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by jc_condor on April 1, 2002
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I live in Colombia, South America. I have always been festinated by snakes. Probably since I was just a kid and a friend of mine had one as a pet. But until recently I had seen very few in the wild...
I bought a farm 2 hours from Bogotá D.C. the capital of Colombia (tropical climate). The farm has nice constant spring like climate and has all kinds of snakes. I want to learn how to handle (at least enough to be able to safely take them out of the house), and in general to distinguish them. Grate if I know which I could handle with my hands.
Last month, at the farm, in one the bathroom I found a baby 6, 7 inch "Z". I don't exactly know the correct name, very dangerous, at least I was told. And it did have a temper, wouldn’t stop striking (probably named for it’s z like pattern on its back). The day before that found a 2 foot coral eating another snake(1 foot, brown), in the dining area.
Yesterday nigh I found another, this one, I'm not sure what it was and couldn't get a photo of it unfortunately, but would like to know what it was (very nice). Probably a young, didn't strike like the "Z" but about the same size 6 or 7 inches long, was all shiny black, both on top, bottom, and head, except for a red dot on top of its head.
This one like the rest I managed to get them onto a long broom stink and take it safely to far from the house. Unfortunately this time it fell. I thought I had died because it didn't move at first, and couldn't get it onto the broom stink so I gently picked it by its tail and pulled it onto the broom stick so that I could transport it. This morning I checked on it and it was gone, hope its ok.
Know the story was pretty long, but thought was interesting. Where can I learn, I have found some books but most are on Australian, African or North American species? Does anyone know or have an Idea what this black snake with red dot was?
Thanks.
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by Chance on April 2, 2002
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Since no one has responded to this yet I thought I would go ahead. Forgive my lack of information here, I do not know what kind of snake it was myself. But I do know that there is a book, Snakes of South America or something like that, that is commercially available. You may want to go to Amazon.com or something and do a search. I've seen this in a petstore before, and I was pretty sure I had bought it, but I've looked and can't find it anywhere. Hope this helps a little.
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by jc_condor on April 4, 2002
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Though no one was going to post. By the way (webmaster) I was subscribed but never revceived notification. Thanks, going to check for the book.
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