Natalensis

[varanus]

Anyone else Keep Natalensis? surely NERD have them stashed away somewhere?
http://www.herpetology-exchange.co.uk/images/upload/close_up_head_shot_natalensis.JPG
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[KLG]

You know...we really don't do too much with them anymore. We have a couple, but it's not a project we're seriously pursuing.

Very cool snakes though, in the right hands. Very smart & "vocal."

K~

[Ian]

I have been trying to get a pair for some time! The only one that came along was a lone male for a very large price tag, and I passed (I'm a college student for crying out loud!)
Keep posting pics though!

[varanus]

Well I aim to at some point send some over to the USA and will need some nice americans to distribute them and such but that will likly be october sort of time NERD is one option depending of course if they are intrested ?

[KLG]

Ixnay that - I was wrong. We're not currently keeping any natalensis at this time.

Note to self: GET MORE SLEEP!

[Howard Teitelbaum]

There is a guy in south Africa that knows quite a bit about them and explained the difference between the two (sebae and natalensis)

[CJReptile]

Nope but i must say, great pics, keep em coming!

[Orey]

What is this.... Natalensis? Some sort of Rock Python?

[varanus]

its a dwarf rock

[Ian]

"Dwarf" being a relative term! :lol:

[varanus]

The aprents of mine are the only adults in the UK and they are about 8-9ft so yeah compared to normal rocks they are dwarfs

[Ian]

8-9 ft. isn't small. Plus they are capable of hitting 14 feet (wild, I don't know about captivity)

[varanus]

8-9 ft is small when your talking about sebae reaching well over double that and in captivity ive yet to find any over 10ft which when you considor how much they get to eat in captivity you would genreally see larger animals in captivity, there are however natural over laps in the wild and they are known to intergrade with sebae in these areas which would of course lead to larger animals

[Ian]

Yes, 8-9 feet is small compared to Sebae, however 8-9 feet is still a lot of snake. I will have to dig out the article when I get home, but I know I have read of them hitting 15 feet in the wild. I believe it was the Barkers that had a 12 foot Natalensis, though I will have to double check.

[RRusso70]

Very nice looking. I would love 2 read the article.

[varanus]

I shall get some more pics up soon