my new fish eating snakes :-)

[jewel-dragons]

nice looking snakes ,, sow when can I get some :P

maybe this year jerome

[Thamnophis]

Not a winterrest as in Thamnophis.
It also depends where they are from. If I remember well, they live in different regions with different climates. I am not 100 % sure about this.
When I find something about it I will let you know.
Mine died when the temperatures got to low, so I think you can lower the temps with some degrees, but I would not go lower than 18-20 °C.
Maybe you can limit the hours of light also.
Or maybe keeping them a period quite dry will stimulate the reproduction.
You must treat them as tropical animals.

[jewel-dragons]

Not a winterrest as in Thamnophis.
It also depends where they are from. If I remember well, they live in different regions with different climates. I am not 100 % sure about this.
When I find something about it I will let you know.
Mine died when the temperatures got to low, so I think you can lower the temps with some degrees, but I would not go lower than 18-20 °C.
Maybe you can limit the hours of light also.
Or maybe keeping them a period quite dry will stimulate the reproduction.
You must treat them as tropical animals.

yes i know that the place were they live is really not the same as the thamnophis,but there is no information to find about this species.
but thanks anyway

[KITKAT]

You might take a hint from the type of locations where they are found, what the weather and climate cycles are in that area, and what time of year they breed. At least it's a place to start...

[Stefan-A]

You might take a hint from the type of locations where they are found, what the weather and climate cycles are in that area, and what time of year they breed. At least it's a place to start...

Was considering giving the same advice. The local veterans usually give exactly that advice; just try to copy the conditions in their natural habitat.

[rtcphoto]

The guy on Kingsnake.com seems to know more than most regarding these snakes. I bought two from him a little over a month ago.
He has a phone # and email on kingsnake. His company is DTS Herps and if you go to classifieds, click " other snakes", you'll usually find a couple of listings of his.

The one about "Please take my....." hasn't replied to anyone in months.

If you have any advice for me that would be great. I know mine get pretty low energy if the cage temp falls below 80 F.

If your trying to breed, I'm sure you know they lay eggs.

Snakes of Southeast Asia : Striped Keelback - Xenochrophis vittatus

Above is a site regarding the snakes, but as you said info is hard to come by!

Take Care,

Bob

[drache]

The guy on Kingsnake.com seems to know more than most regarding these snakes. I bought two from him a little over a month ago.
He has a phone # and email on kingsnake. His company is DTS Herps and if you go to classifieds, click " other snakes", you'll usually find a couple of listings of his.

That guy is Dan Scolaro - good guy to deal with
he also brings in Natrix species from Europe

[Thamnophis]

Problem is that there is as good as nothing known about the exact places they live. Sure, it is tropical, but at what height do they live (temperature) and under what kind of moist conditions?

[KITKAT]

What country are they from? What is the general climate and climate cycles there?

Who collects them?

If you can find someone who collects them, then you can ask more specifics on where they are found...

[Thamnophis]

They are from South-east Asia.
Finding the collectors will not be easy.