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Has anyone here ever worked with Hairy Bush Vipers (Atheris hispida)I have a few questions about them.
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"Create then surpass your expectations"

i have seen pics of cb babies within the last year or so. i dont know if they were from an imported pregnant female or not though.about all i know about them is that they eat snails, and are extremely cool looking. i also beleive they are the smallest of the atheris, but i could be wrong.
joe

I doubt any are alive in this whole country.
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Archie Bottoms

Oh, I don't doubt there may be some alive somewhere in the US. They keep bringing them in from time to time and trying to get them established, but with typically bad results. They are the most delicate of the Atheris species that are imported and I don't know of anyone who has kept them alive for a full year yet. The babies you saw photos of fairly recently probably were the ones born at Crotalus and Company and they came from two imported females that were gravid when imported. The babies didn't last long and, even though he kept them alive for months, all of the adults perished, as well. My advice to anyone who admires this beautiful species, but has no extensive experience with Atheris is to go with a hardier species and leave hispida alone. I've worked with Atheris for over ten years and still haven't messed with hispida.