I'd say you are right about Pituophis. I've noticed prices going up on northern pines over the last few years. Meltzer says he used to breed them back when he couldn't give them away, now they sell rather quickly. Pit fans are always talking about how contagious one is, so once you get started into them, you continue to get more and wonder what you ever did without them. They are so active and make very interesting pets. I definatly see those becoming more popular.

Asian rats? Maybe. In my opinion, they are very beautiful, but don't do so well as pets. This may kill their market later on. When commanding high prices, you generally get experienced keepers buying them. The less experienced keepers probably won't want something like a mandarin despite their beauty. Beauty snakes just get too big and require a lot of room, and are often aggressive. I don't think they make ideal pets.

Other than pits, I see dwarf boas as rising up in popularity. Right now, colombians are popular, but I've talked to several who don't like the large size. They got excited when I told them I expect to have a litter of dwarf boas next year. There are several different dwarf localities all of which are beautiful in a different way. I can see those becoming very popular.

As far as another morph market like balls, boas, corns, or honduran milks, I can see pituophis morphs hitting big. There are already several and a few more would put these in breeder's minds. Blackhead and morelia pythons are starting to hit some nice morphs and may also take over the high price marketure.
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