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Posted by: Jeff Clark at Thu Jun 2 16:17:24 2005   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Jeff Clark ]  
   

This is the Eastern Coachwhip. These snakes get very big in central Florida and often have some pretty orangish hue on them. This one was here in GA and was a little less than 6 feet long and had very pale ivory colored body aft of the black neck.


We are making some progress here in our very backwards state. Until recently it seemed like herp enthusiasts were the only ones who knew or cared that Eastern Indigos are protected. I have recently seen this sign in a couple of state parks that have Indigo populations. Indigo Snakes are pretty rare here in GA and it would be futile for anyone to expend any effort expecting to poach one here. Please do not ask me where they do live here in GA.
Jeff
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>>Jim,
>>...Of course we were not gonna give you a hard time about that Scarlet snake. I was going to ask you what color it's belly is? They are really tough to get eating in captivity. I tried several times with them and finally got one of them to drink egg white from a chicken egg. I would keep it without water for several days to make sure it got thirsty and then offer egg white in a small bowl and it would drink that. AFAIK Scarlet Snakes have never been successfully captive bred. I did hatch 5 eggs from a WC gravid one once. I will keep my eyes open for a Scarlet King for you next time I am down in Florida. I know where to catch a bunch of them here in GA but they are protected. The weather systems that came through the south got


   

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