Thread: Indo garter
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Old 06-13-2007, 03:34 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Re: Indo garter

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Originally Posted by adamanteus View Post
We do have other members who keep this species, but I think they are maybe more readily available in Europe than they are in the US.
I know of a place in Florida that seems to have them pretty often. Theirs are definitely imported and the ones I got from them were not in great shape. They're not that great at sexing either, but the snakes were not expensive.

Now I'm actually a good deal confused again
because
I just looked to find more info about them, because of the keelback issue
let me explain:
when I showed them to my vet, he said " you have to be careful, 'cause they sometimes mix keelbacks in with them"
hm
well, the Xenochrophis vittatus my search turned up - also known as the Striped Keelback, does not really look like what I have
well it does - upon close inspection look a lot like mine
Check out and compare:
Snakes of Southeast Asia : Striped Keelback - Xenochrophis vittatus
and
Yesterday Hamm.....
my snakes look like Kuno's
I think I'll go search some more
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