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Oreocryptophis porphyraceus - coxi & laticinctus

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Pasodama

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Sharing photos of my Oreocryptophis porphyraceus coxi and Oreocryptophis porphyraceus laticinctus.
There are a total of 11 snakes/photos.
Really love these beautiful snakes!

First up are photos of the laticinctus.
The laticintus starts out, when hatchlings, as yellow & red banded. This, eventually turns into orange & red banded. Finally, as adults, they are a gorgeous red on red ... all red with thin black borders and, typically, some thin latter dorsal stripes.
1st photo is of a very early 2011 male (going into blue in this photo).
2nd photo is of a 2011 female.
3rd photo is of a 2010 female.
 

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Now for photos of the coxi. They hatch out the same coloring/markings as those of adults.

This photo is of a 2009 male coxi. He is going into blue in this pic.
 

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These photos are of 2010 coxi (unrelated). Male is pictured first and female second.
 

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These photos are of five 2011 coxi.
The first two photos are of two different males and the last three photos are of three different females.
 

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Nice snakies, they really are some of the coolest looking snakes.

Warsco said:
Those Coxi are amazing... I would love to have one in my collection but cant find them for sale anywhere
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I don't remember who it was, but at the first expo this year here someone had some for sale. They are sweet looking!
 
Sweet!

Do you plan to breed them? I was always worried they maybe difficult to care for. They are really cool looking!:cheers:
 
Thanks Stephen.:)

I do plan to breed them.

Their care is not that bad at all.
They require cooler temps & humid areas (but you do not want everything to be/stay wet). Their containers/vivs should be well ventilated too. For hides, they prefer items that do not have much "air space" (less roomy, when in or under, is better ;) ). However, they also like to make a burrow, or burrows, under the substrate... especially under items that are on top of substrate.

I keep mine in the cooler room (which is, usually, in the 70's - low to high). Substrate is a soil/coconut-fiber with Cypress mulch over top of that (the 2011's are only on Cypress mulch). They also need a "wet hide" of damp sphagnum moss (although I just make a pile, of damp moss, in a section of their containers). Spritzing is done once a week if needed.
It sounds like more work than it really is.
Breeding, and incubating eggs, isn't difficult.
 
Straydawg said:
VERY NICE!! Was wondering when you would get them. Beautiful!!!
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Hey Rob! Thanks.:)
Yep, I was like a mad woman, for a little bit, looking everywhere for these guys/gals.:D Wanted to get some, from a couple/few different breeders, so that not all were related (and did not stem from any hybrid breedings). I managed to do that except that the 2011 Coxi are siblings ... I had purchased the entire clutch = 5 (hatched in April). Thus, I may be parting with a pair, of the 2011 coxi, at some point in the very near future... not sure that I need that many siblings. We'll see.

Tom Tuttle said:
Beautiful group Deb!! Congrats!
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Thanks Tom!:)
 
Beautiful little snakes! I'd love to have one of each of those, though I don't think I'd be able to keep their tanks cool enough during the summer.
 
azhketh said:
Beautiful little snakes! I'd love to have one of each of those, though I don't think I'd be able to keep their tanks cool enough during the summer.
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Thanks.:)
I have one room that, luckily, remains in the 70's (low 70's to high 70's) in the summer/fall.
However, as a "just in case" back up, I do have a temp controllable window A/C unit, that I could use, should the rare need ever arise. The window A/C unit is one of those that are "non-permanent" (portable?) and can be easily set in, or removed from, a window. Maybe this could be an option for people that do not have a room that remains semi-cool.
 
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