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arghhhhh...the pic just won't turn up!! anyways i've posted it in the snake gallery. It turned up fine there. Maybe u buys could check it out there. but i'll give it one last try here..sigh.. (

woohoooo!!! the pic finally came up!! eheheh.Had to add if from my photo galleries. So erm...any snake id experts out there? frank? isit venomous? am i in any danger if i'm bitten cause mind you it does bite...its very fast too..

In the Colubrinae family, puts out the same venom as the others, no danger at all. Your best luck feeding will come from lizards.

Cheers
B
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thanx for the info. Is it also called ornate flying snake? hmm..so i'm in no danger at all? cool so its an arboreal snake too? how should i keep it? does they need high humidity like prasina's? should i put some plants in there? how big does it get?? does it eat frogs, mice or crickets? cause they're easier to obtain here..thanx

>thanx for the info. Is it also called ornate flying snake?

Yep, that'd be it mate.

>hmm..so i'm in no danger at all?

Nah, she'll be right. The vast majority of the 'colubrids' put out the same sorts of toxins as a cobra (even the Asian ratsnakes) but for many of these, the potential human effects are pretty negligable. Full strength beer served in a bloody thimble. Some lineages though can really smack you around without even having well developed teeth.

cool so its an arboreal snake
>too?

Hmmm.... the flying snake part of the name is a bit of a tip off eh?

> how should i keep it? does they need
high humidity like
>prasina's? should i put some plants in there? how big does it
>get??

They live along side of Ahaetulla (we saw heaps in Singabore). They really like to climb and like an airy cage with good ventilation. Pothos Ivy is great to have in there, gives them somewhere to hide while also keeping up the humidity. The biggest of that species I've seen was a wild one in Singabore that was about 1.4 meters. Quick as sh*t too.

> does it eat frogs, mice or crickets? cause they're easier
>to obtain here..thanx

They are a big of a generalist feeder to a point. They'd take frogs quite readily I'm sure. The amount of venom put out and relatively inefficient venom delivery is more suited to quieting down frogs and lizards rather than trying to kill a mouse. So, they tend to have more of a reptilian/amphibian/avian diet than rodent.

Cheers
B
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I have kept three sp. in captivity: pelias, ornata and Paradisi All took anoles without hesitation. Only pelias refused eventually to go over to mice (fuzzies). They like a forest terrarium, spagnum or cypress mulch are both fine. Daily misting recomended. Though I have been bitten by these snake (a few hundred times?). Only once did I recieve what I call a noticeable envenomation and that was from a three foot paradisi. I had localized swelling for about 45 min (bite on heel of thumb) accompanied by minor burning. After that all symptoms disappeared except for two days I kept getting charliehorses (cramps) at the bite site. two days later the same snake nailed me again and there was no effect...even though I let him chew awhile (not recommending this...but I was curious..)Frank...Never could download that photo

i used pine shavings as substrate for my golden tree snake as i couldn't get any cypress or spagnum mulch.hope its okay. i had a few branches erected in my bin but it burrowed under the shavings and slept there instead. isn't it an arboreal species?

very....Frank