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Just a coupla' pics of my female Silver. She doesn't venture out as often as the others do so I had to snap a few while I could. This one is a bottoless pit when it comes to feeding..nice thing is all mine feed on thawed directly from tongs..nice for record keeping.

Bill

That is really cool, I don't recall ever seeing one like that.
Tom Stevens
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TomsSnakes.com

Stunning animal, thanks for posting.

Nice unusual contrast with the green head and silver body.

Sue x
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The Ratsnake Foundation Online Society

Nice pics of a very cool snake.

Matthew

Bill,

I thought you were only keeping Malaysian's? I see your signature is no longer included with your posts so I'm guessing the last time I saw it it was not up to date.

Regardless, the dark gray with yellow heads was one of my favorite phenotypes. I've only had one, a small male, I'll post a picture of it below.

Interesting story about this male. I was out of town several years ago when a 100 year flood hit the area I was living at the time and flooded my snake room with over 3' of water. Lost an incubator with a couple of clutches of Gonyosoma eggs and a few of my Gony adults were submerged underwater for nearly two hours. Surprisingly, none of them died from that but did die in the following months.

The male pictured below was small and in a rack that floated up and flipped over during the flood and he escaped. I was driving back and in constant contact with my brother in law who was trying to get my snakes to higher ground.

He informed me that this one escaped so I assumed it was long gone. He later called me and informed me he saw a snake swimming outside but could not tell the color. His brother came over and found it in a storage shed outdoors. It was very cold from being outdoors for several hours so it was easily captured. And yes, it was my dark gray male.

Every snake that was exposed to the water died within a few months despite my efforts to save them. Really set me back a long time. At any rate, here is the male:

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Currently keeping:

6.10 Gonyosoma oxycephala (Javan, mixed colors)

1.1 Philodryas baroni

1.0 Rhodesian Ridgeback

Chris,

I just have the one big ole green Maylasian. This silver one I got before as a neonate...a green one as well. Knock on wood but all have been problem free from the get-go! I got your email as well and will respond in kind. Sorry to hear about the flood...these snakes and Murphy's Law just seem to go hand-in-hand sometimes!

Bill