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What if you could pick one to four snakes to keep (including or aside from species you already have)?
Hypothetically assume that the laws are okay with whatever.
You can easily afford that species.
You have enough space.
Your living situation allows it.
It's five years from now, so novices, you probably have enough experience.

The only limitations are, you don't have any extra time or extra assistance compared what you have now. (No minions and you can't quit your day job. Sorry.)

Here's mine.
1. Arizona Mountain King pyromelana pyromelana, (the wild type coloration)
2. Leucistic black rat snake
3. Vietnamese Blue beauty snake
4. Aru Scrub Python
All cb

So what's yours? In theory a 1:3 breeding set of leucistic ball pythons may be a savvier choice, but I like mine fine.
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0.2 chickens
0.2 dog mutts (half ownership, only mine when they misbehave)
0.1 Halflinger horse
0.0 reptiles due to living with
1.1 parents
Still searching for 1.0 WC human

Only that few? Bummer...

Won't ever own but are incredibly cool:
Gaboon Viper (arguably the coolest color patterns anywhere)
Eyelash Viper
Inland Taipan (Yeah, I had to pick the most venomous land snake)
Green Mamba (Not the prettiest, but very intelligent)
Any of the Scrub Pythons

Snakes that I will eventually own:
Southern Copperhead
Amazon Tree Boa
Kenyan Sand Boa

I own the rest
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Current Collection:
0.1 Antherystic elaphe guttata guttata - Corn Snake
1.0 Elaphe vulpina gloydi - Eastern Fox 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

1. eyelash viper
2. pure diamond python
3. Centralian python
4. Savu python
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2.2 Solomen Island ground boas
0.1 Solomen Island tree boa
1.0 green tree python
1.0 jungle carpet python
2.0 coastal carpet python
1.0 Boa constrictor imperator
0.1 Borneo short-tailed (blood) python
0.0.1 CB Florida banded water snake
1.0 albino Burmese python

African Mole Snake (and I have a pair coming!)
Elaphe prasina
European smooth snake
San Francisco Garter
Oligodon taeniatus (or any of the larger Kukri snakes

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

>>African Mole Snake (and I have a pair coming!)

OK Frank,

Spill the bens. Where did you find a pair of Pseudaspis?

Chris
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Chris Harrison

It will be a few weeks till they get here, so I won't say yet. When they do come in and I see they are healthy, I will contact you (or if you prefer) Email me your contact info and I will give to the dealer to reserve them. You would like a pair?

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

1.1 Eastern indigos
1.1 rough/smooth green snakes
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.........
0.0.1 Northern BTS (Huffy)
1.1 Ball Pythons (Korban and Leeloo)
1.0 Western Hognose (Fuego)
1.1 cornsnakes (Asmodeus and Strawberry)
0.2 Bearded dragons (itchy and scratchy)
0.1 Rosehair T. (Jigglypuff)
1.0 dog BC..(Kippy)
2.1 cats (Thomas,Sunflower,Diablo(Slinky))

When the time comes, you should start out with your leucistic ratsnake...And don't be shy about going with a Texas if that's what you find available and at the right price. Most settle down with a little time and patience, and I appreciate mine more since I had to "work" with him a little. He NEVER bites me now!

I will add to my collection of North American Ratsnakes with:

1. A licorice stick (white-sided) black rat.

2. An everglades.

3. An orange phase Texas.

4. And a yellow

A pretty modest list, really.
Duffy

Now I just need to research what the heck some of these critters are and look like! LOL
Thanks Duffy, but for my first, I'll probably go with the Arizona kingsnake. Cute face, pretty pattern, seem like a good novice snake, and they're little enough so even if I move into some hole-in-the-wall, I can use still a medium sized tank and convince the critter that he's in the Ritz.
For the leucistic ratsnake, I'll keep the Texas in mind though. It does seem to have some advantages...
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0.2 chickens
0.2 dog mutts (half ownership, only mine when they misbehave)
0.1 Halflinger horse
0.0 reptiles due to living with
1.1 parents
Still searching for 1.0 WC human

Well in a perfect world... where all captive animals survive, and the laws do not apply.

1 Blue Banded Sea Crait
1 Temple Viper
1 Bannana Boa (Costa Rica!)
1 Costa Rican Coral Snake

AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE!!!
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2.4 Malaysian Blood Python
1.2 Borneo Black Blood Pythons
1.2 Sumatran Blood Pythons
2.4 Pastel Red Tail Boas
2.4 Ball Python
1.0 Albino Retic
0.1 Tiger Retic
0.1 Albino Burmese Python
1.2 Calibar Python
1.0 Macklotts Python
1.1 Jungle Carpet Python
1.2 Kenyan Sand Boa
0.0.1 Brown Water Snake
0.0.1 Florida Banded X Northern Water Snake
0.0.1 Costa Rican Parrot Snake
0.0.1 Desert Night Snake
0.0.1 Oreintal Whip Snake
0.0.1 Mangrove Snake
0.0.1 Western Shovel Nose snake
0.1 Ornate Flying Snake
0.0.1 Mandoda King Snake
0.0.1 Mohave Side Winder
0.1 Neon Cape Gopher
1.0 Thia Beauty Snake
0.0.1 White Oak Grey Rat Snake

1.Pied BP
2 Northern Pine
3.Black rat snake
4.Blood red Corn