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2012 All Captive-Born Current Projects and Potential Offspring List
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Spring is in the air and we are expecting the eggs and babies to start dropping in full force very soon. Several interesting ball python morphs have gone through pre-lay sheds and we are particularly excited about the prospect of eggs from our huge mojave female and our mystic male -- potions anyone?! The other really exciting development is the possibility (we don't like being too definitive before eggs or babies hit the ground) that our African mole snake female is gravid. This is a species we have worked with on and off for twenty years (!) and until now successful breeding has eluded us. We love this species so much however that we've never given up. To our knowledge (please email and correct us if we're wrong) the African mole snake has never been successfully captive bred in the U.S. Captive breedings are reported from South Africa but those from outside of Africa and few and far between. The London Zoo produced a clutch some years ago but it is uncertain whether these were from a wild-caught gravid import or a true captive breeding (and this is true for many alleged "captive born" mole snakes). Mole snakes are cool because they have the head of a Pituophis with the shiny large body scales of a Drymarchon and they are ovoviviparous (live bearers) like Thamnophis. They have a reputation for being ornery but this comes mostly from wild-caught imported adults. If handled as neonates, these guys become really tractable although they can have quite a feeding response! They also get large -- our breeding female is about 6 feet long and pretty robust. Although they are grey to brown with speckling as neonates, they undergo a tremendous ontogenetic change as they grow and usually turn into solid colored adults (we say usually because some can retain a faint vestige of the speckling) that can be light brown, chocolate, black, red, pinkish, olive, tan, gray or yellowish. And in my experience it's impossible to tell as babies what color they will turn out to be so it's kind of fun to watch them grow and change, often in unexpected directions. The pair that may produce our babies were obtained by us as tiny captive-born neonates from South Africa in 2006. We'll see if 2012 proves to be the year that we FINALLY produce these gorgeous snakes in captivity. Stay tuned here for updates on these and our other projects -- and until next month, happy herping!
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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! Males and females are $4/ea.
Quantity discounts sometimes available.
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!): $450.
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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