Reptile & Amphibian Forums

Hey guys I'm curious as to what species are diurnal and pretty to look at. All of my pet snakes only come out at night time and hide during the day. I want to make a great looking show case with some snakes that actually come out and do something during the daytime.

I'd have to say Thamnophis. There are so many colorful and readily available garter snakes out there, and they are active during the day time unless it is extremely hot.
Michael
Here is a pic of my melanistic eastern garter downing a fuzzy mouse...

Michael's Place

-----
www.freewebs.com/mikesnake
Michael_Fedzen@hotmail.com

Thanks for the input guys. About the garter snakes, I've got a common neonate garter right now, had him for about 2 years, and I've never seen him active during the daytime, he just stays in his hide and only pops his head out to snag a fish or mouse from me when i'm offering. Maybe garters get more confident when they get older?

Maybe I'll try to keep a green snake again. I bought a smooth green snake from petco a while ago, it was weak from the time I bought it, and it's condition just deteriorated till it eventually died. Are both smooth and rough green snakes diurnal? I've heard rough green snakes are more hardy and take to captivity better...

If you've had him for 2 years, he should be pretty well past the neonate stage by now....
-----
We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nice garter solid black? I notice you kep unusual color types of native snakes.

You are very observative.
Yeah I try to keep color morphs and stuff more than normals, although I don't have too morphs lol. I have a male melanistic(black) eastern garter snake in the pic, the female amelanistic northern ringneck, I also have an abberant northern ringneck. Not much of a collection of morphs if you ask me.
Michael
Michael's Place

-----
www.freewebs.com/mikesnake
Michael_Fedzen@hotmail.com

Anyone that has one never mind two diff color morphs of ringnecks is a collector heeheee. They arent easy to find.
Malays

Ringnecks or ringneck morphs?
Michael
Michael's Place

-----
www.freewebs.com/mikesnake
Michael_Fedzen@hotmail.com

Coachwhips and Racers often hunt by day, as do many sight hunters (particulary those who eat prey that is diurnal like many birds and lizards).

Frank
-----
"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."

For North American species, the some pretty diurnal species would be:

Hognosed Snakes
Racers
Coachwhips
Pine Snakes (generally)
Greensnakes

Hogs and Pines make the best captive choices among these.
-----
Chris Harrison

Hey Chris,
Don't forget Indigos and Cribos...

O.H.
-----
We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have one that is very active, especially in the late afternoon. Also very easy to keep, docile, and overall great pets.
-----
Current Collection:
0.1 Antherystic elaphe guttata guttata - Corn Snake
1.0 Elaphe vulpina gloydi - Eastern Fox Snake
0.1 Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta - Black Rat Snake
0.1 Leucistic elaphe obsoleta linheimeri - Texas Ratsnake
1.1 Morelia spilota cheyni - Jungle Carpet Python
0.1 Tiliqua scincoides intermedia - Northern Blue Tongue Skink

Yeah, Indigos and Cribos! ;0)