Re: Ive never heard of a Spilote before ....

Posted by Tim Brophy on October 24, 1999 at 09:07:55:

In Reply to: Ive never heard of a Spilote before .... posted by Matt on October 24, 1999 at 01:42:41:

: However, Ive seen many false water cobras--infact the snake store i go to in san jose has a large one for sale--there was no lable on the tank and just by looking at it i thought it was a drymarchon--but they set me straight.

: Can somebody elaborate on what a Spilote is? Any other common names? Where are they from?

Spilotes is a tropical American genus. They are arboreal, generally long and slender. Imports are often parasitized; group is rarely captive bred. Beautiful snakes, black and yellow. They have a reputation for bad behavior, but this is likely based on wild caught adults. They feed like indigos, nonconstrictors which gobble up a wide variety of prey. Also have indigos high rate of metabolism. Maybe captive raised Spilotes would be good pets. Who knows.

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