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A few questions about Atheris Squamigera
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by TomT on December 6, 2003
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Having read the fine article about these snakes, right here at this very website, I find myself with a few questions for the folks that have bred these animals.
I know the common name "Variable Bush Viper" is based on the many color variations found in the wild, but my questions are about what a person can expect from a litter of babies that come from captive breeding.... If I have two "green" variable bush vipers, will they in all likelhood produce all green babies? Are the babies born (like Green Tree pythons and Emeerald Tree Boas) a variety of different colors, only to pass through an ontogentic change and turn up all green as adults as their parents were? Is the color of these animals more on a scale of the Indonesian ground boas.. polymorphic??? meaning that I won't have any idea of what I'll get as a result of breeding two adult?? Will I end up with many different colors from which to ooh and aah??
I'm asking because I'd like to get a few of these animals to raise and breed. They seem like the perfect little tree snake as far as venomous go, and they certainly aren't very demanding captives, by the look of them.....
In addition to this post, I'm going to see if I can get in contact with Derek Morgan, as I figure he's probably the right person to talk to about A. squamigera, since he wrote the article and all... and he's a great person to ask questions of....
Any and all thoughts and opinions are very welcome and appreciated (in advance of course)....
Sincerest thanks,
Tom T
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RE: A few questions about Atheris Squamigera
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by TAIPAN78 on December 19, 2003
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Hi Tom,
Color can vary alot within a litter and there is no set rule on getting all different colored nor all the same but usualy you get atleast a few which strongly resemble the parents. You may also end up with babies which look nothing like the parents! (like haveing a green and yellow mate and ending up with a red one!) It is as Forest Gump says, "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get".:-)
Also, unlike like Atheris chloroechis which may have blue babies, only destined to turn green, A.squamigera aka Varible bush vipers can either have there babies stay the same from birth, change completly green or change to from red to yellow!(extream but I belive it has happened) There is simply no garuntee other then I promise you will fall in love with the little snappers. They are great snakes, especialy the females! They get so chunky and have a feeding response like a trapjaw! Their humidity requirements are much more laxed then that of genus like Bothrechis and I find them to be extreamly easy to take care of. Just dont get bit!!!! (bad venom in those guys).
As you suggested, getting ahold of the Morgans is by far the best cource to get the 411.
I hope all is going well my freind. How is the pig doing?
Take care bud,
Jeremy
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