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Prairie Cornsnake
scientific name: Elaphe [Pantherophis] emoryi
| 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 |