Considering African House Snakes for First Breeding Project

[RedTailRutiodon]

It's not something I'd be able to do until my living arrangement changes in the next year or so, but breeding African House Snakes sounded like a really interesting project and there were some questions I'd like some input on before starting.

There's a real stew of common names and binomials floating around here, since it seems that they've been reclassified a few times recently, some breeders use older binomial names, and species are frequently just labeled "African house snakes". The one's I've seen most often are both originally Laprophis species but are now Boaedon, namely B. capensis and B. fuliginosus, but finding specimens for sale that are consistently labeled one or the other instead of just "African House Snake" is a little tricky. Does anyone know of any (preferably US) breeders of B. capensis?

Kind of tying into the first question, but assuming I find something labelled just "African House Snake" at an expo, what distinguished B. capensis from other species? Things like body proportions, scale count, etc. As a pet I probably wouldn't care too much, but for breeding, it's something I'm very concerned with.

Thirdly, has anyone here had any experience keeping them in the past? They seem like really charming, hardy little animals that are kept surprisingly rarely. The care seems very straightforward.