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Posted by Dean Alessandrini on April 26, 2002 at 09:09:59:

In Reply to: now that this is the large colubrid forum, posted by Christopher Peterson on April 25, 2002 at 21:22:20:

I know boomslangs of Africa get well over 10�, but they are a deadly rear-fanged colubrid�and the are extremely slender so I�m not going to count them.

Spilotes pullatus may have the honor of being the longest non-venomous colubrid�they have been know to reach 13��anyone know the record?

As far as OVERALL largest, I think the king is the yellow-tail cribo�at a FAT potential 10�.

This is just my 2 cents, but here�s how I�d rank the non-venomous colubrids in size:

1- Yellow-tail cribo: big, fat, and potentially 10�
2- All other indigos and cribos�all of these guys are heavy and can reach 9�
3- I�m giving the 3 spot to Spilotes for pure overall length�up to 13�, but too thin to get the #1 or 2 spot.
4- Bullsnake. Can reach 8��big and bulky.
5- Other members of Genus Pitupohis�ok I�m a but vague here, but Northern Pine, black pine, and many of the other flavors can reach 7� plus and are hefty
6- Coachwhip snakes�thin�but can get 8�+ in some instances.
7- Elaphae obsoleta�Black rat, yellow rat, grey rat in particular, all which can exceed 7� easily, and have been know in rare instances to top 8��medium girth.
8- Asiatic rat snakes�beauty snakes, red tail green rats and the like�ok�I�m getting very vague again here�and maybe these guys get bigger then #7�not sure here.
9- Lampropeltis getula getula and brooksi the eastern and s. Florida king snakes�at a chunky 6.5�
10- Racers�genus Coluber. Can top 7�, slender

Did I miss any big ones guys?

This has been one indigo forum opinion�.what�s your opinion ??

Dean A.

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: I know boomslangs of Africa get well over 10�, but they are a deadly rear-fanged colubrid�and the are extremely slender so I�m not going to count them. : Spilotes pullatus may have the honor of being the longest non-venomous colubrid�they have been know to reach 13��anyone know the record? : As far as OVERALL largest, I think the king is the yellow-tail cribo�at a FAT potential 10�. : This is just my 2 cents, but here�s how I�d rank the non-venomous colubrids in size: : 1- Yellow-tail cribo: big, fat, and potentially 10� : 2- All other indigos and cribos�all of these guys are heavy and can reach 9� : 3- I�m giving the 3 spot to Spilotes for pure overall length�up to 13�, but too thin to get the #1 or 2 spot. : 4- Bullsnake. Can reach 8��big and bulky. : 5- Other members of Genus Pitupohis�ok I�m a but vague here, but Northern Pine, black pine, and many of the other flavors can reach 7� plus and are hefty : 6- Coachwhip snakes�thin�but can get 8�+ in some instances. : 7- Elaphae obsoleta�Black rat, yellow rat, grey rat in particular, all which can exceed 7� easily, and have been know in rare instances to top 8��medium girth. : 8- Asiatic rat snakes�beauty snakes, red tail green rats and the like�ok�I�m getting very vague again here�and maybe these guys get bigger then #7�not sure here. : 9- Lampropeltis getula getula and brooksi the eastern and s. Florida king snakes�at a chunky 6.5� : 10- Racers�genus Coluber. Can top 7�, slender : Did I miss any big ones guys? : This has been one indigo forum opinion�.what�s your opinion ?? : Dean A.

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