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Setup

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
21–24°Cool side
29–32°Warm side
22–24°Night

Day: a real gradient, 29–32°C warm against 21–24°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 22–24°C.

Why

Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet stateswarm 29-32 °C / cool 21-24 °C / night 22-24 °C

Humidity

60–80%Target RH

The sheet states60-80 % (tableau) ; 60-75 % (corps de texte)

UVB

Requiredrequired

The sheet statesbenefique ; sortie UVB 5.0 preconisee

Enclosure
Baby-Young: 36"x18"x18" (<6 months +) Sub Adult-Adult: 48"x24"x24" (4 ft minimum) Adult: 72"x24"x24" (6 ft adult minimum)
Diet
Carnivorous Rodents Quail Chicks; Feeding adult snakes every three to four weeks and juveniles every 7 to 10 days is typically sufficient
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Day

Drag the sun. The sheet states a night temperature, so the rail follows it.

Enclosure and conditions

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

What it needs

A heat sourcebecause Temperature — warm 29-32 °C / cool 21-24 °C / night 22-24 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause Temperature — warm 29-32 °C / cool 21-24 °C / night 22-24 °C
A thermometerbecause Temperature — warm 29-32 °C / cool 21-24 °C / night 22-24 °C
A way to check the night figurebecause Temperature — warm 29-32 °C / cool 21-24 °C / night 22-24 °C
A hygrometerbecause Humidity — 60-80 % (tableau) ; 60-75 % (corps de texte)
UVB, stated as requiredbecause UVB — benefique ; sortie UVB 5.0 preconisee
Not stated: The size of the enclosurethis sheet describes the enclosure without a figure: « Baby-Young: 36"x18"x18" (<6 months +) Sub Adult-Adult: 48"x24"x24" (4 ft minimum »

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation. What the sheet does not state is listed too, rather than left out: a kit that looks complete is worse than one that names its gap.

The species

CITES I is a global listing and holds in every country. National law is not global, and we hold no national wildlife law for any country, Thailand included. Check your own authority before buying or selling.

Questions & sources

Common questions

How is it different from the Dumeril's boa?

It gets bigger and heavier, and it is less common in the trade. Temperament is similar, generally calm and slow.

Do I need paperwork for it?

Yes. It is an internationally protected species, so buy only with proper documentation and keep it filed with your records.

Is it good for handling?

Adults are usually placid, but the sheer weight means an adult is a two-hand job and sometimes a two-person job.

What size enclosure will it need?

A large ground-level enclosure with real floor space, two hides, a big water bowl and a warm end controlled by a thermostat.

Back to the Atlas My keep

https://keepr.pet/husbandry/en/acrantophis-madagascariensis

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What this sheet states

85%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 6 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 420 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.