What venomous species do you keep?

[Crotalus75]

Just wondering what venomous species are kept by other posters here......

I am currently maintaining a small personal collection of about 15 snakes:

1.1 Bitis gabonica rhinoceros
1.1 Bitis nasicornis
1.1 Crotalus adamanteus
1.1 Crotalus atrox
1.1 Naja kaouthia
1.1 Naja melanoleuca
1.1 Naja nigricollis

[Gregg M]

Gaboons
Rhino vipers
puff adders
GaboonXRhinos

[KrokadilyanGuy3]

Momentarily, nothing.

[kevyn]

Not alot at the moment but there's lots on the way. I keep Crotalus viridis oreganus, Tropidolaemus wagleri. There's a whole bunch of Asiatic species on the way over the summer so I'm pretty stoked about that. Finding a good source for Ture Vipers on the other hand is very difficult. As is a good source of North American hots. Any help would be appreciated.

[Mustangrde1]

1.1 Monacled Cobras
1.1 Egyptian Cobras
0.1 Nubian Cobra
0.1 Green Mamba
1.3 Florida Cottonmouth
1.1 Eastern Diamond Back Rattlesnakes
5.7.12 Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnakes
0.0.1 Copperhead
2.1 Eastern Coral Snakes {I SO NEED MORE FEMALES}
0.1 Western Diamon Back Rattlesnake
0.1 Popes Viper
More comming when soon :)

[boydsnakes]

Everything in my sig + a few more on the way..

[Gregg M]

Question....
Any of you guys going to the Hamburg PA show????

[C.m.pyrrhus]

Got me a C. atrox (which I vowed to never keep) and a C. cerberus, both male and sub-adults. I recently gave some neonate C.c.cercobombus I had to a few folks. I will keep more buzztails in time when I move from my current home. These guys are to addictive.

[cantil]

Agkistrodon, Trimeresurus, Bitis, Tropidolaemus, Gloydius, Crotalus, Aspidelaps, and Cerastes

I'll be at Hamburg in Aug. and October, might not make June

[SCReptiles]

3.2 Eastern diamondback rattlesnakes
3.1 Timber rattlesnakes
2.1 Canebrake rattlesnakes
1.1 Dusky pigmy rattlesnakes
1.1 Southern copperheads
1.1 Transpecos copperheads
1.0 Broad band copperhead
2.1 Eastern Cottonmouths

[BWSmith]

Well, if count what is in the current collection (including all the rescues):

5.23 Eastern Diamondbacks
1.3.1 Canebrake Rattlesnakes
1.1.4 Timber Rattlesnakes (a green, a rust, and 4 baby black)
0.1 Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake
1.3 Broadband Copperheads
2.5 Southern (xNorthern) Copperheads
3.1 Cottonmouths

I think that is it going from memory.

[shaggybill]

Scott, 24 Pygmys???? Wow! Do you breed them to sell, or is this just your normal collection?

Brian, how are those EDB's doing? Are all of them still alive and well?

[BWSmith]

No losses so far.

[Mustangrde1]

Shaggy
Some are for sale but most are personal collection and breeding prodjects. I just happen to love pigmys for some reason.

[snakeskin]

currently in posession:

1.1 Aspidelaps lubricus libricus
1.1 Aspidelaps lubricus infuscatus
2.0 vipera aspis zinnekeri
1.1 Bitis arietans somalica
1.1 Crotalus cerastes cercobombus
3.3 Sistrurus milliaris babouri
0.1 Agkistrodon contortrix laticintus
0.1 Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster
0.1 Cerastes vipera
0.1 Vipera raddei kurdistanica
1.1 Trmeresurus albolabris

Currently 8 Aspidelaps l lubricus eggs, 12 Aspidelaps l infuscatus eggs and the 3 pairs of pigmy's and the sidewinders were put toghether this spring :)

And my girlfriens is saving up for asian spitters :p

[ETET]

Currently,

agkistrodon c. lacticintus
atheris squamigera
atropoides nummifer
bitis g. gabonica
bitis g. rhinocerous
bitis nasicornis
bothrops asper
bothrops colombiensis
bothrops neuwiedi diporous
crotalus d. terrificus
deinagkistrodon acutus
trimeresurus fasciatus
vipera ammodytes montandoni

Hopefully, clutches of bitis, atropoides and deinagkistrodon are coming this year....

ETET

[Jeremy]

Hi all,
Long time. Heres what I have got.

2.1 Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus (adult female is gravid now!)
2.1 Aspidelaps lubricus infuscatus
1.1 Aspidelaps scutatus scutatus (female is gravid now!)
1.1 Naja kaouthia
0.1 Naja nigricollis
1.2 Naja annulifera anchietae
0.2 Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus
0.1 Trimeresurus borneensis
1.1 Agkistrodon taylori
0.1 Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen
1.0 Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti

and a partridge in a pear tree (untill the cottonmouth ate it:-)

Soon I will be aquireing 0.1 Naja pallida with a male in the near future and I may take home a pair of Naja naja (blk paks) if their lucky:-)

Major kudos snakeskin for all of the sucsess with the ccs! Interested in tradeing bloodlines? Whats their origin if you dont mind me asking.

Hey Mustangrde1, what do you mean by Nubian Cobra? I have never heard that used as a common name for any African naja. Just curious.

Adios,
J

[Jeremy]

Doah, how could I forget! 0.1 Atheris squamigera.

[Gregg M]

Snakeskin,
I do not think that B.a.somalica is correct..... The somali puff adder is still just B.arietans...... Good luck with all the eggs and breeding this year..... Good Job......
ETET, welcome back.... :)
Jeremy, Wassup man....... Hey whats with the reverse pairs????

[Jeremy]

Reverse pairs??? Uh, feeble minded hot keeper no understand. :-)
Do you mean having two females for one male or visa versa? Its just the luck of the draw and what happend to be avaivlble to me when I had the loot to spend.

BTW, I ment 1.2 A.l.lubricus:-)

Good luck with the fat b@stards aka Bitis:-) Though i dont normally condone hybridization I do find the idea of a gabinoxpuffy very interesting. Have you every seen the new "Guide to Reptiles of East Africa"? Its got a picture of a gabby puff cross in it. Pretty interesting but nowhere near as beautiful as the gabinos. The book is a great read if you havent seen it already. I definately recomend it!!

Welp, cya!

Later,
J

[Gregg M]

I saw the pics Jeremy..... Nice looking animal...... Not as nice as the gabino but as you said interesting indeed..... Who knows..... I might get an animal that look mostly like a puff with a bit of a color splash.... :)..... What I ment by reverse pair is 2.1..... I should have said reverse group.....LOL.... See what I am saying now fellow feeble minded hot keeper....LOL..... I also do not condone hybriization but gaboon rhino crosses are natural and so are gaboon puff adder crosses..... I am just putting my own little twist on it...... Hey someone has to do it, right???? LOL why sould I not be the first.....LOL
Good luck to you also this breeding season....... Expecting anything?????
Later bud....

[Nightflight99]

@ Gregg M:

I do not think that B.a.somalica is correct..... The somali puff adder is still just B.arietans

Bitis arietans somalica was described by Parker (1949) on the basis of having keeled subcaudal scales. It occurs in Somalia and Northern Kenya.

The subspecies status of Bitis a. somalica was recently acknowledged by Spawls et al (2002).

Regards,

~TE

[Gregg M]

Thanks for the info nightflight...... I did not think the subspecies name was recognized yet...... I actually thought it never would be......

[SCReptiles]

Hey Brian, what you are planning to do with that mass of EDBs? Those things are going to eat you out of house and home if keep them all to adult size?

[Mustangrde1]

Jeremy good to see you back. Ill answer your question with a question too.


First to your question. http://biology.bangor.ac.uk/~bss166/Publications/!Naja_nubiae.pdf

Enjoy that read. And yes its deffinately a spitter and a fireman would be proud of the volume she puts out. It was taken in on a rescue.

Next those baby Haje you got from hunter got pics of them?????
:) :)

[elapidman]

I keep:
3.3 king cobras
4.6 monocled cobras
1.2 spectacled cobras
1.1 black spitting cobra
1.1 rhino viper
1.1 gaboon viper
1.1 green mamba
1.1 black mamba
1.3 forest cobrasand hopefully soon some tree cobras

[Gregg M]

Welcome to the site Elapidman....

[elapidman]

Hey thanks Gregg, it's nice to see such a great site with a lot of responsible keepers.

[snakeskin]

Originally posted by Jeremy
Hi all,
Long time. Heres what I have got.

2.1 Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus (adult female is gravid now!)
2.1 Aspidelaps lubricus infuscatus
1.1 Aspidelaps scutatus scutatus (female is gravid now!)

Major kudos snakeskin for all of the sucsess with the ccs! Interested in tradeing bloodlines? Whats their origin if you dont mind me asking.


Hi J, :)

My animals were captive bred in Germany, they are 5 years old now and this is the first time they breed..

Interested? Yes, very interested... But I guess it'll be hard to swop youngsters since I'm from Europe.. :(

I'd be very interested in A.scutatus..., but, fact of the matter is that I've got no idea how to get my animals overseas, and vice versa...

Cheers,
Peter

[Mustangrde1]

Peter. Ask Ray Hunter about shipping overseas or Ray Goushaw.They would probably be able to help if its possible. Congrats on the lubricus gravid lucky man.

[atheris]

Atheris chlorechis
Atheris squamigera
Atheris ceratophora
Crotalus lepidus klauberi
Trimeresurus macrops
Trimeresurus hageni
Trimeresurus gumprechti
Trimeresurus stejnegeri
Trimeresurus trigonocephalus
Macrovipera lebetina turanica
Vipera berus
Vipera ammodytes ammodytes
Vipera kaznakovi
Vipera latasti gaditana
Vipera renardi
Vipera lotievi
Vipera raddei raddei
Vipera wagneri
Vipera orlovi


And some non- venomous species....

[BWSmith]

Hey Brian, what you are planning to do with that mass of EDBs? Those things are going to eat you out of house and home if keep them all to adult size?

I have lined up homes for them where they will be used for Education. Food is not an issue. I give away 20 pounds of rodents a month just to make room. I even have a friend's freezer full right now. I get between 100 and 200 pounds of rodents quarterly for next to nothing. Frozen is not a problem. But with the rescues, it has taken live on some of them. Amazingly, most of the babies took f/t for their first meal here. I am very pleased. Hopefully some of the babies will be going to their new homes this weekend.

[SCReptiles]

That is good work you are doing man. I know we don’t usually see eye to eye (good opportunity for a short joke here, but I will pass), but I am behind you 100% on this. I have often though we need to do more to stop this slaughter, glad you are on the cutting edge.

[Jeremy]

Hey Mustangrde1,
I had completely forgotten about the split in Naja pallida. My bad! Any chance of yoyu posting a pic of this critter? I would like to compare to pallida.

As for the annulifera, I dont have any pics yet but I will have to do a session soon. Those things are growing much faster then anyother serpents Ihave ever raised!! My god!! They are alos rather calm and docile. I still dont trust the bastards but with the exception of one female they are extreamly easy to work with. The female mentioned is extreamly runny and bitey but nothing too severe or unmanageble.

The male is over 3 and the females are only a few inches behind him. These guys are definately not the bannded form however which doesnt bug me too much. One female is almost blond in color and the other is greenish with a darker, almost blue stripe running down her back. These guy are very interesting and I am glad I jumped on the oppirtunity to get them.

Well man, I will post pics soon.

Later,
J

[Mustangrde1]

Jeremy. Ill send you some pics of the nubian. And some of the other egyptians hunter produces last August. You aint kidding about growing like weeds man. I thank god i breed my own mice because they can pound them down.

[KrokadilyanGuy3]

0.0.2 Western Diamondbacks.