There is considerable variation in size and color forms across the Woma's native Australian range. Band width and number of bands are two of the variables that may be geographically discernable in addition to overall length, background color and band color. In some areas there is a black patch over the eyes which has been described as collaris . The specimens from south Western Australia to the Simpson Desert, Northern Territories are the largest, reaching 8 to 9 feet in length, and are drab brown, sometimes almost black to olive green in color. Womas can be voracious feeders and, like black-headeds, have an incredible feeding instict that can become rather aggressive once the first food article is eaten.
Hatchlings generally feed readily on rat pinks or pink to fuzzy mice.
Our adults prefer rats, small rabbits and chicks. Woma husbandry is fairly straightforward. We provide a thermal gradient with them as with all our reptiles, offering a basking spot up to 88 degrees F with the cool end of the cage in the mid to low 70's. We keep them in small groups of 3 to 4 animals in a cage but seperate them for feeding. We had bi-level cages constructed with heat panels providing overhead heat in the top and heat tape providing bottom heat in the drawers.