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Does Ahaetulla Prasina eat tree frogs? if so is it ok to use green tree frogs?

Yea, they eat tree frogs and lizards. And also guppies and goldfish. If you get them conditioned to taking guppies from a shallow bowl below their perch, then add a tiny pinks or frog scented pinks and they often take to pinks after a while.

Dan

have you used Green treefrogs to feed yours?

Yea, fed them green trees and they liked them a ton.

I actually lived in Indonesia for 3 years and would walk creeks and streams and see vine snakes in the branches over the creeks looking down for frogs or fishes they could snatch. The wildlife management areas there get a lot of people traffic walking the creeks, and the vine snakes conditioned themselves to use humans to stir their food. Hence, the vine snakes would actually come down when people approached and wait for people to walk and stir around a lizard or frog for them to eat.

Dan

That is an interesting observation. I would like to see it myself. U said that the movement of people stirred up frogs for the snakes. How far were the snakes distanced from let's say the walking path of a person?

The branches overhung the creeks and the vine snakes were at head level and would hang down and snatch fish/frogs from the small creeks. The creeks were made of rock and the only real passage to a point, so walking the side or up the middle of the creek stepping on rocks was actually the trail to a particular view point. The guides pointed out the vine snakes and explained how they at first retreat, but then come closer to see if people will step near a frog and the frog jumps and the vines will chase after it. I also found a few flying snakes along the creek. I had it by the tail and it ungulated its body waving its scales in a "wave" motion and had different colors and looked like a rainbow. I believe it was trying to threaten me off. It worked because I let let its tail go.

Dan