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Posted by Thamnophile on November 05, 2002 at 00:48:34:
In Reply to: And then there is the other Egg-eating snake.... posted by chrish on November 05, 2002 at 00:23:02:
Actually, if you check out the yahoogroup that was linked to in an earlier post, and check out the website of one of the members (there's only like 6) they describe ordering finch eggs from someone online to feed hatchling D. inornata, at least they did, until they realized how many eggs would be needed - then the finch breeder backed out, lol. Apparently couldn't (or wouldn't) meet the demand.
An article on the same site says that the Asian egg eater is in the same family, and has the same vertebral spines for sawing through eggs. I would watch the article from 1919, though. Smacks of Creationism rather than evolution, and some of the info seems faulty to me. Otherwise pretty good site with pics of hatching egg eaters.
The site also has pics of D. scabra, D. inornata, and D. medici.
Lisa
:There is another species of specialized egg-eating snake in India, Bangladesh and Nepal called the Indian Egg-eating Snake (Elachistodon westermanni). I believe they are fairly rare and aren't available in captivity as far as I know.
:BTW - there are 5 species of Dasypeltis in Africa although I have only ever seen scabra and inornata on captive lists. The species are
:D. atra
:D. fasciata
:D. inornata
:D. medici
:D. scabra
:(my source)
:I have always wondered if you couldn't raise Zebra Finches as a source of eggs for small egg-eater. They breed like flies and lay hordes of eggs with no special care by the keeper.
