This is Ivy, my new asian vine snake (Ahaetulla prasina). Vine snakes are rear-fanged. If I'm allergic or just particularily sensitive to her venom, she'd probably kill me. If not, then it would most likely swell up, burn, and blister. I'm not new to dangerous herps though, and compared to elapids and vipers, she's not that dangerous. I've got far deadlier herps anyway (like my rough-skinned newt).

Vine snakes are pencil-thin, have horizontal pupils, and can get about 6 feet long as adults. The horizontal pupils give them excellent binocuar vision, which they use to hunt lizards, their main food source. They're one of the very few species that hunt by site, not by scent. One of my favorite species, I couldn't pass up the opportunity, and especially since I got a discount! She eats anoles.





The last thing an anole sees

Ivy food

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The second half...




Ivy's cage

Ivy's cagemates, Thing 1 and Thing 2

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Beautiful snake and stick bug thingy! Whered you get them and where do you get their anoles?

I got Ivy at a local reptile store in the area. I know the guy pretty well, and he's pretty good with his reptiles. He gave me a $20 discount on her, and sold me 3 anoles at $3 a piece. She only eats every 2 weeks or so.

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Pretty cool... Can you send me some feeding pics? I say send because some people may be sensitive to the whole feeding lizards to snakes thing.

Actually, she's eating as I type this. When she's finished I'll post all the pics. I don't think anyone will mind. Vine snakes gotta eat too, and they eat lizards. I hope to someday train her to accept mice like I did my garter snakes, mostly just because of the price difference, even if I get the anoles cheap, I breed my own mice. For now anoles will do though.

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Beautiful snake Matt, you got me wanting one now!! Her pupils are amazing! What's she like to handle? LOL and why has she got bug friends?? Thanks for the feeding pics too, very interesting.

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Beautiful snake Matt, and very interesting, but dont think I can watch chapter 2 lol, death of the anole, I watched a program last night called "last of the dragons" I got so excited thinking it was going to be about beardeds and water dragons, it was mostly bigger herps like crocks, Igs, monitors comodo dragons and other lizards, and a lot of snakes, it kept showing other lizards and snakes eating others I was like Awwwww, Awwww, Awww, all through the programe lol, but it was still interesting.. i even recorded it your snake is a beauty and like you say it has to eat, hope you manage to convert it, the stick things are awesome love them

OMG, she is awesome. I love her eyes, please post more pics asap....

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:D I'm smiling because I have no idea whats going on!

Very beautiful, unusual-looking animal! I love the horizontal pupils!
Yes, more pics, please!

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