snakegetters
07-19-2005, 12:05 PM
Well this is a weird little fellow that turned up with a minor injury at a state park. Rangers called me to provide care for the little guy. He has saddles outlined in yellow instead of bands, and his belly is nearly solid red with only one complete black crossband except in the tail region.
The injury was fortunately minor and he's fine after a week of observation in quarantine and topical treatment. He is scheduled for re-release tomorrow, at which time I will also be taking photographs of the animal in its natural habitat. Sorry, I've been a bit too busy to snap any pics so far, but release day will get some shots in context of the habitat.
To the folks who have already heard and offered $$, sorry guys, this little one needs to go back into the wild population as there ar far too few of these snakes left in this state. If anybody was going to keep him it would be me, but I won't. He'll be just fine in the protected state park he came from. The rangers see about five corals a year in this area. I'd be very curious to know if all of them have this unusual coloration.
The injury was fortunately minor and he's fine after a week of observation in quarantine and topical treatment. He is scheduled for re-release tomorrow, at which time I will also be taking photographs of the animal in its natural habitat. Sorry, I've been a bit too busy to snap any pics so far, but release day will get some shots in context of the habitat.
To the folks who have already heard and offered $$, sorry guys, this little one needs to go back into the wild population as there ar far too few of these snakes left in this state. If anybody was going to keep him it would be me, but I won't. He'll be just fine in the protected state park he came from. The rangers see about five corals a year in this area. I'd be very curious to know if all of them have this unusual coloration.