Well I would have to disagree with lumping the "common ratsnakes" all in one category and ranked at 14. After all, the corn snake is a rat snake, and could be lumped in there as well. But since it isnt, what about the differences in personality of the other rat snakes?



The E. O. Obsoleta, is also a very laid back rat snake and is becoming more and more popular. Especially with the brindles, licorices, albinos, root beers, and white sides. Lots of work is being done with these snakes.



E. O. Quadrivittata, a very mellow snake that can be a very beautiful animal. Some of the yellows on these snakes are vibrant and they are very mellow, dont attain a large size, and like all rat snakes, feed readily.



And the list goes on. I would personally put the rat snakes ahead of the ball python just for the simple fact that they require less attention to detail concerning the enclosure humidity and temps.



How many times have you seen a rat snake with a horrible partial shed and old skin pulling off in patches?? None of my rat snakes have ever had a shed problem.



What about ball pythons being picky eaters once stressed out? Take a look at the amount of non-feeders posted on the ball python forum vs. the rat snake forum.



Gray banded king snake at #5. I would list this snake way down the list. It is not a good beginner snake and is not easy to care for at all. They are a very beautiful snake, that is for sure!! But not easy to care for.



Milksnakes at 27. Once again, a bunch of snakes lumped together.

Agreed some are very hard to take care of. But there are others that are very easy to take care of.



I had to make some changes. Just my opinion.









Here is the working list...

1. Corn snake (due to the wide diversity of color morphs and ease of care)

2. Rosy Boa

3. Grey Ratsnake

4. Yellow Ratsnake

5. Mexican Kingsnakes

6. Checkered Gartersnake

7. Kenyan Sand Boa

8. Florida Kingsnake

9. California Kingsnake

10. Eastern Kingsnake

11. Black ratsnake

12. Dekays brown/Red bellied brown/ring neck snake (often forgotten snakes that are very easy to care for)

13. Nelsons/Pueblan milk snake

14. Childrens python

15. Honduran milk snake

16. Twin Spotted Ratsnake

17. Common Gartersnake

18. Texas ratsnake

19. Western Hognose

20. Russian Ratsnake

21. Dione's Ratsnake

22. Black milk snake

23. Prairie Kingsnake

24. African Brown House Snake

25. Indian Sand Boa

26. Trans-Pecos Ratsnake

27. Gopher/Pine/Bullsnakes

28. Eastern/red milk snake

29. Water snakes

30. Scarlet king snake

31. Spotted Python

32. Rubber Boa

33. Rainbow Boa

34. Rough Greensnake

35. Boa Constrictor

36. Borneo Blood Python

37. Grey banded kingsnake

38. Jungle Carpet Python

39. Burmese Python

40. Reticulated Python (for entertainment purposes only - I only included these because some people consider them as first snakes!!)



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>>I am sure there are some flagrant omissions - what are they?

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Good luck and Happy Herping

Brian

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