Pure-Reptiles

Hello All,

I thougth i would start of with some pictures of the WI Epicrates i produced last year.

Female giving birth,



The female ate the dead babies,



The litter of Epicrates striatus fowleri



A litter of Epicrates inornatus,



and a litter of Epicrates fordii,



Hope you all will enjoy, my first post.

Hello All,



René thanks for telling me about the forum, i do feel comfortable here.

"By the way....
Do the west indian Epicrates species often eat the dead babys?
I have read that it could happen by Eunectes and Sandboa species .
In the Genius Epicrates it was new to me."

It is also new to me, i was just Lucky to be there at the rigth moment.

"Especially the E. inornatus are definitly one of my favourite species of West-Indian-Boas. Really looking forwand to Keep those one day "

Patrick you are in luck, i still have some babies left from last year ,

Thanks for the cind Words, more pictures will be posted

Hello All,



Thanks Again for the kind Words

Zitat

Hi Peter,

thank you.
I will definitely contact you when i got the possibility to keep them. Hope to be ready for this in about two years.

Best regards
Patrick

Patrick, now you know where you could get your hands on some when the time comes

It wount be the last time i breed them, i will try and get some Pictures of the adults, there is really a lot of collor variation amongst them.

Zitat

Beautiful babies Peter,

have you already heard that some of the Epicrates are renamed and now called Chilabothrus?

http://faculty.umb.edu/liam.revell/pdfs/…al_2013.MPE.pdf

Thanks, i have seen the article, was sendt it from others with an intrest in these species, i am proberly a bit slow when it comes to new names, i have called the Epicrates for so long now

But i will remeber it in the futher. Still havent worked out how to qoute your replys

Zitat

Hi Peter,

of course i will come back to your offer. In my oinion, the E. inornatus (for me ist still Epicrates... ) are some of the most interesting species of this genus.
Love their beautiful coloration, even when its mostly brownish... But i definitly got a passion for them.


Can you tell me something about your adults, regarding size, eating behaviour or activitiy and so on?
I would appreciate it.

Best regards, patrick

Hello Patric,

I can relate to your passion for the inornatus .

I really enjoy having them in my collection, about there size, then i will say my biggest animals are around 140 cm, ( i must point out that i am not good when it comes to measuring ) the females being somwhat larger then the males, but one of my adult males is almost as big as a female, so there is always the odd animal

When it comes to feeding, then they are true monsters, they are always hungry and each time i pull out the box, they think it is feeding time. Movement orientated, so somthing as giving them fresh water can be a challenge, stoped counting the times i have spilled all the water on the floor i wount call them agresive, as they seem to be so interested in feeding, they sometimes mistake the water dish as somthing they migth could eat.
Werry curious, and i would belive if they where handeld from youngsters then they would most likely calm down, i dont handle mine unless nececary,

Regarding activity, then it may be hard to say as i keep them in boxes. If they where held in an terrarium then they would most likely use branches, they do clime in nature ( into caves and cathing bats in mid air )

A great species to work with, and one wich i will continue to keep for the next many years. As you say then they are mostly brownish, but when i get some Pictures taken of mine then i can show the varition amongst them.

Hope it helped you, dont hesitate to ask if you have other questions.



Kind regards

Peter