Najakeeper
Arachnoprince
- Joined
- Dec 10, 2010
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Hello All,
This species was always within the list of snakes I wanted to buy and I finally managed to procure a tiny little female. For the ones who don't know, Trimeresurus insularis come from the Wetar Island in Indonesia and even though most other Trimeresurus are blue/green in colouration, these are bright yellow. I think they compete for the best looking tree snakes with Parias mcgregori, which is another species of interest for me. Unfortunately, she still refuses pinkies even though I was told otherwise so she is being assist fed. In the nature, young ones feed on small lizards.
Venom is hemotoxic and medically significant, and they are pit vipers so they are quite accurate when they strike.
Well here are a couple photos for you:
And a video:
[YOUTUBE]17k3u_OZEGk[/YOUTUBE]
This species was always within the list of snakes I wanted to buy and I finally managed to procure a tiny little female. For the ones who don't know, Trimeresurus insularis come from the Wetar Island in Indonesia and even though most other Trimeresurus are blue/green in colouration, these are bright yellow. I think they compete for the best looking tree snakes with Parias mcgregori, which is another species of interest for me. Unfortunately, she still refuses pinkies even though I was told otherwise so she is being assist fed. In the nature, young ones feed on small lizards.
Venom is hemotoxic and medically significant, and they are pit vipers so they are quite accurate when they strike.
Well here are a couple photos for you:
And a video:
[YOUTUBE]17k3u_OZEGk[/YOUTUBE]