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Joni hottinen
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PostSubject: Atractaspis   Atractaspis Icon_minitimeSun 10 Oct - 3:02
i would be happy to hear your experiences about this species. does anyone keep these? anyone got them to breed? if you have one please show pictures!

feel free to move this to other category if needed.

Cheers from Finland
Joni Hottinen
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PostSubject: Re: Atractaspis   Atractaspis Icon_minitimeMon 11 Oct - 3:45
no one?
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Kelly Chabak
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PostSubject: Re: Atractaspis   Atractaspis Icon_minitimeThu 14 Oct - 2:47
Hi,

If you do not get any info, try venomdoc.com.
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Fabian Dirks
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PostSubject: Re: Atractaspis   Atractaspis Icon_minitimeThu 14 Oct - 3:45
some impressions ( I posted at a german forum some time ago )

Fangs
http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/sabre-toothed%20snake.jpg

nice video
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/i-was-bitten-stiletto-snakes.html

really bad

https://2img.net/h/i41.photobucket.com/albums/e289/snakemastermyke/PICT0202-1.jpg
https://2img.net/h/i41.photobucket.com/albums/e289/snakemastermyke/PICT0023-2.jpg

Feeding in Atractaspis (Serpentes: Atractaspididae):
a study in conflicting functional constraints
http://www.lehigh.edu/bio/pdf/Cundall/AtractaspisReprint.pdf

I know 2 keepers who owned them in past. ( Germany )

Maybe it was helpfull
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anthony lineberry
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PostSubject: Re: Atractaspis   Atractaspis Icon_minitimeThu 14 Oct - 7:27
Joni, I know the guy in that discovery video that Fabian posted who kept Atractaspis. I'll PM you some contact info for him, I'm sure he could give you a lot of the answers you are looking for.
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Marthinus C. Harmse
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PostSubject: Re: Atractaspis   Atractaspis Icon_minitimeThu 14 Oct - 15:52
Hi.

They are fairly easy to keep with the exception of some specimens which don't feed readily on mice.
I have found one or two at night on roads here.
A while ago I was driving home when I saw a black snake darting across the road. I did not have my glasses on so after I realised what I had pinned down with a sandal, I let go rather quickly as I had no tools or anything!
They wave their bodies sideways when threatened and they can be very very fast movers.
It's a nasty bite they have but that is nothing new.

Good luck
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Joni hottinen
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PostSubject: Re: Atractaspis   Atractaspis Icon_minitimeFri 15 Oct - 1:34
thank you all for info!

been thinking to try get pair or two next year. this will help me much to make my desicion!
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