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17-Feb-06, 03:49 AM
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wow they are trully cool looking snakes! Would absolutely LAHHHV to keep one of those lol 
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24-Feb-06, 01:24 PM
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its eyes are amazing
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24-Feb-06, 01:41 PM
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I agree, the number of times a photo of a really common or obvious reptile gets posted and most people haven't a clue is amazing. That's not really a criticism but because we have become very insular in our thinking it means we often don't even want to know about overseas animals which is a great shame.
I feel the same when exotics get mentioned people say our animals are the best, if you don't like them then live somewhere else, I have actually heard that said. To me it's just variety. Quote: |
Originally Posted by basketcase it really is a shame we can't keep some exotics. maybe then aussie herps would be a little more knowledgable about some of the fantastic herps that exist overseas. |
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24-Feb-06, 01:43 PM
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So do we know what it actual is??
Is it a venomous species. Cool looking snake anyway
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24-Feb-06, 01:50 PM
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Yommy In my first post of this pic Quote:
It's an atheris hispida african bristly bush viper. Here's some information on them:
Other Common Names:
Rough-scaled Bush (or Tree) Viper; Spiny Bush Viper; Hairy Bush Viper (this latter name should be avoided due to potential confusion with the recently described Atheris hirsuta, a species whose specific epithet literally means "hairy").
Distribution:
Isolated populations in western Kenya, southwestern Uganda, and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo [formerly Zaire] near Lakes Victoria, Edward, and Kivu.
Description:
Heavily keeled, elongated, and upturned scales. Snout is rounded and eyes are very large. Variable in color and pattern: yellowish green, olive brown, brownish, or black with a pale green venter (also may be black) becoming darker bluish or black caudally. Most members of this species have a dark chevron on head, and many have chevrons or zig-zag markings on body. Males are smaller and more slender than females, which may reach a length of up to 70 cm (28 inches).
Habitat and Behavior:
Equatorial and gallery forests, inland swamps, reed and papyrus swamps adjacent to lakes and rivers. Altitudes between 800-1900 meters. The stomach of the holotype contained a snail. May feed primarily on Hyperolidae reed frogs, but the "rapid slurping" feeding technique that this species is known to exhibit may suggest a specialization for soft-bodied invertebrates such as snails and slugs.
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24-Feb-06, 03:51 PM
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There are some very cool looking animals around,. it never ceases to amaze me about the diversity amongst them.
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24-Feb-06, 03:53 PM
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That's right, you see some of the reptiles that come out of South America especially but also South East Asia and some of them look like plastic models, it's hard to believe they are real.
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24-Feb-06, 03:57 PM
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There are some very cool looking animals around,. it never ceases to amaze me about the diversity amongst them.
| Amazes me too moosenoose. I don't know much about reptiles from other countries myself but I thought that this species was so unusual the people on here might like to have a look as well.... Cheers
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24-Feb-06, 03:59 PM
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Absolutely Colin, while it's fair to say that at present we can't have these animals everyone should see the amazing reptiles that are out there.
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24-Feb-06, 06:19 PM
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Freaky looking snake, it is amaizing what is out there, I enjoy seeing this sort of thing. Im not sure on how I feel about exotics in AUS, I cant get the whole cane toad thing out of my head when it is mentioned.
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24-Feb-06, 06:19 PM
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UGLY lookin snake in my opion !!!
Congo
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24-Feb-06, 09:10 PM
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Looks like some thing off a hair gel add.
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25-Feb-06, 06:20 PM
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thats a cool looking snake.
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25-Feb-06, 08:37 PM
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if you like that check out www.flyingsnake.org a friend from india informed me of people who have been killed by a variety of flying snake not because they are poisious but because they have a horn on their head its hardened so the snake can crash land and it has done so into people skulls from great heights he says every few years someone dies this way, they are very unique worth taking alook hope i copied the website correct
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25-Feb-06, 08:40 PM
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I used to have a flying snake years ago, beautiful snake but a lizard eater, I can say with no fear of contradiction they do not possess a horn on their head and aren't big enough to kill a cat let alone a human. Good story though. :-)
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