I have noted a behavior in my pair of Oxyrhopus that's been a puzzle and I was wondering if anyone has had, or has heard of, a similar behavior in this species. At irregular (widely spaced) times, the snakes puff out their throats. I assume that it's some sort of "threat display" but have no supporting evidence for this idea. It happened again, and I did get a photo that is now up on my web site. Just scroll down to "The Collection" and you'll locate a few paragraphs and some pics of the animals.



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• Odd behavior in a Flame Snake(?) (Oxyrhopus rhombifer) - Chernoff, Sun Nov 28 16:48:42 2004
• RE: Odd behavior in a Flame Snake(?) (Oxyrhopus rhombifer) - rick gordon, Mon Nov 29 12:13:09 2004
• RE: Odd behavior in a Flame Snake(?) (Oxyrhopus rhombifer) - Chernoff, Tue Nov 30 22:26:24 2004
• RE: Odd behavior in a Flame Snake(?) (Oxyrhopus rhombifer) - rearfang, Wed Dec 1 07:30:56 2004
• RE: Odd behavior in a Flame Snake(?) (Oxyrhopus rhombifer) - Chernoff, Wed Dec 1 21:57:21 2004
• RE: Odd behavior in a Flame Snake(?) (Oxyrhopus rhombifer) - rearfang, Thu Dec 2 12:13:56 2004
• RE: Odd behavior in a Flame Snake(?) (Oxyrhopus rhombifer) - FRAN, Fri Dec 3 19:02:57 2004
• RE: Odd behavior in a Flame Snake(?) (Oxyrhopus rhombifer) - rearfang, Sat Dec 4 07:22:39 2004
• RE: Odd behavior in a Flame Snake(?) (Oxyrhopus rhombifer) - Chernoff, Sat Dec 4 21:34:04 2004
• RE: Odd behavior in a Flame Snake(?) (Oxyrhopus rhombifer) - rearfang, Sun Dec 5 13:23:39 2004
• RE: Odd behavior in a Flame Snake(?) (Oxyrhopus rhombifer) - rick gordon, Mon Dec 6 12:59:21 2004
• RE: Odd behavior in a Flame Snake(?) (Oxyrhopus rhombifer) - Chernoff, Wed Dec 8 20:43:27 2004
• RE: Odd behavior in a Flame Snake(?) (Oxyrhopus rhombifer) - FRAN, Fri Dec 10 23:38:00 2004
• RE: Odd behavior in a Flame Snake(?) (Oxyrhopus rhombifer) - rick gordon, Mon Dec 13 13:52:26 2004
• RE: Odd behavior in a Flame Snake(?) (Oxyrhopus rhombifer) - joeysgreen, Thu Dec 30 07:29:29 2004