Well, 12 feet is still pretty impressive, but I guess the King Cobra pretty much still holds the record for total length outside of the the boidae. My research went so indepth as to get a couple photocopies of a Chinese and Vietnamese paper detailing the breeding of Ptyas species - I think it might have been P. korros, as that was what I was hoping to get from an importer. I've heard of some guys getting them in specifically to feed to Kings, but other than that they are pretty much unheard of in the pet trade. Of course now, I probably wouldn't touch one with a ten foot pole, primarily because of my new focus on native U.S. species - still if I had the space...
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Matt Campbell



Big animals, little animals, plants - right down to the sea itself. We need them, not just for their own sake, but because all this has to be here for everybody forever. Only one thing is certain: if we are to preserve our environment and save this priceless wildlife we need much, much more knowledge.

Harry Butler from 'In the Wild With Harry Butler' 1977

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