Reptile & Amphibian Forums

Hi
My pair of hatch Tri Color hognoses. Have fast become my favourite snake.
Hope you like.
mike
female

Male

Very nice tricolors.
How old are they ?
Are they Lystrophis matogrossensis ?

Outstanding specimens you have there. I hope you have lots of luck with them. Just be warned that they are prone to dropping several clutches of eggs within a year.

I have one female that has dropped 5 clutches of fertile eggs this year and looks gravid yet again despite not having kept the male with her since the beginning of the year. She's retained a lot of sperm from him and shows no sign of slowing down.
-----
Troy Rexroth
Rextiles

Yes, it's VERY important to separate the female from the male and cut WAY down on feeding after three or four clutches (at most). They will literally breed themselves down to nothing if you're not careful!

-----
Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

The Avalanche has already started-it is too late for the pebbles to vote....

Qoute "Very nice tricolors.
How old are they ?
Are they Lystrophis matogrossensis ?"

They are this years babies.
I think Pulcher but not 100% sure.

thanks all for comments and advice.

Any links on these appreciated, have read some sites on care etc.

mike
-----
hognoses.co.uk

www.hognose.com has some info on them