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I have kept a male viper boa for well over a year now. The first snake i have every tried raising. I have always been a four legged reptile type person. The male hasd been doing great and i have read all kinds of information about them. So the other day i decided to get a female with which i would eventually try to breed once another male is acquired. Anyway my male has always been calm and real friendly. When I was changing the females cage the other day she acted fairly agressive and slightly reveiled two backwards curving half centimeter long fangs on each side of her mouth. I was not aware that viper boas had fangs since the male had never shown anything of the sort and all the articles i have read only say that viper boas can deliver a nasty bite. I am slightly afraid that i might have got a cottonmouth instead that was mislabeled. As you can now see my concern i ask what you all think.

Well, speaking from experience, viper boas do not have fangs but they do indeed have sharp teeth. I have even had teeth left in my skin after a bite. Since you already have one viper boa you should be able to tell if they are both viper boas. The head of the cottonmouth is rounder and larger. It is very doubtful that she is one. Hope that helps.

Thank you very much and I really cannot get my other viper boa to open his mouth except to eat he is extremely tame. She on the other hand is definitely his opposite. I truly appreciate the information since I live in a part of the country in which venomous snakes are a great rarity. Thanks again for the info and I have a feeling that I will have many more happy years with this interesting and small candoia.
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Can you post photos??

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yes please post pictures