Check out these Vipers....

[infernalis]

A friend of mine keeps these amazing snakes, he sent me these pictures of some of his collection.

Greg has many years experience keeping them, I love looking at them, but could not even contemplate keeping any at this time..

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/vipers/green.jpg

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/vipers/greenblack.jpg

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/vipers/marble.jpg

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/vipers/yellow.jpg

[marvelfreak]

:Wow:WOW! :Wow: Beware of the pointy end.lol

[Lankyrob]

They are AMAZING colours - most beautiful.

[Will0W783]

Wow, gorgeous! I really love the temple viper. I think vipers are some of the most beautiful snakes, but I also couldn't imagine keeping them right now....I would get bitten; I know I would. I get bitten by everything I keep..lol.

[shaunyboy]

this is the first time ive ventured into this section of the forum.im pretty impressed by those vipers infernalis.the head shapes and their colours are simply awsome...!!
cheers shaun

[emseeKAY]

makes me wish they were constrictors lol

[BlindOne]

Trimerusurus are terrific snakes, love the trigonocephalus

[shaunyboy]

makes me wish they were constrictors lol


i hear what your saying mate.if they werent venomus i'd have them in an instant.but like willow ive not got a great track record when it comes to getting bit.so hots just aint for me.
cheers shaun

[dragunov.762]

i have never been bit by anything i own (a few at the pet stores have bitten me before though) but i couldn't risk it yet (young kids) and i think the only reason i haven't been bit is because i got lucky with snakes that have awesome personalities. i would want to own a really mean snake for a few years before i got a hot. those are some awesome vipers

[Freebody]

wow they looks very nice, i love pic 3 ,ya like yall said,I wish they were constrictors.

[Nafun]

Is it just me, or do pics 1, 3, and 4 look like they're sizing up the cameraman looking for a way to get through the glass?

[infernalis]

Glass? Greg opened the front of each cage for the photos.

[Nafun]

Does he have to have special pants made to carry around his giant brass balls?

[infernalis]

Does he have to have special pants made to carry around his giant brass balls?

Nah, he's very level headed. I sold him a pair of baby snakes, and it was one time that I was comfortable that they would be well cared for.

But yeah, he's got bigger cahoonas than I do..

[RandyRhoads420]

Beautifull snakes. Are all vipers Crotalus and bites treated with crofab?

[BlindOne]

Beautifull snakes. Are all vipers Crotalus and bites treated with crofab?

There are many different genus of vipers/pitvipers. Crotalus is rattlesnakes, Pygmy Rattlers are Sistrurus. Crofab is only for this class of venoms.

[Boa Nation]

Amazing photos, I would love to have some but not got to the point where I can just sit back and watch them yet. Im still into holding and chilling out with mine.

[infernalis]

I have a few "observation only" snakes, but I also have kids.... a bite from a garter or racer is harmless.

No vipers for me anyday soon.

[Boa Nation]

Yeah I have kids also, and they both enjoy working with the boas.

[Hillsberry]

Amazing! Love the pure yellow one. The yellow is like wow! Tell your friend Greg he has some amazing animals!

[.: Laura :.]

Absolutely beautiful colours however they look terrifying

[percey39]

Wow first time i have seen these photos. I wish i could keep some of the viper species, they are spectacular looking snakes. Your friend is very lucky to have such stunning hot's im extremely jealous. One day our laws may change, one day. Till then i will keep collecting all native hot's, not thats such a bad thing either

[bladeblaster]

I have a mate who keeps DWA, and I tell you baby cobras hooding up at you is the cutest thing you have ever seen

[.: Laura :.]

pictuuurrees!

[bladeblaster]

pictuuurrees!

sorry no pics :no:

[.: Laura :.]

Pshh, you are a bad person and a terrible friend! ;)

[C.Phillips]

I want a viper now dang it lol

[Feebo]

Those are so beautiful :) I love that first one, I`ve seen those before. They have a really devlish look to them with those yellow eyes on a green background. Just absulutley stunning. As people are saying though, stuff that! I have thought about it but not seriously, I just couldn`t kep something that could do such horrible things to me, it`s just not worth it. It`s just horrifying what these things can do to you. I`ve had some really nasty things done to me in hospital after I damaged my spine. Eight hours of surgery and all sorts of horrific things. My point is, if I was in hospital and having to have faciotomys on both arms with my flesh rotting off and my vital organs shutting down, my wife stood over me looking at the mess and wondering if I`m going to live or die, would it be worth it in any way? Would I think "Oh well it IS a beauitful snake!" Good grief no... BUT, Rear fang venomous? A wee little bit of danger? Yeah! Bring it on!! lol I have Western Hogs and a Malagasy Hognose (Not related) and at some point I might up the anti a little and get a False water cobra and/or a Mangrove snake but that is as far as I`ll ever take it. If my cahoenas were of sufficient size though, A Western Diamond Back would be my choice :)

[Grimleo]

Those are some incredible colors O.O

[morelia4life]

Beautiful snakes. I wouldn't mind having some Atheris hispida's or some Crotalus species. My favorite venomous snakes are the Atheris genus, Crotalus genus, and Bitis genus, especially Bitis gabonica. I seen a Bitis arietans yesterday at the fair and I swear it had to be at least 5 and 1/2 feet long. That was the largest Puff Adder I have ever seen. It rivaled the size of a gabby.

[TylerWortman]

Some sweet looking snakes. Wish they were as nice as ball pythons. Are there any morphs with these guys? How amazing would they look!

[peaches]

Those are so beautiful. That first one was such an exotic green I didn't think it was real at first.

WillowWow, gorgeous! I really love the temple viper. I think vipers are some of the most beautiful snakes, but I also couldn't imagine keeping them right now....I would get bitten; I know I would. I get bitten by everything I keep..lol.
I have some rabbits and they terrorize me pretty much every day. D8

[Reptile_Reptile]

Does he have to have special pants made to carry around his giant brass balls?
probably and i bet he puts them on both feet at a time

[rep_dorado]

:Wow::Wow:AMAZING :Wow::Wow: and butiful animals

[Ch^4]

Outstanding animals! We can dream, can't we?!

[Damion930]

Wow them is purdy and scary lookin and I don't scare to easy I catch rattlers and cotton mouths on a regular bases at wrk for ther safety of course lol we r supposed to leave them alone but then I have to deal with my 19 guys stumbling across them all day or wanting to look at the snake and not wrk and its dangerous enough so I relocate em a buddy of mine keeps monocled cobras and handeling those was purdy intence but somthin about the way those guys in the pix are starin back puts me off a bit lol but I love that feeling of fear mingled with my uncontrollable urge to touch stuff lol

[Reptile_Reptile]

i just had to bump this thread people will love this

[percey39]

Wow them is purdy and scary lookin and I don't scare to easy I catch rattlers and cotton mouths on a regular bases at wrk for ther safety of course lol we r supposed to leave them alone but then I have to deal with my 19 guys stumbling across them all day or wanting to look at the snake and not wrk and its dangerous enough so I relocate em a buddy of mine keeps monocled cobras and handeling those was purdy intence but somthin about the way those guys in the pix are starin back puts me off a bit lol but I love that feeling of fear mingled with my uncontrollable urge to touch stuff lol

Not being rude but if you do not have the training to relocate or deal with venomous snakes you should not attempt or do it. It is not only risky to yourslef but injury to the snake from incorrect techniques could occur quite easily. Ring a professional as its safer and easier. Sorry to derail the thread but needed to get this out.

[Reptile_Reptile]

percy... dont go jabbin man this is an old thread your jabbing a ghost of a comment.

[Sapphyr]

percy... dont go jabbin man this is an old thread your jabbing a ghost of a comment.

Eh I wouldn't say it's too much of a ghost. That comment was only made last month. :x

[Reptile_Reptile]

ok then..........

[Sapphyr]

ok then..........

Well I mean, in comparison to these others from last April LOL

Didn't mean to bother if I did D: -hug!-

[whoaxmary]

Omg. These are gorgeous. <3

[percey39]

percy... dont go jabbin man this is an old thread your jabbing a ghost of a comment.

Well do you feel confident to relocate a venomous snake? I only ask this question as i feel that this task should be left to a professional not someone who has no/next to no experience or training. To me this is where people run into trouble with being far to confident with skills learnt from small/young pythons. Pythons or even colubridae are nothing like venomous species and i mean nothing like them! This behaviour really annoys me.

[infernalis]

does every single discussion that involves venomous snakes have to turn into an argument??????

[emilie]

excuse me being naive but the yellow one, what is the scientific name?

[infernalis]

excuse me being naive but the yellow one, what is the scientific name?


I am asking Greg for more pics, I'll ask him again, he told me once but I forgot.

anyone else know?

[Sapphyr]

Don't know Scientific but it looks like a Golden Lancehead to me... except more.. yellow? I could be totally wrong, probably am.

http://anguishedrepose.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/409031774_243c548882.jpg
(Welcome to Ilha de Queimada Grande… Snake Island Anguished Repose (http://anguishedrepose.wordpress.com/2010/03/25/welcome-to-ilha-de-queimada-grande-snake-island/))

[danarchy911]

these are so beautiful! i couldn't even think of how nervous i'd be to be around them though :/

[Reptile_Reptile]

I almost said the same thing. but i was so unsure i didnt post its the closest thing i could find.

[Sapphyr]

Yeah, I don't know of any other snake that looks like that, but there's a ton of snakes I don't know about. Always nice to learn what this or that is and associate a picture/name with it~

[mld]

It looks like Wetar Island Yellow Pit Viper, same little tail also.
Wetar Island Tree Viper, Cryptelytrops insularis My Collection - DeadlyBeautiful's Photos (http://www.deadlybeautiful.com/Snakes/Crotalinae/Cryptolytrops-insularis/4437252_mzMCW/3/94394210_kvZcB#94394210_kvZcB)

[ilovemypets1988]

this is the exact reason why i like and appreciate the fact that theres snakes out there with as an elaborate colouring and markings that gtp`s have becos im nowhere near owning anything like vipers

[Sapphyr]

Ohhh, yeah that looks way more spot on than the Golden Lancehead :D Really like the tail tip coloring/streak the, I'm assuming Mld is right, Wetars have~

[Maurice Chauvea]

Hi all. Im pretty new too this whole snake thing. I only got my firs snake last year october and it was a corn than this year january i got a ball. the thing is, i am getting my first copperhead viper in the next week or two and id just like to know if anyone nad a few tips for me to get going. Id really appreciate it. :)

[Lankyrob]

Hi all. Im pretty new too this whole snake thing. I only got my firs snake last year october and it was a corn than this year january i got a ball. the thing is, i am getting my first copperhead viper in the next week or two and id just like to know if anyone nad a few tips for me to get going. Id really appreciate it. :)

Wow, that is a quick progression to venomous snake keeping. Have you had a lot of experience with venomous snakes before?

The recommended progression would be to have a mentor who shows you all the tricks of the trade and allows you to hep with their snakes for a period of time so that you are less likely to make any sort of error.

Beinterested to hear your story.

[marvelfreak]

Hi all. Im pretty new too this whole snake thing. I only got my firs snake last year october and it was a corn than this year january i got a ball. the thing is, i am getting my first copperhead viper in the next week or two and id just like to know if anyone nad a few tips for me to get going. Id really appreciate it. :)
The guy you want to talk to is Percey39 on here. There are a couple other venomous guy on here, but he the only that comes to mind at the moment.

[emilie]

Don't know Scientific but it looks like a Golden Lancehead to me... except more.. yellow? I could be totally wrong, probably am.

Thank you! :) Although that tree viper looks just as beautiful

[BlindOne]

Hi all. Im pretty new too this whole snake thing. I only got my firs snake last year october and it was a corn than this year january i got a ball. the thing is, i am getting my first copperhead viper in the next week or two and id just like to know if anyone nad a few tips for me to get going. Id really appreciate it. :)

The only equipment you need is a secure, locking cage and hook appropriate for the size of the snake. You can use a tall trashcan for a container when cleaning the enclosure. Other than that, it's a snake....waterbowl and UTH.

Please don't be one of these people that tries to hold or 'milk' your snake, it's a great way to be bitten.

All the copperheads I've kept were very placid which can lead to lead folks into a false sense of security with them. Never forget that the snake can put a serious hurting on you!!