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Specializing in Rare and Exceptional Rat Snakes
David P. Tracer
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2008 All Captive-Born Current Projects and Potential Offspring List
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We had 2 litters of boa constrictors born last month and have just a few left. One litter is from a super salmon female bred to a kahl albino male. All of these offspring
are therefore double het sunglows! The second litter is from a beautiful normal Colombian female with big bold circles down the back bred to a Frank Martin double het sunglow. The one female offspring
left looks normal but 50% possible het albino. You can see pictures of each individual boa for sale by clicking here.
Newly Available at Ophidiophile Farms for 2008!
We are proud to now offer African Soft Furred Rats (Mastomys natalensis). These prolific african rodents are
about the size of a small lab rat when full grown (~60 g.) and are one of the primary natural prey of ball pythons and other african
snakes. As such they can be very helpful in getting finicky african snakes feeding and I know from personal experience
that they can help with finicky
feeders from other regions as well. Individual males are $5/ea. and females are $10/ea. Sorry - no shipping on these, local
pick-up only. Many available now! Now offering discounts on trios (1.2=$20), quads (1.3=$30) or more.
COLUBRIDS
Chinese Dione's Rat Snake (Elaphe dione):
A small (~2 ft) rat snake that rivals the corn snake
for ease of care. In contrast to the duller Russian
variety of Dione's Rat Snake, Chinese Dione's have a
nice yellow background and pairs of contrasting red spots
down the back. Our stock is especially beautiful.
They are also great feeders, fast growers, and very
hardy. If you're looking for a docile
rat snake that is not-too-expensive yet is different
from the norm, stays small, and is easy to keep and
breed, a Chinese Dione's Ratsnake is for you: $95.
Japanese Rat Snake (Elaphe climacophora): Japanese
Rat Snakes or "Aodaisho" are medium sized, green to turquoise snakes that are easy to
keep and breed. A population of albino variants known as "Shirohebi" (literally "white snakes")
exists in Iwakuni City and is protected as a Japanese National Monument. Shirohebi vary
from ivory white snakes with yellow saddles to some that are yellow on most of the dorsal surface.
Our breeding colony currently consists of a male Shirohebi and two heterozygous females that are unrelated to the male.
We are also raising up several new albino and het juveniles to add to our breeding program. We have been one of the only
regular U.S. producers of albino climacs since 2004 and have reduced their price for 2008! 100% Hets: $125; Shirohebi: $250.
Chinese Beauty Rat Snake (Elaphe taeniura): One of the smaller of the stripe-tailed rats (~5 feet),
Chinese beauties are also quite docile. We are working with tyrosinase positive albinos and hets. The T+ albinos are bright yellow
with hints of pink and lavender and dark, ruby red eyes. 100% hets: $75; T+ albinos: $150.
Central American "Green" Rat Snake
(Senticolis triaspis mutabilis):
Senticolis triaspis is a group of slender rat
snakes with three subspecies distributed from southern
Arizona all the way down to Costa Rica. Despite their
wide distribution, their secretive nature makes them
rarely seen in the wild and even more rarely kept in
captivity. Of the three subspecies, the most commonly
kept one, green intermedia from Arizona, is somewhat
fragile and sensitive to both temperature and
humidity variation. By contrast, our Costa Rican
mutabilis stock is hardy and very tolerant of
wide variation in temperature and humidity. They are
a nice reddish color dorsally with yellow on the head
and lower sides (see our photo gallery for a picture).
One of the rarest, least commonly kept ratsnakes in U.S. collections. $425.
Albino Yellow Rat Snake (Pantherophis obsoletus quadrivittata): Imagine if Yellow
Rat Snakes didn't have all the muddy black pigment so that they were truly bright yellow. Well now
you can stop imagining...that's exactly what our albino yellows look like. We have 3 separate bloodlines
represented as well as localities as north as Jacksonville, where the animals seem to have a lot of black
rat influence and retain blotches into adulthood, and as south as Miami, where the juvenile blotches are lost
in favor of longitudinal lines. Lively, beautiful and hardy snakes that stay a manageable size: Albinos: $80, Hets: $40.
Albino Cape House Snake (Lamprophis capensis): These are beautiful tyrosinase-positive albino "Zululand" phase house
snakes. Zululands are among the largest of the house snakes and combined with the albino trait, these snakes are
prolific, beautiful, and impressive orange animals. A hardy and rare South African colubrid: $225.
BOIDS
Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor): In 2004 we obtained
a "Kahl strain" albino, a probable super salmon, and one
salmon het for albino (i.e., het sunglow). We grew them up slowly, but all of these animals are now breeding size.
We spent a lot of time searching for the best of the best breeding stock and spared no expense in obtaining them.
All who have seen them have agreed that these are all truly exceptional animals. In the coming year, we expect
to have albinos, salmons (50% possible het for albino), het sunglows and possibly sunglows. Market Price.
Ball Python (Python regius): One of the most popular of
the pythons, these small African snakes are hardy and very easy-to-breed. After
30-something years of being ball-free, we jumped on the ball python bandwagon
in 2004. We are now working with albinos, pieds, caramels, het ivories and a couple
of other exciting new morphs! Market Price.
LIZARDS
Blue Tegu (Tupinambis sp.): Blue tegus, which presently lack a species designation, are a smaller
tegu and also one of the most docile. They are very tolerant when it comes to variation in
care and feed on a wide variety of foods including rodents and ground turkey. Our T+ albino pair
are gorgeous animals with shades of ivory white, peach and orange. They also may produce
snow tegus. "Snows" are light albino variants that are pink in color and patterned as babies but grow up
to be impressive snow white animals! Albinos: Market Price. "Snows": Market Price.
CHELONIANS
Black-Knobbed Sawback Turtle (Graptemys
nigrinoda): One of the nicest and least common
of the map turtle group. The carapace is brown with
orange circles and raised black knobs grace the dorsal
midline. Mostly carnivorous, these turtles feed
eagerly on most feeder insects (crickets, mealworms,
superworms and waxworms) as well as pelleted turtle
food or Koi chow. They are also avid baskers and we
highly recommend the use of a mercury vapor combined
UV/heat lamp with these turtles. $100.
Red Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans): The humble
red eared slider is one of the best known turtles for both beauty and
hardiness in collections around the world. Now we've gone one step better with
the tyrosinase positive (T+) albino red eared slider. Also sometimes called the "lemon-lime"
red eared slider, these are true albinos with deep ruby red eyes. They have a slight green
cast to them as hatchlings but grow up to have bright yellow shells and greyish to lavender
skin. Unlike the more common T- albinos, these do not have any sight problems and can
also safely bask in the sun or under a UV lamp with no ill effects. We expect to have normal-looking, well-started
100% heterozygous babies available for $75/each.
Future Projects: African Mole Snakes, Japanese Forest Rat Snakes, Calico Tokay Geckos and more!
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