Reptile/Amphibian of the Week

[Teenage Herpetologist]

Hello everyone. I hope you all had a good weekend.

This week's Reptile of the Week is...

The Rainbow Snake!!!!!

The Rainbow Snake is a non-venomous, handsome species. Their stripes vary from orange to red. The underside of a Rainbow Snake is usually red with a double row of black spots. This snake lives mostly lives in swampy regions and often burrows and is not commonly seen. It is smaller (40 in.) than the closely related Mud Snake (p. 75), and like the Mud Snake, the Rainbow Snake has a sharp "spine" at the end of the tail. Very little is known of the Rainbow Snakes' life history and feeding habits. A female Rainbow Snake can lay 20 or more eggs, which hatch in about 60 days.

 

[kinyonga]

Where is it from?
Beautiful colors!
What does it eat?

 

[Teenage Herpetologist]

They are mostly found in Maryland and Virginia. They eat fish, tadpoles, earthworms, and frogs. When they are adults, they will sometimes prey on American Eels.

 

[kinyonga]

Very interesting! I've never heard of them before!
It would definitely be a learning process to keep them in captivity!

 

[Teenage Herpetologist]

Yeah, it sure would.

 

[ERKleRose]

I want!