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Very Nice female Jeff!
I love the oranges and the high contrast.

Sean.
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1.1 BRB
0.1 Pacific Gophersnake(unproven Hypo)
1.0 Amel Pacific Gophersnake
0.1 Striped Anery Pacific Gophersnake
1.1 Triple Het TPRS's
0.1 Silver TPRS
1.1 Amel Bloodred Corns
0.1 Abbott Okeetee Corn
0.1 Blizzard Bloodred Corn
1.1 Thayeri Kingsnakes
0.1 Reeve's Turtle
0.2 Amstaff's
1.0 Pudytat

Jeff,
That is a top-notch BRB.
On a different note; could you post what you found out about the re-classification? Maybe start a new thread. I did'nt save the link that was deleted so I'm itching to find out anything new.
Thanks for posting that beautiful Brazilian!
Paul

Paul,
....I am still waiting for them to approve my registration to look at their site. I will start looking for other sources of the information.
Jeff

>>Jeff,
>>That is a top-notch BRB.
>>On a different note; could you post what you found out about the re-classification? Maybe start a new thread. I did'nt save the link that was deleted so I'm itching to find out anything new.
>>Thanks for posting that beautiful Brazilian!
>>Paul

Doing some super googling I found this in a list of presentations of papers at the 2007 Butantan annual "get together". Not what I was looking for but interesting in how they raise baby BRBs so similar to how some of us do it.

10.14 Preliminary data on the feeding behavior of Epicrates cenchria cenchria in
captivity (Serpentes, Boidae)
Citadini JM1, Iszlaji C1, Camargo PTM2, Serapicos EO3, Puorto G1
1Museu Biológico, 3Laboratório de Herpetologia, Instituto Butantan, SP, Brazil; 2Seção
de Répteis, Parque Zoológico Municipal Quinzinho de Barros, SP, Brazil
Introduction: The species Epicrates cenchria shows a wide geographical distribution in the
Neotropical region, where it can be found from Costa Rica to Argentina. These snakes reach
about 1.5m in length; they are constrictors and viviparous, of terrestrial or semi-arboreal
habits and nocturnal. The subspecies E. c. cenchria can be found in the Brazilian Amazon
region. They feed on birds and mammals, and they subjugate their preys by constricting them.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe the feeding behavior of E. c. cenchria
young during their first year of life. Methods: The snakes studied were born at the Parque
Zoológico Municipal “Quinzinho de Barros”(PZMQB) in Sorocaba, São Paulo, and they were
kept in the Museu Biológico do Instituto Butantan during the period from 9/20/2006 to
7/18/2007. The young were kept in individual plastic containers, covered with corrugated
cardboard and with water ad libitum. The environmental conditions were monitored, the
average temperature was 25.8 °C, and the air relative humidity was 71.23%. The artificial
photoperiod was set at 8 hlight and 16 h dark. Newborn and small mice were offered at the
beginning of the feeding process, and as the young snakes grew up, the size and weight of the
mice were progressively increased, and they were offered food biweekly. Every three
months, biometry was performed to follow the development of the E. c. cenchria young. The
feeding behavior was analyzed, and subdivided into four distinct phases, according to the
literature data: localization, approach and strike; constriction; inspection; and digestion.
Results and Discussion: Preliminary results showed that the perception of the prey and the
strike happened right after the prey was put into the maintenance container. During the
feeding processes, the majority of the strikes hit the anterior part of the prey’s body, followed
by medium and posterior parts. Often, one could observe that when the strike hit the anterior
part of the body, the snake ingested the prey right after its death, without performing
inspection, in other words, without releasing the prey and searching for its head by using the
tongue. During the constriction phase, a variation on the number of coils could be noticed;
they were normally 1 or 2. The majority of the snakes ingested their preys by the anterior part
of the body; the ingestion by the posterior part happened just a few times and hardly ever
happened via the middle part. Literature data show that the detection of the prey, especially in
boids and viperids, occurs through an association of thermal, chemical and visual stimuli. The
capture of the prey by its anterior part was clearly evidenced in our study and it was described
for Elaphe quadrivirgata and Bothrops jararaca, where the authors of these studies reported
that this behavior decreases the possibility of a prey’s retaliation. The number of coils present
during the constriction phase seems to be related to the size of the serpent or to the force
applied against the prey’s movement. There is a report about a single coil in the feeding
behavior of E. cenchria and Boa constrictor. However, in E. c. cenchria we observed a
variation on the number of coils, probably due to the prey capture learning process, since only
young snakes were studied in this project.

>>Paul,
>>....I am still waiting for them to approve my registration to look at their site. I will start looking for other sources of the information.
>>Jeff
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>>>>Jeff,
>>>>That is a top-notch BRB.
>>>>On a different note; could you post what you found out about the re-classification? Maybe start a new thread. I did'nt save the link that was deleted so I'm itching to find out anything new.
>>>>Thanks for posting that beautiful Brazilian!
>>>>Paul

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Thanks,

Frank Roberts

me likey!!!!!!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

How much color in one snake?!?

Thanks for sharing

Beautiful color and lovely crescents. Very nice snake!
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Mike Lockwood
www.tooscaley.com