The numbers
Temperature
The cool side, 24–29°C, dropping to no lower than 18–21°C at night. 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 statescool 24-29 °C (75-85 °F) / night ≥ 18-21 °C (below triggers brumation)
Humidity
The sheet states70-80% + humid burrow
UVB
The sheet statesStrong T5 HO
Identity
Adult size
The size the sheet states for a grown animal.
Why
Two drawings, because they answer two questions. The silhouette is at true scale against a 1.75 m person: it says how big this animal actually is, which no number does for someone who has never seen one. The bar under it is logarithmic and shared by every sheet here, so a 2 cm isopod and a 4 m python both stay readable on the same axis and two species can be compared at a glance.
How common this animal is
NOT a measure of how many are kept. These filings count animals shipped for any purpose, including the food trade and laboratory supply, and they are United States records only. The three largest volumes in the source belong to a food frog, a bait species and the standard laboratory amphibian.
US Fish and Wildlife Service LEMIS declared wildlife import and export records, as compiled in the received dataset
Enclosure and conditions
Enclosure
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 states240 × 120 × 90 cm (8×4×3 ft)
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
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 statesProtein (insects, eggs, lean meats, whole prey) + greens + some fruit · ~60% protein / 30% veg / 10% fruit, 2×/week
Behaviour and handling
Reproduction
Common health problems
When to see a vet
Good to know
- Among the most intelligent reptiles: recognises owners and can be house-tame.
- Partially warm-blooded in breeding season: can raise its own body temperature!
- Brumates for months in winter: a natural slow-down.
- Among the most intelligent reptiles — recognises owners and can be house-tame.
- Partially warm-blooded in breeding season — can raise its own body temperature!
- Brumates for months in winter — a natural slow-down.
Common questions
Really dog-tame?
Yes: one of the most trainable lizards.
Do they hibernate?
They brumate in winter: normal.
Beginner?
Intermediate: big space + heat, but very rewarding.
What it needs
Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation. What the sheet does not state is listed too, rather than left out: a kit that looks complete is worse than one that names its gap.
- Room-sized enclosure + deep substrate
- Strong T5 UVB
- High-wattage basking + thermostat
- Large water tub
- Hide
- Calcium + multivitamin
- Varied diet + IR thermometer
Sources
What this sheet states
Every field this product runs on is stated here. That is not a claim that the values are right: it says what the sheet states, not whether it is true. Whether a human has read it is the badge at the top of this page.
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.