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Wolfgang Wüster
Systematicus
Number of posts: 246
Age: 102
Location: UK
Points: 1792
Registration date: 2008-03-12
 | | Subject: Re: all 3 species Sat 8 May - 18:01 | |
| | Stefan Anthonijsz wrote: | | I thought Oxyuranus temporalis wasn't really accepted as a valid species. Or am I wrong? |
No reason at all to doubt it. It was described uing both morphological and molecular data, and shown to be highly distinct. It has not been written about since because it is known only from a single dead specimen from a very remote and hard-to-get-to part of Australia, so no more specimens have been forthcoming to my knowledge. |
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Stefan Anthonijsz
Serpent Chief
Number of posts: 600
Age: 25
Location: the Netherlands
Points: 1730
Registration date: 2009-09-29
| | Subject: Re: all 3 species Sat 8 May - 21:28 | |
| You were all totally right  After reading the paper again but this time little bit better I also have no doubts |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: all 3 species Mon 10 May - 12:41 | |
| I've noticed in recent months quite a few micros. and canni c.b. for sale in the U.S. recently. Anybody know where they originated?
@terry- yes they are at the capefear serp., but originally those animals are owned by my mentor Roark Ferguson he donated them for display and with hope of reproduction. No babies since. Makes me sad. : ( |
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Scott Eipper
Snakekeeper
Number of posts: 44
Age: 32
Location: South East Queensland, Australia
Points: 718
Registration date: 2010-08-04
| | Subject: Re: all 3 species Sat 14 Aug - 10:48 | |
| just as a side note a second specimen of temporalis turned up recently (dead) an adult female 300 odd km range extension
Icidentally both my scutellatus and microlepidotus were mating this morning
Cheers,
Scott |
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Andrew Hacket
Snakemaster
Number of posts: 445
Age: 33
Location: South Africa
Points: 1864
Registration date: 2008-04-27
| | Subject: Re: all 3 species Sat 14 Aug - 12:25 | |
| From Sareptiles.co.za... http://www.sareptiles.co.za/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=22821&p=175977&hilit=temporalis#p175977 LIVE TEMPORALIS PICTURES http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/secret-snake-discovered-in-wa/story-e6frg12c-1225892662484 Not long after the type description was published, I was sent the following photograph by the daughter of the late Len Beadell - the man who actually led the construction of the Gunbarrel Highway and many of the other desert tracks across inland Australia ... this snake was seen on the road 100+ km west of Papunya in the NT a couple of years back.   |
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Peter van Issem
Snakemaster
Number of posts: 473
Age: 45
Location: GERMANY
Points: 1692
Registration date: 2009-03-08
| | Subject: Re: all 3 species Sat 14 Aug - 15:05 | |
| Thats great Andrew! Thanks for this information.
Now we have seen a life one of this species, maby now and in the near future we can see close up´s from such a snake. Any locality data are very usefull to found more.
Peter |
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Bostjan Kraner
Serpent Chief
Number of posts: 573
Age: 33
Location: Maribor - Slovenia
Points: 1512
Registration date: 2010-03-14
| | Subject: Re: all 3 species Mon 16 Aug - 4:43 | |
| It would be good to have some more pictures and exact locality for this species. I don't know for any other taipan to live in that area. If the location is west to Papunya, there is no records for other species I know. Micrilepidotus dwell more to east and Scutellatus on east and north shore areas. Thank you Andrew for this information. To bad there aren't more surveys made in this areas about herpetofauna.
BKK |
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Drew Edwards
Newbie
Number of posts: 23
Age: 21
Location: Southern USA
Points: 634
Registration date: 2010-10-18
| | Subject: Re: all 3 species Fri 15 Apr - 9:29 | |
| [quote="Terry Phillip"]In S. Carolina I assume you are at Cape fear serpentarium? and the two would be O.s. canni? I wonder why anyone would quote you that info? Any further details?
Old or not they are very cool snakes.
T-[/quote]
The Cape Fear Serpentarium is located near Wilmington, North Carolina U.S.A. and owned by Dean Ripa. |
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Drew Edwards
Newbie
Number of posts: 23
Age: 21
Location: Southern USA
Points: 634
Registration date: 2010-10-18
| | Subject: Re: all 3 species Fri 15 Apr - 9:30 | |
| Anyone that keeps reptiles in the USA has violated the Lacey Act in one way or another. |
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Simon Ball
Snakekeeper
Number of posts: 72
Age: 55
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Points: 652
Registration date: 2010-11-17
| | Subject: Re: all 3 species Fri 15 Apr - 9:47 | |
| | Wolfgang Wüster wrote: | | [ it is known only from a single dead specimen from a very remote and hard-to-get-to part of Australia, so no more specimens have been forthcoming to my knowledge. |
A joint collecting trip between WA and SA Museum staff collected three live specimens last year. They are being held in captivity in SA for study purposes.
And yes, another (dead) was identified from an area about 300km away, giving us a little bit of an idea of their range.
Just for info, the original was misidentified as Pseudonaja nuchalis when it was originally collected by the WA Museum. One of their staff recognised its significance when going through the collection and set about "proving" its status.
Cheers,
Simon |
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Drew Edwards
Newbie
Number of posts: 23
Age: 21
Location: Southern USA
Points: 634
Registration date: 2010-10-18
| | Subject: Re: all 3 species Fri 15 Apr - 10:49 | |
| There are two being kept at the Adelaide Zoo for venom research, behavioral study, and eventually reproductive study. I bet they are easy to breed! LOL |
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Randy Ciuros
Serpent Chief
Number of posts: 589
Age: 51
Location: North Florida, USA
Points: 2071
Registration date: 2008-03-18
| | Subject: Re: all 3 species Fri 15 Apr - 20:51 | |
| I sold my female O. s canni to Dean Ripa about 6 years ago, and I saw it on display at his Serpentarium a couple times. |
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