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Poll: weight of your biggest male!

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I'm just curious: which is the biggest male in captivity???
I just took weight of my male "empty", after shedding and after a brumation during he ate really few. I think he can easily take other 600gr-1kg (22-35Oz)
He weights 6,8 kg ( 15 lb )
 
The largest captive D. couperi, I am aware of, is a male belonging to a private keeper in Minnesota. The indigo is 17 years old and last I heard it was just over 2.3m and weighed 7.6kg.
However, I have a D. m rubidus male that is just over 2.7m, with approximately 100mm of tail missing, weighing in at 9.3kg and I recently lost a male D. m erebennus that measured just over 2.7m and weighed 8.9kg...

Best regards,

Jeff
 
Thank you, Nazza,

He became a father for the first time yesterday as well! I arrived home from the office to find the female I had paired him with in her nest box with 15 eggs. I have another mottled female, paired with a different mottled male, which shoudln't be too far behind, so it could be a good year for mottled D. m rubidus
By the way, I am wiping the drool from my chin as i look at the photos of your D. couperi. While there might eb a few larger specimens out there, few are as nicely colored as yours are. I am going to have to look into the acquisition of international permiits for them, should you have any offspring to sell. ;0)



Thanks again,

Jeff
 
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