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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.
Family | Species | Adults | Juvenile |
---|---|---|---|
Acrochordidae | Elephant trunk snake | fish | - |
Anomalepididae | Blind snakes | arthropods | - |
Boidae | Burmese python | mammals, birds | - |
Carpet python | mammals, birds | - | |
Diamond python | mammals, birds | - | |
Reticulated python | mammals, birds | - | |
Royal python | mammals, birds | - | |
Blood python | mammals, birds | - | |
Rock python | mammals, birds | lizards | |
Green tree python | mammals, birds | lizards | |
Anaconda | fish, mammals, birds | - | |
Boa constrictor | mammals, birds | - | |
Dumeril's boa | mammals, birds | ||
Tree boa | mammals, birds | - | |
Solomon Island boa | lizards, mammals, birds | - | |
Rubber boa | lizards, mammals | - | |
Amazon boa | mammals, birds | lizards | |
Emerald boa | mammals, birds | lizards | |
Annulated tree boa | mammals, birds | lizards | |