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Hey everyone,
Long time lurker, first time poster. I have a very "herp friendly" yard down here in Texas. One species that I see on a nightly basis is Tropidoclonion lineatum texanum (Texas Lined Snake). My neighbors aren't as happy about seeing herps as I am, so I routinely get asked to remove what they seem to think are "copperheads" from their yards. I am fascinated with fossorial species and have always wanted to try my hand at keeping and breeding them. Does anyone have any experience with Lined or Rough Earth Snakes? I have plenty of experience in keeping local herps (Currently, I keep Elaphe lindheimeri, Sceloporus olivaceusso, Terrapene carolina, and Bufo speciosus). I will only be going in somewhat blind. Any help or advice would be much appreciated.

I've kept plenty of Brown snakes and have really just started keeping Redbellys too recently, but a few years ago I brought home a gravid Lined snake. here's the story of that (and more) from the opposite end of Lined snake range: Minnesota!

http://fieldherpforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2773