Jackson's tree snake (Thrasops jacksoni) is from tropical forests of Africa at higher elevations and there are four or more (?) species of Thrasops, some green and other yellow, but jacksoni is typically black or dark in color. Supposed to be rear-fanged but I never looked close enough and seemingly harmless to man and not much information is provided on their venom, except what Brian Fry may have recently completed. I have captive hatched specimens and wild caught specimens and of course, the captive hatched are much more calmer and seemingly do not rub their noses like the wild caughts. They seem to be a mamba mimic and remain mostly arboreal and diurnal and would eat a shoe if it hopped around like a mouse. They can grow to almost 8 feet long and eat like no other snake I have seen. I would put them together but think they would easily eat each other by mistake or out of just normal behavior (?). When they are old enough to breed in two years or so, I will stuff them and then put them together with close observation to avoid loosing one or both of them.



Dan

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