Knowsley safari park

[Lulu Bennett]

went to knowsley yesterday and it was fab! Gutted tho. all the animals they had and there was only one viv of snakes. well here they are...



Rat snakes i believe. they were cool tho. i put my finger on the glass and the followed my finger lol wow!
i'll try and put more pics in my gallery of other animals. some cool pics inc a fantastic lioness lying watching us lol

[adamanteus]

It can be disappointing when you visit a place like that and they have no real reptile collection. Have you been to Chester Zoo? They have a decent collection.

[Stefan-A]

Sure look like Pantherophis obsoletus. More than one subspecies? Or is that an Emory's ratsnake? Not that good at telling the difference yet.

[Lulu Bennett]

It can be disappointing when you visit a place like that and they have no real reptile collection. Have you been to Chester Zoo? They have a decent collection.

yeah a have a pic of an anaconda with a turkey in its belly lol quite fuzzy tho and a major reflection off the glass. it had been fed on the thursday and i was there on the sunday so it must have been a bloody big turkey lol. i will try and dig out the pic.

[Lulu Bennett]

Sure look like Pantherophis obsoletus. More than one subspecies?

i'm guessing thats the latin for a rat snake?? lol

[adamanteus]

P. o. spilloides and possibly an intergrade?

[Lulu Bennett]

lol thanks

just looked through my pics from the zoo i cant find it! im GUTTED! dont know how its gone because i wouldn't have deleted it

[adamanteus]

lol thanks

just looked through my pics from the zoo i cant find it! im GUTTED! dont know how its gone because i wouldn't have deleted it

I'm sorry, you'll have to go back and take the picture again!

[Stefan-A]

Lulu,
Sorry, have gotten used to using the scientific names (not necessarily latin, I think it's actually greek in this case) instead of common names. It's easier to keep track of 31 garter species and their subspecies that way.

[adamanteus]

All of them?

The grey is spilloides, I suspect the others to be a spilloides X quadrivittata intergrade.