Hi,



I could be wrong, and if that's the case, I apologize, but based on what I've heard this is the answer:



All captive bred specimens of O. p. coxi descent from a couple of wildcaught animals kept by a well known German breeder. This breeder has gotten his animals from a U.S.A. based importer/exporter. This handler has collected the snakes in Loei Province Thailand. As part of the deal, when the wildcaught animals reproduced, some of the captive born offspring was imported by the handler from Germany to the U.S.A.



I have been told that the German breeder has received about 2 dozen O. p. coxi from Loei Province Thailand, but that most of these animals died. I have also heard that about 5 to 7 animals survived and that they are the founderstock of the entire worldwide captive population of O. p. coxi. So, basically what I'm saying is that there are No different bloodlines of O. p. coxi. The same goed for the U.S.A. captive population of R. boulengeri and E. prasina. Captive born specimens of both these species have been imported alongside captive born O. p. coxi from the same German breeder by the same U.S.A. based importer/exporter.



Regards,



Bert Grit

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