Adder + Nikon 40mm Macro

Havent posted on here in a long time so here is an image taken a couple of weeks ago of one of my Adders.

These were taken with my new Nikon 40mm macro lens which is a superb bit of kit.

As this is a 2011 adder I was close to the subject.

Unless you are very comfortable with your camera technique its probably best to use a longer focal length lens.

One of my females


One of my males

Robert V wrote: Hi,   great pics, but when you say yours, do you mean they're in cages? I'm assuming then that you're not cooling them for hibernation period?   R

The snakes were allowed to continue feeding until "nature kicked in", as such they went off food around a month ago and are now being cooled having passed all food through.

They are in small RUB's at present and will be moved into Vivarium's next year and if all goes well into an external viv the following year.

I currently have three and a further  4 on order.

These ones were from a captive breeding program. I have more on order.

AGILIS wrote: I hope these adders are only temporary in captivity as in protective custody from a site that is under development threat as you give no explanation ,seeing these are endangered species.keith

Keith these are captive bred from captive bred adults and cannot be released into the wild.

They are in my long term plans along with the additional four ordered.

Feel free to pm me if you would like additional info

herpetologic2 wrote: Why can't they be released into the wild? More to the point why are you keeping them? J

Probably the simplest answer to your first point is whether or not captive bred adders would survive having been born in captivity.

The second one is more complex and i will pm you