What's a trinket snake?

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Posted by Lonesome Dove on July 19, 1999 at 21:20:50:

I talked to a fellow at the Arlington, Texas show over the weekend who was selling trinket snakes (elaphe helena?). I was only vaguely familiar with the name and didn't now much about them, and couldn't find a whole heck of a lot on the web.

Anyway, the babies were kinda neat looking and I was just wondering what they looked like as adults. The breeder said they were very nice, calm snakes and would soon become quite valuable since whatever country they're from (Sri Lanka ?) had just put a halt to their exportation (which I assumed to be a good thing, huh?). He said they were very easy to breed - apparently no particular effort is involved other than separating them for a while and putting them back together once a month or so. Easy to breed - I like the sound of that.

Anybody know anything or can point me in the right direction, specifically habitat requirements and size/temperament and appearance as adults. Also, is there really a budding market for trinket snake babies?

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: I talked to a fellow at the Arlington, Texas show over the weekend who was selling trinket snakes (elaphe helena?). I was only vaguely familiar with the name and didn't now much about them, and couldn't find a whole heck of a lot on the web. : Anyway, the babies were kinda neat looking and I was just wondering what they looked like as adults. The breeder said they were very nice, calm snakes and would soon become quite valuable since whatever country they're from (Sri Lanka ?) had just put a halt to their exportation (which I assumed to be a good thing, huh?). He said they were very easy to breed - apparently no particular effort is involved other than separating them for a while and putting them back together once a month or so. Easy to breed - I like the sound of that. : Anybody know anything or can point me in the right direction, specifically habitat requirements and size/temperament and appearance as adults. Also, is there really a budding market for trinket snake babies?

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