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does anyone have any info on these snakes?

I know they are venomous (thats why im at thise forum)
I would like to know where i can get a few.

also i dont know about asian vine snakes....anyone have info on those?

I'll tell you what I've found out so far, but I've never quite been up to acquiring a pair. They're just sort of an ongoing interest. Tentacles are completly aquatic. They have reduced belly scales and can't really crawl well on land. I'd imagine they dry up pretty quick too. They prefer warm (80-85) water and a low pH (6.5). I never quite found out what sort of salinity they like. Good water quality is also important. They like a lot of plant cover and eat live fish. I guess they stiffen up like a board when held, and are slow strikers, but if I were you I'd try to avoid getting bitten. They're good escape artists and a major reason I don't have any is I couldn't figure out how to fit a filter and heater on the cage and still make the lid escape proof. Also, i guess the algae growing on their skin is important and they are very vulnerable when they shed. They're live bearers.

For the filter use an internal filter.

keep the water about 6 inches from the top of the tank (since they cant move very well outside water)....in this 6 inche space you can have potho vines growing around. the snakes like to hide in the roots and pothos grow new roots at every leaf.

i heard that they like temps around 75 degrees.

freshwater,acidic water,slow moving water.

they are ambush predators so the eat any minnow that gets near them and by instinct they can eat more than what fits in them.