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1. ball python
.2 anery kenayan sand boas
1.1 Adult childrens/spotted python pair
1.2 adult leopard geckos
1. SHCT
.1 Tremper Albino
.1 Albino Patternless
1. hybrid milksnake
.1 bearded dragon
1.1 red ear sliders
.1 blue tounge skink
1.1 Tangarine Honduran milks
1.1 Irian Jaya Carpet Pythons
1.1 Crested Geckos

Coastal Herps

Here a few snakes I have kept that I think are underated -

Baird's Ratsnake
African Housesnakes
African Molesnakes (Pseudaspis)
Desert (Russian) Sandboa (Eryx miliaris)

These species are hardy, docile, and easy to keep. I don't know why they don't attract much attention other than the fact they aren't brightly colored.
Baird's rats are up and coming. The Molesnakes and sandboa haven't been widely available.

Checkered Gartersnakes are pretty amazing starter snakes as well that aren't often seen in captivity.
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Chris Harrison

wonderful species. very fun... just something about them.

Andrew Ellis

They are great little snakes, like a little python but the ease of care of a colubrid. Neat eyes too...

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Lora

I would have to say that there are a few that come to mind.

1. Black king snake - Very hardy snake that is IMHO very attractive

2. Prairie king snake - same reasons.

3. Great plains rat snake - Same.

4. Kisatchie/Slowinskii corn - Same.

Im a little biased towards the native snakes though!!
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RATS
1.0 Corn snake "Warpath" (KY locale)
1.0 Black rat snake "Havok" (KY locale)
1.1 Black rat snakes "Reaper and Mystique" (MO locale)
1.0 Albino Black rat snake "Malakai" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Everglades rat snake "Deadpool" (Dwight Good stock)
0.1 Greenish rat snake "Rogue" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Yellow rat snake "Wolverine" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Grey rat snake "Punisher" (White oak phase)(Dwight Good stock)

Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian

Two that I have...

Japanese Green Snake. Great little apple green snake and very rare on the market. Good worm eater at 2.5'

South Fla Mole King probably Rarest of the rare natives, yet a true king in all ways.

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

As usual, I have to go with the Savu python. They stay under 5', eat like champs, and gradually speckle up from orange to black as they age. Plus they are semi-arboreal, so if you give them a nice perch, you will get lots of good viewing at night.

-Imp

I have to throw kudos to the Malagasy Speckled Hognose. They can be troublesome feeders, but I have never delt with ANY species of snake with a better disposition. They are just absolute sweethearts.

I'd have to go with Suriname boas.

Sorry, I'd have to say the common garter snake is the most underrated---look how many people get "introduced" to snakes through them(whether at some type of show or simply seeing one in their backyard). A garter snake was the first snake I ever saw(at least that I knew what it was)-and even after pythons ,boas and a rattlesnake I still am fascinated when I see a garter snake going across the yard, or a road.

What about vine snakes (Oxybelis aeneus)???

Totally awesome beasts!!!

Palex134 great question i really got excited when i saw this hopefully this thread will go on for awhile.

I don't own these snakes but would like to see more:
African House snakes
Savu pythons
Soloman Island Ground Boas
Soloman island tree boas

I would love to see a greater emphasis on the smaller boa and pythons it seems like there are more people interested in giants that end up bad choices and a lot of these underated snakes go unnoticed.

I am fairly new to OWNING snakes but have researched them all my life so i am working on making my collection if anyone has any suggestions after reading my signature love to hear them
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Love small boids always looking for new ones.
1.0.0Hogg Island Boa, Quey
0.0.1Ball Python, Apophis
1.0.0Irian Jaya Carpet Python, Riddick
1.0.0Spotted Python
Snakes to get list: Solomand Island ground boa, Soloman island tree boa, Bolivian Boa, Savu(or sawu or sabu all work) Python, Rosy boa(san felipe or san matias) and ATBs. Have any of these guys? or have recomendations for me? email me

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DAVE

1.0 Western green toad
1.1 green treefrogs
1.0 Florida blue garter snake
1.1 Oriental fire-bellied toads
1.0 American bullfrog
0.1 Spanish ribbed newt
0.0.1 Eastern ribbon snake
1.1 red-cheeked mud turtles
0.1 Dubia day gecko
1.0 Sonoran gopher snake
1.1 rough green snakes
1.1 giant African black millipedes
1.0 Okeetee corn snake
0.1 Albino African clawed frog
1.0 Kenyan sand boa
0.0.1 Argentine flame-bellied toadlet
0.0.1 African bullfrog
1.0 yellow * Everglades rat snake intergrade
1.1 Western hognose snakes
1.2 fire salamanders
1.1 scarlet kingsnakes
0.0.1 scarlet snake
0.0.1 Argentine horned frog
1.1 Southern ringneck snakes
0.0.1 night snake
0.0.1 Florida brown snake
0.1 Pine woods snake
1.0 rough earth snake
0.1 (parthenogenic) Brahminy blind snake
0.1 Northern brown snake

The King of all snakes! The King Cobra Sean

>>The King of all snakes! The King Cobra Sean

LOL Awesome snakes without a doubt, (would love to see one in person) but out of the ability/logistic range of most keepers.

Though I do think that regular north american pines, gophers garters and racers are unfortunately ignored. Few are pricey or that vividly colored. But the pines and gophers have a nice presence about them that screams "snake!", and the garters and racers are so alert and graceful. Pretty hardy bunch too.
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0.1 chickens (Condor)
0.2 dog mutts (half ownership, only mine when they misbehave, Lucy & Amy)
0.1 Halflinger horse (Crissy)
0.1 Normal phase California Kingsnake (Sophia)
1.1 parents
Still searching for 1.0 WC human

The most underrated of all---Tropidophis. The dwarf boas are some of the coolest snakes that no one keeps.

I keep Trophidophis haitiensis.

Hopefully they will breed this year.

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

Hi Frank,

I've been really intrigued by the Trophes, but haven't found much information on them out on the net. What temperatures/humidity are you maintaining them at? Are they feeding pretty readily on mice? I keep seeing them offered, but I tell myself to wait for the captive breds to come out (hopefully your's will breed!). What type of treatment did you give them when you received your pair, again assuming they came in wild caught?

Thanks,

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Lora

Frank,
We should keep in touch. I have 5.3 hatiensis. I think two of my females are gravid right now. Good luck feeding the neonates.
Kayvon

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