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by CrotaluSnake on August 8, 2009
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Hello All!! I am new to this forum and really hope to make some new friends in the reptile community. I was wondering if anyone here knows which snake is currently the highest endangered species of snakes in the world (venomous and non-venomous)? Also, I'd like to know if anyone knows of any snakes that have become exstinct due to humans and is there a website that might show pictures and other information on these snakes?
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by pictigaster1 on August 8, 2009
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Amanda some carribean boas come to mind,also round island boas,Sanfrancisco garters bimni boas jamacan boas.I do not know what is the most endangered but one of those is probably it.Google them and you might find out more.Good luck
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by agkistrodude on August 9, 2009
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Eastern massasauga rattlesnakes. Timber rattlesnakes are extinct or close too it throughout much of their original range, as are Eastern diamondbacks. Eastern indigo's are federally protected.
Welcome to the site. Take care, Marty
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by Rob_Carmichael on August 9, 2009
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I agree, Eastern Indigos are hanging on by a thread. The Orianne Project is a great site to check out to learn more about the conservation of this species. Eastern Massasaugas are wiped out throughout much of their range although they are fairly common in small pockets of good habitat. Bimini Boas and other members of Epicrates found on small islands, as mentioned earlier, are in big, big trouble due to released feral hogs, mongoose and other predators.
Of course, there will come a day when smooth green snakes and other locally abundant species become rare unless we change the way we approach conservation and preservation of habitat.
There are 100's if not 1000's of others in trouble throughout the world - various montane adders in Europe, etc., etc.
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by Kingetula on August 9, 2009
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Oh crap! Eastern Indigos were brought up.
A snake that if allowed to be owned could make a pretty good comeback. Not in the wild but lets face it, we either insure its survival in the pet trade or we may just live with only pockets of them in homes and zoo's. Keep it illegal to collect WC ones but how much longer are we going to believe things will get better in the wild for them? Money talks and land gets developed! We either can release the snake with permit into the pet trade for everyone or the average person will only see them in Zoo's and the like. I'm not saying everyone will want to own one but I think many people would (Just like when they were collected in the pet trade some decades ago and put on the endangered list) However a lot has changed from then to now.
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