8/9/2019 Care Sheet - Muellers Sand Boa
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Care Sheet - Mueller's Sand Boa
Scientific nameGongylophis muelleri
Common namesSaharan sand Boa, Mueller's Sand BoaCites
statusCites Appendix II, obligation to keep records and to
register!HabitatWest Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, uinea, iberia,
Mali, Benin, "iger, "igeria,#ogo, hana, Ca$eroon, Chad,
Sudan%&r sa(annah to ad)oining *et sa(annahs, crepuscular and
nocturnalSize+p to - c$Life Expectancy
.(er /- earsReproductionas eggs, incubation period at /01-2C
approxi$atel 34 das%emperatureround te$perature bet*een /501-2C,
natural te$ps up to 112C% "ight do*n to/42C%Humidity5-6, te$porar
up to 7-6Li!htin!&alight fluorescent tubes e%g% 8"atural
Sunlight8 or 89oo Med eptiSun /%-8Substrate
oose, absorpti(e substrate Aspen, ri(er or desert sand%Ca!e
"urniture
A fir$l affixed *ater container, hiding and cli$bing facilities
branches etc%, asthis species likes to cli$b%errarium Size7-x;-x5-
c$ "ood?inkie $ice and rats up to $ediu$ $ice%
