Does anyone know anything about these green beauties?
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Brazillian green racers?
IdoTHATforME
Oct 30, 2009 10:47 AM
Replies (4)
davidfabius
Nov 11, 2009 07:06 PM
Hi, theres many different snakes that are green in Brazil, but I dont know if there are any racers.
Do you have a photograph or Latin name to go by?
Philodryas comes to mind, there are several species that have green coloration.However, they are more like ratsnakes ,
If you can supply more information I might be able to help,
David
IdoThatforme
Nov 13, 2009 02:52 PM
Thanks David,
Philodryas viridissima is the "green racer" that i have been googling. I dont know anything about them except that they look fast and are bright green... kinda cool.
davidfabius
Nov 13, 2009 09:08 PM
Happy to discuss Philodryas, unfortunately I have no experience with viridissimus.
The greens I work with are baroni and aestivus, and I have had some field experience only with olfersii
Maybe viridissimus could be imported from Surinam/Guyana?
David
idothatforme
Nov 14, 2009 10:46 AM
Do you know of anyways I could get my hands on one of these? They do not seem to exist in US collections lol. Could be worth a try?
