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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• Fourteen Feet! - Sighthunter, Sat Feb 18 16:56:28 2006
• RE: Fourteen Feet! - bthacker, Sat Feb 18 17:39:50 2006
• RE: Fourteen Feet! - Sighthunter, Sat Feb 18 17:46:02 2006
• RE: Fourteen Feet! - Sighthunter, Sat Feb 18 18:02:11 2006
• RE: Fourteen Feet! In the "States"??? - Dryguy, Sat Feb 18 22:02:38 2006
• RE: Fourteen Feet! In the "States"??? - Sighthunter, Sun Feb 19 09:47:27 2006
• RE: Sorry, Bill, - epidemic, Mon Feb 20 15:27:30 2006
• Not sure.... - Doug T, Sun Feb 19 20:31:04 2006
• RE: Not sure.... - Sighthunter, Mon Feb 20 07:16:55 2006
• RE: Not sure.... - Thane, Tue Feb 21 17:08:21 2006
• RE: Not sure.... - epidemic, Tue Feb 21 18:20:33 2006
• RE: Not sure.... - Thane, Wed Feb 22 09:59:08 2006
• Too late... - Doug T, Fri Feb 24 13:39:19 2006
• RE: Yeah, but... - epidemic, Fri Feb 24 15:26:33 2006
• RE: Not sure.... - Matt Campbell, Thu Feb 23 14:40:55 2006
• RE: Hey, Matt.. - epidemic, Thu Feb 23 15:01:56 2006
• RE: Hey, Matt.. - Matt Campbell, Thu Feb 23 18:01:38 2006
• RE: Shucks! - epidemic, Fri Feb 24 09:44:37 2006
• RE: Shucks! - Matt Campbell, Fri Feb 24 10:41:12 2006
• another ? - Doug T, Fri Feb 24 13:42:30 2006
• RE: another ? - Matt Campbell, Sun Feb 26 00:54:35 2006
• RE: Bravo, Matt! - epidemic, Mon Feb 27 13:27:07 2006
• RE: Bravo, Matt! - Matt Campbell, Mon Feb 27 22:56:19 2006