snakes!!

[soma]

just got my rebel xt a week ago..
here's some pictures of the most gorgeous species on the planet... taken at the cincinnati zoo:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/deityofdecadence/vinesnake2.jpg
vine snake

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/deityofdecadence/rattlesnake.jpg
can anyone tell me what kind of rattlesnake this is? i can't seem to remember...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/deityofdecadence/roughgreensnake.jpg
rough green snake...
this one turned out a bit blurry, but i still like it :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/deityofdecadence/copperheads.jpg
copperheads

and now my snakes:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/deityofdecadence/hognose.jpg
baby western hognose

and the largest of my redtail boas... we call her "mama bear":

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/deityofdecadence/tongue.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/deityofdecadence/mamagreenbg.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/deityofdecadence/lookingup.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/deityofdecadence/ilovethiscamera.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/deityofdecadence/fatgirl.jpg

[hauff]

Nice pictures but even they give me the creeps.


NOTE TO SELF.....Don't Visit Cincinnati...lol

[tupe]

Nice! Some real beauties there.

[Pb2Au]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/deityofdecadence/rattlesnake.jpg
can anyone tell me what kind of rattlesnake this is? i can't seem to remember...

Have any bigger shots? I vote for "black tailed" at this point, but I sure would like to see the tail. ;)

[jukas]

It's hard to tell based on such a close up shot, but it's not a blacktail. Blacktail's (Crotalus Molossus) usually have a very prominent diaganol black stripe crossing their eyes, much more contrasting colors and a solid black tail.

Based on the limited bit I can see here, I'm guessing it's a Neotropical rattlesnake (Crotalus Durissus Durissus) though there are about 9 different sub-species of Crotalus Durissus.

[soma]

bump! :D