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08-29-12, 10:25 PM
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Varanus Queen
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Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
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08-29-12, 10:27 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
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08-29-12, 11:01 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
Makes her look like a beautiful coil of living oil.....that sounds odd but it makes sense to me. >xD
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08-30-12, 12:32 AM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
Wow, I saw one at a Reptile Expo but it was in shed and didn't know anything about them. I searched it up later and realized that they had iridescence, and a lot of it.
Beautiful snake, truly a gem!
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08-30-12, 02:37 AM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
They're hard to keep, too. I got a pair on an impulse purchase once (mistake). One lasted a month, and the other lasted 3.
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08-30-12, 04:47 AM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
the irridescence on those guys are second to none imo
i really like sunbeams,but wouldn't keep them,they're too shy for my liking 
cheers shaun
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08-30-12, 09:48 AM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
Beautiful snake! Too bad they are so delicate.
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08-30-12, 10:56 AM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
They are VERY difficult to keep. They also only eat amphibians.
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08-30-12, 11:07 AM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
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They are VERY difficult to keep. They also only eat amphibians.
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Not true. I sold one in my shop once. It sold very fast so I can't say much about the care but it did eat a mouse for me before I put it up for sale.
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08-30-12, 01:20 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
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They are VERY difficult to keep. They also only eat amphibians.
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theres a guy called Edd who lives 45 minutes drive from me,that successfuly bred his sunbeams last year
quite a feat apparently
Edd does know his snakey stuff though
loxocemus is his user name on UK forums
cheers shaun
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08-30-12, 01:44 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
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very cool, I would love to see them in person sometime. Anyone I met?
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Yep.
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Also beautiful. Are these the same as mud snakes?
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Originally Posted by shaunyboy
theres a guy called Edd who lives 45 minutes drive from me,that successfuly bred his sunbeams last year
quite a feat apparently
Edd does know his snakey stuff though
loxocemus is his user name on UK forums
cheers shaun
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It's possible. People have successfully kept them. It's just very, very rare.
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08-30-12, 01:50 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
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Yep.
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If you're thinking Farancia sp, then no.
I would think that they are more closely related to rosy and rubber boas. Obviously, not in the same genus or anything (not to mention that they're oviparous), but something about their appearance hints (to me anyway) that there may be a common ancestor there...
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08-30-12, 02:02 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
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If you're thinking Farancia sp, then no.
I would think that they are more closely related to rosy and rubber boas. Obviously, not in the same genus or anything (not to mention that they're oviparous), but something about their appearance hints (to me anyway) that there may be a common ancestor there...
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Thanks. I don't know what genus mud snakes are in.
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08-30-12, 02:05 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
Sorry, double post
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12-10-12, 06:09 AM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
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Originally Posted by StudentoReptile
They're hard to keep, too. I got a pair on an impulse purchase once (mistake). One lasted a month, and the other lasted 3.
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They are VERY difficult to keep. They also only eat amphibians.
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My local pet store has one that they have had for five or six months. It is eating rat pups.
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Originally Posted by shaunyboy
theres a guy called Edd who lives 45 minutes drive from me,that successfuly bred his sunbeams last year
quite a feat apparently
Edd does know his snakey stuff though
loxocemus is his user name on UK forums
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The one at our local pet store is supposed to be cbb. I doubt it as they had four come in and all of them were the same size and marked as adults.
I think that maybe the next species I get.
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