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« on: December 28, 2011, 12:44:01 PM »
Got some more cool reptiles yesterday.

Smiley

Kerby...


Common snapping turtle


Leopard tortoises (one with a diet deficiency)


Argus monitor


Nice big one Canebrake (A Yeager snake LOL) (62 x 10 1/2)


Nice big Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake (58 x 9 1/4)


Monitor


Dumerils Monitor


Blue Tegu


Monitor


Neotropical Rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus vegrundis)  54 x 6 1/2


Crocodile monitor


Iguana



Waglers Viper


Cayman Iguana hybrid


Red foot tortoise


Pacific rattlesnake


Nose horned viper


Gaboon viper - huge! (50 x 12)
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« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2011, 01:40:11 PM »
The head on that Waglers Viper looks intimidating!
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« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2011, 07:21:14 PM »
Good lord man! Some pricey lizards you got there (at least alive).
Is the yellow head monitor Varanus cumingi ?
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« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2011, 07:31:21 PM »
Man, thats alot of reptiles.  Are these all yours or customers.  I dig the gaboon viper, how big is it.  I have a tanned skin of one that is 65 inches.   Thanks for sharing.  Is the gaboon going to be for sale after mounted?  Skullery....Jeff
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« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2011, 08:19:16 PM »
Looks like you'll have your hands full for a while.
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« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2011, 08:44:59 PM »
You get some cool Reptile's
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« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2011, 10:42:09 PM »
I am keeping the:

canebrake
eastern diamondback
neotropical rattlesnake
gaboon viper
nose horn viper
waglers viper
and the orange iguana

Everything else will be for sale frozen whole (except the Pacific rattlesnake might already be spoken for).  I am also molding all the heads before selling them.  And molding all the tortoise shells.

@ skullery:  yes everything once mounted will be for sale.  And the gaboon viper is huge at least in girth.  (50 x 12)

At my molding/casting seminar at the UTA Convention, I will be molding the nose horn viper with alginate to show how to make a body for mounting and then molding it with silicone to make a good reproduction.

When I start to advertise these specimens for sale I will also post them here in the Reptile Section as the For Sale Section moves way too fast.  It will be after the UTA Convention in January.

@ bullwhipcracker, I'm not sure on the yellow headed monitor as it is a juvie.  I am going to have to ask the guy I got it from.

I also got a Kinkajou which I will be mounting soon.


Smiley

Kerby...
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« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2011, 11:01:35 PM »
I checked with Frank Retes (not the guy I got these from) and confirmed it is a Phillipine Water Monitor (Varanus cumingi).  Frank is the Varanus God.  LOL

Because of the status of the Phillipine Water Monitor, I will mount it and just give it back to the institution for display.  Not for sale.

Smiley

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« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2011, 11:11:08 PM »
@ northernmontana - yea these will be summertime projects, but I will have to get one of them done for the Kansas Show (March).

@ RTtaxidermy - yea I have some nice connections, one of the benefits of breeding snakes since the early 1990's and vending at reptile shows.  But these did not come from breeders.  They came from a zoo/rehaber.

Smiley

Kerby...
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« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2011, 01:46:09 AM »
If you don't find time for that Gaboon buddy I do know a guy that will buy it from you as is!   Grin

Great collection.  I'm jealous!   Cool
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« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2011, 06:42:32 AM »
"At my molding/casting seminar at the UTA Convention, I will be molding the nose horn viper with alginate to show how to make a body for mounting and then molding it with silicone to make a good reproduction.

Kerby, have you any plans for a DVD on this subject Huh?? I for one would buy it.
John
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« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2011, 10:00:32 AM »
Yeager snake huh?  That looks more like a timber to me. Roll Eyes Cheesy Cheesy
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« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2011, 10:31:47 AM »
Perry, I did that just for you.   Grin

Kerby...
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« Reply #13 on: December 29, 2011, 06:56:25 PM »
I know Kerby, I know. Cheesy Cheesy
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« Reply #14 on: December 30, 2011, 08:44:31 PM »
Kirby - I'd be interested in the Leopard tortoises when you get around to selling them  Grin
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