Bothriopsis bilineata bilineata

OK i'll start posting some photos from these two beauties which I got.

There is couple other people in this forum who keeps this lovely species aswell so hope you guys enjoy the photos.
I have been lucky enoght to keep the male alive almost two years now and I trade my other male to a female which is doing great.
I hope everything goes well and I see some babies in couple of years from now..

Male:
Bothriopsis bilineata bilineata B_bilineata20

Bothriopsis bilineata bilineata B_bilineata20

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Female:

Sami

Very nice Sami. This is a species I'd absolutely love to keep. The problem is they are pretty rare here in the US or atleast I've never seen them up for grabs. Good to see you here from VC, I am new here myself.

They are so nice.

Cheers
Jimmy

Hi Sami,
These are great photos of fantastic snakes, good luck with them.
All the best,
Brian.

Guest

Perfection! Some of mother natures finest work.

Nonniiiih ... Sami you did it again ... surpriced us totally Shocked

- again. Never seen these before and have to say that they are stunners. Good luck with them and hopefully we see some tiny ones in future.

Hi Sami congrats.
I dont have to tell you how nice they are Very Happy

Cheerio
Rene

Sami Heikkinen wrote:: I have been lucky enoght to keep the male alive almost two years now and I trade my other male to a female which is doing great.

Why do you say that? It is a difficult species to keep?
Very nice animals, indeed, good luck with their breeding Smile

Cheers

Thanks guys.
Ari you didn't know about these?
I'll sure hope the female drops something soon.. Not sure thou because it isn't that heavy at the "back" as I would thik it should be. The female has been off from food the whole 2010 year (and usually I feed it 2-3 times a month).
Hope there isn't anything wrong and I'll soon have a dead bilineata in my terrarium.
The male is doing great and has stop growing lenght.

Israel: Yeap they tend to be quite difficult to keep especially WC animals. But both of my snakes are CB.
Actually one of my friend told me not to sell the other male because they were doing so great Very Happy

Does someone know do the females shed before giving birth?

Here's couple of quick photos.
Female
Bothriopsis bilineata bilineata Bilineata_female2010b

Male

And what's the particular issue that makes them so difficult? Food? Environmental factors?

Thanks

Guest

She sure looks full of lil ones. Best of luck. I am going to order mine next month. Hope they look as remarkable as yours my friend.

They are so beautiful .
Give me a call when you got some newborns Smile

Cheers
Jimmy

Happy to see how she grew!
Good luck Sami.

Israel M. Sánchez wrote:: And what's the particular issue that makes them so difficult? Food? Environmental factors?

Thanks

They tend to be harder to get feeding on rodents and are more delicate to cage conditions. This is just something I have heard, no first hand experience.

Thanks Remi!
When we can see some of your beauties?

Wow, very nice Sami. I really like the second and third photos of the second round of photos. You don't typically get to see the underside of the jaw line in snake photos, so that is pretty cool. I can tell you that cbb babies are hard to get onto rodents, geez! They think they are little mambas and bolt at the first disturbance.

Sami Heikkinen wrote:: Thanks Remi!
When we can see some of your beauties?

All my snakes are at friend's for the moment. Next time, I will make some new pics.

Guest

Sami, what was your humidity and day and night temps during copulations. If youd like to pm me. My first time to attempt breeding with this ssp. Any info. would be greatly appreciated.

Hi guys.. little update.
The female shed it's skin some days ago and after that I put the male to see the pretty girl again..and the male went nuts and chased the female, but again I didn't actually see the copulation.

Here's couple of shots.

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Bothriopsis bilineata bilineata Bilineatata_x

Bothriopsis bilineata bilineata Bilineatata_xx

Good news Sami ... I hope to see little bilineata in this thread later Wink

Cheers,
Anze

Hello guys..
No luck this time! The female dropped 13 infertile eggs couple of days ago.
Damn!

But it started to feed again (it was off from food over 7 months).

Better luck next year.

Sami

That´s a shame but it´s good that the "almost" parents are doing fine and she started eating again. Wish you better success next year Smile

Damn, as I (and sure that we all) waited to see lilones ... but next time then.

sorry to hear that, this is one of my all time favourite snakes I really really wish to have one, good luck next time and if so you can send some babies to mexico regards, any more pics of these beuties

Little update is in hand..
Just came back from work (night sift) and went see the "new" snakeroom and the female is dropping babies.. nice surprise!
I just bought a house and all the damn things are missing and everywhere is full with boxes.. so I need to find my camera and lenses after I drink some beer and have slep couple of hours.

Nice !

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