The Incredible False Water Cobra & Their Taxonomic Cousins | Zac Loughman Ph.D.

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Zac Loughman, Ph.D. is a professor of biology at West Liberty University, and in this episode, we discuss his latest book, “The Natural History and Captive Care of False Water Cobras, Barons Racers, Mussuranas, and Other Xenodontine Snakes”. The first half of the discussion revolves around the taxonomic breakdown of the family Dipsadidae and sub-family Xenodontinae, and the second half reviews the natural history and captive care of false water cobras.

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0:00 Coming Up
2:04 Welcome Dr. Zac Loughman- Why write it?
15:12 The Process of Writing the Book
22:58 Contributing to Herpetoculture
24:45 What is a Colubrid? Colubriod?
35:36 Is Colubridae doomed?
39:04 Physical Characteristics of Dipsadids
41:58 CRH & Patreon
42:49 Physical Characteristics of Dipsadids
44:34 Family Dipsadidae & Sub-Family Xenodontinae
51:32 Why False Water Cobras?
1:03:54 How Intelligent Are They?
1:13:55 False Water Cobra Native Range & Enclosures
1:20:05 Superworms for Snake Clean-Up Crew
1:24:05 Forwarded by Mark O'Shea
1:33:28 West Liberty ZooSci Prorgam
1:41:10 Closing Thoughts
1:43:50 Outro

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