My female was collected by me, over a year ago. She was 19 inches and 180 grams. The males was collected a month later, 14 inches, both axanthic.
She was 23 inches before copulation and 230 grams. she gained to 320 grams before egg deposition.
This is her first clutch and she laid 23 eggs which 10 were infertile.
I nested her in my standard colubrid nesting cage and material. She dropped 3 to 5 day from shedding.

nesting cages.

Theres 8 inches of coco/sand mix, with a piece of glass placed a couple inches in the mix. Then board over 3/4 of the surface, then a couple of inches of sphagnum moss. Water bowl, lite etc, like a normal cage.

Here she is under the glass.

The eggs were not laid under the glass like most colubrids do, but all the way to the bottom and a few inches from two walls.
I removed the female washed her off, as she was covered in that black dust from the moss. She fed as soon as her belly hit the floor of her cage. now the wait. Her next clutch and/or other females clutched will be tested in other types of substrate including the material I found natural nests in.

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