Micrurus surinamensis

has any one here have any experience with these amazing snakes?

Luke,
i see your asking for very dangerous snakes or species which are not easy to keep. Tell us a few things about your experience with hots, how was and ( regarding your young age) is your way to get seriously into this bussiness?

Mr. Goudie indeed This aquatic coral snake, Micrurus surinamensis is to say at least a very dangerous specimen ...why ? ill try to explain.

a) The chances of you collecting one is remote.
b) If and when you do collect one most likely it will be a large specimen, "incendental "catch.
c) They are beautiful animals, they spread the top third of their body similar to Naja samarensis another elapid.
d) Must be kept in an aquatic situation with constant water changes .
e) ive only fed them eels and to start them i force feed them certain non toxic frogs Hylas.
f) Bare hands no glove can hold their glossy slippery scales...they like to spin also.
g) Escape experts and if they get out dehydrate quickly... dont even ask been there ...
h) Inspite of their long quirky movements to catch swimming prey they are very adept to reaching their target even from a snake hook an amazingly powerful snake, just different ..think a champion swimmer.
i) As a novice you will get bit, they are near to the worlds most lethal snake as far as LD. 50 goes.

Yet it's your call ....definetly a rare specimen in captivity but the labor to keep them alive will soon
bore you , very little demand for this specimen in the exotic reptile trade.

Hope this helps left out natural history as very little accurate information is known about secretive Coral Snakes.

Albert J. Montejo & Zoobotanicals.

Quote :: they spread the top third of their body similar to Naja samarensis another elapid.

Never heard about spreading the body in Micrurus spp., and i didn't find it mentioned in literature.
Any authentic proofs, photos etc.?
Many snakes are able to spread their neck and adjacent body, such as Dendroaspis polylepis, Hydrodynastes gigas ect., even grasssnakes (Natrix natrix) can do that to some degree.
So my question is if it's really a hooding (if you write "similar to Naja samarensis) or more a flattening of the body?

The degree of body flattening exhibited varies: true cobras have evolved well-developed hoods, king cobras, false cobras and hognose snakes have small, under-developed hoods, and many water snakes flatten their entire bodies when threatened. Peter ," Flattening" it is ... Thank you.

Albert J. Montejo & Zoobotanicals

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