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Eryx colubrinus loveridgei
Kenyan sand boas are from East Africa, Egypt south to Tanzania, southwest Somalia west to Kenya. They are small, hardy, easy to keep and breed
and very docile snakes. They are a great beginners snake.
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They reach 26 - 32 inches for females and 15 for males. In captivity they live 15 - 20 years. They are heavy body snakes
with small heads, small eyes, and short tails. They have orange coloration with dark brown/black splotches (one of the snakes in
the picture is during shedding), but there are many color morphs available
(including albino and axanthic). They are burrowing snakes and like to ambush their prey from hiding. Their diet consists of rodents.
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In Captivity
Being small sized and burrowing snakes the Kenyan Sand Boas don't require a large sophisticated setup. They are very tolerant,
but the temperature gradient should be between 80 - 90 F. There are no special humidity requirements, but my boas like to hang out
in the humidity box often. For substrate I use aspen shaving (cedar is toxic to reptiles) and keep them at 2-3 inches deep to let the snakes
dig and feel safe. Adult male Kenyan boas can kept in 10 gallon plactic sweater boxes, and females in larger 20 gallon, their entire lives.
They will feed on pinky mice at first and eventually eat adult mice.
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More Photos
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