Age: few years
Current Size: 18-30”
Max/Adult Size: 12–20 inches
Source: Wild
Exact Animal Pictured? Yes

Care: Puff-faced swamp snakes are secretive, fossorial snakes that require a warm, humid enclosure with deep substrate for burrowing. Maintain temperatures of 75–82°F with 70–90% humidity. Due to their highly specialized diet of frogs and other amphibians, they are recommended only for experienced keepers.

Facts:

• Native to sub-Saharan Africa.
• Despite the name, they are not related to venomous puff adders.
• Spend most of their lives underground.
• Inflate their bodies as a defensive display when threatened.
• Specialized amphibian predators.