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I am assuming for most of us that Drys are our favorite snake? Well if they are or are not... What's your second most favorite snake....and to make it easier and fun, put one for each category:

1. Colubrid
2. Boid
3. Venomous
4. Other

>>I am assuming for most of us that Drys are our favorite snake? Well if they are or are not... What's your second most favorite snake....and to make it easier and fun, put one for each category:
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>> 1. Colubrid
>> 2. Boid
>> 3. Venomous
>> 4. Other

1. Colubrids Favorite is (of course) Drymarchon. Second is Pituophis.

2. Boids Favorite is Green Tree Pythons. Second Favorite would be Womas or Ringed Pythons.

3. Venomous Favorite is Feas Vipers (however unobtainable), or Bitis parviocula(don't know common name, but also unobtainable). Second favorite is Gaboon Vipers.

4. Other (?) Does this have to be a snake? If not, then I'll say Gila Monsters.
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We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Ralph Waldo Emerson

colubrid: spilotes pullatus. active, gorgeous and SUPER alert! i just wish i knew what they really were. ;>/ boid: black headed python or any of those from that family. venomous: eastern diamondback i suppose. king cobras also though they get a bit large. other: all the drymarchon. though w/ some it can be somewhat like having cb water bowls and hides in very large cages. also, nicely marked sonoran gophers.

colubrid: 2nd to drymarchon would be Pituophis, partial to sayi

boid: being from Oregon, have to go with Charina

venomous: having lived in Kansas & Texas, love the copperheads

other: can't beat the personality of a dimondback terrapin or the spunk of a varanid

matt

1. Colubrid: a. Dry’s b. Black Milks

2. Boid: Black Headed Python

3. Venomous: C.d. durissus (Neo-Tropical) or the Southern Copperhead

4. Other: Gila Monsters

OH,

I know of a few fea's vipers here in the US, within private collections, and have seen them on a few availability lists, though as WC specimens, which can be difficult to acclimate.
The D. m rubidus appear to be more difficult to come by!!
They, fea's vipers, are some of the most attractive snakes I have seen...

Jeff

I've never seen one available for sale. I know that someone (maybe Mardi Snipes?) brought a few in several years ago, but last I heard all but one had died.
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We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Since I first answered this, I've though of probably 50 others that are my "hands-down favorite."

I'm not sure I can accurately pin it down like that. How about if I just give you a list of my hundred most favorite reptiles?
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We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wow, even with all the categories it's still tough to pin down my favorites but, i'll try.

1) Eastern's of course, and then probably the tri-colors. It's tough to be a nice Red milk! Then again, the pink Coachwhips are awesome too.

2) Again, this is a tough one but, i'm going to have to say Emerald tree boas, Rosy boas or a super RED Surinam.

3)This is the easiest one, Arizona Coral & Timber rattler

4) I have to agree with some of the others, Gila's are awesome!

Eric

1. Drymarchons, coachwhips racers, mussuranas

2. Rubber boa, Black head pythons, rosy boas

3. Forest cobra, taipan, mamba

Won't allow myself the venomous. Don't have time or resources for most of the others. Will keep collection small with only the ones I truly want.
Thanes Place

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Thane

My fav's are

Colubrid: A tie between Dry's and Black Head Python* (not a typo).

Boid: This is really tough as I'm still trying to figure it out. When it comes to looks, Boelens Pythons are my fav'. But my Overall fav'....?

Venomous: Tie again... Bushmasters and King Cobras (only experienced from a distance), although I must admit a recent total fixation on Beaded Lizards and Gilas.

*My experience is that Black Head Pythons are very un-python-like. The move, feel and act like a Monster Kingsnake or Milksnake. I know they are scientifically classified as pythons, but I consider them Honorary Colubrids.

Doug T
Doug Taylor Reptiles

Well, black headed pythons are sounding more and more like a very cool and interesting animal. I will have one large empty cage soon by spring Maybe I can wish to fill it with one of these jewels. I'll have a small cage empty by spring too. Thinking of a small type for it.
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Thane

Given that Drymarchon are first on my list:

1. Colubrid:Boiruna / Clelia and Pseudaspis cana
2. Boid: Aspidites and Chondro spp..
3. Venomous: Ophiophagus hannah and Bothrops spp..
4. Other; Carettochelys insculpta and Heloderma spp..

In this day and age, why pick only one??

Jeff

1. Taiwan Beauty
2. Kenyan Sand Boa
3. Rhinoceros Viper
4. Western Hognose
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0.1.1 corn snakes
1.1.1 African giant millipedes
0.2.0 Dalmatians
0.2.0 Cats

Okeetee corn/black pine

rubber boa (Think of where they live and how they've adapted.)

Eastern diamondback (to admire in the field)

Eastern box turtle

A lot of us have interest in many other animals! Its interesting to see what other herps are kepy by dry keepers.

My list goes like this:

1. Colubrid 1a.Drys 2a. Hognose (southern hogs!!!!) 3a. Pituophis (pines, not big on bulls/gophers)4a. Coastal plains milks (temporalis)

2. Boid How 'bout some good ol American rubber boas??? I do have an affinity, though, for beautifully colored Brazilian rainbow boas

3. Venomous- Red pygmy rattler/edb rattler

4. Other: NA wood turtle/Galap Tort/gila

Here's a pic of my old buddy Ricky with a VERY long pine

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Anthony Chodan

www.gradeareptiles.com

Or that is one impressive pit!

Doug T
Doug Taylor Reptiles

Ricky's not tall, though not 3' either. That is just a LONG MELANOLEUCES!
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Anthony Chodan

www.gradeareptiles.com

Excellent Poll Question Zach..............
Colubrids: Hands down the Eastern Indigo as my favorite. Second to that, probably Bullsnakes from Montana. They are full of vinegar!!lol

Boids: ACTUALLY, my favorite snake in the entire world IS a Boid. Suriname Boa Constrictors..love em. A nice Suri blows the doors off of almost any snake in my opinion.....

Pythons:
My hands down favorite would have to be Loxocemus bicolor, which isnt really a python at all, is fossorial, but is placed there regardless.

Venomous: This one is easy: Eyelash Vipers and Waglers Temple Vipers...

I had a hard time figuring out how to answer this question.

I really love ALL herps.

Drymarchon are my fav's, hands down, but after that...

well,
I REALLY like:

PITS: Bulls, N pines, Black pines (who am I kidding, all of them)

Lampropeltis: LOVE pyros and zonatas, Red milks..and the getulas as well.

Rattlesnakes: Don't keep them...anymore...but have always loved them. All species...but especially eastern diamondbacks and timbers.

I feel bad about ranking, b/c I can honestly say that (other than freaky man-made hybrids) I have not met a herp species that I did not find absolutely facinating.

I keep and breed indigos which are incredible, but I can still catch a box turtle crossing the road in the spring and and just stare at it in amazement.

Dean, you need to come visit in the spring and i'll take you out to find some Red milks. Rob's been saying he'd come for years now and hasn't made it. If you come, he'll have to get off of his butt!

Eric

I have to say that I've never tried to narrow my choices down to just four but here goes.
Gray Band Kings are still great even though they have lost some fans.
Black head Pythons are awesome, they remind me alot of Indigos. I have a good friend that has has luck breeding them and I think I may get one of his babies.
Gaboon Vipers are so outstandingly (sp) beautiful that I have to pick them just slightly over Rhino Vipers.
Without a doubt my next choice would be Gila Monsters. I have great photos of them breeding and hatching. I have fed babies that were only 4 hours old.

Hope all of you have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Chuck

Tough questions, but here are my favorites (that I also own):

Favorite colubrid: DUH, Eastern Indigo Snakes with coachwhips close behind

Favorite Boa/Python: I'm a sucker for big burms but also love working with my Chondros

Favorite Venomous Snake: WOW, that's a tough one because I LOVE working with all of my venomous herps. Here's my top three though: 1) Lachesis (bushmaster), 2) all of my rattlesnakes; particularly my big, old timber, and 3) Rhinoceros Viper....close behind are my coral and king cobras

Favorite "other" herps: 1) GILA MONSTERS, 2) Crocs 3) large varanids; particularly my black throated, black roughneck and crocodile

There are SO MANY other incredible herps I work with that its tough to list favorites; but, hey, this is a start.

Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm
Lake Forest, IL

1)eastern indigos are my favorite second would probably be bulls and pines.
2)would be brazilian rainbow.
3)texas coral
4)all of the box turtles

My Love are Green Tree pythons, i own 2 1 adule male aru and one baby yellow jayapura female.

2dn to that are Eastern Indigos
indigos are native in south florida but years of snake hunting never found one.when i 1st got in to reptiles in about 7th grade after all my researching indigos quickly went to the top of my wish list.

and Mangrove monitors they are insane crazy but i love them, i have a 4 foot female