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Breeding - Elaphe taeniura ridleyi

scatmelee Mar 03, 2007 03:19 PM

does anybody know what the propper breeding weight is for a female elaphe taeniura ridleyi (cave dwelling rat snake), or any other sub-species of elaphe taeniura? your help is appreciated, thank you in advance!

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telefrag Mar 04, 2007 12:58 AM

I've never actually weighed one , but 3 years and about 6ft long and big enough to eat a small rat would be a pretty good way to go.

many of the taeniuras have different builds, so its hard to really develop a baseline for all of them.

ridleyi are pretty slim compared to the other taeniuras'.

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