| Cites status: |
Not protected |
| Geographical Extension: |
From South-USA to Northern-Mexico |
| Habitat: |
Prairies, dry grass sceneries, small forests. Crepuscular. |
| Size: |
approx. 80-120 cm |
| Life Expectancy: |
over 20 years |
| Reproduction: |
lays about 30 eggs (on average 10), 2 clutches per year are possible. Incubation period at 27°C about 60 days. |
| Temperature: |
ground temperature between 26-28°C, local heat spots up to 33°C. Night setback to 20-23°C. |
| Humidity: |
50-60% |
| Lighting: |
Daylight fluorescent tubes e.g. "Sorry Link missing" or "Sorry Link missing" |
| Substrate: |
loose, absorptive substrate (see "Sorry Link missing"). |
| Cage Furniture: |
hideouts, stones, roots and other climbing facilities. Planting is possible. Flat water bowl. |
| food: |
mice of appropriate sizes and freshly born rats |
| Comment: |
Several of them can be tended together without problems |
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