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Old 07-05-2007, 12:57 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Talking Knowsley safari park

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
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Old 07-05-2007, 01:06 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Knowsley safari park

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.
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Old 07-05-2007, 01:10 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Knowsley safari park

Sure look like Pantherophis obsoletus. More than one subspecies? Or is that an Emory's ratsnake? Not that good at telling the difference yet.
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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.
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Sure look like Pantherophis obsoletus. More than one subspecies?
i'm guessing thats the latin for a rat snake?? lol
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Re: Knowsley safari park

P. o. spilloides and possibly an intergrade?
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Old 07-05-2007, 01:19 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: Knowsley safari park

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
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Old 07-05-2007, 01:21 PM   #8 (permalink)
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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!
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Re: Knowsley safari park

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