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I've finally moved and will have room to expand my current collection and wanted some advice on what species would be interesting.

I curently own the follwoing:
1x blotched Kingsnake
1x Jungle Carpet Python
1x Ball Python
2x Dumeril's boa (m&f)

I'm looking at expanding to 8 or 9 snakes. I'm definately on the lookout for a Green Tree Python to add but I'm not sure which others I should get. I tend to prefer the python and boa families over colubrids. Also I'm looking at finding some visually interesting and impressive snakes (Not looking for anything the size of Burmese or other giants)

Looking forward to the ideas.

Phil

A suggestion for GTPs --

If you want to buy a hatchling as I assume you do, handle it first. Many people say that GTPs are just always nippy but they aren't, I have held many very tame individuals that I was told were tame right out of the egg.

Of course, you may just want one for looks, in which case it wouldn't really matter ...

One cool snake is a viper boa, from the Candoia genus. They are from the Solomon Islands. They are small and robust, slightly shorter than a blood python, and cool to look at because they mimic a death adder.

Amazon tree boas are cool if you want a display snake, they may impress people by trying to strike at you from behind the glass. Halloween phase are especially pretty but they fade as they get older.

Good luck with whatever choices you make!

crocacutus

...a nice pastel Colombian or a wicked Peruvian...

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1.0 c.b.02' 7' Pastel Colombian Boa (BCI)(thanks Bill!)"Maverick"
0.1 c.b.06' 6' Firebelly x Pastel Boa (BCI) "Betty Boa"
0.1 c.b. 07 6' Amazon Basin Redtail Boa (BCC)"Lola Boa"
1.0 c.b. 05 6' Blonde Bullsnake "Boo"
1.0 c.b. 05' 4 1/2' Snow Corn "Zero"
1.0 wc 4' Fl.Cornsnake "Iggy"
0.1 cb 18" Okeetee Cornsnake "Bella"
1.0 wc 3'Everglades x Yellow Ratsnake "Achmed"
1.1 wc LTC Southern WhiteLip Pythons "Thorne and Ariel"

get a mate for your JCP and kingsnake

Maybe a pair of bloods? They're too chunky for my taste but they're neat.
Macklott's are nice and get a good size...for visually impressive, a king rat is a good choice, as are blue beauties. Both are large colubrids (7', but not all that heavily built). And they're dead gorgeous.
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We wouldn't have 6 and a half billion people if you had to be beautiful to get laid.
6.6 African House snakes
3.2 reticulated pythons
.1 corn snake
4.2 Florida Kings
1.2 speckled kings
1.2 ball pythons
0.0.1 Argentine boa

Nothing beats a Brazilian rainbow boa for visually striking! My little girl has a great temperment, although individuals vary and they can be nervous. Plus they get to be a nice size - not too big to handle alone.

Sabogae Boa's. Unique look, rare and stay small