SPECIES/SUBSPECIES (Common/Latin names)

Brown House Snake

Lamprophis fuliginosus

NAME AND/OR IDENTIFICATION

Charlotte

SUB - CAUDAL SCALE N^O 7 NOT DIVIDED

ORIGIN (captive bred etc.)

Captive Bred

DATE OBTAINED

24 Nov 1999

DATE OF BIRTH/AGE

Eggs laid June 1999 hatched August 1999

SEX

female

SCALE COUNT: -

VENTRALS                  223

SUB - CAUDAL           48

UPPER LABIALS        8

LOWER LABIALS      9

DORSAL SCALE ROWS: -

BEHIND HEAD             25

MID BODY                    29

FRONT OF CLOACA    21

TEMPERATURES

(Day and night)

DAYTIME

80 – 85 ^OF  (27 – 29^OC)

NIGHT TIME

(Drop five to ten degrees)

HIBERNATION TEMPERATURE

59 – 64 ^OF (15 – 18^OC)

(For about Eight weeks)

LIGHTING/

PHOTOPERIOD

SUMMER 12 – 14 WINTER 8 – 10

DIET (types and quantities, frequency of feeding,

Nutritional supplements)

Rodents, AMPHIBIANS AND CHICKS.

the frequency and number fed varies with the size and activity of the snake.