Hello!
I'm glad to see that everyone is enjoying the pictures of these beauties! Here is some more information about them...
We got them last week from Bushmaster Reptiles (they always have such great animals!). They were Farm Raised in the only Chondro farm in Indonesia. These guys are not from the same clutch so they aren't related and they are both about one year old now. We are hoping that the yellow one will keep his color because he is already a year old and from what I was told, they generally have gone through about 80% to 90% of their color changes by the time they are a year old (it generally happens when they are around 6 months old). Please correct me if I am wrong...
Looking at the yellow one, we think (hope) that maybe it is some sort of Hypomelanism especially because of the tail coloration. The dark coloration on the tail isn't black, it's more of a greyish/purplish color. Also, the tip of the tongue being white is very interesting. At the moment, it only has some slight specks of green on it's body (you can see some green on its nose).
As for their temperment, the Manakwaris we have seen have tended to be alert but not really that nippy. They can be somewhat tense when you handle them but after time and exposure to being handled, they calm down nicely. When we took this pair out to photograph, the female (the green one) struck a couple of times intially but once we got her out, she calmed right down. The male (the yellow one) however was extremely mellow. He never struck at all and was a joy to handle!
I don't know what the market price is for Manakwaris at the moment but I think if the owners were to offer these for sale, I think they would ask around $700 to $800 (maybe more) for the green one and who knows how much for the yellow one. For comparisons sake, we currently have an adult male Emerald Tree Boa for sale for $550 so that'll give you an idea of our price ratio.
Here are a couple of other pictures of the Yellow Male...
Enjoy!
Thanks,
Celia
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