This species has rarely been kept in captivity with very little information available on captive husbandry.

Those who have kept this species for an extended period have maintained them much the same as other species of the cornuta-inornata complex with a substrate of sand, stone and flat rocks under which these snakes like to retreat. They are nocturnal and will use low shrubs as shelter, they will also drink readily from a waterbowl.

This species appears to prefer lower temperatures and slightly higher humidity than the desert species. A summer basking spot of 35° C should be provided though this species will rarely take advantage of this, preferring to bask a little away from the hotspot.

Mating occurs in late winter with up to 7 babies born in mid-summer.