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I finally got a chance to get a few shots of some of the animals in my Snakes of Latin America (SoLA) collection. This isn't everything, but I hope you enjoy.

Also, sorry some of the pictures are blurry. I can not find my cord to hook my camera to the computer, so I had to borrow, and I dit not know how to use this camera as well.

ATB pregnant female

ATB male

Eunectes notaeus

Eunectes murinus

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Gavin Brink
Wildlife Program Coordinator
Midwest Museum of Natural History
425 W. State Street
Sycamore, IL 60178
www.mmnh.org
(815) 895-9777
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Pseustes poecilonotus Ignro the museum info on the anaconda photo. I am not longer affiliated

Neotropical Bird snake

Drymarchon melanurus

Bt the way your Pseustes poecilonotus look fat sassy and awsome. If you have a list put me on it!
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"Life without risk is to merely exist."

I am really hoping I will be able to breed this pair by spring. I am a little concerned about the sex though. I was told when I bought them that the female was the one with the red, and the male was the softer colored animal, but some signs (including probing) are making me think it could have been the other way around...or worse, two males.

But if I end up getting babies from this quite expensive unrelated pair, I will certainly be posting some pictures. And we will make sure you get yours when that time comes if you are still interested : )

I recall asking to be put on that list. Hehe.
I hope you are able to breed them, and I'd love to see more of them in the hobby.
I'm sure you already know this, but supposedly they are sexually dimorphic. The males generally have more prominent keels. Quetzal and Monica noted this in their Reptiles magazine article and it certainly applies to my Pseustes sulphureus.
I hope that helps a little, and I wish you the best of luck.

Maybe with any luck you'll see something similar to this:

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Roy Blodgett
Green Man Herpetoculture
royreptile@yahoo.com

1.1 Drymarchon corais
1.1 Pseustes sulphureus
1.1 Masticophis taeniatus taeniatus
0.0.1 Coluber mormon
1.1 Lampropeltis getula californiae (desert phase)
1.0 Boiga dendrophila dendrophila
1.1 Corytophanes cristatus
1.2 Varanus acanthurus brachyurus (Mt.Isa)
2.3 Pogona vitticeps (snow and red/gold)
1.0 Iguana iguana

“All men lie enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.”- Herman Melville

Yes, Roy, I am aware. That played a big factor in my doubt on the sexes.

And I am not forgetting about you. However, I figured you would have your hands full with your sulphurus.

Haha! The sulphureus don't have my hands full enough to make me pass up a chance at poecilonotus.
Hopefully you have a pair. If not, I'm sure some females will show up next time Quetzal and Monica bring some in.
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Roy Blodgett
Green Man Herpetoculture
royreptile@yahoo.com

1.1 Drymarchon corais
1.1 Pseustes sulphureus
1.1 Masticophis taeniatus taeniatus
0.0.1 Coluber mormon
1.1 Lampropeltis getula californiae (desert phase)
1.0 Boiga dendrophila dendrophila
1.1 Corytophanes cristatus
1.2 Varanus acanthurus brachyurus (Mt.Isa)
2.3 Pogona vitticeps (snow and red/gold)
1.0 Iguana iguana

“All men lie enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.”- Herman Melville

Impressive display. If you use photobucket you can post multiple pictures. Here is how.

Open two windows in your computer one for Kingsnake.com and one for Photobucket

When you open photobucket you will see this use the last one and copy it and paste into the body of the text.

Email & IM
Direct Link
HTML Tag
IMG Code (this one) Http:// yada yada yada

Paste into the body of the text like this as many as you want.

http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c190/Sigthunter/?action=view¤t=RanchBuildings003.jpg

http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c190/Sightunter/?action=view¤t=RanchBuildings003.jpg

http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c190/Sightunter/?action=view¤t=RanchBuildings003.jpg
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"Life without risk is to merely exist."

And now you are telling me I have to figure out how to use photo bucket lol. All those photos were edited and re-saved in paint so they could be put on kingsnake. You are killing my system : )

Those Pseustes poecilonotus are amazing! They're even more awesome than I remembered. The whole collection looks very nice and healthy. Thanks for posting pictures!
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Roy Blodgett
Green Man Herpetoculture
royreptile@yahoo.com

1.1 Drymarchon corais
1.1 Pseustes sulphureus
1.1 Masticophis taeniatus taeniatus
0.0.1 Coluber mormon
1.1 Lampropeltis getula californiae (desert phase)
1.0 Boiga dendrophila dendrophila
1.1 Corytophanes cristatus
1.2 Varanus acanthurus brachyurus (Mt.Isa)
2.3 Pogona vitticeps (snow and red/gold)
1.0 Iguana iguana

“All men lie enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.”- Herman Melville

Thanks Roy,

I work very hard to try and keep my animals in great condition. That is the only reason I left the Midwest Museum of Natural History. My standards, while I understand are a bit unrealistic, were not going to come close to a possibility there. Being up until 5am cleaning, and running fresh fecal exams at 2am are just things you need to do if you want to be on top of your collection. Granted, there are battles you wont win, but something certainly feels wrong about going into a necropsy blind.

I am glad you like the photos, and I will probably get more up soon. Your request for Pseustes photos really made me realize I should spend some fun time taking pictures of my animals. Things can really start to wear on you when the only interaction with your animals involves 5 seconds of transfer time, and however many hours of cleaning time.

Sorry for the long post. I just wanted you to know I appreciate your response.

As we are all owners of large, "messy" colubrids, we know exactly where you are coming from. It is difficult to maintain a large collection without cutting corners, which is why I don't have many snakes. As I said before though, all of you animals appear to be very healthy. I'm jealous of those Pseustes! The coloration with those is incredible.
Keep the photos coming! I'll try and get some more of my female Pseustes sulphureus as I've only posted a couple pictures of her.
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Roy Blodgett
Green Man Herpetoculture
royreptile@yahoo.com

1.1 Drymarchon corais
1.1 Pseustes sulphureus
1.1 Masticophis taeniatus taeniatus
0.0.1 Coluber mormon
1.1 Lampropeltis getula californiae (desert phase)
1.0 Boiga dendrophila dendrophila
1.1 Corytophanes cristatus
1.2 Varanus acanthurus brachyurus (Mt.Isa)
2.3 Pogona vitticeps (snow and red/gold)
1.0 Iguana iguana

“All men lie enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.”- Herman Melville

Just wanted to chime in and say that I love all the photos; not only the ones in this thread, but all that get posted in this forum. Nice to see such communication between a fairly small percentage of the snake community.

MMmmmmmm. Yummy pseustes you have there Gav- I can't wait to steal some of your offspring....
-Bryan