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I saw some Egyptian Racers at a petstore on a recent Vegas trip and thought they were amazing. Of course, I didn't dare tempt myself, as I know nothing about them!

Info/pics on the web seems to be slim to none. Does anyone here have any information on them (natural history, care, temperment, etc.), and photos, or even a website they can point me towards?

Thanks!
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- JENN ROSE -
0.1.0 classic corn~ "Pumpkin"
1.0.0 leucistic texas ratsnake~ "Worm"
1.0.0 ball python~ "Pickle Bunny"

Hello,

I know a lot about the herps of Egypt. I have an online guide to the Herpetofauna of Egypt. It is under construction currently. However, I can help answer questions for you. Let me know!!!
Best Regards,
William C. Huntsman

The Herpetofauna of Egypt

Wow! I have to say, I can't wait until your site is completed. As a fan of Eyptian history, and a fan of herps...well...need I say more? Fantastic.

Poked around a bit and looked at was pictures I could find on there. Now I'm not entirely sure what the snakes I saw were, exactly. Is there a snake simply called an "Egyptian Racer"? That's all they had them labeled as. I remember they were light brown in color, and had amazingly intense eyes. They way they held their heads reminded me of garters, but their head shape was more...lizard like? They were extremely alert animals, and their gaze would follow your movement.
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- JENN ROSE -
0.1.0 classic corn~ "Pumpkin"
1.0.0 leucistic texas ratsnake~ "Worm"
1.0.0 ball python~ "Pickle Bunny"

Just to let you know that the site doesn't come up right in my browser. All the pics of the markings aren't lined up with the descriptions.
Using firefox 2.0.0.3 on suse linux 10.2.

Having said that it will be a nice site when finished. I now have some egyptian racers given me, though I don't know the latin. plus I have a pair of large whipsnakes, one from the balkans and the other I have no idea where from.

Mike

I dont know much about the egyptian racers is this the species of racer that they say can mimic a cobra by somewhat hooding up?