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I found two Santa Ritas locality Senticolis triaspis intermedia pipping this morning, at 80 days of incubation.

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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

That is so cool. Congradulations. They lay some big eggs,huh? I like hatchlings that come out big like that. Best of luck with them.
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Matt Kauffman

Thanks Matt!

That egg in the foreground / bottom with the baby pipping, is about 3.5 inches long - so yeah, BIG eggs! LOL The babies usually hatch out big enough to take small fuzzy mice as first meals...
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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

That's killer stuff Toby!

Yes, it's amazing just how large they can be compared to many other forms of Ratsnake.

Great work man!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Thanks Doug!

Funny thing is (to me) they only start out big - they aren't big snakes as adults...
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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

True,...... similar to say...E.flavirufa and some others being modestly sized and having very few eggs but they are MONSTER-SIZED in comparison to the adult female..LOL!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Congrats Toby! ...sweet pic! Best of luck getting them all started.
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See all my snakes at SerpenTrack.com

Thanks Brad!

They usually are not too hard to start - some take f/t small fuzzies for their first meals. Stubborn ones will usually take live with not too much trouble, and I have had very good success with switching those over to f/t.

Their WC / LTC parents are a bit different in this regard, and will mostly only take live mice. Rarely I can get them to take f/t - usually just after brumation...

Also, here is the scene in the egg tub this afternoon...

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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

Man those look good. Nice and plump.
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Matt Kauffman

Thanks Matt!

Pretty typical for the species, I think...
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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

Nice Toby. Congrats. I look forward to that sight in a couple years.
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Randy Whittington

Thanks Randy!

I look forward to seeing you post pipping Green rat pics too! Do you have some Senticolis? If so, what locality?
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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

That's a couple of steps beyond cool. Congrats!

Tim

Thanks Tim!
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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

Very cool Congrats!

My Patagonia Mtn babies pipped at the same # of days, I have some Pajarito Mtn eggs in the oven now but not due for another month or so...

Cheers

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Cheers
Lateralis
"I would rather be precisely wrong than approximately right"
Marion "Doc" Ford

Thanks!

The dam of these babies should be laying a second clutch any day now - she dropped a slug a few days ago, and has been very restless since then. Hopefully soon...

The localities you mentioned are interesting to me for keeping in the future - as a comparison to the Santa Ritas. Do you keep or have you kept Santa Ritas locality green rats? If so, what differences are there between them and the other two you mentioned? Best of luck with the Pajaritos!
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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

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