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Nutritional Data for Carnivorous Reptiles Some Acceptable Prey and Food for Reptiles	Source: USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory ⱡ Source: www.anapsid.org
All figures based on unit or weight as shown	****Intentionally omitted: dog and cat food, sausage. These are not acceptable food items for reptiles.

	Chick, 1 day ⱡ	Mouse, adult ⱡ	Rat ⱡ	Egg, whole, raw 1/2cup	Egg, yolk, raw 1/2 cup	Egg, scramble	Chicken * by wt	Atlantic cod, (1 fillet)	Carp, raw (1 fillet)	Bass, striped (1 fillet)	Catfish, channel (1 fillet)	Shrimp, (1 lg)	Shrimp (1) jumbo	Crab, Alaska(1 leg)	Crayfish (1)	Rabbit * by wt	Lobster, small (1)	Turkey * by wt
By unit/weight (g)				121.5	121.5	110	100	115	109	159	159	7	30	172	3.38	100	185	100

Water (g)				92.52	63.56	84.04	65.99	93.81	83.18	125.9	127.7	5.81	24.90	136.86	2.78	74.51	121.4	70.40
Energy (kcal)	1.04	2.07	.69	174	391	164	215	95	138	154	151	5	21	144	3	114	116	160
Protein (g) ⱡ	15.3%	19.8%	7.6%	15.26	19.27	10.99	18.60	20.57	19.43	28.19	26.04	0.95	4.08	31.46	0.54	21.79	24.78	20.42
Fat, total lipid (g) ⱡ	4.4 %	8.8 %	1.9 %	11.55	32.25	12.08	15.06	0.77	6.10	3.70	4.48	0.07	0.30	103	0.03	2.32	1.12	8.02
Carbohydrate (g)				.087	4.36	1.77	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0.27	0	0	0	0	0
Fiber, total dietary (g)				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sugars, total (g)				0.45	0.68	1.53	0	0	0			0	0		0		0	0
Calcium (mg) ⱡ	.44%	.84%	.54%	68	157	73	11	18	45	24	22	4	16	79	1	12	126	15
Iron (mg)				2.13	3.32	1.44	0.90	0.44	1.35	1.34	0.48	0.01	0.06	1.01	0.03	3.20	0.39	1.43
Magnesium (mg)				15	6	12	20	37	32	64	37	2	7	84	1	29	57	22
Phosphorous (mg) ⱡ	.40%	.61%	1.39%	241	474	182	147	234	452	315	332	17	73	377	9	226	242	178
Potassium (mg)				168	132	145	189	477	363	407	569	8	34	351	10	378	300	266
Sodium (mg)				173	58	160	70	62	53	110	68	40	170	1438	2	50	634	65
Zinc (mg)				1.57	2.79	1.14	1.31	0.52	1.61	0.64	0.81	0.07	0.29	10.23	0.04		5.30	2.20
Vitamin C, ascorbid acid (mg)				0	0	0	1.6	1.2	1.7	0	1.1	0	0	12.0	0	0	0	0
Thiamin (mg)				0.049	0.214	0.044	0.060	0.088	0.125	0.159	0.334	0.001	0.006	0.074	0.002	0.030	0.030	0.064
Riboflavin (mg)				0.555	0.642	0.414	0.120	0.075	0.060	0.048	0.114	0.001	0.004	0.074	0.001	0.060	0.021	0.155
Niacin (mg)				0.091	0.029	0.084	6.801	2.383	1.788	3.339	3.032	0.124	0.533	1.892	0.075	6.500	2.386	4.085
Vitamin B-6 (mg)				0.207	0.425	0.147	0.350	0.283	0.207	0.477	0.184	0.011	0.048	0.258	0.004		0.156	0.410
Folate, total (mcg)				57	177	40	6	8	16	14	16	1	6	76	1		15	8
Vitamin B-12 (µg)				1.08	2.37	0.84	0.31	1.05	1.67	6.07	3.55	0.08	0.33	15.48	0.07		1.88	0.40
Vitamin A (mcg)				194	463	177	41	14	10	43	24	4	16	12	1		2	2
Vitamin E (mg)				1.28	3.13	1.26	0.30	.074	0.69			0.09	0.40		0.10		1.30	0.35
Vitamin D (D2+D3) (µg)				2.4	6.6	2.0	75	1.0	26.9		19.9	0	0		0		0	0.1
Vitamin K (µg)				0.4	0.9	4.4	1.5	0.1	0.1			0	01		0		2	3.1
Fatty acids, total saturated (g)				3.126	11.60	3.664	4.310	0.151	1.180	0.806	1.148	0.008	0.034	0.155	0.005	0.690	0.271	2.260
Fatty acids, totol monosaturat (g)				3.658	14.26	4.885	6.240	0.109	2.538	1.049	1.342	0.006	0.024	0.138	0.006	0.630	0.330	2.900
Fatty acids, total polysaturate (g)				1.911	5.108	2.672	3.230	0.267	1.560	1.247	1.375	0.009	0.039	0.224	0.010	0.450	0.444	1.980
Cholesterol (mg)				452	1318	305	75	50	72	127	92	9	38	72	4	81	190	68

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Nutritional Data for Insectivores Some Acceptable Insects for Reptiles	Sources: Encyclopedia of Entomology, Springer 2004 10.1007/0-306-48380-7_2920 "Nutrient Content of Insects" Mark D. Finke Nutritional Advisory Group Handbook, Aug 1997, "Feeding Captive Insectivorous Animals, Nutritional Aspects of Insects as Food" Iowa State University Entomology Department
	****Intentionally omitted: fireflies / lightening bugs. These are not acceptable food items for reptiles.

	Earth worm	Blood worm	Night crawler	Cricket	Cricket, hi-cal diet	Cricket, pinhead	Fruit Fly, adult	Fruit Fly, larvae	Fruit fly, pupae	Meal worm, beetle	Meal worm, larvae	Meal worm, king, larvae	Meal worm, king, hical diet	Cock roach, US	Tubifex worm	Wax moth, larvae
Ash (%)	5.0	11.3	11.4	5.7	9.8		4.5	9.8	14.1	3.1	3.2	3.4	3.5	3.3	6.9	4.8
Moisture (%)				69				68			62	59				62
Energy (kcal)	4.65		4.93	5.34	5.4		5.12	5.57	4.84	5.79	6.49	7.08	6.79	6.07		7.06
Crude Protein (%)	62.2	52.8	60.7	64.9	65.2		70.1	40.3	52.1	63.7	52.7	45.3	38.9	53.9	46.1	42.4
Carbohydrate (%)				3.06							3.62	5.81				2.54
Fat, total (%)				6.01				7.81			12.72	17.89				22.19
Calcium (% ppm)	1.72	0.38	1.52	0.14	0.90	0.22	0.10	0.59	0.77	0.07	0.11	0.16	0.69	0.20	0.19	0.11
Phosphorous (% ppm)	0.90	0.90	0.96	0.99	0.92	1.27	1.05	2.30	2.73	0.78	0.77	0.59	0.57	0.50	0.73	0.62
Magnesium (% ppm)	0.14	0.12	0.16	0.13	0.11	0.14	0.08	1.89	2.41	0.19	022	0.12	0.12	0.08	0.09	0.11
Sodium (% ppm)	0.02	0.62	0.44	0.49	0.57	0.43	0.42	0.09	0.12	0.16	0.14	0.10	0.09	0.27	0.46	0.05
Potassium (% ppm)	0.06	0.35	0.87	1.29	1.41	1.62	1.06	1.28	1.66	0.92	0.91	0.72	0.88	0.87	0.79	0.72
Copper (% ppm)	18	30	9	28	29	14	18	16	25	22	19	14	13	14	108	9
Iron (% ppm)	4133	2940	1945	58	80	200	138	235	1728	77	43	59	58	90	1702	22
Zinc (% ppm)	250	115	1119	188	237	268	171	176	200	113	100	80	86	57	190	76
Manganese (% ppm)	142	22	29	31	56	33	39	110	108	10	14	13	24	5	30	3
Selenium (% ppm)	0.92	0.37	5.44	0.58	0.49		0.07	0.49	0.33	0.29	0.31	0.40	0.18	0.36	2.16	0.66
Vitamin A (µg/kg)				240							240	290				40
Choline (mg/kg)				4932						6671	4839	4124				3953
Vitamin B-12 (µg/kg)				174.3						15.4	12.3	10.1				21
Vitamin E (mg/kg)				43				15			20	21
Folate (mg/kg)				4.9						3.8	4.1	1.6				1.1
Niacin (mg/kg)				125						155	107	77				90
Riboflavin (mg/kg)				110						23.4	21.3	17.8				17.6
Thiamin (mg/kg)				1.2						2.7	6.3	1.5				5.6

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Nutritional Data for Some Acceptable Lettuces and Leafy Greens for Reptiles	Source: USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory
All figures based on 1/2 cup serving of raw chopped greens	****Intentionally omitted: iceburg lettuce, purple leafy vegetables. These are not acceptable food items for reptiles.

	Dandelion	Endive	Escarole	Romaine	Collards	Mustard	Boston	Arugula	Chicory	Spinach	Alfalfa	Turnip	Kale	Bok Choy	Chard
1/2 cup raw, serving weight (g)	27.5	14.5	14	15	18	28	27.5	10	14.5	15	16.5	27	33	36.5	18

Water (g)	23.54	13.55	13.09	14.02	16.3	25.42	26.3	9.17	13.55	13.71	15.32	24.1	26	34.79	16.68
Energy (kcal)	12	3	3	3	5	7	4	2	3	3	4	14	13	5	3
Protein (g)	0.74	0.2	0.19	0.21	0.44	0.76	0.37	0.26	0.2	0.43	066	0.4	1.1	0.55	0.32
Fat, total (g)	0.19	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.08	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.04	0.06	0.11	0.1	0.25	0.07	0.04
Carbohydrate (g)	2.53	0.55	0.53	0.57	1.02	1.37	0.61	0.36	0.55	0.54	0.35	2.4	3.2	0.8	0.67
Sugars, total	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.08	0.45	0.26	0.2	0.1	0.06	0.03	0.2	0	0.43	0.2
Fiber, total dietary (g)	1	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.6	0.4	0.3
Alcohol (g)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cholesterol (mg)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saturated fatty acids (g)	0.047	0.008	0.007	0.008	0.01	0.003	0.008	0.009	0.008	0.009	0.011	0	0.05	0.01	0.005
Monounsaturated fatty acids (g)	0.004	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.005	0.026	0.002	0.005	0.001	0.002	0.009	0	0	0.009	0.005
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (g)	0.084	0.018	0.018	0.018	0.036	0.011	0.032	0.032	0..018	0.025	0.067	0.5	0.09	0.005	0.007
Calcium (mg)	51	9	9	9	26	29	10	16	9	15	5	52	45.5	38	9
Copper (mg)	0.047	0.021	0.021	0.022	0.007	0.041	0.004	0.008	0.021	0.02	0.026	0.01	0.01	0.008	0.032
Iron (mg)	0.85	0.13	0.13	0.14	0.03	0.41	0.34	0.15	0.13	0.41	0.16	0.03	0.52	029	0.32
Magnesium (mg)	10	3	3	3	2	9	4	5	3	12	4	8.6	0.25	7	15
Phosphorous (mg)	18	5	5	5	2	12	9	5	5	7	12	12.4	17.5	14	8
Potassium (mg)	109	47	46	49	30	99	65	37	47	84	13	81	149	92	68
Selenium (mg)	0.1	0	0	0	0.2	0.3	0.2	0	0	0.2	0.1	0.35	0.3	0.2	0.2
Sodium (mg)	21	4	4	4	4	7	1	3	4	12	1	11	14.4	24	38
Zinc (mg)	0.11	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.02	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.07	0.08	0.15	0.55	0.15	0.07	0.06
Vitamin A (mcg)	140	40	39	42	60	147	46	12	40	70	1	314	51	81	55
Vitamin C (mg)	9.6	1.7	1.6	1.7	6.4	19.6	1	1.5	1.7	4.2	1.4	16	40.2	16.4	5.4
Vitamin B-6 (mg)	0.069	0.01	0.009	0.01	0.03	0.05	0.023	0.007	0.01	0.029	0.006	0.55	0.1	0.071	0.018
Choline, total (mg)	9.7	1.9	1.8	2	4.2	0.1	2.3	1.5	1.9	2.9	2.4	0	0	2.3	3.2
Vitamin B-12 (mcg)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vitamin E, total (mg)	0.95	0.14	0.13	0.14	0.41	0.56	0.05	0.04	0.14	0.3	0	.08	0	0.03	0.34
Vitamin D (D2+D3) (mcg)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Folate, total (mcg)	7	19	18	19	30	52	20	10	19	29	6	25	8.5	24	3
Folic acid (mcg)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vitmain K (mcg)	214.1	30.5	29.5	31.6	91.9	139.2	28.1	10.9	30.5	72.4	5	65	223	16.6	149.4
Niacin (mg)	0.222	0.059	0.057	0.061	0.134	0.224	0.098	0.03	0.059	0.109	0.079	0.15	0.035	0.182	0.072
Retinol (mcg)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Riboflavin (mg)	0.072	0.012	0.011	0.011	0.023	0.031	0.017	0.009	0.012	0.028	0.021	0.055	0.05	0.026	0.016
Thiamin (mg)	0.052	0.01	0.01	0.011	0.01	0.022	0.016	0.004	0.01	0.012	0.013	0	0.05	0.015	0.007
Carotene, beta (mcg)	1610	481	465	498	692	1764	546	142	481	844	14	348	922	979	656
Carotene, alpha (mcg)	100	0	0	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8
Cryptoxanthin, beta (mcg)	33	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Lutein + zaexanthin (mcg)	3743	610	589	631	1608	2772	336	356	610	1830	0	0	3955	15	1980
Lycopene (mcg)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caffeine (mg)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Theobromine (mg)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Nutritional Data for Some Acceptable Vegetables for Reptiles	Source: USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory
All figures based on 1/2 cup serving of raw chopped vegetables	****Intentionally omitted: hot peppers These are not acceptable food items for reptiles.

	Squash, summer	Squash, acorn	Squash, butter	Squash, spaghetti	Snow peas	Cucumber	Zucchini	Broccoli	Carrots	Parsnips	Green beans	Sweet Potato	Artichoke	Okra	Pepper, Sweet	Tomato	Asparagus	Soybean
1/2 cup raw, serving weight (g)	56.5	70	70g	50.5	49	52	62	45.5	64	66.5	50	66.5	64	50	46	90	67	128

Water (g)	53.47	61.45	60.49	46.26	43.56	49.52	58.77	40.63	56.51	52.89	45.16	51.39	54.36	45.08	43.19	85.07	62.46	86.4
Energy (kcal)	9	28	32	16	21	8	11	15	26	50	16	57	30	16	9	16	13	188
Protein (g)	0.68	0.56	0.70	0.32	1.37	0.34	0.75	1.28	0.60	0.80	0.92	1.04	2.09	1.00	0.40	0.79	1.47	16.58
Fat, total lipid (g)	0.10	0.07	0.007	0.29	0.10	0.06	0.20	0.17	0.15	0.20	0.11	0.03	0.10	0.05	0.08	0.18	0.08	8.7
Carbohydrate (g)	1.89	7.29	8.18	3.49	3.70	1.89	1.93	3.02	6.13	11.96	3.48	13.38	6.73	3.52	2.13	3.5	2.60	14.14
Fiber, total dietary (g)	0.6	1.0	1.4	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.6	12	1.8	3.3	1.4	2.0	3.5	1.6	0.8	1.1	1.4	5.4
Sugars, total (g)	1.24		1.54	1.39	1.96	0.87	1.55	0.77	3.03	3.19	1.63	2.78	0.63	0.60	1.10	2.37	1.26
Calcium (mg)	8	23	34	12	21	8	10	21	21	24	18	20	28	40	5	9	16	252
Iron (mg)	0.20	0.49	0.49	0.16	1.02	0.15	0.23	0.33	0.19	0.39	0.52	0.41	0.82	0.40	0.16	0.24	1.43	4.54
Magnesium (mg)	10	22	24	6	12	7	11	10	8	19	12	17	38	28	5	10	9	83
Phosphorous (mg)	21	25	23	6	26	12	24	30	22	47	19	31	58	32	9	22	35	248
Potassium (mg)	148	243	246	55	98	76	162	144	205	249	106	224	237	152	80	213	135	794
Sodium (mg)	1	2	3	9	2	1	5	15	44	7	3	37	60	4	1	4	1	19
Zinc (mg)	0.16	0..09	0.10	0.10	0.13	0.10	0.20	0.19	0.15	0.39	0.12	0.20	0.31	0.30	0.05	0.15	0.36	1.27
Vitamin C, ascorbid acid (mg)	9.6	7.7	14.7	1.1	29.4	1.5	11.1	40.6	3.8	11.3	6.1	1.6	7.5	10.6	37.0	12.3	3.8	37.1
Thiamin (mg)	0.027	0.098	0.070	0.019	0.074	0.014	0.028	0.032	0.042	0.060	0.041	0.052	0.046	0.100	0.026	0.033	0.096	0.557
Riboflavin (mg)	0.080	0.007	0.014	0.009	0.039	0.017	0.058	0.053	0.037	0.033	0.052	0.041	0.042	0.030	0.013	0.017	0.094	0.224
Niacin (mg)	0.275	0.490	0.840	0.480	0.294	0.051	0.280	0.291	0.629	0.465	0.367	0.370	0.669	0.500	0.221	0.535	0.655	2.112
Vitamin B-6 (mg)	0.123	0.108	0.108	0.051	0.078	0.021	0.101	0.080	0.088	0.060	0.070	0.139	0.074	0.108	0.103	0.072	0.061	0.083
Folate, total (mcg)	16	12	19	6	21	4	15	29	12	45	16	7	44	44	5	14	35	211
Vitamin B-12 (µg)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vitamin A (mcg)	6	13	372	3	26	3	6	14	534	0	18	471	1	10	8	38	25	12
Vitamin E (mg)	0.07	1.07	1.01	0.07	0.19	0.02	0.07	0.35	0.42	0.99	0.20	0.17	0.12	0.18	0.17	0.49	0.76
Vitamin D (D2+D3) (µg)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vitamin K (µg)	9.7		0.8	0.5	12.2	8.5	2.7	46.2	8.4	15.0	7.2	1.2	9.5	26.5	3.4	7.1	27.9
Fatty acids, total saturated (g)	0.025	0.015	0.015	0.059	0.019	0.019	0.052	0.018	0.024	0.033	0.025	0.012	0.023	0.013	0.027	0.025	0.027	1.006
Fatty acids, totol monosaturat (g)	0.009	0.005	0.005	0.021	0.010	0.003	0.007	0.005	0.009	0.074	0.005	0.001	0.003	0.008	0.004	0.028	0	1.644
Fatty acids, total polysaturate (g)	0.050	0.029	0.029	0.121	0.044	0.017	0.056	0.017	0.075	0.031	0.056	0.009	0.041	0.014	0.029	0.075	0.034	4.096
Cholesterol (mg)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Nutritional Data for Some Acceptable Fruits for Reptiles	Source: USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory
All figures based on 1/2 cup serving of raw sliced fruit	****Intentionally omitted: rhubarb, starfruit. These are not acceptable food items for reptiles.

	Straw berries	Black berries	Rasp berries	Blue berries	Peach	Plumb	Apricot	Pear	Apple	Orange	Banana	Grapes	Kiwi	Mango	Pine apple	Coconut	Pome granate	Papaya
1/2 cup raw, serving weight (g)	76	72	61.5	74	77	82.5	77.5	74	62.5	90	75	75.5	90	82.5	82.5	80	70.5	72.5

Water (g)	69.12	63.47	52.74	62.32	68.43	71.96	66.92	61.95	53.48	78.08	56.18	60.81	74.76	68.85	70.95	37.59	54.94	63.84
Energy (kcal)	24	31	32	42	30	38	37	43	32	42	67	52	55	50	41	283	59	31
Protein (g)	0.51	1.0	0.74	0.55	0.70	0.58	1.08	0.28	0.16	0.85	0.82	0.54	1.03	0.68	0.45	2.66	1.18	0.34
Fat, total lipid (g)	0.23	0.35	0.40	0.24	0.19	0.23	0.30	0.09	0.11	0.11	0.25	0.12	0.47	0.31	0.10	26.79	0.82	0.19
Carbohydrate (g)	5.84	6.92	7.34	10.72	7.35	9.42	8.62	11.44	8.63	10.58	17.13	13.67	13.19	12.36	10.82	12.18	13.18	7.84
Fiber, total dietary (g)	1.5	3.8	4.0	1.8	1.2	1.2	1.6	2.3	1.5	2.2	2.0	0.7	2.7	1.3	1.2	7.2	2.8	1.2
Sugars, total (g)	3.72	3.51	2.72	7.37	6.46	8.18	7.16	7.25	6.49	8.42	9.17	11.69	8.09	11.27	8.13	4.98	9.64	5.67
Calcium (mg)	12	21	15	4	5	5	10	7	4	36	4	8	31	9	11	11	7	14
Iron (mg)	0.31	0.45	0.42	0.21	0.19	0.14	0.30	0.13	0.08	0.09	0.2	0.27	0.28	0.13	0.24	1.94	0.21	0.18
Magnesium (mg)	10	14	14	4	7	6	8	5	3	9	20	5	15	8	10	26	8	15
Phosphorous (mg)	18	16	18	9	15	13	18	8	7	13	16	15	31	12	7	90	25	7
Potassium (mg)	116	117	93	57	146	130	201	88	67	163	268	144	281	139	90	285	166	132
Sodium (mg)	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	3	1	1	16	2	6
Zinc (mg)	0.11	0.38	0.26	0.12	0.13	0.08	0.16	0.07	0.02	0.06	0.11	0.05	0.13	0.07	0.10	0.88	0.25	0.06
Vitamin C, ascorbid acid (mg)	44.7	15.1	16.1	7.2	5.1	7.8	7.8	3.1	2.9	47.9	6.5	2.4	83.4	30.0	39.4	2.6	7.2	44.2
Thiamin (mg)	0.018	0.014	0.020	0.027	0.018	0.023	0.023	0.009	0.011	0.078	0.023	0.052	0.024	0.023	0.065	0.053	0.047	0.017
Riboflavin (mg)	0.017	0.019	0.023	0.030	0.024	0.021	0.031	0.019	0.016	0.036	0.055	0.053	0.022	0.031	0.026	0.016	0.037	0.020
Niacin (mg)	0.293	0.465	0.368	0.309	0.621	0.344	0.465	0.116	0.057	0.254	0.499	0.142	0.307	0.552	0.412	0.432	0.207	0.259
Vitamin B-6 (mg)	0.036	0.022	0.034	0.038	0.019	0.024	0.042	0.021	0.026	0.054	0.275	0.065	0.057	0.098	0.092	0.043	0.053	0.028
Folate, total (mcg)	18	18	13	4	3	4	7	5	2	27	15	2	22	35	15	21	27	27
Vitamin B-12 (µg)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vitamin A (mcg)	1	8	1	2	12	14	74	1	2	10	2	2	4	45	2	0	0	34
Vitamin E (mg)	0.22	0.84	0.54	0.42	0.56	0.21	0.69	0.09	0.11	0.16	0.08	0.14	1.31	0.74	0.02	0.19	0.42	0.22
Vitamin D (D2+D3) (µg)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vitamin K (µg)	1.7	14.3	4.8	14.3	20	5.3	2.6	3.3	1.4	0	0.4	11.0	36.3	3.5	0.6	0.2	11.6	1.9
Fatty acids, total saturated (g)	0.011	0.010	0.012	0.021	0.015	0.014	0.021	0.004	0.018	0.013	0.084	0.041	0.026	0.076	0.007	23.75	0.085	0.059
Fatty acids, totol monosaturat (g)	0.033	0.034	0.039	0.035	0.052	0.111	0.132	0.019	0.004	0.021	0.024	0.005	0.042	0.116	0.011	1.140	0.066	0.052
Fatty acids, total polysaturate (g)	0.118	0.202	0.231	0.108	0.066	0.036	0.060	0.021	0.032	0.022	0.055	0.038	0.258	0.059	0.033	0.293	0.056	0.042
Cholesterol (mg)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Nutritional Data for Some Acceptable Melon and Other Plants for Reptiles	Source: USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory
Figures based on 1/2 cup serving of cubed melon, plants based on weight	****Intentionally omitted: azalea, oleander. These are not acceptable food items for reptiles.

	Watermelon	Cantelope	Honey Dew	Pumpkin	Casaba	Gourd, calabash	Yucca * by wt	Fig *by wt	Leeks	Hibiscus *by wt
1/2 cup raw, serving weight (g)	76	80	85	58	85	58	50	50	44.5	50

Water (g)	69.50	72.12	76.35	53.13	78.07	55.41	1.4	39.56	36.94	44.82
Energy (kcal)	23	27	31	15	24	8	258	37	27	18
Protein (g)	0.46	0.67	0.46	0.58	0.94	0.36	0.57	0.38	0.67	0.22
Fat, total lipid (g)	0.11	0.15	0.12	0.06	0.08	0.01	12.96	0.15	0.13	0.32
Carbohydrate (g)	5.74	6.53	7.73	3.77	5.59	1.97	34.62	9.59	6.30	3.70
Fiber, total dietary (g)	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.8	0.3	1.8	1.4	0.8	0.2
Sugars, total (g)	4.71	6.29	6.90	0.79	4.84		1.68	8.13	1.74	3.0
Calcium (mg)	5	7	5	12	9	15	26	18	26	0
Iron (mg)	0.18	0.17	0.14	0.46	0.29	0.12	0.36	0.18	0.93	4.32
Magnesium (mg)	8	10	8	7	9	6	23	8	12	0
Phosphorous (mg)	8	12	9	26	4	8	50	7	16	2
Potassium (mg)	85	214	194	197	155	87	434	116	80	4
Sodium (mg)	1	13	15	1	8	1	148	0	9	2
Zinc (mg)	0.08	0.14	0.08	0.19	0.06	0.41	0.42	0.08	0.05	0.06
Vitamin C, ascorbid acid (mg)	6.2	29.4	15.3	5.2	18.5	5.9		1	5.3	9.2
Thiamin (mg)	0.025	0.033	0.032	0.029	0.013	0.017	0.025	0030	0.027	0.640
Riboflavin (mg)	0.016	0.015	0.010	0.064	0.026	0.013	0.014	0.025	0.013	0.050
Niacin (mg)	0.135	0.587	0.355	0.348	0.197	0.186	0.598	0.200	0.178	0
Vitamin B-6 (mg)	0.034	0.058	0.075	0.035	0.139	0.023	0.065	0.056	0.104	0
Folate, total (mcg)	2	17	16	9	7	3		3	28	0
Vitamin B-12 (µg)	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
Vitamin A (mcg)	21	135	3	214	0	9		4	37	8
Vitamin E (mg)	0.04	0.04	0.02	0.61	0.04	0	1.39	0.06	0.41	0
Vitamin D (D2+D3) (µg)	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
Vitamin K (µg)	0.1	2.0	2.5	0.6	2.1		2.6	2.4	20.9	0
Fatty acids, total saturated (g)	0.012	0.041	0.032	0.030	0.021	0.001	4.344	0.030	0.018	0.134
Fatty acids, totol monosaturat (g)	0.028	0.002	0.003	0.008	0.002	0.002	3.722	0.033	0.002	0.042
Fatty acids, total polysaturate (g)	0.038	0.065	0050	0.003	0.033	0.005	3.46	0.072	0.074	0.018
Cholesterol (mg)	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0

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