Daily Archives: November 29, 2007

YELLOW BACKED BLIND SNAKE FOUND

Category: 1. Typhlopidae - BLIND SNAKES
Date: November 29th 2007
By: admin

Today we collected a very nice specimen of the rare Yellow Backed Blind Snake Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus in Watamu. We have found them in the area before but not much is known about them. The last one we had we got to eat the small white termites and also it occasionally would eat ants eggs. We [...]

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Katherin’s Sand Snake in Tsavo

Category: 4. Colubridae - TYPICAL SNAKES
Date: November 29th 2007
By: admin

This is actually a comment just in in from one of our Blog readers.
Couple of months ago, saw a vehicle in Tsavo E, NP run over a Sand Snake…I got out of my vehicle and tail caught the snake which was heading into the brush. Its skin was torn but I don’t think the ribs [...]

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WALTER’S BIO-KEN EXPERIENCE

Category: F. OTHER STUFF
Date: November 29th 2007
By: admin

Today I thought I would introduce you to the Bio-Ken experience. This is a program that we created here at Bio-Ken for our visitors that do not have a specific research project. It accommodates students of all ages that wish to come and work with us to gain some practical experience in working with reptiles [...]

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