Here's quite an attractive and fat Leptophis mexicanus. She arrived this wide recently so I am hopeful that she is gravid.
Dan
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Mexican Parrot Snake:
Oxyrhopus
May 10, 2007 04:35 PM
Replies (4)
Royreptile
May 10, 2007 07:09 PM
Beautiful snake. You have very good taste.
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Roy Blodgett
Green Man Herpetoculture
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SoLA
May 14, 2007 10:11 AM
The mexican parrot snake is Leptophis mexicanus. What you have is a Leptodrymus pulcherrimus, also called a Cabeza Verde...a much cooler snake and way less common.
Please Please Please keep me in mind if that snake is gravid. Or let me know if you are willing to sell that individual. That is HIGH on my list.
Good luck
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Gavin Brink
Wildlife Program Coordinator
Midwest Museum of Natural History
425 W. State Street
Sycamore, IL 60178
www.mmnh.org
(815) 895-9777
Toll Free: 1-800-895-MMNH
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Oxyrhopus
May 14, 2007 10:43 AM
Gavin: Well I thought it was quite different from any Leptophis mexicanus or any Leptophis I've had or seen and it sure does not have the pointed head and a different pattern, and even behaves differently, but I looked up some photographs and some web pages had similiar appearing snakes like this identified as a mexicanus. And checking with other sources said it was a mexicanus? But I will be in contact shortly for more information on them. I believe that you are correct. Thanks.
Dan
SoLA
May 14, 2007 10:54 AM
Dan,
Can you please call me. I can't find any contact info for you and I would really like to discuss any possibility of you parting with this snake, or at least any babies or others you get in.
Thank you
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Gavin Brink
Wildlife Program Coordinator
Midwest Museum of Natural History
425 W. State Street
Sycamore, IL 60178
www.mmnh.org
(815) 895-9777
Toll Free: 1-800-895-MMNH
Cell: (815) 761-7995
e-mail: Wildlife@mmnh.org
