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Old 05-08-2007, 01:04 PM   #1 (permalink)
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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 ... marian



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Old 05-08-2007, 01:06 PM   #2 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 05-08-2007, 01:13 PM   #3 (permalink)
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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..
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Old 05-08-2007, 01:20 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Corallus hortulanus formally Corallus enydris.
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Old 05-08-2007, 01:31 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Corallus? I never really learned the difference between the tree boas and tree pythons..
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!
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Old 05-08-2007, 05:11 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Re: Snake Eyes

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!!!
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Oh I've already heard the stories about the thuds you hear just walking past their terrariums after dark. Besides, I was talking about garters. Slightly less impressive set of teeth on them.
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Old 05-08-2007, 07:05 PM   #8 (permalink)
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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).
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Fons, C. enydris is now C. hortulanus. and C. cookii now has full species status. Why can't they leave things alone!
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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?
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