Christmas additions

[venom_king]

what species of pit viper is that?? looks very good from the pic

[SSSSnakes]

Nice additions. Love the Gaboon Viper. From one HOT keeper to another, I admire your collection.

[Will0W783]

Thanks Jerry. I'm really thrilled to be finally able to keep Bitis. They are such impressive creatures! Hopefully there will be baby Gabbys in a year or so.

[marvelfreak]

Very nice additions congrats.

[robertjnovak59]

Is that pattern normal for a gaboon? That's a beauty

[venom_king]

yep thats the pattern of wild gabbys.....i love baby gabbys my local reptile shop got a little male in so very beautiful!!!

[robertjnovak59]

That's incredible. It looks painted. Lol

[venom_king]

i know right look up rhino vipers if you have not then you will be amazed!!

[Will0W783]

Gaboons have really intricate patterns that allow them to hide among the dappled light on the forest floor. As crazy as they look, when you see one hunkered down in leaf litter they really disappear!
Rhino vipers are even brighter, often with shades of yellow, red and vibrant blue. It never ceases to amaze me what evolution has done with snakes!

That being said, there is a fair amount of variation in color intensity, levels of pink and purple, and clarity of pattern among CBB Gaboons and rhinos. My friend that I got the female from is very selective about his snakes, so she's got particularly nice hues and speckling. She's a very vocal girl, but pretty calm.

[Sublimeballs]

Originally Posted by venom_king

what species of pit viper is that?? looks very good from the pic

Were you referring to me or willow?

[venom_king]

you...tell me about it my uncle had a gabby in a viv with alot of leaf litter and logs etc it was like looking for a deadly needle in a well camouflaged haystack!!

[Sublimeballs]

She's a white lipped pit viper, I've seen them listed as trimeresurus albolabris and Cryptelytrops albolabris; haven't figured out which is the most recent listing(probably should know this). I've had her for almost 2.5 years now she's gone from a tiny little 6" worm to nearly 3 feet. Great species to work with. Ill be getting a male hopfully sometime this year to raise up, and ill have a go at breeding them in a few years.

Sorry for the minor thread jack.

[venom_king]

wow they are lovely pit vipers i would love to one whats her temperament like??...and could you post some more pics up of her if you can

[Sublimeballs]

Originally Posted by venom_king

wow they are lovely pit vipers i would love to one whats her temperament like??...and could you post some more pics up of her if you can

Ill try and snap some, but they will be cell phone pics(time to get a camera) And ill go ahead and make a thread. i haven't really Put any pics of my collection up yet as my phones camera makes everything look really terrible. She's very cage aggressive(I was actually hoping for an aggressive snake for my first hot, better training)but rides a hook really well. She doesn't climb the hook towards me or anything(I use the 2 hook system to handle her). I've been handling hots for over 10 years now but she's my first venture into having one in my house; very different experience.

[LiL Zap]

I'm not scared of venomous animals but I'm too nervous to own one if that makes any sense. I guess you can say if a mistake happens, I don't want to die over it lol.