The Arafura File Snake (Acrochordus arafurae)

[Ricko]

nice. why you selling them all mate? more herps i gather?i want to get some peppermint catfish but i cant justify paying $200-$400 for adults and i would rather buy herps anyways.

 

[africancichlidau]

Yes mate, I need the room for more herps, problem is I can't get anywhere near their value for the setup
Yeah peppermints are cool I like the plain old ancystrus too

 

[ashley_morris22]

well thats a good question, Can i keep one in qld.
i just sore them on snakesnt and said i wanted one dam.
does anyone know?

thanks heaps
ashley

 

[NCHERPS]

There's some young one's for sale on 'Herp trader' for $130 each I think.

Contact your NPWS in QLD to make sure you are able to keep.

Good luck.

Neil

 

[Tommo]

the snakesnt site says that only victoria cant keep them

 

[Dicco]

You can keep em in QLD.

 

[herptrader]

The Ballarat reptile park has some and they are really interesting animals.

There are definitely an animal I would like to see added to the Victorian schedules.

I really like the long long forks in their fine tounges.

 

[ashley_morris22]

thanks
for all the help everyone i think im going to go for it and get one or 2,

Thanks heaps
ashley

 

[Robert]

Liberated what size tanks do you have handy and also heaters and filters.Might aswell see what ya got.
My 3fter will do for a while but will be chasing some big a$$ 9fters or so.
PM me if you like.
I might be b interested if they are for the right price.

Cheers.

 

[craig23]

I have a friend with 2 of them in brisbane, he has them set up in a tank and keeps the tank stocked with feeder goldfish. The file snakes just pick them off as they please and are growing very fast... I have read everywhere that they are slow growers but I think this is just in the wild, as they are relativly slow snakes and probably dont eat frequently in the wild.
He has also told me about the lady in NT that bred his two, she keeps 5 adult (5ft) file snakes in a 6ft aquarium set up with logs and stones and they breed frequently. I belive they are a great display snake, and set up properly are very easy to keep. My mate says frequent water changes, and a few feeder goldfish is all they need. easy. I think his tank is set at 28 degrees.

Craig

 

[ashley_morris22]

hi all
i found this, dont know if anyone is interested but i found it

http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/tbiol/zoology/herp/Acrochordusarafurae.PDF