Setup
The numbers
Thermal gradient
Day: a real gradient, 38°C warm against 28°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 24°C.
Why
Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.
The sheet stateswarm 38 °C / cool 28 °C / night 24 °C
Humidity
The sheet states50-60%
UVB
The sheet stateslampe UV (Zoomed 10.0) ou tube fluorescent
Traceable. The figures above appear in the page we cite, which we opened on 10 Aug 2026. That means you can check them, not that we have confirmed they are right. responsibleherpetoculture.foundation
Drag the sun. The sheet states a night temperature, so the rail follows it.
Enclosure and conditions
Enclosure
Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.
Why
The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».
The sheet stateshorizontal terrariums of 90*50*50 cm (35.43*19.68*19.68 in) per group (1:3) or (1:2)
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
Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.
Food
Diet
Feeding rhythm
Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window.
Why
The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.
The sheet statesInsects are given 1 time in 3 days at the rate of 5-7 pieces per individual. Salad is offered every other day. Food is offered daily if we talk about babies.
The species
Identity
CITES II 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
Why is it so expensive?
It is protected and breeds very slowly, with one or two babies a year, and only documented captive-bred stock can be sold legally.
Can I keep a group?
Yes, and they do better that way. In the wild they live in family groups inside rock cracks.
Does it bite?
Almost never. Its defence is to bite its own tail and roll into an armoured ball.
What does it eat?
Insects, especially termites in the wild. Here we feed crickets and roaches with supplement.
https://keepr.pet/husbandry/en/ouroborus-cataphractus
Others in this group
What this sheet states
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.