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Some puff adders

Postby Bushviper » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:40 am

Some of the snakes depicted below are not indigenous but I have put them all together so that we will appreciate the beauty of these often overlooked species.

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Kenyan I believe

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Tanzanian

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Re: Some puff adders

Postby Blake » Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:32 am

The Tanzanian puffy is definitely my favorite. Thanks for the post on some beautiful snakes arno.
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Re: Some puff adders

Postby kfc223 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:22 pm

Beautiful!

Thanks for posting some shots.
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Re: Some puff adders

Postby bitis keeper » Mon Aug 19, 2013 1:53 pm

love the snake in the first shot.
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Re: Some puff adders

Postby Serpent » Mon Aug 19, 2013 5:31 pm

All yours BV? They are lovely.
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Re: Some puff adders

Postby pinstripe » Mon Aug 19, 2013 5:43 pm

Some nice puffs BV
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Re: Some puff adders

Postby wadekilian » Tue Aug 20, 2013 7:59 pm

Posted this pic in my indigenous thread, but here it is again. This male is from Zululand.
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Re: Some puff adders

Postby levi_20 » Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:25 pm

A terrible phone photo but representing the Western Cape :D

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Re: Some puff adders

Postby Bushviper » Wed Aug 21, 2013 2:22 pm

Yes Serpent these are all mine. I have some more but they are not as unusual.
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Re: Some puff adders

Postby levi_20 » Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:31 pm

Found this girl(i think!) dead, presumably flushed out by the rain today. Was very near a metre

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Re: Some puff adders

Postby Bushviper » Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:45 am

That is a boy. Pity it was dead. Is this in Cape Town?
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Re: Some puff adders

Postby Eyelash » Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:55 am

Some more...

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Re: Some puff adders

Postby Blake » Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:05 am

Louis are those your het. For scaleless puffies?
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Re: Some puff adders

Postby Eyelash » Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:08 am

Those are the ones B !

I just can't seems to get the colors right in the pictures but I'll take them out for another try soon.
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Re: Some puff adders

Postby Blake » Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:16 am

Was going to say those pictures don't do them justice at all.
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