Some Snakes

[almo]

Snakes are my favorite animals. I can't wait till I can get a few for my own again!

[paulnj]

Very nice John. I am digging the albino western and gabby The 2nd is a puff adder right?

Yeah, I know snakes in the pet trade well and my friend breeds eastern and western gabbies

[Dylan8i]

nice, i like the gabby as well. not sure what the 2nd one is at all. is the last a green mamba?

i also cannot wait to own my own snakes. although i don't want a venomous one, just a Boa constrictor.

[paulnj]

I'll take a crack at it

eastern diamondback
puff adder
copperhead
eyelash viper
albino western diamondback
west african gaboon viper
green mamba

Dylan, A ball python is a great contrictor to start with, they don't need tons of room and are quite docile usually.

[Sushigaijin]

my guess makes the white snake a crotalus unicolor, and the green snake is actually dendroaspis jamesoni. Nice portraits. Snakes are my favorite animals too.

[CaraRose]

We had a albino corn snake when I was a kid. If I ever get a snake again, probably go for another corn snake or a king snake. I'll avoid the ones with fangs though! I love the texture of the scales on the last one

[Raoul]

Great photo's John,hope you had a big zoom lens..

[almo]

Wow, thanks guys!

I've been house sitting for a friend for the last few days. Here is what I know. Bottom to top.

The green one is a green mamba, according to the plaque at the zoo. Western gaboon viper, Crotalus durissus unicolor, Eyelash Viper, Eastern copperhead, not a puff adder; they don't have one at my zoo, some kinda rattler as I recall, Eastern diamondback

[paulnj]

Erik, you are awesome! I never knew Aruba even had a rattlesnake, let alone what they look like. I thought it looked odd for an amelanistic western

[Dylan8i]

pittsburgh zoo has aruba rattlesnakes, i may dig out a photo i took of them a few years ago. never heard of a jamesons mabma but looks pretty similar to a green mamba from what ive read.

[Sushigaijin]

:thumbsup:

Aruba rattlers are an interesting lot - they are critically endangered in the wild but overpopulated in zoos. There are no fewer than six mambas that are correctly called "green mamba..."

The second snake is definitely acanthophis, the death adder. I'm not familiar enough with the genus to nail which death adder it is but it is most likely the nominal form (acanthophis praelongus)

[almo]

:thumbsup:

Aruba rattlers are an interesting lot - they are critically endangered in the wild but overpopulated in zoos. There are no fewer than six mambas that are correctly called "green mamba..."

The second snake is definitely acanthophis, the death adder. I'm not familiar enough with the genus to nail which death adder it is but it is most likely the nominal form (acanthophis praelongus)

I won't argue the adder ID, because I am not sure what it is, but I am fairly sure there are no adders at my zoo. I will check back on that next time I go there. As for the mambas, I will have to check the species name on those too.

Hots are not my speciality, I am constrictor guy...

***************EDIT****************

I went to the Jacksonville Zoo website and found a species list of the animals at the zoo. According to that site there is a puff adder, so I was wrong about that. As for the mamba, the site lists is as a West African Green Mamba, which googles to Dendroaspis viridis. Unfortunately these two are not linked to their own pages.

http://www.jaxzoo.org/animals/#Reptiles

[Sushigaijin]

Dang, 1 for 3...Do you think I could use those numbers to talk my bride into herping trips to Australia and Africa? Me neither.

On the other hand, my first guess was puff adder and that mamba looked a little more like viridis to me yesterday :blush2:

[almo]

Dang, 1 for 3...Do you think I could use those numbers to talk my bride into herping trips to Australia and Africa? Me neither.

On the other hand, my first guess was puff adder and that mamba looked a little more like viridis to me yesterday :blush2:

Don't sweat it...

You should try ID'ing Cynotilapia sub species (African Cichlids). That will make your head spin...:mad2:

[ken1953]

Erik, you are awesome! I never knew Aruba even had a rattlesnake, let alone what they look like. I thought it looked odd for an amelanistic western

First of all...great shots of the creepy crawlies, Almo...as a kid, I used to catch snakes, now...I shy away from them!!! But still am amazed by them.

Anyway, Paul, something I learned a while back, due to curiousity about the timber rattlers here in Wisconsin, I found out that rattlesnakes are found on every continent in the world except the antarctic. Now, I don't know if that meant in every "country", but it amazed me to know that rattlesnakes could even survive in a cold country like this. And I found out that they are rampant around here.

Just a little trivia and I hope I stated it correctly!

[almo]

First of all...great shots of the creepy crawlies, Almo...as a kid, I used to catch snakes, now...I shy away from them!!! But still am amazed by them.

Thanks Ken!

[paulnj]

John and Eric..

My friend bred Cichlids comercially and shipped world wide.. need help.

I have been into reptiles since I got my first retic 25 years ago, followed by a indian python(not burmese). My friends Gregg Madden and Gary Orner know varanids and hots well.
I have 1.2 varanus Storri coming soon and plan to get varanus pilbarensis soon too.

Anyone need Bitis parviocula , my friend should have babies soon

[almo]

John and Eric..

My friend bred Cichlids comercially and shipped world wide.. need help.

I have been into reptiles since I got my first retic 25 years ago, followed by a indian python(not burmese). My friends Gregg Madden and Gary Orner know varanids and hots well.
I have 1.2 varanus Storri coming soon and plan to get varanus pilbarensis soon too.

Anyone need Bitis parviocula , my friend should have babies soon

I bred African Cichlids for several years, and shipped them all over the US. Had offeres to ship them over seas, but I found it to be too cost prohibitive as I did not have a bulk business. I bred mostlt F1s and according to my customers, they were top quality. Got out of it last year though.

When I lived in Michigan I kept, and attempted to breed Leos and Ball Pythons, but I was never successful, due to lack of time and no experience. I did manage to get eggs from the Leos, but they were always infertile.

[paulnj]

Leos is what I live by John.... hatched 5 today, 7 yesterday. I am up to around 500 currently :blush2:

[almo]

Leos is what I live by John.... hatched 5 today, 7 yesterday. I am up to around 500 currently :blush2:

When I'm ready for more I'll have to hit you up.

[paulnj]

I suggest you hit the national reptile breeders convention in Daytona FL in august. It is the largest reptile show in the country and is the largest it has ever been this year.

See you there John and I have a table You will be floored by all the non venomous reptiles of every kind, color, genetic cross, rarity...... easily 250,000 reptiles under one roof.

Bring that camera and snap away!!!!!

[almo]

I suggest you hit the national reptile breeders convention in Daytona FL in august. It is the largest reptile show in the country and is the largest it has ever been this year.

See you there John and I have a table You will be floored by all the non venomous reptiles of every kind, color, genetic cross, rarity...... easily 250,000 reptiles under one roof.

Bring that camera and snap away!!!!!

If you are gonna be there I might have to make plans!

[Sushigaijin]

The only cichlid I know is tilapia

And ken, you mean that SNAKES are found on every continent except Antarctica - not rattlesnakes. Rattlesnakes are only a new world species found in North and South America only (and Central, duh).

Paul,

Odatria monitors are awesome. I kept and bred a bunch of different species over the years, including scalaris, timorensis, storri and acanthurus...all cool critters. For a while I thought i would get out of everything else just to keep more. I'm currently (and always) looking for storri, so if you know someone who has them, I'm all ears

[paulnj]

John, the table is booked. Once I confirm my room and stuuf. I will let you know.

Erik, my friend breeds tristis, similis, storri, kimberly rock, red ackie(true red) , very nice yellow ackie and a few other dwarf species. once he gets eggs hatching, I will let you know.

Try geckosunlimited , a few varanus guys are over there.(user name "geckos and goannas")

I breed pure subs E.M fasciolatus, E.M. montanus, E.M. afghanicus and most higher end leopard geckos(raptor enigmas, mack raptors, EMBERS, tremper/ bell/ rainwater..

Genetics is my thing.