Reptile & Amphibian Forums

I may have posted this gal but here is another picture of her. She drinks eggs and eats pinks from the egg yolk. She has specialized teeth like kukuri knives to slice open eggs.

Dan

Need more info on that one. What exactly is it? looks real cool though.
-----
Justin

It's a colubrid, a member of the Oligodon species (over 50 known), specifically Oligodon formosanus which ranges in China. They range from Russia to China to Southeast asia and are nocturnal ground snakes that eat lizards and eggs, but this one seems only interested in eggs. They have enlarged rear teeth used to slice open eggs. It was calm for a few days when I received it but now it rears up ready to strike, so I am very careful with it. I saw a TV show where some guy was easily bitten by these large rear teeth.

Dan

Hi Dan,

What kind of setup do you keep that species in ?

Thanks!
-----
DAVE

1.0 Western green toad
1.1 green treefrogs
1.0 Florida blue garter snake
1.1 Oriental fire-bellied toads
1.0 American bullfrog
0.1 Spanish ribbed newt
0.0.1 Eastern ribbon snake
1.1 red-cheeked mud turtles
0.1 Dubia day gecko
1.0 Sonoran gopher snake
0.1 rough green snakes
1.1 giant African black millipedes
1.0 Okeetee corn snake
0.1 Albino African clawed frog
1.0 Kenyan sand boa
0.0.1 Argentine flame-bellied toadlet
0.0.1 African bullfrog
1.0 yellow * Everglades rat snake intergrade
1.1 Western hognose snakes
1.2 fire salamanders
1.0 scarlet kingsnake
0.0.1 Argentine horned frog
0.1 Southern ringneck snakes
1.0 Florida scarletsnake
0.0.1 Florida brown snake
0.0.1 Northern brown snake
0.0.1 Smooth earth snake
0.0.2 Western worm snakes
"And tons of garters and ribbons are being born in the reptile room this very minute..."

Simple set up of cypress mulch, hide box and a water bowl and a stick.

Dan