Has anyone here ever kept stenophis sp.? i saw the ad in the classiufieds and they look very interesting.
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Stenophis sp.
Efly
May 24, 2004 11:12 PM
Replies (3)
rearfang
May 25, 2004 07:13 AM
I have kept one species of Stenophis. The speciecies advertised...Is it bright yellow with black bands? If so mine lived for about two months on a diet of anoles (they also eat frogs) before both died. I have seen other's post about these and they all say pretty much the same thing...A VERY DELICATE SPECIES...HARD TO KEEP ALIVE. I recommend setting them up like you would a frog.
Frank
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"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."
May 26, 2004 04:54 PM
Hi,
"According to Ivan Ineich (From national muséum of natural history of Paris), this Stenophis eat frogs (no bird). But it's possible that this snake has a very specialised feeding (perhaps a few species of frogs).
I tried to feed them with Heterixalus alboguttatus (malagasy frog). But no feeding.
I think it will be difficult to maintain this species in captivity. Some snakes are not adapted to the captivity, perhaps Stenophis is one of them. Rémi"
(abstract of the subject there: http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=391347,391347)
yours.
Rémi
rearfang
May 30, 2004 07:36 AM
That is the one I had. Like I said, it did eat small lizards (frogs were not available to me at the time).
Frank
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"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."
