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by SCatheris on March 17, 2009
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either this is a species I haven't heard of before or I'm mistaken but that looks a lot like a boomslang to me..... anyone else agree? A good sized one at that.
http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=6&de=646148
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by earthguy on March 17, 2009
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I appears to be a Thrasops jacksonii...a completely different genus than Dispholidus typus. But I don't know too much about this species.
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by Cro on March 17, 2009
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I found a interesting webpage that features a number of the African rear-fanged and tree snakes.
Many of these poorly known, big eyed, short faced, snakes resemble a boomslang.
http://www.bio-ken.com/colubrids.htm
Best Regards
John Z
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by viandy on March 17, 2009
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That ad has been posted occasionally for a while now. It caught my eye, too. I found a photo of one that looks really attractive at
http://thereptileroom.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=9681
and more information about keeping it, also.
http://www.asian-colubrids.com/Articles/Thrasops.htm
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by Cro on March 17, 2009
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I think I would be more cautious about handling a rear fanged snake that large, even though it is supposed to be harmless to humans.
Seem to remember that they once said that about Boomslangs ???
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John Z
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by Chance on March 17, 2009
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Definitely John! Even if Thrasops is completely harmless, they look WAY too similar to Dispholidus not to give someone pause. They're definitely not as hot as Dispholidus, but I don't think it'd be worth taking the risk of complacently freehandling them.
As an aside, I wonder if they smell like licorice or celery like boomslangs do?
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