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    For Sale Rough Scaled Sand Boas

    1.1 Ocelot 2023 $800 / pair - will produce in 2027; male mature now 1.1 Ocelot 2024 $750 / pair - will produce in 2028; male mature now 0.1 Spotted Stripe 2024 $350 0.1 Spotted Stripe 2024 $350 Plus shipping. Zelle, personal check, business check, Bank cashier's check, postal money...
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    For Sale Rough Scaled Sand Boas

    1.2 2024 ready to produce next spring 2027 $330 / trio plus shipping 2.0 2021 rotating out these genes, proven breeders $150 each plus shipping 2.0 2025 diff color palettes $80 each plus shipping 1.1 2025 robust, unrelated spotted stripe pair $300 / pair plus shipping...
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    Trade Rough Scaled Sand Boas

    Several pairs of rough scaled sand boas - wild type, spotted stripe, reduced pattern, ocelot - 2023, 2024, 2025 Looking for typical California kings, MBKs, Emorys rat snakes, Russian rat snakes. Pics of examples - more available. Best to contact me via email - [email protected] Will...
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    For Sale Rough Scaled Sand Boas

    2.2 well started and unrelated 2025. Different color palettes will make fun project producing many different babies. Select a pair for $280 / pair - plus shipping. Take both pairs for $500 - plus shipping. I accept Zelle or bank cashier's check or circulated silver US coinage. Best to contact...
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    For Sale Rough Scaled Sand Boa - Spotted Stripe Pairs

    Rough scaled sand boa Spotted Stripe morph pairs. Pairs are unrelated. Born May 2025. Feeding on fuzzies and well started. Pre-Christmas sale before it gets too cold to ship. $395 per pair plus shipping. I accept Zelle, bank cashier's check, silver circulated U.S. coinage. A few 2023, 2024...
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    For Sale Rough Scaled Sand Boas

    Examples of roughies – well started and ready for new homes. Feeding well and doubled in size since birth. Brick Red – pics do not show beautiful deep rust color. 2025 Unrelated. $250 / pair. Males – examples of color palates available. 2025 multiple litters. $85 each. Wholesale 10 males for...
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    For Sale Rough Scales Sand Boas

    1.2 Spotted Stripe, silver phase. 1.0 – 2024. 0.2 – 2023. $650 / trio plus shipping. 0.2 Spotted Stripe, brown phase. Both 2023. $250 each plus shipping. 1.0 wild type, brick red. 2024. Pic does not adequately show nice brick red color. $175 plus shipping. 0.2 highly reduced pattern, gold...
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    Trade Rough Scaled Sand Boas

    I have about three dozen 2025 Eryx conicus / rough scaled sand boa babies, and 3.3 adult proven breeders for trade (or sale). Also have a few pairs of 2023 and 2024 high contrast red / orange pairs; and some 2023, 2024 and 2025 spotted stripe morphs. All feeding and well started. Interested in...
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    For Sale Roughies - Multiple Phenotypes

    Multiple lines and genetic morphs of rough scaled sand boa. Significant price reductions. Reductions for multiples. Pic 1 - examples of 2025 wild type color and pattern variations. Buy a female for $175 and get a male free ! Plus shipping Pic 2 - examples of 2025 wild type color and pattern...
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    For Sale Rough Scaled Sand Boas 2023 and 2024

    2023 Female wild type, high contrast, reduced pattern $195 2023 Female spotted stripe morph $260 2024 Male wild type $165 2023 Male - unique one of a kind, outstanding brilliant colors and patterns. This male born to nice contrasting wild type unrelated parents in 2023. Held back to watch...
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    Step on a viper - will it bite ?

    Venomous Snake Research Paper Retracted I have previously noted in FC several instances of fraudulent scientific papers related to reptiles. The issue is that scientific papers are difficult to get corrected and more difficult to get retracted. “How could a scientist be wrong?” More to the...
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    50 Foot Fossil Snake Discovered

    Gigantic 50-foot-long snake discovered in India “Measuring a staggering 50 feet long, this prehistoric giant, Vasuki indicus, is among the largest snakes ever found.” February 24, 2025 https://www.thebrighterside.news/discoveries/gigantic-50-foot-long-snake-discovered-in-india/ Scientific...
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    Man convicted - plotted to use python to kill young girl

    Georgia man plots using python to kill and eat woman’s daughter and to bomb woman’s home. The man allegedly met woman on a dating app. “A Georgia man who pleaded guilty to bombing a woman's home in a bizarre plot that included conspiring to "release a large python into the victim's home to eat...
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    Do we need urban rat snakes ?

    Do we need urban rat snakes ? Avoid the dangers of poisons ? Not a direct citation about herps ... but perhaps modeling the peregrine falcon releases to control urban pigeons ... urban rat snakes ? “If we are, as some city officials have said, in a war with rats, we are clearly losing. We’ve...
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    The New Snake Oil: Antivenoms That are Useless as Water

    “The New Snake Oil: Antivenoms That are Useless as Water” It is somewhat conceivable that U.S. keeper(s) may have ineffective or even dangerous antivenom(s) for African or Asian hots. This report is an important read. Consider that “the regulators” are hammering reptile keepers and wish to end...
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    Blood-Powered Toes Give ‘Skydiving’ Salamanders a Boost

    “Blood-Powered Toes Give ‘Skydiving’ Salamanders a Boost” “These amphibians evolved unique strategies to move around the canopies of the world’s tallest trees.” “Up in the canopy of Northern California’s old-growth coast redwoods, about 100 feet above the ground, lives a community of skydiving...
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    For Sale Rough Scaled Sand Boas 2.2

    2.2 Rough Scaled Sand Boas (2023) All well started 2023 and unrelated. I - 0.1 $265 O - 0.1 $285 H - 1.0 $225 E - 1.0 $200 Plus shipping. I accept Zelle, personal check, business check, bank cashier’s check, USPS money order, circulated silver and gold bullion and bars...
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    “24 Places All About Snakes”

    “Slither over to these serpent-centric destinations” Atlas Obscura February 4, 2025 https://www.atlasobscura.com/lists/snake-places?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20newsletter%202%2F4%2F2025
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    Frogs May Glow to Communicate

    “Abstract Our study assesses the variability of amphibian biofluorescence and provides insight into its potential functions and role in anuran evolution. Via a field survey across South America, we discovered and documented patterns of biofluorescence in tropical amphibians. We more than tripled...
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    Rough Scaled Sand Boas

    Last of the 2023 and 2024 Spotted Stripe Rough Scaled Sand Boas All well started holdbacks from unrelated litters. 1.1 2024 $350 each plus shipping (pics in first comment) 0.4 2023 $475 each plus shipping I accept Zelle, personal check, business check, bank cashier’s check, silver and...
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