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Michael Burger
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| Subject: Atropoides mexicanus litter  Thu 7 Jul - 6:51 | |
| A litter I had about 4 years ago - [img]  [/img] | |
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Arjan Breedveld
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| | Subject: Re: Atropoides mexicanus litter Thu 7 Jul - 7:24 | |
| Wauw,
I own a nummifer.
But I never thought the colors were so divers.
Are the grey ones male, and the others female?
Or is that not the case?
Great picture tho.
What was the number?
Thanks for sharing. | |
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Michael Burger
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| | Subject: Atropoides mexicanus litter Thu 7 Jul - 9:42 | |
| Actually the female that gave birth was reddish color- I am not sure, however, if coloration depends upon sex in this species. The litter was 22 !
Regards,
Michael | |
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Bob Herrington
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| | Subject: Re: Atropoides mexicanus litter Thu 7 Jul - 11:21 | |
| WOW, thats a great shot! Thats the largest litter that I have heard of, has any on had a larger litter? | |
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Michael Burger
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Location : Texas
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| | Subject: Atropoides mexicanus litter Fri 8 Jul - 3:39 | |
| The largest litter is somewhere around 38. The female that had these was about 50 cm TL +/-. Here's a pic of an orange, blonde, and brown juvenile several months later. [img]  [/img] | |
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Walter Silva
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| | Subject: Re: Atropoides mexicanus litter Fri 8 Jul - 4:04 | |
| Hi Michael:
Very nice babies !! I love the red one....
Greetings | |
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Arjan Breedveld
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| | Subject: Re: Atropoides mexicanus litter Fri 8 Jul - 7:30 | |
| That are large litters.
You got to love them, such easy animals to keep.
I prefer the dark animals, more contrast. Beautifull.
How long do the mexicanus get compairing to the nummifers?
Anywone?
Greetings,
Arjan.
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Bob Herrington
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| | Subject: Re: Atropoides mexicanus litter Sat 9 Jul - 7:46 | |
| Thanks for the photo of the juveniles....they really are great snakes. | |
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Gustav Eloy
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| | Subject: Re: Atropoides mexicanus litter Sat 9 Jul - 12:41 | |
| nice a lot of babys, very nice colors on this litter.
regards | |
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Jon Davidson
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| | Subject: Re: Atropoides mexicanus litter Sat 9 Jul - 15:44 | |
| How can anyone not love Atropoides? Good photographs, Mr. Burger; Thanks for posting this. Another Atropoides Thread that might be of possible interest is: http://www.venomland.net/t162-atropoides-mexicanus Sincerely, Jon Davidson . | |
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Walter Silva
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| | Subject: Re: Atropoides mexicanus litter Wed 24 Jul - 2:13 | |
| Michael:
how is the color of thesse babies in this time? the red one in this time is red or change the color?
Have a good day
Greetings | |
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Michael Burger
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| | Subject: Atropoides mexicanus litter Tue 30 Jul - 9:47 | |
| Unfortunately I did not retain any of the juveniles. I originally kept 3 but thinned down my collection and parted with them. 19 out of the 22 babies went to a friend (artist Bill Montgomery) who loaned the brown male that mated with my reddish colored Honduran female. By the way, Bill is a talented illustrator and his works appear on a number of reptile books including "Biology of the Pitvipers" and "Biology of the Vipers".
It is my impression that these multicolored litters are fairly common in this species, or at least the ones I have had contact with. I seem to remember that another friend (Grant Ankenman) from Toronto, Ontario had similar results with his litters (reds, blondes, and browns). | |
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Walter Silva
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| | Subject: Re: Atropoides mexicanus litter Fri 2 Aug - 7:31 | |
| Hi Michael.
And do you have pics of the parents?, I am interesting in the change of color with the time.. The color red is in adult same? or is more black?
Thanks for your time. | |
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Michael Burger
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| | Subject: Re: Atropoides mexicanus litter Mon 2 Sep - 7:19 | |
| Okay, here is another pic of the original 22 young that were born to a red Honduran female (which I unfortunately don't have a pic of ) and a brown male:   " />  This is an image taken yesterday of one of the 'red' juveniles at 5-6 years of age. This pic was taken with the aid of a flash which washed out much of the red coloration which this snake still has on it's lower sides:  " /> This is the dark brown male which sired the litter of 22:  " /> As you can see, the juvenile lost much of it's brighter coloration as it has matured. Males may also darken w/age. I wish I had a photo of the female that gave birth (deceased) as she was very orange-red in coloration. | |
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Walter Silva
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| | Subject: Re: Atropoides mexicanus litter Sat 14 Sep - 5:10 | |
| Michael:
Wow, very nice pics, the final color is very nice. And It´is interesting that variation in color of the babies..
In my opinion, is an excellent pitviper for collection. "mini bushmaster"
Thanks for sharing.
Greetings from Perú | |
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Michael Burger
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| | Subject: Re: Atropoides mexicanus litter Sat 14 Sep - 8:29 | |
| A close up pic of one of the "red" juveniles after 5-6 years:  " /> And one of the "blonde" juveniles after 5-6 years:  " /> Very much bushmaster-like in appearance. Notice the difference in the coloration of the lateral surfaces and eyes between the "red" and "blonde" specimens. This species is really a spectacular species that is often taken for granted by venomous snake keepers. | |
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Arjan Breedveld
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Location : Netherlands
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| | Subject: Re: Atropoides mexicanus litter Thu 8 Dec - 6:56 | |
| Thanks for sharing Michael.
Love the headshape of them. Mine disceased 2 years ago.
But its on my wishlist again.
Yep eye color is diffrent. | |
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