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Deinagkistrodon acutus
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by atwageman on May 7, 2008
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Is anyone here breeding or keeping them? I'm thinking of trying to get some for my collection. But I don't recall ever seeing any offered up for sale. From what I've been reading about them, and it looks like they have a nasty venom. Looking around on some overseas forums, it looks like a few people are keeping them.
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by Phobos on May 8, 2008
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They are available for time to time. They are like the Asian answer to B. atrox or asper. Quick, tempermental, and hand rotting toxic.
Al
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by tj on May 8, 2008
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You don't see them up for sale much anymore. Very cool snakes, but VERY pissy.
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by krz on May 8, 2008
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Very interesting venom that causes some very deep muscle tissue damage. We are working with their venom
right now.
Kristen
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by SCatheris on May 8, 2008
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It's pretty awsome how their pattern resembles copeprheads over here. It's almost like the GTP and emerald tree boa resemblance.
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by atwageman on May 8, 2008
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To add to the comments about the toxic venom. I was doing some google searches late last night and found a website that talkes a little about their toxcicity on rats and observed the rats bleeding out their ears and mouth very quickly after being bitten. Like an idiot though, I didn't save the website and now can't find it. That happens when you stay up way too late.
krz---Glad to hear your working with that species. I would be interested in your findings concerning their venom.
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by Chance on May 8, 2008
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"It's pretty awsome how their pattern resembles copeprheads over here."
Probably a testament to their close evolutionary history with our NA Agkistrodon. Obviously, within the Agkistrodon genus, toxicity varies widely (copperheads vs. cantils, for instance). It's not too big of a stretch to imagine how that lineage could evolve under different conditions for the past whatever millenia to produce the current Deinagkistrodon form with its apparently nasty toxicity.
Beautiful snakes, however deadly they may be!
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by Atrox788 on May 8, 2008
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I believe there have been new studies done on the taxonomy on Asian members of the former Agkistrodon complex and they were found in fact to be extremely distinct from our North American chunkheads, trapjaws and pycho poison pogo sticks (aka cantils LOL)if I remember correctly.
I wont say this as fact since I have no documentation to back it up but my source is very creditable and from with in the professional field of venomous snake taxonomy.
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by SouthernWolf on May 9, 2008
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I have had the opportunity to work with one that my mentor keeps. They can be a challenge at times... but man are they beautiful.
I think the best advise my mentor ever gave me was..... Keep your fingers out of his mouth
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