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I've been introducing my Yunan mountain ratsnakes on a few different occasions over the last month and finally witnessed copulation the other night. I've really enjoyed working with these guys so far and I'm hopeful that I'll end up with some viable eggs.
I've read as much info as I can find on Oreocryptophis incubation and it sounds like they do well if treated like most other colubrid eggs I've worked with (78F on moistened perlite or vermiculite with some damp sphagnum moss in the container to keep the humidity up).
If any of you Oreocryptophis breeders have any tips to share I'd love to hear them. Thanks!

This is my 3rd year with Coxi eggs. The first year I had only one incubator and also had cornsnake eggs so I incubated them all at 79. The corns were good but 4 out of 5 Coxi had kinks.

Last year I got a second incubator and incubated the Coxi at 75, which was recommended by another breeder. I got 6 very healthy hatchlings but it took about 83 days.

I have them set at 75 again this year.

I have read 73-80 is OK but in my limited experience closer to 75 worked best for me.

Thanks for the info! I live in FL so I may need to forgo the incubator and just put them in my closet.