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Andrew Hacket
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Andrew Hacket


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Age : 45
Location : South Africa
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PostSubject: B.atropos south africa   B.atropos south africa Icon_minitimeThu 25 Sep - 5:57
Please enjoy this pictures of some lovely animals from the south african mountain ranges , also included is some habitat shot of
where this animals lives in the wild.


driving towards the mountains...
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Finding the animals under the rocks....
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Where the rocks are...
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one of my animals..
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Hope for you to enjoy !
Thanks
Andrew
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Brian Petrie
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PostSubject: Re: B.atropos south africa   B.atropos south africa Icon_minitimeThu 25 Sep - 6:19
Hi Andrew,
A great set of pictures, it must be good to wake up in the morning and think " I will go up to the mountains today and find some Bitis atropos". Well done.
All the best,
Brian.
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Peter Pastor
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PostSubject: Re: B.atropos south africa   B.atropos south africa Icon_minitimeThu 25 Sep - 6:27
Hi Andrew,

thanks for posting pictures like this! I love this species a lot, so it`s good to see their natural habitat at least on pictures.... Hope I will have once a chance to see them on my own eyes ...

All the best,
Peter P.
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Markus Gottlieb
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PostSubject: Re: B.atropos south africa   B.atropos south africa Icon_minitimeThu 25 Sep - 7:42
Hi Andrew,

Wuhuu, stunning animals, I wish I could be in Afrika too Very Happy



Greetings,
Markus
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Benjamin Tull
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PostSubject: Re: B.atropos south africa   B.atropos south africa Icon_minitimeThu 25 Sep - 10:43
Hi Andrew,
nice pictures!
Cheers
Benjamin
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Mario Lutz
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PostSubject: Re: B.atropos south africa   B.atropos south africa Icon_minitimeThu 25 Sep - 16:31
very nice
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Rob Deans
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PostSubject: Re: B.atropos south africa   B.atropos south africa Icon_minitimeFri 26 Sep - 23:33
Male
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Female
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Female again, sorry about the flash.
B.atropos south africa Female11

Please excuse the poor pics, where i stay there is no natural substrate unless i walk out the property. One day i will take better ones.

These are Bitis atropos from Mpumalanga province. This locality was previously known as B. a. unicolor and are known to grown to a smaller size than the other localities. These are my absolute favourite snakes, they never miss a meal. The female refused in the beginning but with teasing she did eat, and from that day she has never refused a mouse.

2 colour phases occur here, there is a "red" phase such as mine, but there is also a grey patterned phase such as Andrews first pic. Both are very nice.
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Andrew Hacket
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PostSubject: Re: B.atropos south africa   B.atropos south africa Icon_minitimeTue 20 Jan - 0:59
I forgot to post here ...... ROB wow!! that female is one of the best I have ever seen from this area !! amazing.
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Rob Deans
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PostSubject: Re: B.atropos south africa   B.atropos south africa Icon_minitimeThu 2 Apr - 17:32
Here is a big female atropos "unicolor" of mine. Please forgive the poor focus but you can get an idea.
The substrate is fake grass, very unnatural but still works well and it pleasing to look at it. They do seem to enjoy it.

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Nicolas Cartier
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PostSubject: Re: B.atropos south africa   B.atropos south africa Icon_minitimeThu 2 Apr - 18:59
They are all really beautiful it is bitis!!!!!!!!!

Magnificent specimen!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Marthinus C. Harmse
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PostSubject: Re: B.atropos south africa   B.atropos south africa Icon_minitimeMon 20 Apr - 6:46
Nice atropos guys. I also enjoy keeping these a lot. Wish I could get some Natal or Western Cape province specimens. Sad fact is that even in South-Africa its hard to get hold of these.
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PostSubject: Re: B.atropos south africa   B.atropos south africa Icon_minitimeMon 20 Apr - 22:34
I heard you were getting "unicolor", by that post I presume you did?
How are they doing? Size etc?
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Marthinus C. Harmse
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PostSubject: Re: B.atropos south africa   B.atropos south africa Icon_minitimeTue 21 Apr - 2:35
Hi Rob. Good to hear familiar voices. Yes I did. My first was a young unicolour from you know who. It died within a week after getn it. I was heart broken. Fortunately I managed to get a male which is doing really well, so hoping for a female soon.
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PostSubject: Re: B.atropos south africa   B.atropos south africa Icon_minitimeTue 21 Apr - 15:13
Yep I do know who. Dont worry I know the feeling, he still owes me another one too but I dont see that happening.
Dont stress, a female will pop up. Mine were mating last week so who knows? I may get lucky.
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PostSubject: Re: B.atropos south africa   B.atropos south africa Icon_minitimeTue 21 Apr - 18:46
Thats just great Rob. Im holding thumbs for your female then.
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Andrew Hacket
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PostSubject: Re: B.atropos south africa   B.atropos south africa Icon_minitimeTue 2 Jun - 6:55
more color variety from identical locations.
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PostSubject: Re: B.atropos south africa   B.atropos south africa Icon_minitimeTue 2 Jun - 13:17
A very interresting post Andrew, it's great to see some pictures of habitats too. It's pretty cool to see some snakes from the other side of the planet, their variation and their habitats.
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PostSubject: Re: B.atropos south africa   B.atropos south africa Icon_minitimeTue 13 Oct - 7:50
I like them!
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PostSubject: Re: B.atropos south africa   B.atropos south africa Icon_minitimeMon 26 Oct - 11:33
Wonderful pictures! Great animals!
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