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Who has experience with and information about this beautiful snake? It's also called the Egyptian flowersnake.

greetings,

Bram

Hi,

I have never heard of Coluber florulentus referred to as the Egyptian flower snake, but I am familiar with the species Coluber florulentus algirus, commonly referred to as the Algerian whipsnake. It is native to the Southeastern portion of Malta, but has since been introduced to a few other Islands, such as Gozo and Kemmura.
It is a shy, smallish species, rarely reaching over 3 feet. It is crespecular, typically found only at sunrise and sunset. Searching among rock formations and crevices for prey. The diet consist primarily of small lizards, geckos, small snakes, young birds and small mammals.
The background color of this species is a wood tone color, quite striking, with a transverse row of black bars and a distinctive black spot beneath the eyes. Some specimens demonstrate a more grey background color.
They are a bit difficult to maintain in captivity, especially as babies, as they prefer geckos and other small reptiles as prey items, but can be converted to rodent prey given time and effort.

I hope this is helpful,
Jeff

Thank you!
I've added a picture of my male coluber. This one allready ate mice when he was kept by a friend of mine.

Bram

Very attractive specimen you have there. The hide is quite clever as well. Do you only have the 1.0 ?
It would be a shame to maintain such a specimen, with no appropriate mate. I will inquire as to the availability of excess genetic stock, which may be available, from some of the institutions I am aware of, which maintain them within their living collections.
Again, that is a very nice specimen you have there.

I have a 0.1 too so I hope I will have success with these beautiful snakes! But I won't start to get false hope, cause have no breeding experience at all! All of my other snakes are males (quadrivitatta, rossalleni (hypo), bairdi). I will try to feed them today and will scent the mice with my lizards from the same region. Hope it will work.

Bram

The male ate female not yet but I hope she will in a few weeks and maybe they'll breed in april.

bram

Bram,

Great news. I am certain the female will come around with time. One trick I use has been to boil a few anoles and geckos and dipping the mouse into the "soup". This has often worked for me. Also, I have offered geckos or anoles, then immediately offered a scented mouse, or rat pup, immediately following their completeion of the first item. Just a few suggestions which have worked for me in the past.
Good luck with breeding that pair. With other species from the same region, I have successfully reproduced them by dropping night temps and photo period, the offering a light morning enclosure misting at the onset of bringing the evening temps back up.

Good luck,
Jeff

Well I suggest you're an American? Well I'm Dutch and all wild animals are protected. So I don't have the oppertunity to grap a anolis (whe don't even got that species) from the backyard and I'm happy all of my lizards are doing great! So I scent the mice by rubbing the mice over the back of the lizards.

I thank you for all of your support and I wished the Racers Forum was a little more used by other users!

greetings,

Bram