Two barnecks of mine

[Valerio]

My CB female shed tonight, so I shoot her some pics.
EvaKant, CB 'O3
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b16/Apodora/Postshed.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b16/Apodora/Postshed2.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b16/Apodora/Attento.jpg
Diabolick, CB '03 too, thought he was too dark, this morning..
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b16/Apodora/Darkmood.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b16/Apodora/Darkmood2.jpg
Cheers
Valerio.

[LdyDrgn]

So beautiful! I have always loved the Barnecks.

[ChadRamsey]

LOVE them!

[Tom C]

AWESOME!!!..definately one of my all time favorites and some dam good looking ones too...:)

[jsaunders]

Forgive my my ignorance. Barnecks? Is that their common name? Could someone give me a little more info. Temperament, cost, husbandry, growth etc.

[BIGSI]

Awesome animals!

[Valerio]

Thanks for your kind words, guys and girls!
@ Jsaunders: Barnecks is the common name for the population of Morelia amethistina, who lives in northern Papua New Guinea. They are smart snakes, semi arboreal, so slender snakes wich lenght you can easily underestimate and that could reach 15 feet, able to reach half of their lenght with a single, explosive jump. They have a very good vision, deep sensorial pits, a huge feeding response, very territorial, and with teir mouth full of very long teeth. All this peculiarities, gave them their bad reputation of nasty biters. Actually, their temperamnt is not so good, but they can be accustomed to be handled with a regular routine.
They are not so available here, in Europe, and their cost is around 250-300€ for a CB baby.
I want to point up that they are not the blood-thirsty beasts they seems, ageing they calm down, and are very hardy and rewarding snakes.
Definately I love them!
Valerio
Here you are few pics of another female of mine, lemon, a WC scrub python.
Cheers.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b16/Apodora/Assassina008.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b16/Apodora/Lemon20.jpg

[bloodpython_MA]

Awesome snakes! At the Manchest show i saw an AWESOME Koufi Island Barneck, but it was outta my price range lol.
blood

[Beardo]

Gorgeous Scrubs! If they didn't get so large, I'd definitely have one. :)

[Morgan]

I thought those looked eerily similar to the Amithistine Pythons I saw at the show. I love how velvety they are.

[jurgen]

Pretty cool!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Andrewpythonman]

Man shes a beautie. How big/long is she?

[Valerio]

Hi Andrew, she is 2,40 mts long and she began to acquire bulk. I Hope to breed them next year.
Cheers
Valerio.

[Obywatel_Snejk]

Seriously, I am amazed. Amethistinus is one of the most beautiful Morelias!
The only pain is that they grow so big!

[Chishower]

Gorgeous. Just gorgeous.