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2011 All Captive-Born Current Projects and Potential Offspring List
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Hey, welcome to last month of 2011! It's been a few months since we've updated the news here. I apologize for that but it was a crazy, busy Fall.
Anyway, the animals have mostly been slowing down for the winter although we just got a small off-season clutch from our Yellowbelly Ball Python, so we expect
to have hatchling Ivory and Yellow Belly Balls in January! One of our Mojave females is also acting and looking very gravid so who knows? Mystic Potions in
February would be a great winter treat! Apart from the animals we've been working with for a while, thought we'd mention that over the last two years we've
been quietly assembling a top-shelf collection of blue tongue skinks and relatives. I can't believe the amount of hybridization that appears to be out there
among Tiliqua and although I'm rarely critical of beautiful hybrids that are honestly represented as such, the number of Tiliqua on the classified
boards that are represented as "pure" this or that while clearly being hybrids is staggering. This appears to especially be the case with Northern Blue Tongues (Tiliqua
scincoides intermedia). The five Northerns we have in our collection show all the clear Northern hallmark traits and actually look like the Northerns one sees in
Aussie herp books (it helps that we travel to Australia often and have quite a nice collection of those). In addition to our Northerns, we also have started building a nice collection of
Merauke Blue Tongues (Tiliqua gigas evanescens). Evanescens are really interesting skinks with a thinner appearance and a long tail. Their tongues are also frequently a combination or
mottling of blue and pink. And in many regards, they appear to me to almost be a cross between a blue tongue skink and the more arboreal, slender pink tongue skink. And speaking of pink tongues
(Cyclodomorphus [Hemisphaeriodon] gerrardi) we also have a nice collection of juvies of that species maturing nicely! Well that's our update for this month -- and until next month, Happy Herping!
Available Now at Ophidiophile Farms!
We are proud to offer African Soft Furred Rats (Mastomys natalensis). These prolific african rodents are
about the size of a small lab rat when full grown (~90 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. For those interested in color morphs, we have dark agoutis, light
agoutis and dilutes. Sorry - no shipping on these, local pick-up only. Many available now! Lone males are $4 and lone females are $6.
Now offering discounts on trios (1.2=$15) and quads (1.3=$20).
COLUBRIDS
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 2012! 100% Hets: $100; Shirohebi: $200.
African Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana): African moles are one of the coolest snakes around. They seem like they're part Pituophis,
part Drymarchon, and part Thamnophis! They start life as small speckled neonates and as they grow they gradually develop into large, solid-colored
animals that could be brick red, light tan, chocolate brown, jet black, salmony pink, or olive green. Ovoviviparous (yes, that's right they're live-bearers!) they
give birth to very large clutches of 20+ offspring (but ~95 is the all-time record!): $400.
BOIDS
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, cinnys, mojaves, mystics, ivories, super stripes and a couple
of other exciting new morphs! Market Price.
LIZARDS
Tokay Geckos (Gekko gekko): Tokays are the pit bulls of the gecko world but can be tamed with gentle handling. They are
large and impressive, unfussy feeders, possess a diverse repetoire of calls, and both our male and female exhibit the fascinating behavior of
actively guarding their eggs and young. Easy to keep and breed. We are currently working with a veriaty of morphs including "calicos," "blue-headed greens," "leucistics," "melanistics," "caramel albinos" and more! All Tokays are Market Price depending on the morph; Inquire.
Cope's False Chamaeleon (Chamaeleolis porcus): These Cuban anoline lizards are like tranquil little dinosaurs -- totally cool. Snail eaters in the wild, they will readily take insects off forceps and are content to sit in one place (whether a branch or your shoulder) for long periods. They are the New World analogues of chamaeleons with color changing ability, independently swiveling eyes on turrets, and generally slow, deliberate movements. Inquire.
Future Projects:PURE Northern Blue-Tongue Skinks, Pink Tongue Skinks and more!
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