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Suphan
by dendroaspis » Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:55 pm
Home is behind the world ahead, and there are many paths to tread
Through shadow to the edge of night, until the stars are all alight.
Mist and shadow
Cloud and shade
All shall fade
Through shadow to the edge of night, until the stars are all alight.
Mist and shadow
Cloud and shade
All shall fade
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Re: Suphan
by Nivea » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:01 pm
Real nice snake. I have to get some of those one day.
Nice pics
Nice pics
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Re: Suphan
by dendroaspis » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:14 pm
Thank you 
Home is behind the world ahead, and there are many paths to tread
Through shadow to the edge of night, until the stars are all alight.
Mist and shadow
Cloud and shade
All shall fade
Through shadow to the edge of night, until the stars are all alight.
Mist and shadow
Cloud and shade
All shall fade
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Re: Suphan
by fredsmith » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:19 pm
Wow!! Thats very pretty indeed!
I'm by no means a fundi with regards to cobra's, could you enlighten me with regards to which one this is?
I'm by no means a fundi with regards to cobra's, could you enlighten me with regards to which one this is?
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Re: Suphan
by fredsmith » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:22 pm
Naja k. suphanensis? - Googled Suphan... Asiatic cobra.
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Re: Suphan
by dendroaspis » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:30 pm
That be it
Home is behind the world ahead, and there are many paths to tread
Through shadow to the edge of night, until the stars are all alight.
Mist and shadow
Cloud and shade
All shall fade
Through shadow to the edge of night, until the stars are all alight.
Mist and shadow
Cloud and shade
All shall fade
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Re: Suphan
by fredsmith » Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:04 pm
Eish... when I start answering my own questions I think it's a sign I've reached my RDA of caffeine...
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Re: Suphan
by deleray » Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:07 pm
fredsmith wrote:Naja k. suphanensis? - Googled Suphan... Asiatic cobra.
Is that correct? I thought it was no longer considered a sub-species and is now just a colour variation of N. Kaouthia?
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Re: Suphan
by WW » Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:07 pm
deleray wrote:fredsmith wrote:Naja k. suphanensis? - Googled Suphan... Asiatic cobra.
Is that correct? I thought it was no longer considered a sub-species and is now just a colour variation of N. Kaouthia?
It is just a colour form of N. kaouthia. The genetics of this are not entirely clear, i.e., whether it is a kind of single locus mutation (like leucism, albinism etc.), or whether it is a regional colour phase. Certainly, most of the specimens known seem to originate from a fairly well-defined region of C. Thailand, e.g., Suphan Buri Province, after which the form is named (BTW the pronounciation is Soo-pahn, not Suh-fan - just like Phuket is pronoucend Poo-ket, not "
it", much to many people's disappointment) and the adjoining provinces or Ratchaburi, Ang Thong and Ayutthaya. I have also seen specimens that looked very intermediate between Suphans and ordinary N. kaouthia (e.g., cream-coloured, but with clear hood mark), but breeders seem to think that they come out like leucistics from crosses between normal and "Suphan" parents - I havebeen shown normal kaouthia and supposed "Suphans" that were siblings. Cheers,
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Re: Suphan
by Bushviper » Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:46 pm
I was told about blue eyed albinos that were in the zoo in Singapore. I am assuming that this is actually what they are referring to. This goes back many years when all the cobras were just subspecies of Naja naja. I remember seeing them in Germany where they were bred (along with albinos) as two different colours of albino which I was informed were incompatable with each other.
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