A few tree monitor shots

[varanio]

Some of these are still healing from the sub par conditions they were kept in before they came to me. The pair of blackheads was a gift from the wife. She hates snakes and never in a million years would she let me get my one and only dream snake. I will never own another species, well except for womas.

:headbang2

[Vicious_Fish]

I love the pics of the Emerald Tree Monitors! They are awesome looking monitors.

[jconley]

Absolutely beautiful!

[davo]

Finally the day has come Alex! The Macrae's are just my fav. awesome. Lovely blackheads, congrats on them.

[Miguel]

Hey Alex!! What are these snakes?? Never heard of them before, even...are they constrictors?

[davo]

they are relatives to woma, google Aspidites melanocephalus. Not the easiest of snakes to keep and breed. Have you had any young yet?

[Miguel]

why is it not easy to keep??Please situate me...are we talking colubrid? Or phytons and boas? ( they don't look hot )...where does one file them in?

[Danyal]

they're austrailian pythons.

[TheBloodyIrish]

why is it not easy to keep??Please situate me...are we talking colubrid? Or phytons and boas? ( they don't look hot )...where does one file them in?

They are Black Headed Pythons. Although I don't know what make them more difficult to keep in captivity though.

[varanio]

They are not very difficult to keep. The key with blackheads is keeping them very very hot much like an ackie or a storr's monitor for comparison. These snakes hunt monitor lizards in Oz in the most arrid regions. Miguel there should be some available in europe. Ask around alot of germans keep them. Maybe try the hamburg show? They do fare a high price here in the states. I dont know about in europe. Davo they havent bred theyre only 2 yr olds and they were kept seperate. I plan on breeding them next year. I want to see how they get along together first.

[Bogwoodbruce]

Very nice.

[TheBloodyIrish]

They are not very difficult to keep. The key with blackheads is keeping them very very hot much like an ackie or a storr's monitor for comparison. These snakes hunt monitor lizards in Oz in the most arrid regions.

I thought so. I wish I can get a Woma and a Black-Head someday.

[CTU2fan]

Ah blackheads...also love those green tree's.

[davo]

Also get axanthic black heads, and they are working on ghost blackheads, heres a link, looks cool IMO http://www.amazon.co.uk/o/ASIN/0747591059/ref=s9_asin_image_3-2259_g1/202-6211795-3575045?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=08V0PPS0NDGPBVD2E8EX&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=139287091&pf_rd_i=468294
I suppose only difficult in comparison to some other snakes, young 'uns can be a pain to get onto mice, and the snakes are very prone to cannibilism. They are no boelens python, but not a royal either. If they are legal in your country Miguel, you will be able to get them, they are definately about at the big shows that have been mentioned before. Do you go to any of the european shows like hamm?

[TheBloodyIrish]

Also get axanthic black heads, and they are working on ghost blackheads, heres a link, looks cool IMO http://www.amazon.co.uk/o/ASIN/0747591059/ref=s9_asin_image_3-2259_g1/202-6211795-3575045?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=08V0PPS0NDGPBVD2E8EX&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=139287091&pf_rd_i=468294

I didn't know you read Harry Potter to your snakes for bed-time stories. :ROFL:

[davo]

Whoops! copied the wrong link! It's for my little brother... yeah that's right, little brother :)

http://www.ukpythons.co.uk/
click blackheaded pythons under "latest news"

[TheBloodyIrish]

Whoops! copied the wrong link! It's for my little brother... yeah that's right, little brother :)

It's all right. It is not a bad series to read anyway; god know I still have and buy things people would consider childish. :headbang2

You know what weird? I actually like that morphs. Most of the captive-bred morphs I have seen I hate, and I fancy the "common" or "wild" morphs instead.

[Vicious_Fish]

Whoops! copied the wrong link! It's for my little brother... yeah that's right, little brother :)

http://www.ukpythons.co.uk/
click blackheaded pythons under "latest news"

:ROFL: Nice one davo!

[varanio]

ha ha ha ha ha suuuuuureeeeeee davo for your lil bro.... those are nice morphs but we only have plain jane bh here. Have you heard they might open australia for export on non- threatened species..... i sure hope so i want some glebos and spencers and if the wife permits some perentie.

[TheBloodyIrish]

Have you heard they might open australia for export on non- threatened species..... i sure hope so i want some glebos and spencers and if the wife permits some perentie.

Are you serious? That would introduce some new bloodlines into the inbred crippled stock we have here like the BTSs and BDs. :headbang2

Nice to see that we can fix the problems that dumb "investors" spilled upon our Australian herptiles in North America.

[davo]

ha ha ha ha ha suuuuuureeeeeee davo for your lil bro.... those are nice morphs but we only have plain jane bh here. Have you heard they might open australia for export on non- threatened species..... i sure hope so i want some glebos and spencers and if the wife permits some perentie.

LOL i'm going to get it at 12 tonight :)
But haven't heard that about aus... be suprised if it's anything but a rumour... we all know what they are like over there. Don't think it would effect me much... I want their pythons! Not BD's!!!

[TheBloodyIrish]

LOL i'm going to get it at 12 tonight :)
But haven't heard that about aus... be suprised if it's anything but a rumour... we all know what they are like over there. Don't think it would effect me much... I want their pythons! Not BD's!!!

Well, there have been zoos that got permits to obtain some specimen from Australia for their breeding programs. Some of those breeding lines enters the market from time to time. How else do you think the Stimson's and Anthill Pythons show up over here?

So I am guessing they MIGHT loosen up the permits to private collectors as well. I really hope so though, some of our stocks are inbred due to the stupidity of people of not waiting at least five generations.

[davo]

You have anthills way easier than we do. There's hardly any stimmies over here!

[varanio]

bd's crap !!!!!! im talking monitors here man !

[davo]

None of them considered threatened/endangered then? None are CITES animals at any level?

[TheBloodyIrish]

Even Anthills and Stimson's are rare around here. I have only see them go on the market like twice. I think they go for about $300 and upward, based on what others tell me, depending on how much the breeders are willing to drop them on the market for.

Anyway, back to monitors, if Australian monitors ever become "cash cows", they would be suffering genetic problems that are subjected to under idiotic "investment" breeders. Although I have heard of some genetically weak Storr's showing up the market lately; not sure if there is any truth to it.

[vicedretard]

that head shot of the green staring with attitude is a crazy pic...

[Tucc185]

Nice monitors, love the black trees. My females is getting big, soon it will be time to breed her....Just need a nice male (not a problem considering 75% of the ones I see in captivity in the US are males). Anyone got one for me?