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Howdy,

Does anyone have any experience working with the leaf-nosed snakes (Phyllorhynchus)?

Thanks,
Billy

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Phillyherping

All I can do is regurgitate what's written in Stebbins. They're purported to feed almost exclusively on banded geckos. I asked the same question you're asking in another forum and got one reply. If I remember correctly, the guy set the snake up in a desert type cage, with sand, rock hides, a small water bowl, and a UTH along the back, he put appropriately sized banded geckos in the cage with it, but the snake did not eat them. He ended up releasing the snake at the capture site.

-Alice

Hi Alice,

This is the most authoritative source I've been able to find on their diet:

bioweb.usu.edu/sapo/36--Diet of Phyllorhynchus.pdf

The short of it is that there is little evidence of them eating much besides lizard eggs. I've posted questions about them on another forum since this post, and it looks like no one's been able to keep them successfully, even if you present them with a variety of lizard eggs for food.

Billy