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Not sure if Blue Beauties are still Elaphe taeniura, but I still use the name.

Here is my pair, the pics are a bit old mind you.

Gonyosoma oxycephala

Thanks.

Regardless of what you call the blue beauty, that's a very nice looking animal.

Congrats
John

>>Not sure if Blue Beauties are still Elaphe taeniura, but I still use the name.
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I'd like to see more picture of your enclosures. They look nice.

Snakes are quite nice as well.
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Current snakes:

0.0.1 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Java locale (green)

0.2 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Malaysian locale (green)

1.2 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Java local (green)

2.2 Gonyosoma janseni - Seleyar locale (all black)

1.2 Gonyosoma janseni - Celebes locale (Black & Tan)

Blue Beauties are now under the genus Orthriophis, as are all of the rest of the stripe-tailed ratsnakes. Officially they are O. taeniurus ssp.
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Thanks guys.

Heres a pic of my vbb's enclosure, it is now heavily planted with pothos and bamboo.

Thanks for the the taxonomy on the beauties.

Thanks for the picture, how big is each section and what is it sealed with?

G. janseni don't seem to be imported on a regular basis. The Seleyar black specimens very infrequently which is a shame since they are awesome snakes and the easiest to keep of the Gonyosoma types.

The Celebes Black & Tan G. janseni are imported more frequently but not in huge numbers. I find out when they are coming in but they rarely show up on the lists, which suggests to me they are imported in limited numbers. I have typically avoided working with the species but stumbled across a group and am really enjoying them.

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Current snakes:

0.0.1 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Java locale (green)

0.2 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Malaysian locale (green)

1.2 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Java local (green)

2.2 Gonyosoma janseni - Seleyar locale (all black)

1.2 Gonyosoma janseni - Celebes locale (Black & Tan)

Also Chris, Gonyosoma janseni are beautiful, especially the all black ones.

Are they easily imported?

Are you the same Chris Harper I sent a S. bombifrons specimen to? Wake U., I think it was.

Shane
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Are you the same Chris Harper I sent a S. bombifrons specimen to? Wake U., I think it was.

Well I used to live in the range of Spea bombifrons and I did find them in my backyard but I don't recall sending any out.

Was this over ten years ago?

There is another Chris Harper in Georgia. He is the founder and Webmaster of VenomousReptiles.org. People confuse us because I used to be active in the venomous community. In fact that's how I adopted the user-name chris_harper2.
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Current snakes:

0.0.1 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Java locale (green)

0.2 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Malaysian locale (green)

1.2 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Java local (green)

2.2 Gonyosoma janseni - Seleyar locale (all black)

1.2 Gonyosoma janseni - Celebes locale (Black & Tan)

Just my bad memory.......it was another of the Harper Clan, by the name of George.

Shane
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Here's another shot of one of the beauties. She was a bit ticked off.