Taiwan Beauty Snakes (Elaphe taeniura friesei)
This is Ra. My third Taiwan Beauty snake. He was bought to replace Quetzal, who died tragicllay before Christmas '97. He's got great character and can be VERY snappy, as you can see. Alternatively he culd be described as A Cranky Little Bastard!! But we love him anyway.. and with any luck, Uazet will love him too and they'll make lots of baby snakes!!!

This is Uazet. My female Taiwan... she's a beautiful snake and eats at every given opertunity! She has a beautiful head but she moved just as I took the picture.. so you can't see all of her head! DAMN!

Quetzal... my first Taiwan Beauty snake... died just before Christmas 1997 tragically young. He was a lovely animal with a calm and mellow temperament. You could literaly tie a knot in him so that he resemble a pretzal! I made the mistake of saying this out loud once only to discover that a friend had practiced what I preached. Eveyone moaned and groaned that I didn't have a proper Taiwan cos it didn't try to kill me at every opertunity! Well now I have a proper one!! But I miss him terribly.

Picture taken by Gere Carpenter...1997 HSI Reptile Expo...

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