World's Most Colorful Snake? - The 100 Flower Snake (Moellendorff's Ratsnake)

Hi, Frank Indiviglio here. I’m a herpetologist, zoologist, and book author, recently retired from a career spent at several zoos, aquariums, and museums, including over 20 years with the Bronx Zoo.
Although various American ratsnakes have long been pet trade staples, Asian species have received far less attention from snake enthusiasts. Among them, however, we find a fantastic diversity of colorful, interesting species, some of which are now being bred in captivity. My favorite is the magnificent Moellendorff’s Ratsnake or 100 Flower Snake (Orthriophis moellendorffi). It’s other common names – Red-Headed Ratsnake, Flower Snake and Trinket Snake – are a testament to its striking coloration. Considered by many to be the most beautiful of all ratsnakes (“designer morphs” included!), Moellendorff’s Ratsnake care is now fairly well-understood…and it may well become the next “break-out” species from Asia! Read the rest of this article here http://bit.ly/1gVra0W
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This is a species I've looked into, but at the time, little was known about them and it seemed difficult to get the wild-caught adults to acclimate. I am curious, though, why the article in the link does not include any pics of adult Moellendorff's Rat Snakes. There was a hatchling, which does not yet have the characteristic coloration of the adults, and pics of a Mandarin Rat and a very feisty Radiated Rat, but no Moellendorff's.

pitbulllady

Cool snake and nice to point it out but the most colorful snake? no, not to me. The milks and kings take over there, along with the S.A. tricolor hognose.

pitbulllady said:

This is a species I've looked into, but at the time, little was known about them and it seemed difficult to get the wild-caught adults to acclimate. I am curious, though, why the article in the link does not include any pics of adult Moellendorff's Rat Snakes. There was a hatchling, which does not yet have the characteristic coloration of the adults, and pics of a Mandarin Rat and a very feisty Radiated Rat, but no Moellendorff's.

pitbulllady

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Hello,

Please see the article's second paragraph for an explanation of the photos included and a link to photos of adults, best, Frank

Galapoheros said:

Cool snake and nice to point it out but the most colorful snake? no, not to me. The milks and kings take over there, along with the S.A. tricolor hognose.

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Not even. How about the Malaysian blue coral snake or San Francisco garter snake? Those definitely take the cake for me. Or many of the arboreal, green tree snakes.

Hi..all amazing snakes, and many more could qualify, thank, Frank

Only pic that loaded for me was a mandarin rat snake would it be possible to post pics of the actuall snake only 1 of the links worked for me

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