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Well I got in my first pair of Psammophis mossambicus 2 weeks ago and they are doing great! The other pair is coming in next week. I love the entire Psammophiine genus, they are quite amazing colubrids with some interesting evolutionary ways to beat the heat! Some psammophiines secrete a wax like substance from pores inbetween the scales near the "neck" area behind the head and writhe their body until they are more or less covered. This gives them a kind of self made "sun block" that helps them thrive in the deserts and the hot arid scrub bush of Africa during the day. I got them eating frozen thawed medium mice about every 4 days, as they have a very fast metabolism so that makes them far more manageable as far as captive care goes! Though they are not the most fantastic looking snakes, their behavior and evolutionary traits are pretty awesome. Heres some pics
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