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Hi all,

my name is Harold van der Ploeg and I was born in 1976.
I keep and breed venomous and non-venomous snakes. Besides keeping and breeding snakes, I'm doing fieldresearch on Vipera berus and other native herps in The Netherlands.

I hope to read and see some interesting topics and pictures over here! This forum looks very promising.

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Hello Harold,

welcome over here! It`s good to have you among us...
As you will see, I used some of your pictures in the thread about Suphan Naja kaouthia... I hope you will not mind that, they were very useful for us! Rolling Eyes Wink

I am sure you will also bring a lot of interesting things over here, as for example about Naja samarensis, and many other species as well!! So, just go ahead for it!

All the best,
Peter P.
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Hi Peter,

no problem using my pics Wink

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Hi Harold,
nice to have you here with us.

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PostSubject: Re: Hi from The Netherlands   Hi from The Netherlands Icon_minitimeSun 27 Apr - 9:40
Hello and welcome at VenomLand Harold!

it is a pleasure having you with us...
i hope you can give us a deeper look into the Vipera berus research you doing?
also, of corse about your other experiences...


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Hi Harold,

good to have you here ! Smile

Gr.,
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Welcome Harold! Smile
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Look who's here affraid

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Welcome Harold.
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PostSubject: Re: Hi from The Netherlands   Hi from The Netherlands Icon_minitimeTue 29 Apr - 20:08
At all:
Thanks for the warm welcome Smile

@ Mario L.
Concerning our Vipera berus research:
In our research-area are 4 small populations of Vipera berus. These populations are separated by cultivated land, but this land has been bought by a Dutch organistion for wildlife concervation.
This cultivated land will be 'given back to nature'. We try to collect data from as much specimens as possible. The head-scalation of Vipera berus is unique like our fingerprint, so we take pictures of all heads (so we can describe every single specimen). The pictures are stored in a data-base with all other data we collect like GPS, temp., vegetation, etc. etc.
We want to get a better view on the populations-density and the preference of vegetation. And hopefully we will find some adders that moved to one of the other population and share their genes, at the end it is goal to have a population with a genepool that is big enough to survive. But to proof interchange of animals will probably take many years. We also collect data of the grass-snakes in our area by their belly-pattern, which is also unique per specimen.

@Peter P.
The samar-cobra's are a long story... but I'll try to write it in only a few words Wink
As been stated in another topic, the animals were heavily parasitised. I took them to a well known reptile specialized Vet in The Netherlands. After many treatments, a lot of time and paying the bills, the animals were doing better. It took about 9 months I guess. Several months ago I decided to make my collection of snakes smaller, because I became father. I sold some of the animals, also the samar-cobra's. They are at a friend now who already had a pair; hopefully he will succeed in breeding them Cool



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