Lowland Swamp Viper

by **Death-Skull** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:08 am

Hi all I dont know where to post plz move it someone!!

Has any1 on this forum ever kept these animals and does any1 hav pics??

by **damiensharjah** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:11 am

Yes..... and .....Um Yes. At Transvaal Snake Park, many years ago.

by **Death-Skull** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:16 am

ok

cool,

How does one keep them and any advice on them?

by **damiensharjah** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:23 am

Once you've sourced your snakes legally (good luck) and acquired the appropriate permits, they are pretty straight forward. We kept them in dry sphagnum moss that was sprayed once a day, in a large room with about 70% humidity. Adults took pinks without much hassle, but babies, as far as I remember, were sticky. They probably eat more frogs in the wild than anything else.

by **Death-Skull** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:26 am

i hear that they aint local so u dont need permits any1 know this??

by **Trayton** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:44 pm

They're not local,they're from Mozambique.

by **Bushviper** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:04 pm

Not just Mozambique, they occur in places like Malawi and Tanzania too with the biggest distribution being in Malawi.

They are easy to keep as adults and become fat quite quickly. The babies will take reed fogs and one took a gecko too. My one female had six babies, another had fou babies and another one just had one baby. That was many years ago though.

The bite is not as simple as expected. After about 6 hours breathing problems were recorded however there was minimal bleeding which is what one would have expected. Swelling was rather severe and was painful to the touch.

There are some around in South Africa but I think there is a scarcity of one sex although I cannot remember what.

I will go look for pics.

by **steve** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:34 pm

There was an adult specimen for sale about 2 expos back...way over priced though.

by **NAJA** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:06 pm

The shortage lies in the Males in this species of snake. Have been after a male now for a good couple of years and i know of at least one other friend who has the same problem

by **Death-Skull** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:10 pm

Naja - Do u have one??If so would u plz post pics

by **NAJA** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:16 pm

I suppose i could take some pics and post them when i get a change. I still have the single female which i have been looking for a mate for. Very interesting snakes and rather easy to look after. They remind me very much off my Mpumalanga Berg Adders.

by **Death-Skull** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:20 pm

thanks

does anyone know where i can get them??

by **NAJA** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:25 pm

Good luck in finding some. I currently only know of two people in the country who have these snakes. Im sure there must be more though.

I know that they are very common in certain areas of there distribution range though.

by **ylangylang** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:05 pm

Maybe they will have some at the reptile expo...?

by **Rob** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:35 pm

NAJA - How old is yours and what length? Really nice snakes.

Lowland Swamp Viper

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