Snakes in a Paludarium?

[CJH]

i have to look around, i think it was in one of my encyclopedias. if my memory serves me correctly; the person who first imported them was doing work with them and was killed in his lab.

I suspect you're thinking of the African Twig Snakes or Theloternis spp. Theloternis capensis was the species that killed Robert Mertens.

Excerpt below taken from:
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~insrisg/nature/nw02/0128snakestories.htm

"By 1972 several other deaths and serious bites from Boomslangs and Savanna Twigsnakes (Thelotornis capensis) had been recorded. Following bites from each species, a prevalent symptom was chronic bleeding throughout the body. This precedent did not deter Robert Mertens, an extraordinarily accomplished German herpetologist...from hand-feeding his pet Twig-snake. Bitten, he lingered for three weeks before dying.... Among Robert Mertens's last words were something like 'What a fitting death for a herpetologist.'

 

[Juxtaroberto]

False water cobra, since you don't have qualms about rear-fanged snakes.

 

[Masa06]

A falsie is on a whole different level from asian vine snakes.. IMHO and also rear fanged venemous colubrids are illegal in NY.

 

[CJH]

I suspect you're thinking of the African Twig Snakes or Theloternis spp. http://

Sorry, meant Thelotornis.

To the OP, I like the idea of Asian Vines for such a project. I haven't checked the youtube video posted earlier but have seen two videos of them eating fish while in paludaria. Really neat setups.

But don't know if they're legal where you live.

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

They are considered hot I believe..........

Posted on mobile.monsterfishkeepers.com

 

[rudukai13]

Oh, a false water cobra would be a pretty cool option as well. Sucks that so much is illegal where you're at though. I think tentacled snakes would be pretty cool though.

 

[ScatMan]

I suspect you're thinking of the African Twig Snakes or Theloternis spp. Theloternis capensis was the species that killed Robert Mertens.

Excerpt below taken from:
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~insrisg/nature/nw02/0128snakestories.htm

"By 1972 several other deaths and serious bites from Boomslangs and Savanna Twigsnakes (Thelotornis capensis) had been recorded. Following bites from each species, a prevalent symptom was chronic bleeding throughout the body. This precedent did not deter Robert Mertens, an extraordinarily accomplished German herpetologist...from hand-feeding his pet Twig-snake. Bitten, he lingered for three weeks before dying.... Among Robert Mertens's last words were something like 'What a fitting death for a herpetologist.'

that's the one! i was going crazy looking for this, thank you. i probably read about that... idk, 10+ years ago and confused it with asian vine snakes.

sorry everyone!

@lp - didn't mean to bash your buddies, i have a strange affinity to green snakes as well.

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

its not strange. its normal. who told you its strange?!?!?!?!
its normal. i mean green is.....

*mumbles to himself and wonders off*

 

[coura]

HA HA HA

 

[Sylvias]

Well not sure how relevant this is since they aren't actually amphibious snakes but I am making my 55 into a paludarium for my white lip python once I get moved. I would not have considered it for him if he hadn't shown such an affinity for water though.