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I just got a male and female adult viper boas, male was captive bred, female a long term captive. I want to breed them. What specific temps and humidity do they need to brumate, and for how long. The guy who sold us then said about 78 degrees with high humidity for about 2 months. does that sound right?He said they breed when they are cool, but I always thought you cool them first then breed them. They have been kept in the same tank together for some time now and will continue to be housed together. Any help or tips would be much apreciated.

Thanks

after further review of the animals, it appears they are not viper boas. the female is about 45 inches, gray with a darker ziz zag pattern going down her back, the male is about 3 feet and reddish. I will post pictures soon. Maybe they are those paulisoni things?

Heres a picture, are these solomons?

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It looks like you have two Solomon Island ground boas there. They are called Candoia paulsoni now. They used to be known as Candoia carinata paulsoni.

see jerry conways' page on breeding Candoia paulsoni
can be found at http://www.kingsnake.com/candoia/book.html

also good info on general care.

andrew
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