, 03:51 AM
Wow!!! I never thought a viper could look that good.
Mustangrde1
10-08-03, 04:08 AM
I shall Pass Ray, They are nice looking for certain. But I will stick the the Bothriechis schlegelii and my Naja's.Besides i need something BIG now that I have 6 feet of free vison cage lol.
Yve
10-08-03, 07:59 AM
Wow!!..its the Elton John of all snakes!lol!!! FLASHY!!
cobraman
10-08-03, 09:05 AM
Maik, You win the booby prize!!! You are absolutely correct, the actual scientific name is Protobothrops jerdoni, but many still go by the old classification of Trimerusurus.
Ray Hunter
fatboy
10-08-03, 12:23 PM
Nice snake bro. Never seen one before. Scott why is your vision empty now?
reverendsterlin
10-08-03, 12:32 PM
hrmph, I thought jerdoni were black and yellow
Burm41
10-08-03, 12:39 PM
that thing looks awsome! love the colors!!!
Mustangrde1
10-08-03, 03:02 PM
Barry sold my big Nile monitor and that was his sleeping quarters and he would share with anything else lol.
jay76
10-08-03, 03:04 PM
Very impressive jerdoni! Outstanding colouration. Is it yours Ray?
cobraman
10-08-03, 07:44 PM
For now they are mine. I just imported 17 of them (but they are c.b.) but they are for sale, so I will enjoy them while i have them.
cobraman
10-09-03, 03:40 PM
Who needs the frogs, and lizards???