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I acquired this
monster on 03/17/03. He is 8' long and was about that long when I got
him. He is in shed if this photo, so it is hard to see, but he has a
lot of light colored patches and white scales, making him look sort of
like a Calico. I have not been able to find a suitable female,
size-wise, for breeding to this guy. He is eating frozen
thawed.
I got Female #1 on 11/12/08.
She was only about 3' long and quite thin. She is eating frozen
thawed and growing fast. She
has some light colored banding on the tail end. This photo was taken
shortly after I got her. She looks better now.
The 2nd female
was acquired from a friend on 03/06/09.
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| ID
# |
Around
Hood |
Mid-body |
Before
Vent |
Ventral |
Sub-caudal |
| Haj-001-M |
22 |
21 |
15 |
202 |
56 -
57 |
|
Haj-002-F
|
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
| Haj-003-F |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
| MMMMMMMM |
MMMMMMMM |
MMMMMMMM |
MMMMMMMM |
MMMMMMMM |
MMMMMMMM |
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Info |
| Color
& Pattern:
Color is very
variable, but usually brown or greyish above (occasionally black,
dark grey, light brown sometimes with speckling), yellow or cream
underneath. There is often a broad dark band on the
underside of the neck. Some brown specimens are patterned with
lighter scales on the back.
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Scalation:
Ventral - 191 -
220
Sub-caudal - 53
- 65 paired Anal plate - Single
Mid-body - 19 -
20 just ahead of mid-body
Around Hood - 22
+/-
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| Size:
Average 1.3 -
1.8 m. Reaches lengths over 2.5 m. (51" -
71" average, to over 98")
Distribution:
From Senegal
west to western Chad. Southern Mali and Niger, south to
northern Ivory Coast, Ghana, and central Nigeria. Northern Central
African Republic. Eastern Sudan. Central Kenya south
to northern Tanzania, and northern Somalia. Northern
Tunisia, Libya and Egypt.
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Taxonomic
comment:
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