Unusually coloured female boomslang

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Unusually coloured female boomslang

Postby armata » Wed Aug 06, 2008 4:56 pm

You may have seen this snake before, but she is so beautiful, from Little Karoo.



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Re: Unusually coloured female boomslang

Postby froot » Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:22 pm

Very pretty, they can be so variable.
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Re: Unusually coloured female boomslang

Postby atropos » Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:44 pm

Wow. She's beautiful
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Re: Unusually coloured female boomslang

Postby boing » Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:40 am

Guu wrote:Wow. She's beautiful


You took my comments. I agree completely!!
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Re: Unusually coloured female boomslang

Postby Alan Hyde » Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:01 am

Lovely picture Tony
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Re: Unusually coloured female boomslang

Postby Boadicea » Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:14 pm

She looks like quite the madam on her perch Tony - almost as though she is posing coyly for the camera Marilyn Monroe style.:) She is really lovely Have you known her long?
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Re: Unusually coloured female boomslang

Postby froot » Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:47 pm

She is a queen, stunning!
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