Corn Snakes and Other Rat Snakes

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-09-01
Publisher(s): B E S Pub Co
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Summary

Because corn and rat snakes are brilliantly colored, harmless to humans, and do well in captivity, they have become popular reptiles to own and breed. This manual describes most subspecies found in European and American collections, including the corn snake, the many races of black rat snake, the green rat snake, the Mexican corn snake, many European rat snakes, and similar forms from Africa and Latin America. There is information on feeding, caging, breeding, and health, plus a bibliography and glossary.

Table of Contents

Preface 5(1)
About Rat Snakes
6(1)
What Is a Rat Snake?
6(1)
Understanding Rat Snakes
7(3)
What Is Covered in this Book?
7(1)
Rat Snake Colors and Patterns
8(1)
Defenses/Offenses
8(1)
The Ethics and Arguments Regarding Hybridization
9(1)
Acquiring Your Rat Snake
10(5)
Choosing a Healthy Rat Snake
10(1)
Handling: Do's and Don'ts
11(1)
Location Matters
11(1)
Shipping, if Necessary
12(3)
Your Rat Snake's Health
15(7)
Shedding
15(1)
Quarantine
16(1)
Health Problems and Treatment
17(5)
Caging Your Rat Snake
22(7)
Simple ``American-Style'' Caging
22(2)
``European-Style'' Caging
24(1)
Inside the Cage
24(2)
Lighting, Heating, and a Comment on Weather Patterns
26(3)
Feeding and Food for Your Rat Snake
29(7)
The Mechanics of Feeding
29(2)
What to Feed
31(1)
Breeding Your Own Food Rodents
31(3)
HOW-TO: Inducing a Reluctant Feeder
34(2)
Breeding Your Rat Snakes
36(7)
Getting Started
36(1)
Providing a Resting Period for Your Rat Snake
37(1)
Hibernating Your Rat Snake
37(1)
HOW-TO: Making Your Own Incubator
38(2)
Gestation and Egg Deposition
40(2)
Sexing Your Rat Snake
42(1)
Species Accounts: The New World Rat Snakes
43(26)
Meet the Corn Snake
43(7)
The Black Rat Snake and Its Subspecies---Blacks, Yellows, and Relatives
50(7)
The Baird's Rat Snake
57(1)
The Two Fox Snakes
58(2)
The Trans-Pecos and Baja Rat Snakes
60(3)
The Green Rat Snake and Relatives
63(3)
A Latin American Corn Snake Lookalike
66(3)
Species Accounts: Old World Rat Snakes
69(21)
European and Eurasian Rat Snakes
69(5)
Some Asian Favorites
74(8)
The Chinese King and the Steppes Rat Snakes
82(2)
A Japanese Rat Snake
84(2)
The Common Trinket Rat Snake
86(1)
Two Lookalike Chinese Rat Snake Species
87(3)
Species Accounts: The Not-Really-Rat-Snake Rat Snakes
90(6)
The Asian Genera Gonyosoma and Spalerosophis
90(3)
The Tropical American Spilotes and Pseustes
93(3)
Photograph Them and Leave Them Behind!
96(3)
Equipment
96(1)
Some Photographic Hints
96(1)
Basic Equipment Needs
97(2)
Glossary 99(2)
Useful Addresses and Literature 101(2)
Index 103

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