#i love colubrids

[monstertsunami]

i like snakes so much. and birds too

#birds are so fun to draw even if i can never get it right #im soo eepy im #schizobabble #i love. colubrids #garter snakes r soo pretty #im auuh so sleepy i took my sleep meds finally #im gna pass out when i finish rambling in these tags #theyre so. PRETY u guys dont understand #look up blue sided garter snake rightfucking now #my final message #goodnight..

[is-the-snake-video-cute]

I've had a really rough end of July so if possible could you share some happy things about snakes?

Sorry you're having a rough time. I'm a similar spot but hey, we got this! And one thing you can always count on, no matter how tough things get? Awesome snake facts. 😎

Some of my favorite feel-good snake facts:

Did you know snakes can have friends? Garter snakes are very social by snake standards, and they have complex social relationships! They form friendships and consistently choose to hang out with their buddies!

Boomslangs are gorgeous, highly venomous colubrids. They're beautiful, charismatic snakes!

And when they're babies, they look like bobbleheads. Definitely some of the cutest babies in the snake world!

Did you know that snakes save millions of lives every year? Snake venom collected at venom labs is used in the production of life-saving medications, especially cardiac and anti-convulsive drugs!

Saw-scaled vipers. Highly venomous, very grumpy...and absolutely adorable!

Broad-headed snakes are currently some of the most endangered snakes in Australia, suffering from the effects of habitat loss. However, we're hearing lots of good news about them lately - zoo breeding programs are helping to increase genetic diversity in the captive population with hopes to release snakes into the wild, and plans to restore their lost habitats in the Sydney Basin are underway.

This isn't necessarily a fact but I really love this picture of an egg-eating snake who is so happy to have found a yummy egg.

Snakes can have heterochromia! It's most often seen in leucistic snakes, and they have one blue eye and one black eye. Almost every single one I've heard of (and the only one I've ever seen in person) have been leucistic Colombian rainbow boas.

Black-tailed rattlesnakes are so beautiful, they always make me happy! They come in an incredible range of colors, from dark browns to dusky greys.

Speaking of beautiful rattlers, speckled rattlesnakes can look like cookie dough ice cream!

Hope things look up for you soon! Take care.

#not a rating #snake facts

[omg-snakes]

Hey were you thinking about bringing home a pet corn snake, but find the prices of fancy morphs a bit daunting? Not planning to breed corn snakes and just want a lovely companion?

I have some gorgeous pet-only snakes available on MorphMarket. They're not suitable for breeding due to minor spinal kinks or head doming but they're every bit as good as a "normal" corn snake. They are listed at a minimum of 10 grams and are well-established eaters with excellent temperaments. Their defects are very minor, most are not visible to the naked eye, and they do not affect the snake's ability to engage in typical corn snake behaviors nor should they have any affect on the snakes' life expectancy. Plus they're fancy morphs at severely discounted prices. All pet-only babies under a year old are $120 including shipping anywhere within the contiguous United States, and I also have a couple of yearlings priced at $150 shipped.

https://www.morphmarket.com/us/c/reptiles/colubrids/corn-snakes?seller=omgsnakes&search=pet+only

Just because they're not suitable for breeding projects doesn't mean they aren't perfectly suitable pets! Consider choosing one as a companion and/or ambassador snake.

#mv23m1 #mv23 #snake #snakes #reptile #reptiles #reptiblr #corn snake #corn snakes #corn snake morphs #red factor strawberry anery #corn snake for sale #snakes for sale #pet only corn snake

[is-the-owl-video-cute]

I wish people weren’t so afraid of spiders and snakes to see them as inherently dangerous animals. As far as i can tell California doesn’t have any spider thats dangerous except to children (some recluses and widows including it seems the black widow and brown recluse. And yellow sac spiders which can have a nasty bite). Not to mention, a spider climbing on you in a flood is just trying to live. If you just stay calm and get to dryish land you can save them without much danger to yourselves.

California also doesn’t seem to have any venomous snakes except a sea snake and rattlers (ok there was a rear fanged colubrid but those cant even really envenomate unless its a feeding strike) None of which are species really known for going out of their way to hurt people.

Fleas are also not likely to be a major issue unless you have pets, except for potentially spreading illness. Human fleas aren’t all that common and the common species don’t actually like humans.

Anon I don’t know how to tell you this but fleas absolutely will bite humans if they’re hungry and low on their preferred host and a flood situation fits the bill for them to absolutely take more than a few opportunistic bites. And I hate to tell you this next part, but the Black Plague has been well documented as endemic to parts of california in the modern day. I’m sure it’s anywhere that fleas hang out really, but fleas are indeed a concern.

Also worth noting that in the case of phobias, the fear isn’t often rooted in a rational aspect or true presence of danger as much as it’s rooted in just psychological dread towards things that move different than humans and especially towards things that move different than humans very very quickly. Humans also tend to panic if any given animal is suddenly climbing on them. And humans make very poor decisions when panicked in an already stressful situation.

not to mention the fact that black widows and brown recluse spiders are absolutely capable of being threats to human health, and even if they’re really only fatal in children generally speaking, there are as a matter of fact statistically at least a few children in the flooded parts of california. And while your chances of encountering a flood rattlesnake or being bitten by a sea snake are low, they are never zero. Love and light.

#Listen anon I am a very big fan of all of these animals and removing stigma from them #but there are certainly situations where they are a risk to humans and in general most of these are best observed from a distance #rather than climbing you like a tree to take shelter in your hair

[nynehells]

Garter snake alert!! I love these little guys. I was at work and didnt want him to musk on me so i threw on some gloves, but overall this little guy was extremely polite about being removed from the shop tractor. Makes me think about how badly ive always wanted a colubrid but that won't happen for a long time x)

#garter snake #cute #reptiblr #wild snake #colubridae

[fellowshipofthenoodles]

Already sent this ask to @/omg-snakes but they weren’t able to find any so I thought I would see if you had any tips:

Any recommendations for blogs about/with info on building/making vivariums for snakes (extra points if it’s bioactive)

Im trying to collect info for when i do eventually make the vivarium for the future corn snake.

(Also i love your blog so much, it’s such a lovely addition to my timeline 💜💜💜💜💜)

Hello!

So I can’t say that I know any on Tumblr, but if you happen to be on Instagram I can’t recommend passionatesnakes enough! She has absolutely beautiful and enriching snake enclosures that she builds from scratch, she does naturalistic but they can very easily be changed to bioactive - she uses live plants but just likes more freedom to move things around without disturbing the roots of plants so it works out well for that!

She has 4 colubrids, all rat snakes (mandarin, mountain, japanese and rhino) and she also has a BCI and a carpet python, but for a corn I think you’ll find a lot of inspiration from her colubrid enclosures 🥰

If anyone who follows has recommendations for tumblrs who showcase good vivarium builds please reply or reblog!

And also thank you friend for enjoying our blog! We’re so glad it can bring joy to others and we love everyone who supports us!

#nice asks #reptile #reptiblr #reptiles #corn snake

[animals-i-think-are-cool]

jan 23 (but late) - mangrove snake

these snakes are so pretty!! mildly venomous, you shouldn’t get them as a pet because they’re just cool. please do not get venomous snakes because they’re cool. only get them if you have the appropriate equipment and experience. please.

ok spiel over, i’ve actually been able to hold one of these guys! (without gloves. i am a hypocrite.) they are so pretty it distracts from the potential outcome of getting bit. anyways i chose them because they’re also called boigas and i think that is lovely. boiga boiga boiga boiga

these snakes are colubrids, which means they have a special gland that connects to the rear fangs in order for them to release venom. their specific toxin is called denmotoxin and has evolved to be bird-specific which is super interesting! they have a stable population which is also nice.

rating: 10/10. they are so silly and have such a cute smile. they are so :D

#cw snake #mangrove snake

[tricitymonsters]

Love the snake pun <3 and quick add on (final one I promise) cause I realized my wording implied rattlesnakes are colubrids they are not. They're vipers and colubridae and viperidae are both the most common groups of snake to shake/buzz/rattle their tail but snakes outside of those two groups may as well. So I'd always say bet that a snake will shake its tail cause a lot a lot do pfft

Okay so now when I come across something small and slithery in my backyard i am going to shout out for the anon snake wizard to please educate me on this small limbless beast. thank god SOMEONE knows about them cause i sure af dont!

#thank you snake anon #🐍🐍🐍

[rumiracle-whip]

tell me something about ball pythons i love them. or kingsnakes or rattlesnakes or just tell me something i love snakes

Ok so ball pythons are one of the most widely bred snakes for the pet trade because not only do they have great temperaments (they're such friendly snakes) but they have INSANE color and pattern variation. There's so many different morphs and morph combinations and while I'm more familiar with North American colubrid morphs I know of some absolutely crazy ball python morphs I can show you

Blue eyed leucistics are breathtaking, they're pure white with blue eyes and they're just stunning they're so cool

The emoji morph is another super cool one, it's really recent too, I think it was only created in the last 10 or so years? But look at it it's amazing they're SMILEY FACES in the PATTERN and this can be passed down GENETICALLY (I think it's a line bred trait but don't quote me on that)

There's so many other really cool ones, unfortunately some morphs (like the spider gene in particular) can have things like neurological issues attached and most places discourage the breeding of those at this point. But there's plenty of really cool variation that doesn't effect the snake's quality of life at all and I just think it's super neat how we can breed so much variation into a species that by and large looks the same in the wild

[fuckyeahdindjarin]

Just read Grays btw (good shit 👌🏻) and your local Herpetology nerd here [note: shockingly nothing to do w/ herpes, and everything to do with the study of reptiles and amphibians] doing my duty as a snek enthusiast 'Frankie’s shoulders which are coiled up like the hood of an angry python' to tell you that pythons don't have hoods! (Cobras do! They're a classic! Some colubrids such as the hognose snakes too but only when beside themselves w/ fear, not anger or aggression) Thankyou & goodnight :D

Hi there lovely! I’m so glad you enjoyed Grays, and YES I love learning about new things so thank you for this educational ask.

First of all, I had no idea the study of reptiles is called herpetology. I mean, I’m an enthusiast for *certain* snakes if you know what I mean, so it’s good to know the terminology 😏

Second of all, I definitely meant to write cobra because I actually googled it to make sure I had the right snake, but still somehow wrote it down wrong 😂 Thank you for pointing that out for me! I hope you have a great day ahead!

#fuckyeahasks #fuckyeahgrays

[blackhyena]

@groovymadge tagged me to list my favourite 5 songs by my favourite 3 bands HI BESTIE ..... it’s so weird I actually realised I tend to mostly just listen to assorted tracks rather than whole bands’ discogs now but i digress lets go

Everything Everything

Run the Numbers

Black Hyena (yes i know its my url but run the numbers doesnt have the same ring.....)

Good Shot. Good Soldier

Hapsburg Lippp

I Want a Love Like This

Bat For Lashes

Never Forgive the Angels

Joe’s Dream

Laura

Jasmine

Marilyn

Wolf Alice

How Can I Make it OK?

Visions of a Life

Delicious Things

Blush

Formidable Cool

tagging @inyourroomalbumversion @cannibalwomen @colubride @renfield @horsegirlonmain @richiejerimovich @cordeliaflyte @bimbogollum ✌

#text post

[is-the-snake-video-cute]

Do you have any intresting facts about king snakes?

Yeah, they love to bite me

No yeah seriously, kingsnake fact time!!! They're super cool snakes and I just adore them.

The "king" part of the name comes from their diet! "King" is commonly included in the names of ophiophagus snakes - snakes who eat other snakes. Kingsnakes are strongly generalist and will eat just about anything, including other snakes!

Kingsnakes are super strong constrictors! California kingsnakes are pound-for-pound the strongest constrictors in the world. That's because, as they eat a lot of reptiles, they need a stronger constriction force.

One of my favorite things about them: all kingsnakes have super glossy, iridescent bellies! It's so they can scare predators when they rear up on their coils; that's also why so many of them have checkered bellies.

Milksnakes are kingsnakes! They tend to be a bit more timid than other snakes in Lampropeltis, the kingsnake genus, but they make up for it by being so goshdarn cute.

Like many other colubrids, kingsnakes will often buzz their tails when they feel threatened.

Kingsnakes often have evolved immunity to the venoms of native vipers in their local range! Because they eat so many other snakes, that's an important skill to have.

They're not just generalists when it comes to food! Kingsnakes from practically every species are good climbers and excellent swimmers.

Such a diverse, incredible group of snakes!

#not a rating #kingsnakes #snake facts

[omg-snakes]

I was under the impression that corn snakes are rat snakes, and therefore are the same species. But the talk about a hybrid between them has confused me a bit. Are corn snakes rat snakes or a different species?

Hey friend!

So okay, yes, corn snakes are rat snakes. Rat snakes, however, are not a single species but many distinct genera of colubrid snakes!

Let's back up a second and talk taxonomy. Humans love love love sorting and classifying things. We simply adore grouping by color and size, giving different things different names, and ranking in general! Sorting and separating is not always a good thing when it leads to some things (or people) being classified as "good" or "bad" or "better," but in scientific context sorting and naming helps us to better understand our natural world.

There's a problem with naming things, though. Different groups of people tend to give distinct things similar names. Like if a group of folks on the North American continent see a snake eating a rat, they might call it a rat snake. Another group of folks wandering around in Southeast Asia see a totally different and unrelated snake that is eating a rat and they call their snake a rat snake also. So now we've got two rat snakes. Are they the same species? Do they have the same habits, size, genetic composition, etc.? When you say "rat snake" which one are you talking about?? This is why scientific names are important.

To unify scientific research and communication, we have developed the basic classifications of living things: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. There are also sub groups of these groups but we try to keep it simple when we can!

The most basic unit, species, refers to a group of organisms in which any two individuals of appropriate mating types can produce fertile offspring. Species are given a two-part binomial name, sort of like the first and last names that humans often use to describe ourselves and our relationships to others. Scientific names are in Latin, which is a dead language that nobody uses anymore so it's not changing as living languages do. The first part of a binomial name is the genus, which describes the generic group to which a living thing belongs. Genera are capitalized. The second part, the species, is a specific epithet that applies to those organisms within the genus that are more like each other than other members of the genus. Species are not capitalized. Usually, members of a species will only mate and produce fertile offspring with other members of their same species. This is often because they are geographically or behaviorally separated from members of other closely-related species. Is this a perfect system? No. We're still learning every day and taxonomic organizations are revised and updated constantly!

Back to the corn snake/rat snake thing, here's the scientific classification for corn snakes:

Kingdom: Animalia - multicellular, eukaryotic organisms that consume organic material and breathe oxygen

Phylum: Chordata - animals with a notochord (aka: OG backbone)

Class: Reptilia - all reptiles except birds

Order: Squamata - scaled reptiles including lizards and snakes

Suborder: Serpentes - snakes!

Family: Colubridae - "typical" snakes, kind of a wastebasket taxon of snake that aren't special enough to put in their own family. :( Rat snakes are in here!

Tribe: Lampropeltini - colubrid snakes of North and South America

Genus: Pantherophis - nonvenomous snakes endemic to North America

Species: guttatus - corn snake

As you can see from the above, when we talk about "rat snakes" we're referring to a bunch of "typical" snakes in Family Colubridae that span the continents of North and South America and Asia.

To put that in context: You, a human bean, are in Family Hominidae, which includes the great apes including orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans.

Some more closely-related species, such as those in the same tribe, can reproduce and result in offspring. Corn snakes can hybridize with many other snake genera in Tribe Lampropeltini including Pituophis (gopher, pine, and bullsnakes) and Lampropeltis (king snakes), as well as other species of Pantherophis including Texas and Everglades rat snakes. Some of these resulting offspring will even be fertile to a degree!

Sooooooo the TL;DR is that corn snakes are considered rat snakes, yes, but rat snakes are not a single species or even a single genera, but instead a blanket term that applies to a huge variety of both closely- and distantly-related snakes that live across the globe and all, by coincidence, sometimes eat rats.

#Did that part about birds mess you up? #lol birds are reptiles #and we're all fish #lol you're a fish. #lol taxonomy is whack I love it #taxonomy #snake #snakes #reptile #reptiles #reptiblr #long post #text post #oh i'm sorry did you want an answer here have a novel #thank you for coming to my Ted talk #anyway here's wonderwall

[corvins-colubrids]

Introduction

I have cancer. My prognosis is good now, after surgery and treatment, but there's something about facing your own mortality that makes you reconsider your life and your priorities. For a long time I've wanted to explore breeding snakes, specifically colubrids, not on any large scale, just a few clutches a year, for fun. And I really like snakes. so even if the breeding doesn't work out, I have some lovely snakes as pets.

I'm lucky I got to do a lot of things like travel and live all over the country when I was younger. Now I want a simple life. I want things in my home that make me happy.

So introducing Corvin's Colubrids. I'm starting with corn snakes, because I know them best, but I have some plans for kingsnakes in the future.

#corn snakes #snakes #colubrids #snake breeding

[pricklypaws]

omg my first snakes a garter too! i actually just got him about 2 years ago. hes not very well socialized for gentle handling tho so im trying to work on that ^^'

They’re so prettyyyyyy

I definitely prefer pythons/boas being more slow moving 😂 fast little colubrids make me anxious now lol

loved watching mine chase and eat goldfish (which now I don’t think are the best feeders for them?)

#asks

[fellowshipofthenoodles]

How do you gauge when to go up feeder size? I have looked at diffrent things and I just wanted you opinion if you don't mind.

My baby banaba ball (Buttons) is 120g and I currently do one small mouse once a week. She has not missed a meal since I brought her home. She is very active about 4-5 days post feed, like she is already hungry again maybe? (Its hard to tell becauseshe is an active girl in general.) I looked at the medium mice and they just look so big for her so I'm not sure about bumping her up yet, was thinking maybe offer two small mice? I had snakes growning up and all my life, but by the time I was responsible for feeding, they were already taking full adult mice, so just a little unsure.

Here is the little nana 🥰

Buttons is absolutely PRECIOUS and I love her so much!!

Since she's 120g then she can eat 13-19g feeders until she's over 200g. Large rat pups, small asf/multimammates or small-medium mice are all acceptable!

While colubrid snakes can eat multiple prey items with little chance for complications it's much less recommended for ball pythons so you have to be very careful feeding more than one feeder at a time. If you do opt for multiple feeders then a ball python should have a 15-20 minute wait before the second one is offered.

In general feeding one suitable sized feeder is the best option for any snake, BUT it can be a form of enrichment to offer multiple because in the wild most snakes will raid nests so will sometimes have multiple smaller meals but we tend to do that more for our colubrids since it can be less risky for their digestive system 😊