Nothing as yet, letting the plants bed in and the pH balance in the pond area. Ultimately temple vipers but possibly a young pair of cumingi will go in there first.
Nothing as yet, letting the plants bed in and the pH balance in the pond area. Ultimately temple vipers but possibly a young pair of cumingi will go in there first.
I think it looks really good, but (and knowing not much about snakes) why would you put Temple Vipers, apparently a nocturnal, arboreal species (according to wikipedia) in such a well-lit exhibit, with so much water? I can see that they fit the whole temple theme, but wouldn't a semi-aquatic lizard/snake, or terrestrial lizard/snake + turtles be better?
Again, I could be completely wrong, and temple vipers might love water, and therefore be an ideal choice.
And when you say cumingi do you mean the snake species Ramphotyphlops cumingii, or something else?
With all due respect, a little bit more thought has gone into this exhibit than can can learned from a glance at Wikipedia. Did you Wiki the snake you mentioned by any chance though??
We keep many arboreal forest snakes over water, it helps maintain good humidity, in combination with adequate ventilation. The exhibit is a generic SE Asian one that we will use for many species, fish and invertebrates included. That was the very reason I hesitated to reply to you or Snowleopard.
Also think about theming. We may use the pond area, we may not. Again, was just illustrating what the exhibit could look like. The short term occupants are Varanus cumingi, and these will utilise both water and the land. Oh and we have numerous lighting options in there, but I picked that one so you could see things clearly for the photo.
With all due respect, a little bit more thought has gone into this exhibit than can can learned from a glance at Wikipedia. Did you Wiki the snake you mentioned by any chance though??
We keep many arboreal forest snakes over water, it helps maintain good humidity, in combination with adequate ventilation. The exhibit is a generic SE Asian one that we will use for many species, fish and invertebrates included. That was the very reason I hesitated to reply to you or Snowleopard.
Also think about theming. We may use the pond area, we may not. Again, was just illustrating what the exhibit could look like. The short term occupants are Varanus cumingi, and these will utilise both water and the land. Oh and we have numerous lighting options in there, but I picked that one so you could see things clearly for the photo.
There are a lot of issues with mixing turtles and lizards together in the same exhibit from a health perspective. Not saying it won't happen but again with all due respect, alot of thought goes into these long term plans, so I think we have all bases covered.
