These are great looking snakes but I have not seen or heard of anyone keeping them, why?

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These are great looking snakes but I have not seen or heard of anyone keeping them, why?

They are rare and hard to get in to the states, plus they are pretty expensive when they are available. And they typically don't live long with the average keeper, so not many people work with them. There are a few around, but not many.
Here's the male I had back around 2000:

And the female:

Dave,
There out there. I know of several in private collections.
Randal
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