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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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|Royal python
|mammals, birds
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|Blood python
|mammals, birds
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|Rock python
|mammals, birds
|lizards
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|Green tree python
|mammals, birds
|lizards
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|Anaconda
|fish, mammals, birds
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|Boa constrictor
|mammals, birds
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|Dumeril's boa
|mammals, birds
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|Tree boa
|mammals, birds
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|Solomon Island boa
|lizards, mammals, birds
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|Rubber boa
|lizards, mammals
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|Amazon boa
|mammals, birds
|lizards
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|Emerald boa
|mammals, birds
|lizards
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|Annulated tree boa
|mammals, birds
|lizards
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|Rainbow boa
|mammals, birds
|fish, amphibians
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|Sand Boas
|mammals
|lizards
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|Rosy Boas
|mammals
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!align="left"|Colubridae
|Ribbon Garter
|fish, amphibians, mammals
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|Glossy
|lizards, mammals
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|Hognose
|amphibians, mammals
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|Indigo
|fish, mammals, birds
|amphibians, lizards
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|Long-nosed
|lizards, mammals
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|Madagascan hognose
|mammals, birds
| -
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|Milksnakes
|mammals
|lizards
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|Racers
|mammals, birds
|lizards
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|Ratsnakes
|mammals, birds
|amphibians, lizards
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!align="left"|Elapidae
|Most cobras
|mammals, birds
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|King cobra
|snakes, mammals
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|Kraits
|mammals, birds
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!align="left"|Loxocemidae
|Mexican burrowing python
|mammals
|amphibians, lizards
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!align="left"|Uropeltidae
|Short-tail snakes
|arthropods
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!align="left"|Viperidae
|Cottonmouth
|fish, mammals, birds
|amphibians
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|Rattlesnakes
|mammals, birds
|lizards
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|Calloselasma ''spp.''
|mammals, birds
|amphibians, lizards
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|Bolthriechis ''spp.''
|mammals, birds
|amphibians, lizards
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|Bothriopis ''spp.''
|mammals, birds
|amphibians, lizards
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|Sawscale vipers
|arthropods, mammals
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|Horned vipers
|lizards, mammals
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|Sand vipers
|lizards, mammals
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|''Atheris spp.''
|mammals, birds
|lizards
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|''Bitis spp.''
|''Vipera spp,''
|lizards
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