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Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia?
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by TheFifthDay on December 22, 2008
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Does anyone here own Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia? I can't find anything about them online. Can anyone tell me a little about them?
Are they arboreal?
What do they eat?
Are they easy to keep?
Cage size?
Adult size?
How serious is the venom? (Again, I know that the most venomous snake in the world is the one that just bit you).
Thanks,
Jon Short
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by pictigaster1 on December 22, 2008
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On venom center.com there is an account of a bite in the forums.I think it is called bit by a white lip snake.Neat stuff.Glades has them real cheap.
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by najasuphan on December 22, 2008
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As far as what I remember, I'm at work so I can't look in a book, they only get around a meter long and eat lizards, etc.. Their venom appears to be mild and not medically significant. I don't think they would be too difficult to care for as long as they were feeding, especially if it were feeding on rodents. -Jamie
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by rthom on December 22, 2008
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Link to S.African web site.It should have the information you require.
http://www.sareptiles.co.za/forum/
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by FSB on December 23, 2008
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I was just going to suggest the sareptiles site, but Bob beat me to the punch. It would seem, from what I've read about Herald snakes, that their venom probably produces different effects in different people (as bees do). Many S. African herpers maintain that they have been bitten by these snakes with little or no effects, while one person relates signs of serious envenoming resulting from the bite of a 4" neonate, which warrants attention. Remember that it wasn't all that long ago that Dispholidus typus was considered to be of negligible consequence as a venomous snake, until Karl Schmidt tragically discovered in the worst way that this was definitely not the case. That is not the way you want to find out!
It is also likely that the potency of such little-known venoms is determined by the snake's diet, and could vary extensively from snake to snake. In the meantime, it is a good idea to err on the side of caution with any opistoglyphous colubrids, and indeed any little-known tropical colubrids such as Rhabdophis ssp., which has produced at least one fatality.
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