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I shoot this pic 2002 in Khao Lak Thailand,
This pair of A.javanicus was lying in the shadow out of the water.
The men of this snake park who owns them said its normal that they come out of the water sometimes.
What do you think ?

Greetings from Germany..

SIEGI

Home of the squaretails

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Thats where they normaly caged in this snake park.
Think the Zunami last year have destroyed the park for sure.

Greetings...

SIEGI

Home of the squaretails

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www.albinoboas.com

Thats very interesting. was the enclosure clean with good hiding areas in the water? Did the keepers suggest why or when the snakes came ashore?

maybe the reason why the come out of the water could be that they have nothing in the water to hide. But they seem to be tame like dogs.The once on land as well as the snakes in the water, they didn´t try to hide or something.
But the keeper told me they like it a bit cooler than it is in the south of Thailand, I could not believe this but he said so.

Thanks.

SIEGI
Home of the Squaretails

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www.albinoboas.com

interesting, ive had a.javanicus in the past and they both escaped their 100g. tank in my living room and ended up in my bedroom roughly 50ft. away! so they do escape and suprisingly they can crawl some distance on dry land. it doesnt suprise me to see them dry themselves out in a natural habitat.i know when i get some again i will have both a dryland area as well as pond for them with lots of hides. im convinced the white patches are fungus and it is attributed to being kept in water only,that with immune suppression due to stress ,overcomes the animal. kinda like blister disease does in colubrids it just dominoes,,,,,,,,,
thomas davis