What kind of food does the black snake eat?

Black snakes, also known as black snakes, black wind snakes, sword ridge snakes, black wind snakes, yellow wind snakes, etc., are large snakes of the genus Zaoceridae, which are widely distributed and belong to non-venomous snakes. fast growth, strong adaptability, high disease resistance, best-selling market, very suitable for artificial breeding, with high breeding value, let's take a look at what food black snakes eat!

What kind of food does the black snake eat?

The black snake moves quickly, reacts quickly, is good at escaping, and is gentle in sex. It usually feeds on frogs (staple food), lizards, fish, rats, etc. (narrow-eating snakes). Under the condition of artificial culture, the bait of black snakes is mainly frogs, supplemented by small miscellaneous fish, Loach and ricefield eel, because the market price of Monopterus Albus is sometimes a little higher, but seldom fed in large-scale culture.

The distribution environment of Zaocys dhumnades

Black snakes live in plains, hills or low mountain areas below 1600 meters above sea level in eastern, central, southeastern and southwest China, with a vertical distribution range of 50 to 1570 meters above sea level. it is often found in farmland or under the ridges of paddy fields, near vegetable plots, near river ditches, sometimes by grass on the edge of mountain roads, and found in villages. It is distributed in Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Shandong, Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong and Guangxi, but has not been reported abroad.

How long is the life span of the black snake?

The life span of the black snake is not very long, it is expected to be about 20 years, it is possible to live in a good environment for 25 years, and it will die for 10 years if living in a bad environment. In general, the lifespan of small snakes is about 2-5 years, medium-sized snakes 5-12 years, large snakes 10-20 years, pythons can live to 30-40 years, or even longer, the longest life span is water fish, which can live to more than 100 years. However, in the wild, due to the unstable living environment, sometimes shortage of food, and the serious harm of natural enemies and diseases, the life span of snakes is not as long as that of artificial breeding, which has been proved by many scientists' experiments.