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Lamprophiidae

Black House

Boaedon fuliginosusงูบ้านแอฟริกาสีน้ำตาล

Photograph: olliesaunders · CC BY-SA

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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warm end32 °C
Humidity40–60 %
Enclosure91×46×41
Diet7 days

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
21–24°Cool side
Warm side: not in our data
32°CBasking surfaceMeasured on the surface under the lamp, not in the air. It is not drawn on the rail above: that scale is the air the enclosure holds, and a basking surface sits far outside it.

The cool side, 21–24°C. This sheet states the cool side only. It gives no warm side or basking figure, so the hot end is not in our data. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet statesbasking 32 °C / cool 21-24 °C

Humidity

40–60%Target RH

The sheet states40-60%, measured with a digital probe hygrometer, with a humid hide of moistened sphagnum moss available at all times

UVB

T5 6%beneficial

The sheet statesT5 HO 5.0 or 6% tube over roughly half the enclosure length, no closer than 15 cm above the basking area. Photoperiod about 13 hours in summer and 11 hours in winter. Not obligatory for survival but recommended by the source.

Identity

Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

40–60 % RHUVB tube91 cm41 cm
UVB tube
50100150200 cm
91 × 46 × 41 cmWidth × depth × height
42dm² of floor
Substrate: not in our dataWater: not in our dataWarm side: not in our dataHides: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet statesMinimum 91 x 46 x 41 cm for a single adult, larger preferred. Loose substrate such as coconut fibre or reptile soil at least 5 cm deep, fully replaced every 3-4 months. House solitarily.

Temperature
basking 32 °C / cool 21-24 °C

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Diet

Feeding rhythm

every 7 dAs an adult
4Meals in 28 days

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window. The sheet gives several ages on one line; this is the adult figure.

Why

The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.

The sheet statesStrict carnivore. Frozen-thawed rodents preferred over live prey, sized to about 10% of the snake's body weight or no more than 1.5 times its width. Juveniles fed weekly, adults every two weeks. Occasional calcium and multivitamin dusting recommended.

What it needs

Enclosure at least 91 × 46 × 41 cmbecause enclosure — Minimum 91 x 46 x 41 cm for a single adult, larger preferred. Loose substrate such as coconut fibre or reptile soil at least 5 cm deep, fully replaced every 3-4 months. House solitarily.
A heat sourcebecause temp — basking 32 °C / cool 21-24 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — basking 32 °C / cool 21-24 °C
A thermometerbecause temp — basking 32 °C / cool 21-24 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 40-60%, measured with a digital probe hygrometer, with a humid hide of moistened sphagnum moss available at all times
UVB 6-6%, stated as beneficial rather than requiredbecause uvb — T5 HO 5.0 or 6% tube over roughly half the enclosure length, no closer than 15 cm above the basking area. Photoperiod about 13 hours in summer and 11 hours in winter. Not obligatory for survival but recommended by the source.

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Sources

Range as recorded in the EPS reference workbook, read 2026-08-09dubiaroaches.com — lu le 2026-08-11reptilesupply.com — lu le 2026-08-11

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What this sheet states

77%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 5 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.