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01-16-2007, 07:31 PM
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Costa Rican Rattlesnake (Crotalus s. simus) Three foot plus female, Santa Rosa National Park, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
Mapanare Lanceheads (Bothrops colombiensis) Yellow phase and normal phase.
Trinidad Fer-De-Lance (Bothrops atrox) Twenty four inch female, CBB 9/2005
Bahia Lancehead (Bothrops leucurus) CB 2006
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01-16-2007, 07:56 PM
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01-16-2007, 11:24 PM
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man, those are some great shots, I love the luecurus
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01-16-2007, 11:34 PM
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hots are soo kewl! u have some beautiful ones! i love taking pics of them in the wild but i dont think i could sleep at night with one in my room lol,
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01-17-2007, 01:37 AM
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Gorgeous! How did you get a hold of a snake from Costa Rica? I'm trying to get a species of snail eater out of there and have found it nearly impossible. I've got someone who does a lot of work for the universities down there trying to help me, but it's an uphill battle.
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01-17-2007, 02:07 AM
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Wow. I love that yellow Bothrops colombiensis. the normal is nice too.
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01-17-2007, 03:45 AM
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that trinidad has THE most amazing head and face! beautiful snakes, thanks for sharing
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01-17-2007, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by MegF
Gorgeous! How did you get a hold of a snake from Costa Rica? I'm trying to get a species of snail eater out of there and have found it nearly impossible. I've got someone who does a lot of work for the universities down there trying to help me, but it's an uphill battle.
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Meg, Costa Rica has very strict laws when it comes to their wildlife. There are only two licensed exporters and every animal they produce is CBB, no wild caught animals are allowed out. The government checks their inventory lists every two weeks and will even come out to inspect quite regularly just to make sure things are going according to plan. The one guy where a friend of mine and I imported some snakes for our collection, also breeds many of the seldom seen Bothrops (B. leucurus, B. colombiensis, etc) from South America. But to my knowledge, none have even kept any of the snail eating species. Your best bet is just to go down herping and find one in the wild. That is one species on the top of our list for this year, as I will be herping in Costa Rica starting May 26th til June 7th. If you want to either PM or email me, I can point you in the right direction
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I know they have very strict laws. I researched alot before to find out. I am in contact with Louis Porras who has many other contacts there. He has a friend who might breed some so that I can get some cbb babies to start with here. If you can't import w/c animals, how can you just find some in the wild and bring them back? Isn't that the same thing? I would love to go to CR at some point. It would be impossible right now though. I will PM you though as I'd like to have your name and e-mail as a contact for the future. Thanks for the ideas though. I'm basically looking for any of the Sibon species...preferably a pair. Most likely you would find the nebulatus version as it's most common.
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