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Are trinkets the same as tiawan beauty snakes? Are trinkets good pets? Easy to care for/dispostion/size? thanks!
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1.0 Redtail "Kilo"
1.0 Ball Python "Wilson" (Castaway)
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"

Trinket snake females can range from 45-50inches and males can range from 35-40inches, most have temperments like corn snakes, but as newborns like most snakes they can be a nippy and skiddish. There feeding is the same as corns as well(rodent eaters), as well as the temperatures,75-85 day, nightime lower. A 20 gallon tank is a appropriate size for a adult trinket snake. So overall they have a gentle disposition, and are easy to care for.

Hope that helped
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1.0 Albino Corn "Lucky"
1.0 Snow Corn "Snow"
0.0.4 Southern Ringneck "Collar", "Bc", "Lazy", "Biggie"
1.0 Green Amevia "Gizard"

I haven't kept Trinkets, but I know that Taiwans are much larger (I have a male Taiwan who is nearly 8 foot). From what I've read, Trinkets are a good starter snake for folks interested in Asian rat snakes that don't grow large like the beauty snakes.

here's a link to a care sheet for you.
www.reptilia.org/care_sheets/snakes/csheets_snk_trinket.htm

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Lora

trinket snake = Coelognathus helena
Taiwan beauty snake = Orthriophis taeniura freisi

They come from much different locations, but are similar in that they are both racer-like. They are not only different from corn snakes, but also each other in several ways, and some were mentioned.

TC