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| − | 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. | + | 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. |
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| − | * '''For information on the food composition of reptile diets, see''' [[Reptile Diet Composition]].
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| − | |Royal python
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | | -
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Blood python
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | | -
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Rock python
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | |lizards
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Green tree python
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | |lizards
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Anaconda
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| − | |fish, mammals, birds
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| − | | -
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Boa constrictor
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | | -
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Dumeril's boa
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | |
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Tree boa
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | | -
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Solomon Island boa
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| − | |lizards, mammals, birds
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| − | | -
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Rubber boa
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| − | |lizards, mammals
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| − | | -
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Amazon boa
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | |lizards
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Emerald boa
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | |lizards
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Annulated tree boa
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | |lizards
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Rainbow boa
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | |fish, amphibians
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Sand Boas
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| − | |mammals
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| − | |lizards
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Rosy Boas
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| − | |mammals
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| − | | -
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|Colubridae
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| − | |Ribbon Garter
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| − | |fish, amphibians, mammals
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| − | | -
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Glossy
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| − | |lizards, mammals
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| − | | -
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Hognose
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| − | |amphibians, mammals
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| − | | -
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Indigo
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| − | |fish, mammals, birds
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| − | |amphibians, lizards
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Long-nosed
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| − | |lizards, mammals
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| − | | -
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Madagascan hognose
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | | -
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Milksnakes
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| − | |mammals
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| − | |lizards
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Racers
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | |lizards
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Ratsnakes
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | |amphibians, lizards
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|Elapidae
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| − | |Most cobras
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | |
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |King cobra
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| − | |snakes, mammals
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Kraits
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | |-
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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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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|Uropeltidae
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| − | |Short-tail snakes
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| − | |arthropods
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| − | |-
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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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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Rattlesnakes
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | |lizards
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Calloselasma ''spp.''
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | |amphibians, lizards
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Bolthriechis ''spp.''
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | |amphibians, lizards
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Bothriopis ''spp.''
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | |amphibians, lizards
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Sawscale vipers
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| − | |arthropods, mammals
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| − | | -
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Horned vipers
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| − | |lizards, mammals
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| − | | -
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |Sand vipers
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| − | |lizards, mammals
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| − | | -
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |''Atheris spp.''
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| − | |mammals, birds
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| − | |lizards
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| − | |-
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| − | !align="left"|
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| − | |''Bitis spp.''
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| − | |''Vipera spp,''
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| − | |lizards
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| − | |-
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| − | |literature search = [http://www.cabdirect.org/search.html?q=(od:(snakes)+OR+title:(snake))+AND+(subject:(diet)+OR+title:(diet)+OR+title:(feeding))&fq=sc:%22ve%22 Snake Feeding publications] | |
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| − | {{review}}
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| − | [[Category:Snake_Husbandry]]
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Revision as of 16:24, 2 March 2010
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.
| Family
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Species
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Adults
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Juvenile
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| Acrochordidae
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Elephant trunk snake
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fish
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-
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| Anomalepididae
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Blind snakes
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arthropods
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-
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| Boidae
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Burmese python
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mammals, birds
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-
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Carpet python
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mammals, birds
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-
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Diamond python
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mammals, birds
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-
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Reticulated python
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mammals, birds
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-
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