Hello all. I recently acquired a couple of Rufous beaked snakes to use as educational animals - both because of their naturally placid nature and because I've wanted beakeds for a long time. I'd like to breed these if they're willing, but I've had some trouble gathering much more than sporadic information by Googling. I'm looking for periods of the year (I'm assuming fall/winter here in the US), cooling requirements (I'm assuming there isn't one but a small one would be helpful as with most tropical species), average egg production, incubation temps, incubation period, and how best to start babies. I bred one other African opistoglyph (Dispholidus) a few years ago - and needless to say I'm hoping these are a bit easier. The booms weren't hard at all to actually get to breed and reproduce. In fact, I didn't do much of anything to stimulate breeding. The problem was getting the babies to eat and then having them expire one by one due to the stress of my having to assist feed them.
Anyway, I know these aren't a particularly valuable species, so apparently there has been very little in the way of captive propagation with them, but I think they're very neat and would like to produce them if possible. I appreciate any input anyone could give me.
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Chance Duncan
www.rivervalleyexotics.com
