Frank Menser Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Heres a little string of vertebrae from the Tilimsi Valley, Mali. One big boid called Palaeophis collasaeus. So there's the start. show us your nippers! Note: string not related but they snuggle nicely... Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 I have one Palaeophis toliapicus vert, from the Ypresian, London clay of Sheppey, Kent, England. Mine is not much to look at, but here's a link to some outstanding LC specimens. Plus some other reptilian remains. Stand by to be amazed. Link KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Another link (to an article on the genus): http://www.infohub.com/FORUMS/showthread.php?t=11544 Note that remains have been found in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, and New Jersey "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 Great Links Guys! Here's a boid that isn't fossilised yet... Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Nice snake....yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 This Biac chrondo was the last of a group we had. The others had to be shipped back to Florida as they did not adapt well to our new home. This one is kept in a terrarium in a very controlled enviroment. [attachmen t=22408:Biac_chrondpython.JPG] Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Nice I like how the Biak,Aru, and other localities have such busy patterns. I bet you do alot of misting. Don't really want to take a hit from a Chondro either as their teeth are primarily designed for bird capture.Large front canines to penetrate the feathers. I kept a pair of Morelia spilota cheynei "jungle carpet pythons" for a while.I raised them up from hatchlings to about 3 ft and traded them on some nice Guyanan Boas. I currently am snakeless,but keep a tortoise. I wish they hadn't changed the name on the Chondro's. I liked Chondropython!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 Our collection is way down (30) as eastern N. Carolina has little resources for the serious reptile keeper. We were breeding eyelash vipers in Florida too. but the netonates we brought with us died. Too dry here too changeable weather. I continue to use Chrondopython as it really is a popularity contest with the names. Some herpetologist suggests the switch and after that it is a matter of useage. I still haven't warmed to Pantherophis either. Here's some more of our residents. [attac hment=22418:S._Fla_Mole_King.JPG] Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Our collection is way down (30) as eastern N. Carolina has little resources for the serious reptile keeper. We were breeding eyelash vipers in Florida too. but the netonates we brought with us died. Too dry here too changeable weather. I continue to use Chrondopython as it really is a popularity contest with the names. Some herpetologist suggests the switch and after that it is a matter of useage. I still haven't warmed to Pantherophis either. Here's some more of our residents. [attac hment=22418:S._Fla_Mole_King.JPG] Very nice! I like the Epicrates, which species/sub-species is it? We may need to talk more, I'm working on an informational insular Epicrates website with some friends who are insular Epicrates fanatics. I also live in NC. Here are my two snakes, an eastern Indigo and an Argentinian Rainbow boa. (Hopefully I'll be getting another indigo in the next few weeks!) Thanks, Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 i dont have any )= and when i did they never liked me, they always thought i was a good thing to bite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 Ed, The Epicrates is E. striatus strigilatus. I recently traded it. I now have 4 Haitian netonates. Do you have A NATURAL HISTORY OF WEST INDIAN BOAS~P.J. Tolson and R.W.Henderson? ISBN 1 872688 04 7 Tom Crutchfield would be the person you might want to contact if you don't already know him. He knows more about them than anyone I know. His latest price list (if you don't get it) has a pic of a new race of Haitian from the Dominican side of the island that is very red. tomcrutchfield@hotmail.com OK...you have got me drooling with that Indigo. Worked with them some in Florida (in a Zoo) but could never keep one there. I have kept four other sbsps of Drymarchon. My main focus through the years is more towards odd species and rearfanged types. Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pristiformes Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Here's another not-yet-fossilized snake--the Florida water snake (Nerodia fasciata pictiventris). I took this little guys photo last week in a floodplain forest in Gainesville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I sold a little over 200 snakes when I moved to Atlanta last summer. After 20 years of raising snakes it almost killed me to sell the whole collection. I kept all the racks and I'll bet I'm the only one on here with heat tape through their fossil racks. One addiction at a time, though, one addiction at a time... If you believe everything you read, perhaps it's time for you to stop reading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Ed, The Epicrates is E. striatus strigilatus. I recently traded it. I now have 4 Haitian netonates. Funny Frank,I kept a pair of those also. E.striatus striatus is what they were sold to me as.Hatian Boas. I had to make anole/pinky sandwiches for them.I didn't keep them long enough to switch them over to full time rodents though. I agree Tom Crutchfield has many years of experience under his belt.He is pretty active on Kingsnake.com these days. Eddie, thats awsome that you are getting another Indigo. Are you getting a female for Jack??????? Those babys are pretty high dollar!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Ed, The Epicrates is E. striatus strigilatus. I recently traded it. I now have 4 Haitian netonates. Do you have A NATURAL HISTORY OF WEST INDIAN BOAS~P.J. Tolson and R.W.Henderson? ISBN 1 872688 04 7 Tom Crutchfield would be the person you might want to contact if you don't already know him. He knows more about them than anyone I know. His latest price list (if you don't get it) has a pic of a new race of Haitian from the Dominican side of the island that is very red. tomcrutchfield@hotmail.com OK...you have got me drooling with that Indigo. Worked with them some in Florida (in a Zoo) but could never keep one there. I have kept four other sbsps of Drymarchon. My main focus through the years is more towards odd species and rearfanged types. Frank, Very nice, I hope to get some insular Epicrates some day. Any pics of the Haitians? I think I have a soft copy of that Tolson paper, I'll have to check. Tom is one of the guys contributing to the site. It's been very slow going, as everyone is busy just trying to stay afloat these days at their day jobs. He posted a picture of an incredible red Dominican specimen on the KS rainbow boa forum, I assume it's the same race to which you are referring: http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1675926,1675926 Keep the pictures coming! Thanks, Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Eddie, thats awsome that you are getting another Indigo.Are you getting a female for Jack??????? Those babys are pretty high dollar!!! Thanks! I got a pretty good deal on the new one, she's got a couple crooked scales or some minor imperfection that won't bother me in the least. Not sure if I'll try to breed them yet, I'm going to play it by ear. She is a red throat, so she should be really pretty for Jack. How are the tortoises doing? Thanks, Ed/Eddie/Edward/Edwardo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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