The "King Brown" you've seen is actually from PNG most likely (SE Irian Jaya). Someone in Texas was trying to breed Common Browns last year but I don't think he was able to hatch the eggs succesfully. I have not heard from him in a while...Yikes!! The only other guy is from across the pond, he's have good sucess.

I was just in Australia herping in Feb. This was the only snake out of all of the hot serpents they truely fear. It has a very nasty disposition and will not hesitate to have a go at ya if you muck with them. The A/V is not common in the USA and very expensive to import. It usually takes a larger amount of A/V because the venom does not produce large quanities of antibodies in horses. While in Australia and man was killed even with A/V after mucking around with a 30 inch long specimen.

Some things are better left alone.

Cheers!

Al

Wild photographed Austrelaps ramsayi, Highland Copperhead



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