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Stephan Niemann Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 217 Age : 56 Location : Dittweiler /Germany Points : 5667 Registration date : 2010-02-01
| Subject: Bitis arietans south africa Wed 17 Mar - 16:03 | |
| Hi Folks yesterday i was offered a beautyfull and very colorfull pair of south african Bitis arietans , the guy selling them said they captve breed wich ibelive him but he also told me they dont get larger then approximatly 80 cm in length, can anyone here confirm that ? | |
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Rob Deans Snakemaster
Number of posts : 322 Age : 43 Location : South Africa Points : 6356 Registration date : 2008-04-24
| Subject: Re: Bitis arietans south africa Wed 17 Mar - 16:28 | |
| They grow to around 120cm here in SA. | |
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Stephan Niemann Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 217 Age : 56 Location : Dittweiler /Germany Points : 5667 Registration date : 2010-02-01
| Subject: Re: Bitis arietans south africa Wed 17 Mar - 17:40 | |
| thanks for that info do the look like this ? | |
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Rob Deans Snakemaster
Number of posts : 322 Age : 43 Location : South Africa Points : 6356 Registration date : 2008-04-24
| Subject: Re: Bitis arietans south africa Wed 17 Mar - 18:34 | |
| No not commonly like that. Unless it comes from way up north IE Limpopo or North West province where they do look similar to that. But even then I would call that a very nice specimen. | |
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Stephan Niemann Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 217 Age : 56 Location : Dittweiler /Germany Points : 5667 Registration date : 2010-02-01
| Subject: Re: Bitis arietans south africa Wed 17 Mar - 18:37 | |
| well both male and female wich i beenoffered look like that actually that is the female i been offered i just wanted to makesure its the real thing iam getting and not just some calling to give it a name | |
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Rob Deans Snakemaster
Number of posts : 322 Age : 43 Location : South Africa Points : 6356 Registration date : 2008-04-24
| Subject: Re: Bitis arietans south africa Wed 17 Mar - 19:09 | |
| Lets just say its a remarkable SA Puff adder? I will try show you some photos of others from Limpopo province which look similar to the female you pictured. I would assume the seller has no reason to lie so consider yourself fortunate | |
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Stephan Niemann Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 217 Age : 56 Location : Dittweiler /Germany Points : 5667 Registration date : 2010-02-01
| Subject: Re: Bitis arietans south africa Wed 17 Mar - 19:20 | |
| well ty for the asurance then and yes i consodere myself lucky | |
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Gavin Carpenter Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 138 Age : 65 Location : South Africa Points : 6137 Registration date : 2008-04-03
| Subject: Re: Bitis arietans south africa Thu 18 Mar - 12:02 | |
| I would agree with Rob. How big is the snake as those colors are really bright? It is unusual, but some babies are quite bright. Cheers Gavin | |
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Stephan Niemann Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 217 Age : 56 Location : Dittweiler /Germany Points : 5667 Registration date : 2010-02-01
| Subject: Re: Bitis arietans south africa Thu 18 Mar - 15:08 | |
| they are from 08 and the one on the pic is the female and shes about 60 cm now | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Bitis arietans south africa Thu 18 Mar - 19:27 | |
| Puff Adders have the cutest faces EVER! |
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Neven Vrbanic Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 132 Age : 51 Location : Zagreb, Croatia Points : 6308 Registration date : 2008-03-11
| Subject: Re: Bitis arietans south africa Thu 18 Mar - 22:09 | |
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Neven Vrbanic Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 132 Age : 51 Location : Zagreb, Croatia Points : 6308 Registration date : 2008-03-11
| Subject: Re: Bitis arietans south africa Thu 18 Mar - 22:11 | |
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Rob Deans Snakemaster
Number of posts : 322 Age : 43 Location : South Africa Points : 6356 Registration date : 2008-04-24
| Subject: Re: Bitis arietans south africa Thu 18 Mar - 22:35 | |
| The yellow one in your 4th pic is certainly not from South Africa. PERHAPS the other one is but I will say the same thing which I said to Stephan, if it is then you are lucky.
There were some scaleless Puff adders kept locally, perhaps they came from South Africa but if you traced them back further you might find they came from Tanzania or somewhere similar. | |
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Neven Vrbanic Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 132 Age : 51 Location : Zagreb, Croatia Points : 6308 Registration date : 2008-03-11
| Subject: Re: Bitis arietans south africa Thu 18 Mar - 22:38 | |
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Stephan Niemann Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 217 Age : 56 Location : Dittweiler /Germany Points : 5667 Registration date : 2010-02-01
| Subject: Re: Bitis arietans south africa Thu 18 Mar - 22:43 | |
| wow awesome pics ,great job Neven now non of your pics does look similar to mine even though they are very good looking animals . i have talked to the breeder of my pair and he said he has breed the parents the third time now an never did he have more then 15 to 18 babys | |
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Neven Vrbanic Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 132 Age : 51 Location : Zagreb, Croatia Points : 6308 Registration date : 2008-03-11
| Subject: Re: Bitis arietans south africa Thu 18 Mar - 22:44 | |
| HI Rob, when I got them in 2004 I did not realy care where exactly they came from. I was told they are from SA and that they will not grow as big. I can varify for 100% that at least the second statement is correct! :-) Interestingly enough as babies in 2004 when I got them they were very similar in coloration. When they were appx 2 yearrs old the male started to be more yellow. I will try to find some baby photos... | |
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Stephan Niemann Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 217 Age : 56 Location : Dittweiler /Germany Points : 5667 Registration date : 2010-02-01
| Subject: Re: Bitis arietans south africa Thu 18 Mar - 22:49 | |
| ok ty neven that would be great but i ll go with Robs statement and just be happy with them as they are if tey south african now or not ,they beautys thats what counts even though having a locationwould have been nice | |
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Sascha Beckhoff Snakemaster
Number of posts : 313 Age : 42 Location : Nrw,Germany Points : 6032 Registration date : 2010-01-14
| Subject: Re: Bitis arietans south africa Thu 18 Mar - 22:55 | |
| wow,nice nice.good pics.i like the scaleless,they look so crazy. | |
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Johan Pennanen Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 238 Age : 41 Location : Sweden Points : 6105 Registration date : 2008-10-28
| Subject: Re: Bitis arietans south africa Thu 18 Mar - 23:04 | |
| Reeeealy Cool pix Neven! Congrats! Cheers Johan | |
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Karl Müller Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 93 Age : 68 Location : Thailand Points : 5812 Registration date : 2009-04-26
| Subject: Re: Bitis arietans south africa Sun 21 Mar - 2:09 | |
| Thanks for the nice pictures Neven! | |
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Christian Moisander Snakemaster
Number of posts : 404 Age : 48 Location : Finland Points : 6346 Registration date : 2008-04-27
| Subject: Re: Bitis arietans south africa Mon 22 Mar - 18:26 | |
| Great looking Puffs. The colors are awesome and the pattern is striking. I like those scaleless ones as well, they look so strange. | |
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