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what do you all think the prettiest of the hot snakes are
and by that i mean normal animals that you can go out into the wilds and find. not Albino sunburst, or what ever other morphs are out there.

thanx

ashley

ps
yes i know albinos accure in nature but do you ever find an adult? nope.
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Just A Thought
Ashley
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Gaboons all the way......

Gaboon viper, rhino viper, king cobra.

If "pretty" is the criteria, I'd put Temple Vipers near the top. Eastern green mambas can be in the same class. I also really like the parrot snake I care for. I can't really pick a favorite...
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Larry D. Fishel
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A blazing yellow eyelash curled up in a well-planted terrarium. You just can't get better than that!

One that is due consideration is a large eastern coral. Colors are so bright, it boggles the mind.

~~Greg~~

This is a really hard question, but gabs, rhinos, cantils, various naja, boiga dendrophila, and ophiophagus would all fit somewhere on my fav. list as far as looks go...the king is not neccessarily "pretty", but it commands so much respect that it has to be up there, for me at least...

My vote would have to go to the West African green mamba, Dendroaspis viridis. The fish-netted scales, powdery blue-green coloration, yellowed tail, black eyes, you name it. I believe someone once described them on here as a "herpetelogical orgasm," and I can't think of any better words myself.
-Chance

my favs are rhino's, broad-bandeed and southern coppers

Probably a tie between squamiger's and eyelash vipers, or perhaps the "kalimantan" or whatever face of the temple viper. Many of the trimeresurus sp. are nice aswell. Rhino vipers are nice looking when they're young, but they grow uglier with age, so they don't make my list by a long shot. They're still pretty nice though. Gabboons are amazing looking, but not really "pretty". Mostly earthy colors, it's they're actual pattern that's really impressive.

Many of the South American rattlesnakes; durissus subspecies, etc, are really nice looking too.

I seem to prefer the more subdued tones of many of the rattlesnakes and true vipers. C. willardi, a nice pastel pink concolor or abyssus, gold and black molossus.....

For the record many of the wildcaught albino rattlesnakes were found as adults. I know of one molossus, two scutulatus and several atrox that were found as adults. I think venomous forms have a bit of an advantage over non-ven albinos.

The Oriental Pit Viper, (Protobothrops j. exanthomelas)is pretty hard to beat for coloration.
I agree with Rich, however a friend of mine last summer collected an albino Diamondback Water Snake, (an adult) in a stock pond! I now have the snake, and she dropped 11 babies for me.

Randal Berry

Rhinos all the way for me.It is very hard to choose just one though

blandings tree snake for me

thanx all for your responces
it was interesting to see what every one thought was pretty

thanx

ashley

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Pseudechis porphyriacus....Red Bellied Black Snake, Pelamis platurus Yellow Bellied Sea Snake, Maticora Bungarus and the list goes on....

Scott