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Call me odd, but I really like these little work snakes!
Such a striking contrast from dorsal to ventral!
Crappy camera does it NO justice!

I actually had one I picked up in KS that I kept for years in some potting soil feeding it earthworms. Neat little snake, although I hardly ever saw it.
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Chris Harrison

Hi Chris,

What ever happened to it? Do you still have it? Did you sell it or release it?? Just curious... I am a long term snake keeper myself, I have several ratsnakes and corns that I still own that I acquired at 22 or 23 years of age, I'm 34 now. Some years they've laid eggs but I've not incubated them.

Kerry in Dallas

PS. I don't yet breed my snakes as the market seems totally and ridiculously saturated with hatchlings of all kinds, but I enjoy watching them become more and more beautiful and regal with their older ages. I guess I just enjoy all 15 of my snakes as pets. I recently bought a 1.1 pair of south florida brooksi hatchlings (my first kingsnakes) and am looking forward to learning all that I can about them and watching them grow older and more magnificent with each shed as they age.

Interesting snakes. They supposedly belong to the Xenodontine subfamily of colubrids which is rather poorly represented in N.A. Related to ringnecks, hognose, pine woods, and mud snakes, etc, they could make an interesting study also. I like the blunt tails and behavior of using it to poke its antagonist

Terry

>>Call me odd, but I really like these little work snakes!
>>Such a striking contrast from dorsal to ventral!
>>Crappy camera does it NO justice!
>>

yea, they can dig that tail in pretty good!
Enough to make you do a double take and wonder just what the heck they are trying to do to you!

Yeah, I was thinking sharp-tail too. I've had hognose do that on my hand before also.