It's been a while since I've posted on here, but I plan on breaking the silence as soon as I have time.
As some of you already know, I recently made the decision to sell my long-term captive pair of Drymarchon corais. I decided that I would like to focus on Pseustes and Spilotes right now, but I do plan on adding some more Drymarchon to my collection when I'm in a better financial position and can provide them the space and attention they demand.
With part of the funds generated from selling my cribos, I was able to purchase a five-year old pair of captive born Spilotes pullatus. I'm already hooked on Spilotes and I find that these are some very interesting and inquisitive captives. My pair seems to be representative of a Central American locale.
I'm curious if anyone has an idea of the validity of the subspecies of Spilotes pullatus. According to a few sites on the Web, there are five recognized subspecies including mexicanus and argusiformis in Mexico and Northern Central America, pullatus in Southern Central America and Northern South America, with anomalepsis and maculatus in Brazil. Does anyone know if these subspecies are valid? It seems that mexicanus and pullatus are widely accepted, but what of the other three?
Anyway, I plan on posting photographs of my new additions as soon as I can, and I also need to do some catch-up posts concerning my Pseustes sulphureus, as well as an introductory post about my poecilonotus. So, be ready for some massive posts ahead!
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Roy Blodgett
Green Man Herpetoculture
royreptile@yahoo.com
1.1 Spilotes pullatus
2.2 Pseustes sulphureus
1.1 Pseustes poecilonotus poecilonotus
1.1 Lystrophis pulcher
1.1 Boiga dendrophila dendrophila
1.2 Crotaphytus collaris
1.3 Crotaphytus bicinctores
2.3 Pogona vitticeps (snow and red/gold)
1.0 Iguana iguana
