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Here is a pair of Black and yellow Tiger-Lipped Pseustes. The male is from Guyana and I suspect the female is to. The female is 9 feet and the Male is 10 feet. They were paired about a week ago. I have seen very few black specimens of the Pseustes.

Female

Male

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"Life without risk is to merely exist."

Hey man, enough of them pseustes. Let's see some emories, man.

Kevin

They all got frostbite!
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"Life without risk is to merely exist."

Very cool snakes. The male is amazing, and the female has a lot of black coloration. I've never seen the black and yellow phase for sale or in person. I hope they breed for you.
It definitely seems as though there are two definite color phases of sulphureus, the yellow and black, and the yellow and green. Mine are the yellow and green phase and they are from Surinam. There are supposedly two subspecies with sulphureus; Pseustes sulphureus dieperinkii, and Pseustes sulphureus sulphureus.
Could the two color phases differentiate between the two subspecies?

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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

All I know is some have stripes on the lips and they seem bigger than other sulphurious I have not researched them much still trying to crack the breeding nut. I do know they like it around 90F and then eat like pigs from He!!

My ptyas just took their third meal and they also like it 90F. They eat every two days and never miss a meal. I think the secret for them is hot hot hot and food food food. Weird thing is they are mellow as hatchlings I only have one that will do the death roll to escape. They have all taken pink mouse parts twice now. Can't wait till they grow some........Bill
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It seem to be the psteustes picture day. I will try breeding mines this year.
Good luck with the ptyas Bill! Witch one you picked up?
Take care!

And my chummy... "hey, what are you doing in my room? Ha pic, it's ok."

Just like we figured out with yours heat heat heat a good hide and lots of food. I got dhumandes said to top out at 9 feet I suspect 7 feet would be a nice one. I will try switching a few to pinks after the next shed cycle.
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Great pictures! They have interesting coloration.
Do you keep them seperately, or together? They seem to fare well together. Mine tend to stay together and I rarely see them apart when they are in the cage together.
How are the Ptyas korros doing?
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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

Spilotes and Pseustes have the ability to Cohabitate and Cribos do not (at least mine). I recently turned my reptile room up to 86F with spikes to 90F to accommodate my Ptyas . All of the on line experts state that Cribos will not tolerate high temps. Here are the results funny as it seems.

The Pseustes have become active and eat much, much better kind of like they need high temps. My spilotes were like that also. All of my Cribos are thriving and eating like pigs (Blacktail, Uni-color and Rubidus) not one has regurgitated! So I sit here scratching my head where does the Cribo standard come from. Is it that the Indigo needs cooler temps and they assume Cribos do to? Is it a fluke (time of year thing)? I am confused but will keep on keeping on and get pics as everyone has grown quite a bit and most of my pictures have been recycled to much.

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"Life without risk is to merely exist."

Hi Bill!
The female yellowtail also seem to like hot temp.
Take care!

In terms of temperature, that's generally where I keep my cribos and Pseustes as well. I've never experienced any trouble. They are all active and they all eat well with no regurgitating.
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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

Hi Roy!
I keep mine together since this winter. The few ptyas left are doing good since Bill help me figured out temperature of choice. Eating like if there is no tomorrow...
Take care.

Glad to hear it! Love that snake too!
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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

Those are some smokin' snakes there.

Nate- Those are some sweet spilotes you have there. Congrats.
May I ask where you acquired them from?
-Bryan

Those arne't my Spilotes those are Sighthunters Pseustes.
n/p

Sorry for answering, but Bryan was talking about your Spilotes you posted in the thread under this one. He just made a mistake hitting the wrong thread when he posted his response.

Sola, thanks for clearing me up on that one. Yes, I was referring to the Spilotes, not the Pseustes. Don't know how that got goofed. Anyway, I would still love to hear about those spilotes...they are unreal.
-Bryan