|
|  |
| Notices |
Welcome to the sSnakeSs community. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.
|
08-03-03, 10:33 PM
|
#1
|
|
Member
Join Date: Jan-2003
Posts: 51
|
Elaphe climacophora (feedin' pics)
They actually sat still (gotta kill those pre-killed mice, ya know) so I thought I'd snap photos for certain people (you know who you are)
The blue is starting to come in, you can see the green is well established
<center>
Female
<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1362svafnir.jpg"></img>
Male
<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1362ofnir_eating.jpg"></img>
</center>
|
|
|
|
08-03-03, 10:51 PM
|
#2
|
|
Member
Join Date: Apr-2002
Location: Southwestern ,Ont
Age: 47
Posts: 997
Country: 
|
very nice buddy! I love them!
__________________
Joe Burch.
|
|
|
|
|
08-04-03, 02:42 PM
|
#3
|
|
Member
Join Date: Jan-2003
Posts: 51
|
They are honestly the best snakes I have ever owned. Not only are they fantasically coloured, they have the most interesting personalities of any snake I've owned. My male for example, crawls around backwards most of the time. Why? I don't know. They also seem to learn (slightly) - they get fed in a dish, so unlike some of my other snakes who hunt constantly when they're hungry, these two curl up in their dishes and wait to be fed.
They also combine several neat features, like constriction, vertebral spikes for crushing huge egg shells, and mild venom.
They'll spend hours in the water, and they love both climbing and digging. They've got a massive mythological background too, the albino form is actually protected in Japan as a result.
Their only complex requirement is you have to remember to dip down the temps in the winter as they practically bruminate themselves, other than that I think they're really easy pets.
|
|
|
|
|
08-05-03, 04:45 AM
|
#4
|
|
Member
Join Date: Apr-2003
Location: Southern Ontario, Canada
Posts: 286
|
Very nice, alex. That's something we don't get to see every day!
Cheers!
Simon
|
|
|
|
|
08-05-03, 11:44 AM
|
#5
|
|
Member
Join Date: Sep-2002
Location: Canada
Age: 37
Posts: 1,722
|
hmm, mild venom in an elaphe. pretty cool!
__________________
Jordan David M.
"I Don't Get Mad, I Get Even!"
|
|
|
|
|
08-05-03, 12:21 PM
|
#6
|
|
Member
Join Date: Jun-2003
Location: Calgary, AB
Age: 48
Posts: 5,638
|
What is the COMMON name of that snake? (Geez, enough of this elitist latin crap, people....)
__________________
- Ken LePage
http://www.invictusart.com
http://www.invictusexotics.com
|
|
|
|
|
08-05-03, 12:27 PM
|
#7
|
|
Guest
|
it is a japanese ratsnake, latin is not elitist simply the easiest way to correctly identify animals, many of which may have several different common names that not everyone may be familiar with.
|
|
|
|
|
08-05-03, 12:40 PM
|
#8
|
|
Guest
|
colubrid venom, I think there are about 12 species of colubrids with 'venom'. Rhabdophis, Thamnophis, Diadophis, Hypsiglena, Hydrodynastes, Dispholidus, Philodryas, Coluber, Oxyrhopus, Phalotris, Apostolepis, and Elapomorphus. Some are claimed to be dangerous to humans and some only to their prey items.
|
|
|
|
|
08-05-03, 02:26 PM
|
#9
|
|
Member
Join Date: Sep-2002
Location: Canada
Age: 37
Posts: 1,722
|
Thelotornis are probably one of the most dangerous to humans.
__________________
Jordan David M.
"I Don't Get Mad, I Get Even!"
|
|
|
|
|
08-05-03, 02:48 PM
|
#10
|
|
Guest
|
yep, folks tend to forget that most rear fanged snakes are colubrids.
|
|
|
|
|
08-05-03, 05:51 PM
|
#11
|
|
Member
Join Date: Apr-2003
Location: Southern Ontario, Canada
Posts: 286
|
Alex, would you be able to post some close-ups of the heads? They seem very similar to E.taeniura in structure.
Thanks,
Simon
|
|
|
|
|
08-05-03, 05:59 PM
|
#12
|
|
Member
Join Date: Apr-2003
Location: Vancouver, BC
Posts: 318
|
WOW, absolutely stunning!
__________________
:eb: JJ and the Zoo
|
|
|
|
|
08-05-03, 06:38 PM
|
#13
|
|
Member
Join Date: Jul-2003
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canuckland
Age: 46
Posts: 3,934
|
Wow, that's a VERY nice looking snake! 
__________________
Erin Keller :eb:
Snakes: 2.1 Corns, 1.1 Kings, 1.0 Everglades Rat, 1.1 Spotted Pythons, 1.2 Children's Pythons, 1.2 BCIs Lizards: 0.2 Leopard Geckos, 1.3 Bibron Geckos Inverts: 2.1 Tarantulas, 0.1 Emporer Scorpion Mammals: 0.2 Kittens
|
|
|
|
|
08-06-03, 01:11 AM
|
#14
|
|
Member
Join Date: Jan-2003
Posts: 51
|
I had a headshot a few posts ago, but I'll try to get some more. Like taeniura they have the dark post-orbital stripe, and with age these guyses faces are lengthening. If I get them feeding again, I'll try to get some teeth in.
It's hard to see because they're still quite small, but their last pair of teeth are slightly enlarged. Their venom is nowhere near that of even my Spilotes or a good wandering garter, but they really attack and chew, and can make you slightly itchy or bleed just a bit more than you think they should.
|
|
|
|
|
08-06-03, 10:37 AM
|
#15
|
|
Member
Join Date: May-2002
Location: Leader, SK
Age: 45
Posts: 2,203
|
Nice shots Alex! Are those adult mice or younger rats? Been a while since we've seen them.
__________________
Vanan
The Herp Room
"The day I tried to live, I wallowed in the blood and mud with all the other pigs" - C. Cornell
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 10:23 AM.
Powered by vBulletin®
©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 2002-2023, Hobby Solutions.
|
 |
Linear Mode
