Snake Eyes

[mikm]

My friend, Mike Heinrich of The Boa Kingdom took these pics. He kindly agreed to allow me to post them here. Mike lives outside of Chicago and has taken some really nice pics of wild garters as well ...

hope you all enjoy :p ... marian

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/nugget-1.jpg
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/gertie-1.jpg
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/bill-1.jpg

[adamanteus]

I just saw those pics in your gallery, Marian. I thought you'd taken them. The first one is my favourite, with the water droplets.

[Stefan-A]

Real beauties, all of them. I agree with James, though, the first one is the best.

Corallus? I never really learned the difference between the tree boas and tree pythons.. :D

[adamanteus]

Corallus hortulanus formally Corallus enydris.

[adamanteus]

Corallus? I never really learned the difference between the tree boas and tree pythons.. :D

There are many similarities..... Take The Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus) and The Green Tree Python (Chondropython viridis). There's convergent or parallel evolution if I ever saw it!

[adamanteus]

Looking at those pictures has reminded me of how much fun Amazon Tree Boas are to keep. Anyone who's ever wondered how it feels to get bitten by a harmless snake (Stefan!), this is the one to show you how it feels!

I might ask around, see if there are any available, they're dead easy to keep, they eat for fun...but do they ever bite!!!

[Stefan-A]

Oh I've already heard the stories about the thuds you hear just walking past their terrariums after dark. :D Besides, I was talking about garters. :D Slightly less impressive set of teeth on them. ;)

[Thamnophis]

Very fine pictures!

I have kept those biting devils for years (Corallus enydris cookii) and they indeed were great fun. But I have to say... I have never been bitten by them (in those days I was faster).

[adamanteus]

Fons, C. enydris is now C. hortulanus. and C. cookii now has full species status. Why can't they leave things alone!

[Stefan-A]

Fons, C. enydris is now C. hortulanus. and C. cookii now has full species status. Why can't they leave things alone!

Should have done it right the first time, eh? :D

[adamanteus]

You watch, they'll change it back again in a couple of years!

[Stefan-A]

They'll belong to Viperidae by the end of the year. ;)

[Thamnophis]

Fons, C. enydris is now C. hortulanus. and C. cookii now has full species status. Why can't they leave things alone!

Yeah James, I know the changes. But what I meant was that they, when we kept them, were named C. e. cookii.
And about those namechanges... sometimes they'really make sense.

[Stefan-A]

Just another stupid question, but when haven't they made sense? I mean recently.

[Thamnophis]

The things that Raymond Hoser in Australia is doing don't always make sense.