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The best captive diets reflect what the free-living animal feeds on in their natural environment. However the natural prey may not be available. The following is a guide for the diet of some types of snakes.
The best captive diets reflect what the free-living animals feed on in their natural environment. However the natural prey may not be available. The following is a guide for the diet of some types of snakes.
* '''For information on the food composition of reptile diets, see''' [[Reptile Diet Composition]].
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|King cobra
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|snakes, mammals
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|Kraits
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|mammals, birds
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!align="left"|Loxocemidae
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|Mexican burrowing python
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|mammals
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|amphibians, lizards
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!align="left"|Uropeltidae
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|Short-tail snakes
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|arthropods
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!align="left"|Viperidae
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|Cottonmouth
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|fish, mammals, birds
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|amphibians
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|Rattlesnakes
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|mammals, birds
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|lizards
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|Calloselasma ''spp.''
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|mammals, birds
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|amphibians, lizards
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|Bolthriechis ''spp.''
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|mammals, birds
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|amphibians, lizards
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|Bothriopis ''spp.''
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|mammals, birds
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|amphibians, lizards
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|Sawscale vipers
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|arthropods, mammals
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|Horned vipers
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|lizards, mammals
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| -
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|Sand vipers
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|lizards, mammals
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| -
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|''Atheris spp.''
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|mammals, birds
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|lizards
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|''Bitis spp.''
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|''Vipera spp,''
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|lizards
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