Atropoides nummifer?

[reverendsterlin]

I have been looking at these jumpers for a while but haven't found any good info on them. Anyone want to pass along their knowledge about them?

[atheris]

Atropoides nummifer Ruppel, 1845

Distribution; South Mexico (Chiapas), Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama .

Grows up to 40-80 cm, they occur at to the Atlantic and Pacific running out the slopes and in the nebula and rain forests.


Kert Lipponen

WWW.HOTSNAKES.ORG

[reverendsterlin]

thanks Kert but that was the easy part, toxicity, feeding ease/difficulty, humidity(high I would think), aggression, special concerns, ect is what I'm looking for. A decent caresheet would be nice.

[ETET]

I've 3.3 atropoides; there are not too many people keep them. Don't mind to share a bit info:

Toxiticity: its closed related species atropoides picadoi has a LD50 of 1.6mg/kg (IV). But nummifer normally are not too aggressive; but they are curious, when you get close to their cages, they may come out and look at you, seems not afraid of something bigger than their size. Their striking range is about half to 2/3 of their body length, much shorter than they are described as they can jump.


Feeding: They have an extreme slow metabolism, adult only required to feed once every two weeks maximum. They poop even less than gaboons. Mine poop around 2-3 times a year but when they poop, there will be a lot! So don't overfeed them when they reach a decent size is important.

Humidity and environment: They do like humidity and love to soak. A big bowl with clean water is important. Everyday heavy misting is essential especially before a shed. Substrate I use repti barks/ cypress seems no problem at all. They like to coil on the substrate most of the time and seldom use hiding place at all.

A very interesting species to work with. They are not very diffcult to keep and seems do well in captivity. The yellow color morph looks like a minature lachesis. Hope to get some babies next year.....


ETET :)

[reverendsterlin]

I'm guessing they are mice eaters then (no more lizard/snake eaters for me I don't produce enough overage)? Does the $150USD amout seem about right to you as well? Thanks etet

[ETET]

Yes they are rodents eater; junvenile they eat mice to rat pups and adults eat small/adult rats. They are not problematic eaters at all unless they are new born. The price seems right for WC ones but CB are not very common.

ETET :)

[earthmover]

jumpers are a very sedentary snake and they tend to do well in a medium sized enclosure with a cypress mulch substrate of even newsprint, with a large water bowl. I give my adult jumpers i hide box on either end of the cage so they wont have to choose temps over security, cage temps should be between 76 and 81 degrees. they do well on a diet of rodents fed every 2 to 3 weeks, they do have a very slow metabolic rate and mine only defecate about 5 times a year. reproduction is not hard or maybe im just lucky, i gave them a photoperiod of 12on 12off and then in nov went to 8 on 8 off and lowered the humidity then i cranked everything back up a month later and the party began, unfortunatly one female dropped 15 slugs the other female had 9 great babies

good luck my second favorite snakes after bushmasters

[reverendsterlin]

ty folks