I'm trying to work out some statistics on human fatalities from snakes, dogs, and horses in the US, and compare them to the number actually in captivity... I can't seem to find any data on how many large constrictors are in captivity. I found one source that claimed their were only 600,000 pet snakes in the US, but I find that hard to believe. I found another source that said there are approx. 11 million pet reptiles, and I would guess that about half of those are snakes, and that 6 million might be a more accurate guess...
Can anyone give me a rough approximation of the number of large constrictors? (mainly the 9 listed in S. 373)
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1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas Nico, Tally
0.1 Amazon Tree Boa, Willow
0.1 Pastel BCI, unnamed thus far
1.0 Carpet X Diamond Python, Steve
1.0 Ball python, Stan (Rescue)
1.0 Blood python, Porthos
1.0 Hognose, Fang
1.1 Western Fox snakes, unnamed thus far
1.0 Northern Blue Tongue, Jabbi
0.0.1 Red Tegu, Sushi
1.1 Mali Uromastyx, Ajani (rescue), Goober
0.0.1 Egyptian Uromastyx, Ahktep
1.0 Leopard gecko, Frank (rescue)
1.0 Red eared slider, Spunky (rescue)
1.0 African mud turtle, Francois the Tortois (rescue)
1.0 African bullfrog, Grendel
1.0 Husband (WC) who approves of my addiction
