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REPTILE MANAGEMENT

REPTILE MANAGEMENT. General Considerations. Habitat Food Regulation. Vivarium. sand or soil water – think fish dechlorinate filter temperature shelter. REPTILES. chelonians lizards snakes tuataras crocodiles amphisbaenians – worm lizards. Chelonians. turtles tortoises

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REPTILE MANAGEMENT

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  1. REPTILEMANAGEMENT

  2. General Considerations • Habitat • Food • Regulation

  3. Vivarium • sand or soil • water – think fish • dechlorinate • filter • temperature • shelter

  4. REPTILES • chelonians • lizards • snakes • tuataras • crocodiles • amphisbaenians – worm lizards

  5. Chelonians • turtles • tortoises • terrapins

  6. TURTLES • spend most or all of their time in water • leatherback turtle – Dermochelys coriacea • largest turtle, endangered

  7. TORTOISE • spend most or all of their time on land • Aldabra tortoise – Geochelone gigantia • 2nd largest tortoise, CITES protected

  8. TERRAPINS • spend significant time on land and in water

  9. TERRAPINS - Red-Eared Slider • Southern U.S. • omnivorous • 75° F Red-Eared slider – Trachemys scripta elegans

  10. LIZARDS • habitats - desert to marshes • diets - herbivorous, omnivorous, carnivorous, insectivorous • temperature requirements - widely varied • bottom line - do your homework

  11. horned toad (a lizard - really!) Phrynosoma platyrhinos –

  12. SNAKES • habitats - desert to marshes • diets - herbivorous, omnivorous, carnivorous, insectivorous • temperature requirements - widely varied • bottom line - do your homework

  13. SNAKES - smooth green snake • habitat - open areas • diet - insectivorous • non venomous • bright green • yellow or cream belly smooth green snake – Opheodrys vernalis

  14. SNAKES - sand boas • many species • habitat - sandy, semi-arid (for many) • diet - small rodents • non venomous • brown patterns • some have orange • females- 18 inches, 200 gm • males - 15 inches, 70 gm Desert Sand Boa – Eryx miliaris

  15. SNAKE CARE • Research - different snakes have different needs • Vet - find one experienced with snakes • Housing • tight cage • as long as the snake • reduces lung infections

  16. SNAKE CARE • Substrate • sand • wood chips - NOT cedar • absorbent • Water • bowl sunk into substrate • needed for shedding • much of requirement comes from prey

  17. SNAKE CARE • heat • lamp or ceramic heater • gradient 80-95° F • don’t use hot rocks • Accessories • tree branches for climbing snakes • hiding places - flower pots, plantings

  18. SNAKE CARE • activity • diurnal • nocturnal • other • quarantine • food - mice, weekly, diameter of snake

  19. SNAKE CARE • handling • hook - best • tong - harmful to snake • sack • exit can - for dumping snake from sack

  20. SNAKE CARE • temperament • always bad • never bad • inbetween • more anxious when shedding and feeding • other characteristics • musky • constrictors

  21. SNAKE CARE • public health • venomous snakes -don’t • cage must be locked • responsible for bites • Salmonella

  22. SNAKE CARE • breeding • live bearers - boa constrictors, water and garter snakes, and rattlesnakes • & egg layers • cool down - may require several months • incubation • 78-84 ° F • ~ 2 months

  23. SNAKE CARE • sexing • size of snake • length of tail from cloaca • hemipenis • “cloacal pop”

  24. SNAKE CARE • sexing • “cloacal pop”

  25. SNAKE CARE • sexing - copperhead hemipenes

  26. SNAKE CARE • sexing by probing

  27. SNAKE CARE • sexing by probing male female

  28. TUATARAS • habitat - small islands around New Zealand • diet - carnivorous • temperature • ~54° F • 50-80 cm; up to 1 kg • living fossils

  29. AMPHISBAENIANS – worm lizards • Florida worm lizard – Rhineura floridana

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