Rbb ??

[FAY]

My partner is just getting his ven licence and wants to get a RBB.
I said it has to be top colour, you know black with top red or top blue.
As babies, can you get a good idea of how they will turn out colourwise??

 

[Timmy-Morelia]

ive heard that the red bellies from victoria have a better colour

 

[varanus]

My babies had intense colour.

to this;

 

[FAY]

That is what I am after varanus. Did you breed it?

 

[varanus]

I'm not breeding blacks anymore, Fay. However, I can put you in contact with a breeder.

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

P.porphyriacus is one of the most uniform colour variants of any species, however there is a suggestive trend of more southern species to be larger and better colour over northern species(Shine papers) but thats not to say you wont get a good northern specimen.
Considering your in sydney you will most likely come across exactly what your after as many in captivity here would have come from sydney or surrounds originally ,and there is some really good ones around.

 

[ssssmithy]

heres a couple of my qld girls

good luck im sure you wont have any problems finding nice ones for sale

as for me i like the brown and red and even white in rare cases that you get in the qld form rbbs.

 

[Tassie97]

they are an awesome elapid

 

[SnakeyTroy]

Hi Smithy. This might be a stupid question but I have always wondered how do you get those photos with the pure white background? what is the trick?

heres a couple of my qld girls

good luck im sure you wont have any problems finding nice ones for sale

as for me i like the brown and red and even white in rare cases that you get in the qld form rbbs.

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[ssssmithy]

to be honest,that photo was taken of the snake placed in an esky on its side, the flash bounces off the white interior and gives a nice background lol

 

[daniel1234]

ive heard that the red bellies from victoria have a better colour

and the northern ones are bigger.

 

[eipper]

northern ones are not bigger than the east gippsland ones

 

[jack]

northern ones are not bigger than the east gippsland ones

and both are tiddlers to Nowra ones if the local stories are to be trusted...
i have now twice heard the "stretched right across the road" tale applied to them down here

Lovely animals Fay, everyone should have one

 

[junglepython2]

northern ones are not bigger than the east gippsland ones

What's the biggest one you've seen down that way Scott?

 

[OzGecko]

The best RBB I've seen was collected from near Victor Harbour in SA. It was jet black with a deep crimson red belly. This animal was being used in a venomous snake handling course.

 

[eipper]

The largest I have measured was a 172 cm svl male. I have seen others that were larger than that in the same location....but they don't count as a tape was not put to them.

 

[grizz]

to be honest,that photo was taken of the snake placed in an esky on its side, the flash bounces off the white interior and gives a nice background lol

good trick but where do you keep the beer?

 

[jedi_339]

biggest RBB I ever saw was out west of Dalby,
unfortunately he was curled in the bottom of a tree trunk for the night so I couldn't get an idea of length.

He was at a guess 10-12cm in diameter or more, gorgeous colour under torchlight

 

[No-two]

Get ones with black noses. So southern ones are best.

This boy is from somewhere in SA, but I can't remember the exact locality. Has a very pretty belly aswell, definatley my favourite elapids.

 

[alrightknight]

The best RBB I've seen was collected from near Victor Harbour in SA. It was jet black with a deep crimson red belly. This animal was being used in a venomous snake handling course.

My uncle has some pictures of some absolute stunning rrb's in his backyard in victor harbour, some of the nicest ones of seen.