Some photos

[FLVenom]

Below are recent photos of some of my collection, enjoy.

Costa Rican Rattlesnake (Crotalus simus simus) CBB 5/2007, Santa Rosa National Park, Guanacaste, Costan Rican locality.




Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) CBB '04, South African locality.




Congo Water Cobra (Boulengerina annulata) CBB 9/2006.




Papua New Guinea Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus canni) CBB 7/2006

[The Snake Guru]

Beautiful snakes man!

The Congo Water Cobra is of great interest to me, would mind sharing a little more on that one?

Thanks much!
~B~

[TailsW/Scales]

I am so swooning!!!!
Gorgeous animals.

What's you Mamba like?

[FLVenom]

Originally Posted by The Snake Guru

Beautiful snakes man!

The Congo Water Cobra is of great interest to me, would mind sharing a little more on that one?

Thanks much!
~B~

Brad, Boulengerina is a very unique genus. Boulengerina is recognized in two species and one subspecies, which is B. annulata and B. christyi, and B. annulata stormsi. B. annulata ranges from Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, Burundi, and Zambia while B. a. stormsi is only endemic to the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania. Not much is known on the venom of this snake, which is reported to be extremely toxic with no specific antivenom, though, in the event of a bite, I would take my chances with SAIMR (South African Polyvalent). This is not a common snake in collections, but a friend of mine here in Florida, has bred them on four different occassions, and did it again this year. For further information on this snake, try to get a copy of Snake Wranglers: Swimming With Cobras, a documentary that was done on B. a. stormsi.

[FLVenom]

Originally Posted by TailsW/Scales

I am so swooning!!!!
Gorgeous animals.

What's you Mamba like?

Thanks for your comments Christine. For a further read on Dendroaspis polylepis, please check this short article out on them. It should provide you with plenty of answers.

The Black Mamba

[The Snake Guru]

Originally Posted by FLVenom

Brad, Boulengerina is a very unique genus. Boulengerina is recognized in two species and one subspecies, which is B. annulata and B. christyi, and B. annulata stormsi. B. annulata ranges from Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, Burundi, and Zambia while B. a. stormsi is only endemic to the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania. Not much is known on the venom of this snake, which is reported to be extremely toxic with no specific antivenom, though, in the event of a bite, I would take my chances with SAIMR (South African Polyvalent). This is not a common snake in collections, but a friend of mine here in Florida, has bred them on four different occassions, and did it again this year. For further information on this snake, try to get a copy of Snake Wranglers: Swimming With Cobras, a documentary that was done on B. a. stormsi.

Fantastic, thank you much! That is definitely a species I wouldn't mind looking into a bit further, very unique!

~B~

[knox]

It is scary how the Elapids look like Colubrids. If one were to escape in the U.S., someone could easily mistake them for a harmless species (aside from the Cobras, perhaps). That Mamba and Taipan could be mistaken for a Racer by someone who who only knows a little bit about snakes - enough to not be afraid of Colubrids, but not enough to know that those are not harmless native snakes...

[jparker1167]

wow awsome snakes how big to the congo water cobras get.. great looking snakes man keep the pics coming