Everyone needs a Keelback..

[xxMelissaxx]

...really. These little guys are great to keep!

 

[Snakeluvver2]

Angry angry jealous face.
Great little critters!

 

[Scleropages]

Mine bite

 

[xxMelissaxx]

Mine bite

Better than that other little trick they do

 

[andrew_p]

how big do these guys get?

 

[cadwallader]

around 80cm, we catch heaps of these little guys out at uni... they are very nice little snakes

 

[hornet]

Mel, Paul, do either of you breed these? Would love a couple of these, we gets heaps locally but so hard to find in captivity apart from WC from the NT

 

[xxMelissaxx]

Mel, Paul, do either of you breed these? Would love a couple of these, we gets heaps locally but so hard to find in captivity apart from WC from the NT

Sorry, I don't. Keep looking - some pop up from time to time.

 

[cadwallader]

you could do some awesome tanks for these guys and tree snakes half water etc love water loving reps

 

[James..94]

Very nice Melissa

 

[dossy]

stupid question but are keelbacks venomouse?

 

[cadwallader]

no but they look very similar to a different sp. called a rough scaled which give a very bad bite so have to be careful when finding them in the wild...

 

[dossy]

ok thanx...this means that there is a possibility i can get one...mums rule one no snakes rule two no venomouse snakes...i might beable to break rule 1 one day

 

[James..94]

Hayden they are class 2 so you need to keep a colobrid for 2 years.

 

[redbellybite]

Hayden they are class 2 so you need to keep a colobrid for 2 years.

when you say they are a class two ...these are colubrids as well ..so do you mean that these fellas are more restricted then other colubrid now?

 

[snakeluvver]

I love how Keelbacks look venomous and scary while they're actually not (yes i know some people say they're mildly venomous but whatever lol)

 

[Scleropages]

Mel, Paul, do either of you breed these? Would love a couple of these, we gets heaps locally but so hard to find in captivity apart from WC from the NT

Maybes I might have some eggs soonish..

 

[PMyers]

Please please please bear me in mind if you do. Would LOVE a pair of these puppies ;-)

 

[James..94]

when you say they are a class two ...these are colubrids as well ..so do you mean that these fellas are more restricted then other colubrid now?

What I meant was they are on the NSW advanced license and to keep one you have to have a class 1 colubrid for 2 years 1st.

 

[xxMelissaxx]

Edit: Oops, no idea how to re-size that picture...how annoying of me!