Recent Photos of my Snake Collection

I decided I wanted to photograph all of my snakes to have more recent photos, so here they are:

(Oh, and I took all of these shots on our dining room table! )


Red Tailed Green Rat Snakes (Gonyosoma oxycephalum)

This is Eden, my 2009 CBB female.


Silver Bullet, my WC gray phased female from Java, Indonesia.


And this is Kermit, my WC male also from Java, Indonesia.

Beauty Snakes (Orthriophis taeniura ssp.)

Sapphire, my 2010 CBB female Blue Beauty Snake (O. t. callicyanous).


My 2009 CBB male Taiwan Beauty Snake (O. t. friesi) No name yet...

King Rat Snake (Elaphe carinata)

Lucifer, my 2009 CBB male Chinese King Rat Snake (Elaphe carinata carinata)

(same snake)



Pantherophis obsoletus ssp:

Pete, my 2009 CBB "Everglades" Rat Snake (obviously it has some Yellow Rat Snake in him as well though) (P. o. rossalleni x P. o. quadrivittatus)


My WC (probably a 2009) Black Rat Snake (P. o. obsoletus)


My WC (probably a 2010) Texas X Black Rat Snake (P. o. lindheimeri x P. o. obsoletus).

Corn Snakes (Pantherophis guttatus)

My sisters male 2010 Okeetee Corn Snake.


My sisters Miami Corn Snake.

Bogertophis subocularis:

My little WC (Christmas Mountain locality) 2010 Trans Pecos Rat Snake.


My sister's male 2009 Trans Pecos Rat Snake.


That's my Rat Snake collection as of now! Hope you enjoyed the pics!

Those are all beautiful snakes. I like the red tailed green rat snakes. But my favorits is your chinese king rat snakes

Great shots Cameron.

snakefreak wrote:(Oh, and I took all of these shots on our dining room table! )

Larry, looks like he eats off of particulate substrate. Don't you have a lecture for him or something?

Cameron Y.,

No.

I've given up on Cameron H. and a few others.

Experience will be the best teacher although with some folks, even after they're burned they keep going back to the flame.

(Remember the particulate substrate in the nostril ?)

Larry,

I think he was talking about Cameron H. His dining room table has particulate substrate all over it in the pics, so he must personally eat off of particulate substrate.

"His dining room table has particulate substrate all over it."

Michael,

I sure hope not !!

Snakeman wrote:"His dining room table has particulate substrate all over it."

Michael,

I sure hope not !!

I think you should read the first post again. Lol

Dang, a jokes just not as funny if you have explain it in detail.....

"I think you should read the first post again. Lol"

Michael,

No need to.

I read/took that to mean he took the cages out of the bedrooms and put them (the cages) on the dining-room table to photograph the snakes (in their cages).

If he put particulate substrate and the other cages furnishings out on the dining room table itself, and his folks find out, he may be moving back to Stillwater sooner than he thinks.

great stuff! I'd have to say, of all those excellent species, I still like the corns

Snakeman wrote:"I think you should read the first post again. Lol"

Michael,

No need to.

I read/took that to mean he took the cages out of the bedrooms and put them (the cages) on the dining-room table to photograph the snakes (in their cages).

If he put particulate substrate and the other cages furnishings out on the dining room table itself, and his folks find out, he may be moving back to Stillwater sooner than he thinks.

Ah. Maybe it was Cameron and me that were confused.

"Ah. Maybe it was Cameron and me that were confused."

Michael,

Who knows.

We need Cameron H. to clear this up.

Beautiful collection. You need to still add a couple of retics to it though.

My favorite of yours is still the Red Tailed Green Rat Snake!

Obviously your both wrong, he said he to the photo's on the table, that means HE was on the table, silly guys!

Hahaha! Cameron Y. and Michael are correct. I spread substrate and decor on the actual dining table, but I did have a layer of poster-board paper separating the substrate from the table. But, every time the snakes would dart to make a run for it they would send the substrate flying all over our carpet! lol I did a very thorough vacuuming job when finished! Oh, and Larry, my folks have learned to adjust to these sort of activities!
I am glad you guys liked the shots though!

Now if your serious, how in the world did you get them to stay still enough to take pic's? Your camera must take good action shots!

Cameron Y. and Michael,

I stand corrected.



Cameron H.

My hat's off to your folks.

I just couldn't imagine you doing that.

Spider Woman wrote:Now if your serious, how in the world did you get them to stay still enough to take pic's? Your camera must take good action shots!

The main technique that I use is where I take a good hiding spot that they fit snugly into and I make them go into the hiding spot. I then gently remove the hide and I begin to snap away with the photos. Sometimes when I do this I only get one decent shot from each time I lift the hide before they decide to bolt away. It takes a lot of patience... (Any of those who have been field herping with me have seen me do this)
Larry, they surprisingly didn't really mind as long as I cleaned it up well. Since some of my snakes are so fast I wasn't going to risk loosing one by taking their pics outside in a true natural setting.

those are some great pictures; the blue tongue is awesome