Acrochordus javanicus

Snakes exotic to South Africa commonly known as non-venomous.

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Acrochordus javanicus

Postby Contortrix » Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:09 pm

Sharing some pictures of my Acrochordus javanicus, the setup are missing some roots and some more plants.

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Re: Acrochordus javanicus

Postby Lickyoureyeballs » Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:20 pm

that is an awesome looking snake. Ive never seen anything like that. Is it completely aquatic?
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Re: Acrochordus javanicus

Postby fredsmith » Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:22 pm

Wow! Now thats a little different.
Very cool.
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Re: Acrochordus javanicus

Postby LeglessDragon » Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:28 pm

Elephant trunk snake? The latin kills me lol!

Nice. I like their cage!
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Re: Acrochordus javanicus

Postby Urucone » Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:34 pm

Funny thing about these guys is that the PH in the water should be around 6 and that the water level should be around 1/4 of their body length, they don't like light very much and they need floating waterplants, O and they like to eat fish, so that wagtail platies in the tank has something coming, I've read an article on them about 3 weeks ago. They look stunning and it's something diffrent for a change.
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Re: Acrochordus javanicus

Postby Urucone » Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:36 pm

Correction: Wagtail X sword tail
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Re: Acrochordus javanicus

Postby Lickyoureyeballs » Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:44 pm

found this site for info http://www.acrochordus.com
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Re: Acrochordus javanicus

Postby Scavenger » Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:51 pm

Wow very interesting snake it looks very rough to the touch?
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Re: Acrochordus javanicus

Postby Contortrix » Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:56 pm

Urucone

That's true, they are shy to light and need more hours of darkness then light. I have notised that mine feed better when lightcycle is Light:8h Dark:16h. There is allot of floating waterplants that don't show in these angles and water temperature is set at 28,7 degrees celcius.


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Yes they are 100% aquatic with an exception that juveniles rarely can visit land. As they grow bigger they get to heavy to leave the water as their own bodyweight could cause harm. Allso lifting them up as i do in the picture is not to recomend, best is to just leave them alone.


fredsmith

I feed them (0.0.6) live fish of different kind.


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Yes that's right, Elephant trunk snake, Acrochordus javanicus is their scientific name.



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Re: Acrochordus javanicus

Postby Warren Klein » Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:04 pm

These are cute snakes if ever there were. So sad to see how the aboriginals in Australia bite the head and tug the neck to kill them during their seasonal harvest of this species.
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Re: Acrochordus javanicus

Postby shamroth » Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:31 pm

Very very nice, would love to be able to find some of these for sale.
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Re: Acrochordus javanicus

Postby Bushviper » Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:04 pm

They do best in slightly salty water too. They are rough so that they can clamp down on fish to feed on and the fish cannot get away.

It is sad to think that there are more of these snakes skinned than any other species of snake in Far East. The tanned skins are very soft after the rough scales are crushed.

Their tongues are unusually long.

I hope you manage to raise it and if it is a female it might just breed even if it is on its own. If it is a male then at least it will not outgrow the tank.
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Re: Acrochordus javanicus

Postby Contortrix » Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:13 pm

Bushviper

I actually keep 0.0.6 of them. I have been advised and allso read on the internet to not add any salt to the water.

"Many people seem to think that A. javanicus is a Brackish animal. True, they are found in Mangroves, Estuaries and other Brackish environments, but--they are also found Offshore in Open Ocean--just as rattlesnakes are found several miles out in the Gulf of Mexico. Acrochordus javanicus is a Very Freshwater Creature. And keeping them Successfully in captivity in Freshwater is the normal route."

From : http://www.acrochordus.com/jcaresheet.htm
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Re: Acrochordus javanicus

Postby Durban Keeper » Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:08 am

The photograph on that link is just too awesome for words! Do you think you can take a feeding pic for us please Contortix?

Here's a little extract from Wikipedia.
''Adults grown to 8.25 ft (2.5 m) in length.[3] They have amazingly loose skin and are known to prey on large fish, such as eel-tailed catfish. Females are usually larger than males and they have been known to give birth to up to 17 young. The indigenous peoples of northern Australia often hunt these snakes as they are quite common. As the snakes are near immobilized without the support of water the hunters merely throw each newly caught snake on the bank and continue hunting until they have enough. In New Guinea the skin is used to make drums.''

Really is something else. Are these snakes being kept locally? Very cool indeed.
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Re: Acrochordus javanicus

Postby Bushviper » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:36 pm

Wow so thats how advice differs. This was given to me by people who actually had some that they were keeping. I dont know how long they had had them and never found out how long they lived either. Sorry.
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