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jean-henri pastore
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| Subject: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta....  Tue 14 Dec - 4:45 | |
| Here is the male (CB 2009), i don't have pics of the female at this moment, she ate yesterday.....  : Male Bitis cornuta Namibia   | |
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Steve Angeli
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| | Subject: fantastic animal Tue 14 Dec - 6:23 | |
| Thats a beautiful critter you have there i would love to have a few pairs of those myself  | |
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Mike Spencer
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Tue 14 Dec - 8:00 | |
| Good looking little Bitis. Thanks for sharing. | |
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Andrew Hacket
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Tue 14 Dec - 14:38 | |
| Cool !!!! , still got its baby face  they almost possess human expressions sometimes ,Looks South African to me ? | |
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jean-henri pastore
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Tue 14 Dec - 21:27 | |
| - Andrew Hacket wrote:
- Cool !!!! , still got its baby face they almost possess human expressions sometimes ,Looks South African to me ?
Yes for the baby face. But definitivly Namibia cornuta.  | |
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Hans-Jürgen Vogeley
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Wed 15 Dec - 4:20 | |
| Hi,
he looks to me , more like a Namaqualand B. cornuta.
Do you know the location from him ?
Any pics. from the female ? | |
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Rob Deans
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Location : South Africa
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Registration date : 2008-04-24
| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Wed 15 Dec - 14:32 | |
| I have to agree with the comments, doesnt look like any Namibian cornuta Ive ever seen, and looks like many Namaqualand cornuta Ive seen. Jean Henrie how can you be so sure if you did not collect the adults yourself? Here is a pic of typical baby Namibian cornuta (Luderitz) (Photo by Craig Van Rensburg)  | |
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Marthinus C. Harmse
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Wed 15 Dec - 19:02 | |
| Easy species to keep, not too hard to breed, and venom only making you wish you were dead.
The perfect venomous pet snake.
I believe these snakes are here to stay like ball pythons. | |
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jean-henri pastore
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Wed 15 Dec - 22:49 | |
| - Rob Deans wrote:
- I have to agree with the comments, doesnt look like any Namibian cornuta Ive ever seen, and looks like many Namaqualand cornuta Ive seen.
Jean Henrie how can you be so sure if you did not collect the adults yourself?
Here is a pic of typical baby Namibian cornuta (Luderitz) (Photo by Craig Van Rensburg)
You are right Rob You make me have the doubt now... I buy them to Alfred Werner, and say me that they come from Namibia......so, peurhaps it's not the good location. So, thanks for your and on the others people interesting comments. I have to take some female pics (she's most lightly)..... Thanks again for the comments and escuse my categorit answer ! | |
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jean-henri pastore
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Wed 15 Dec - 23:51 | |
| Here a pic of the female:  | |
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Marco Buegel
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Location : Switzerland
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Thu 16 Dec - 2:12 | |
| Definitely Southafrican Locals, but who cares ? They are very nice ! :-)
Best of luck with them
Cheers
Marco | |
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Rob Deans
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Sat 18 Dec - 0:37 | |
| Yeah I agree with Marco, not Namibian but still beautiful.
Good luck with them. | |
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jean-henri pastore
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Sat 18 Dec - 0:44 | |
| Thanks Rob and Marco ! | |
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Walter Silva
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Sun 19 Dec - 14:42 | |
| - Marthinus C. Harmse wrote:
- Easy species to keep, not too hard to breed, and venom only making you wish you were dead.
The perfect venomous pet snake.
I believe these snakes are here to stay like ball pythons. is very easy in captivity?? how is the temperament?? greetings from Perú | |
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Marthinus C. Harmse
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Sun 19 Dec - 16:15 | |
| Hi Walter
They are one of the easiest Bitis to keep I have found over the years. Given enough heat and lowish humidity then these snakes will thrive and breed.
They are hardy and respiratory disease seem to be one of the very few issues with these snakes, if any.
Their temperaments are very very short and their feeding responses are very strong!
Given the first chance they will hang onto your fingers.
The venom is strong enough to cause serious and permanent damage so they are dangerous animals but not really deadly in the true sense.
Thats last pic of JH Pastore does not look South-African to me but what the heck.
An argument for another day.
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jean-henri pastore
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Sun 19 Dec - 16:22 | |
| Interesting thing Marthinus.......and it's not impossible, cause Alfred said me that there are from two differents father......
So what the others guys are thinking about? | |
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Rob Deans
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Sun 19 Dec - 19:03 | |
| MH - From which Namibian locale have you seen cornuta which looked like the ones shown here?
I have seen huge variability in SA cornuta and only slight variation in Namibian ones, none of which looked remotely like this one, nor the babies.
Ive seen coastal SA cornuta which look just like this mother.
My opinion is based on my personal experience, if you have evidence showing otherwise Id be very keen to see it.
JHP - What do you mean? Did Alfred say that there were 2 possible fathers? 1 SA and 1 Namibian? | |
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jean-henri pastore
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Sun 19 Dec - 19:19 | |
| - Rob Deans wrote:
- MH - From which Namibian locale have you seen cornuta which looked like the ones shown here?
I have seen huge variability in SA cornuta and only slight variation in Namibian ones, none of which looked remotely like this one, nor the babies.
Ive seen coastal SA cornuta which look just like this mother.
My opinion is based on my personal experience, if you have evidence showing otherwise Id be very keen to see it.
JHP - What do you mean? Did Alfred say that there were 2 possible fathers? 1 SA and 1 Namibian? No i would say that there are different bloodline on the male and the female, but i have no more precisions..... In fact, there is no consangunity, not more. About the fathers localities, i have no precisions, just fathers are not the same.
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Henco Nienaber
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Mon 20 Dec - 4:31 | |
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Henco Nienaber
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Mon 20 Dec - 4:34 | |
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Al Hyde
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Wed 22 Dec - 22:17 | |
| Lovely cornuta Jean | |
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Walter Silva
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Sun 26 Dec - 10:15 | |
| - Marthinus C. Harmse wrote:
- Hi Walter
They are one of the easiest Bitis to keep I have found over the years. Given enough heat and lowish humidity then these snakes will thrive and breed.
They are hardy and respiratory disease seem to be one of the very few issues with these snakes, if any.
Their temperaments are very very short and their feeding responses are very strong!
Given the first chance they will hang onto your fingers.
The venom is strong enough to cause serious and permanent damage so they are dangerous animals but not really deadly in the true sense.
Thats last pic of JH Pastore does not look South-African to me but what the heck.
An argument for another day.
Thx Marthinus, good information.... Greetings from Perú | |
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Francois Theart
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Wed 6 Apr - 22:32 | |
| wow surprized to see so many of namibias dwarf bitis overseas its scary!just wondering how you guys get some of these snakes out of our country | |
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Michael Bollhorn
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Wed 6 Apr - 23:01 | |
| In Europe some guys breeding Bitis cornuta every year...
And you´ll find also, but not so often, litters of Atropos, Caudalis and Xeropaga... | |
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Thomas Christ
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| | Subject: Re: one of my favorit: Bitis cornuta.... Thu 7 Apr - 4:30 | |
| Very nice cornutas. Here my own CD 2009. [img]  [/img] after sheeding: [img]  [/img] [img]  [/img] Cheers, Tom | |
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