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Tropical terrestrial snake

Blood python

Python brongersmai

Kept the same way as the ball python, boa constrictor and Brazilian rainbow boa, so they share one kit: the same heat, light, and humidity, sized to the animal.

Build a blood python setup See the gear
Photograph of a Blood python
Photograph by Rushenb, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Care sheet

What it needs

We have taken these figures from published sources and are still checking them against our own experience. Treat them as a guide, and ask us before you buy.

Basking surface
30 to 31°C Measured on the surface the animal lies on, not in the air.
Daytime air
27 to 31°C The cool end, away from the lamp.
Night air
21 to 27°C
Humidity
60 to 70%
Adult length
120 to 180 cm
When it is active
Nocturnal
How it lives
Terrestrial
Typical captive life
20 years
Longest recorded life
28 years A record from the literature, not what to expect. Most animals live well short of it.

Our reading of the literature, not veterinary advice. Animals vary, and so do rooms, so take these figures, and any setup the builder puts together, as a starting point, and ask a reptile vet about your own animal. Where the figures come from.

From the catalogue

Gear that suits a blood python

Chosen for tropical terrestrial snake. The setup builder puts the whole kit together, sized to the animal, with the reason for each piece.

Build the whole kit

Same care group

Kept the same way

Where it comes from

Sumatra, Thailand (Grossmann & Tillack 2001), Vietnam, W Malaysia

Breeding: oviparous

Where the figures come from