Lamp. tri. polyzona pics

Burium · 05-31-04, 01:31 PM

Okay here is our new snake Syd.

Like I said in another post. He was identified by a guy at a local reptile shop who compared his head to pics in a book. I'm only going by what he said, so if it is wrong, please let me know. He also said something about the older the snakes gets, the blacker he will become. Is this true?

Kelly

kidchameleon · 05-31-04, 07:32 PM

she looks really nice

vanderkm · 05-31-04, 09:14 PM

There are quite a few people on this site who are better at identifying milks than I am but if you were in North America - a polyzona would be most unusual in a pet store. It was my impression that they had less black overlay than some other species as well. That guy looks a lot like our tricolor honduran milksnake - certainly with the black tipping on the red and white bands that would be the most likely pet store snake here.

Regardless, it looks like he is quite comfortable and settling in well with you. Looks like a bit of retained shed on his nose - will likely clear off with his next shed if you provide a humid hide box for him.

Congrats on the new milk and hopefully someone with more experience can advise on species -

mary v.

Vanan · 05-31-04, 09:23 PM

Polyzonas are available in the US, maybe not in a petstore though. But then again Kelly's from Netherland.

More pics would be nice to satiate some of us drooling ones.

Stockwell · 06-01-04, 12:04 AM

It's almost impossible to tell polyzona from Hondurensis unless you know exactly where it was captured.
Some people falsely think that the split snout band, as illustrated in books is a key identifier but it's not, as Hondurensis, Polyzona,Abnorma, can all have such snouts.
An example of the difficulty in identifying polyzona versus hondurensis, became apparent a few years back when albinos where new. Perhaps some of you read Terry's article on Hondurans, and the history, in Reptiles mag. Sept 2002
Brian Barcyzk was initially calling his albino line Polyzona because that is what the European that sold them, thought they were.
A thorough investigation initiated by Brian and Louis Porras revealed that both their lines in fact hailed from the same animals produced in captivey from wild stock by Holger and Gabriele Hortenbach of the former East Germany. Yes they first appeared from a captive breeding of tricolor Hondos in Europe, and all the albino Hondurans everywhere today carry that same gene.

Classic · 06-01-04, 02:14 PM

Geeze Roy. That's quite the info. Is that off the top of your head?

Burium: I would love to see a full body shot.

Brian
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Burium · 06-02-04, 03:48 AM

He's in blue right now, so I tried to get some pic through the glass. Will get better pics when he's done shedding. These will just have to tide you over.

Kelly