Hi,



I think that for F1 O. p. coxi you will have to buy your animals directly from K.-D. Schulz. Perhaps that Andreas Gumprecht (a friend of Schulz) can hook you up with F2 animals. Their e-mail adresses can be found on this site: http://www.bushmaster.ch/HTML/BreedCent1.htm ('pitvipers' = Gumprecht; 'ratsnakes' = Schulz). I have been told that Schulz lets all his animals breed with eachother, so basically there are no different bloodlines of O. p. coxi available.



About the Rhynchophis: as far as I know the entire population of R. boulengeri (U.S.A., Europe, Asia) originates from wildcaught animals from the Exotarium in Tula, Russia. You're right about the Elaphe prasina: there are 2 different lines. There is a line of animals from Tam Doa, Vietnam, wich originates from the same Exotarium and there is a line of animals from Loei Province, Thailand, wich originates from Gumprecht in Germany. If I'm correct Gumprecht collected the founding stock himself. I know also remember that Gumprecht told me that he has personally collected O. p. coxi from Loei Province, Thailand.



It's best if you contact both gentlemen and ask them about the origins of the O. p. coxi population. I am interested in hearing what you find out about this. However, there is a possibility that both gentlemen do not want to disclose this information. I'm not sure why this is, but I have noticed this before (since I'm interested in locality specific snakes).



Regards,



Bert

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