I like all of the snakes in the obsoletus complex, but they are larger than I personally want to work with. I like bairdi as a substitute for the obsoletus complex, as they usually don't get as large, and they can be very nice looking as well. Also, they used to be considered part of the obsoletus group, and are very similar in many ways. They are usually very docile also, which makes them even better imho.

I agree with Terry also, about emoryi, which are very nice rat snakes to start out with.

-Toby Brock
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Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

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