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08-30-12, 12:40 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
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08-30-12, 12:59 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
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What is the husbandry on those like? Maybe that's what I got. They almost look like the exact same snake
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08-30-12, 01:04 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
They eat readily on mice.
They do well in a few inches of Soil / Cocohusk mixture.....
I use a temperature and humidity gradient but they like it humid so I mist the cage frequently....
They get rather big......almost 6 feet and are python like but not pythons.
I've had these for 3 years now and have had no problems except getting them to breed.
I just think they have been too young/small in the past to breed successfully.....
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08-30-12, 01:06 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
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I may have missed it but what are these if they are not a Sunbeam snake?
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08-30-12, 01:09 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
Loxocemus bicolor
Mexican Burrowing Pythons (but they aren't pythons)
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08-30-12, 01:20 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
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They are VERY difficult to keep. They also only eat amphibians.
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theres a guy called Edd who lives 45 minutes drive from me,that successfuly bred his sunbeams last year
quite a feat apparently
Edd does know his snakey stuff though
loxocemus is his user name on UK forums
cheers shaun
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08-30-12, 01:44 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
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very cool, I would love to see them in person sometime. Anyone I met?
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Yep. 
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Also beautiful. Are these the same as mud snakes?
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theres a guy called Edd who lives 45 minutes drive from me,that successfuly bred his sunbeams last year
quite a feat apparently
Edd does know his snakey stuff though
loxocemus is his user name on UK forums
cheers shaun
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It's possible. People have successfully kept them. It's just very, very rare.
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08-30-12, 01:50 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
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Yep.
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If you're thinking Farancia sp, then no.
I would think that they are more closely related to rosy and rubber boas. Obviously, not in the same genus or anything (not to mention that they're oviparous), but something about their appearance hints (to me anyway) that there may be a common ancestor there...
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08-30-12, 02:02 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
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If you're thinking Farancia sp, then no.
I would think that they are more closely related to rosy and rubber boas. Obviously, not in the same genus or anything (not to mention that they're oviparous), but something about their appearance hints (to me anyway) that there may be a common ancestor there...
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Thanks. I don't know what genus mud snakes are in.
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08-30-12, 02:05 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
Sorry, double post
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Last edited by BarelyBreathing; 08-30-12 at 02:07 PM..
Reason: Double post
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08-30-12, 02:09 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
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Thanks. I don't know what genus mud snakes are in.
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Google images for "Farancia" and find out if that's what you were thinking. 
There's the eastern & western mudsnake, Farancia abacura sp. and then there's the rainbow mudsnake , Farancia erytrogramma.
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08-30-12, 02:13 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
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Originally Posted by StudentoReptile
Google images for "Farancia" and find out if that's what you were thinking.
There's the eastern & western mudsnake, Farancia abacura sp. and then there's the rainbow mudsnake , Farancia erytrogramma. |
No, that's not what I was thinking. Perhaps I'm just confused.
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08-30-12, 02:17 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
I. Want. Both. Snakes! Too bad that's not going to happen.
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08-30-12, 02:18 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
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No, that's not what I was thinking. Perhaps I'm just confused.
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Yeah, I can't think of what you may be thinking of. 
That's the curse of common names!
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08-30-12, 02:29 PM
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Re: Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
Amazing. Love that iridescence... so awesome 
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