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Colubridae

Baird's Rat Snake

Pantherophis bairdi

Photograph: Textile Ranger · CC0

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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warm end29 °C
cool end21–24 °C
Humidity50 %
Enclosure91×61×61

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
21–24°Cool side
29°Warm side

A real gradient, 29°C warm against 21–24°C cool, so the animal chooses. The sheet states no separate night figure.

Why

Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet stateswarm 29 °C / cool 21-24 °C

Humidity

50%Target RH

The sheet statesaround 50%

UVB

Requiredrequired

The sheet statesdoes not require any kind of artificial lighting such as UVB

Diet
an appropriately sized rodent every 5 to 7 days (juvenile), an appropriate meal every 7 to 10 days (adult); hatchlings on pinkie mice, converted over to rats

Identity

Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

29 °C50 % RHUVB tube3 ft2 ft
warm sideUVB tube
50100150200 cm
3 × 2 × 2 ft · 91 × 61 × 61 cmWidth × depth × height
56dm² of floor
Substrate: not in our dataWater: not in our dataHides: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet statesan enclosure measuring 3ft x 2ft x 2ft (adult)

Temperature
warm 29 °C / cool 21–24 °C
Humidity
~50%

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Common questions

Does it bite?

Almost never. Once settled it is one of the calmest rat snakes on the shelf.

How big does it get?

Around 1.2 metres, slim build, so a medium enclosure is enough for life.

What does it eat?

Frozen-thawed mice, roughly once a week. Nothing exotic and nothing live is needed.

Can I keep two in one enclosure?

No. Snakes do not need company, and two together mainly creates feeding accidents. One per enclosure.

What it needs

Enclosure at least 91 × 61 × 61 cmbecause enclosure — an enclosure measuring 3ft x 2ft x 2ft (adult)
A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 29 °C / cool 21-24 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 29 °C / cool 21-24 °C
A thermometerbecause temp — warm 29 °C / cool 21-24 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — around 50%
UVB, stated as requiredbecause uvb — does not require any kind of artificial lighting such as UVB

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Sources

reptilerange.com — lu le 2026-08-04gbif.org — lu le 2026-08-08

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What this sheet states

77%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 5 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.