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I've become increasingly interested in keeping pet snakes over the past couple of years, and I'm curious to see what reptiles and amphibians people keep here.

Here's my collection (so far):

1.0.0 Banded California Kingsnake
0.1.0 Striped California Kingsnake
1.0.0 Bay of LA Desert Rosy Boa
0.0.1 Kenyan Sand Boa

I'm hoping to get a 1.1 pair of Rubber Boas for my birthday (still in the parental negotiation process).

So what does everyone else here keep? Any pictures?

Like my fish tanks, I try to make my snake tanks as realistic as possible, using only real plants and real wood and such (basically nothing plastic). Here's a picture my Banded California King's tank (you can see part of him in the wood, he's in shed right now so he doesn't really want to come out).



My temporary tanks for growing out baby snakes don't look nearly as nice.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

Suffice to say, my parents are big detractors of anything remotely reptilian in nature. I'd once attempted to get into tree frogging, but the prospect was quickly shot down. Hell, they aren't even a big fan of my fish (or rather, not big on catfish). Snakes are just out of the question.

I've kept some reptiles in my day.. mainly turtles.

i've had red-eared sliders, a spiny softshell, and an alligator snapping turtle. (http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1065763/FluffyNFish.jpg)

i've also kept iguanas and green anoles.

i'm not terribly experienced in reptiles, but i do enjoy them, as they are one of the only animals that im NOT allergic to!

i want to turn one of my spare ten gallon tanks into a reptile tank, but i've got to talk to boyfriend into it!

*Chelle*
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I love the fishes cuz they're SOOO delicious...

0.0.3 Leopard Geckos
0.0.2 Golden Gex
1.0.0 Amel Corn snake
0.1.0 Yellow Rat snake

I've had a dumerils ground boa, and a pair of african fat tails, but they've passed.

Ok, heres some stuff ive looked after personally, some at home, some at rescue, and some at zoos and colleges.

(Takes deep breath)

20 green iguanas
6 black iguanas
4 rhino iguanas
16 thai water dragons
2 australian water dragons
2 bornean bloodsucker (calotes)
8 bearded dragon
2 plumed basilisks
12 leopard geckos
4 african fat tailed geckos
16 occellated skinks
4 tokay geckos
2 standings day geckos
4 giant madagascan day geckos
3 asiatic house geckos
4 flying geckos
2 phantasmal geckos
25 green anoles
6 brown anoles
3 long tailed grass lizards
8 collared lizards
3 savannah monitors
2 nile monitors
1 indonesian water monitor
2 irian jaya peach throated monitors
1 dumerils monitor

2 veiled chameleons
2 panther chameleons
2 senegal chameleons
6 brookesia leaf chameleons
9 slow worms
6 green tree fogs
2 red eyed leaf frogs
2 painted toads
4 spring peepers
6 axolotls
4 horned frogs
6 african dwarf frogs
2 surinam toads
24 assorted poison dart frogs (auratus, pumilo,azureas)
all common species of uk herps including smooth snakes grass snakes,adders, common frogs , marsh frogs, comon toads, even a natterjack toad.
35 assorted ratsnakes, reds, greys etc
6 royal pythons
2 yellow anacondas
3 giant green anacondas
1 reticulated python
12 burmese pythons
2 pinesnakes
4 bullsnakes
6 brazilian rainbow boas
2 rough green snakes
2 green tree pythons
2 clouded boas
12 red tailed boas
2 rosy boas
2 gaboon vipers
2 red cobras
4 timber rattlers
14 garters including red sided, common, and a few ribbon snakes

All species of mediterranian tortoises, and many tropicals including ,pancakes, red foots , yellow foots, madagascan radiated, giant aldabran,asiatic brown spurs and sulphur tortoises,
Carolina box turtles
over 50 red eared sliders
3 yellow bellied sliders,
2 pig noses
2 softshells
2 common snappers
2 alligator snappers
6 spectacled caiman
2 cuviers caiman
1 alligator (missisippiensis)

Theres a load more too, but I cant be bothered to strain my memory any more . Needless to say ive been winding down on the reptiles a bit, and concentrating on the fish for the last few years. Reptiles generally hate humans anyway. I havent included the herps for whom I was not responsible over the long term, theres literally thousands of them from rescue, including some unidentified species and some real oddballs. I just got them healthy and moved them on for rehoming.

Two female leopard geckos and an African bullfrog.
Gettin' two fat tailed geckos this week.
What do the different numbers (0.0.1) mean? I'd assume that one number stands for males and one for females, but what is the third number for?

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Cake or death?

Unidentified (meaning you don't know what sex it is).

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

Here's some pictures of three of the snakes.

Banded California King, getting ready to shed...


Striped California King, coming up to investigate...



Kenyan Sand Boa, doing what it always does...

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

Everytime my daughter walks past my 79G tank she shakes her head and says 'you know I could have reptiles in there! No way will I let her see this thread....I'll never hear the end of it. Good luck with your hobby Cory, glad your house not mine

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My Fish like swimming all day long,
They love my bubbles 'pop' on their bum!
http://photos.yahoo.com/shedevil_90

One female leopard gecko.

Fish, my leo

Wishlist:

Crested Gecko
Kenyan Sand Boa
Rosy boa


In the past Ive kept ribbon snakes and a firebellied toad.



I'll do graffiti,
If you sing to me in French.

That's a nice looking Leo. Most of the albino/leucistic ones I see are a lot less colorful than yours. I like terrestrial geckos because they are generally really clean, like snakes. They defecate in just one corner of their cage, as opposed to Bearded Dragons and most other lizards that like to relieve themselves in their water bowl right after you just finished cleaning it out.

I got a good macro of the Kenyan Sand Boa. They are quite possibly the most adorable snakes in existence.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

And finally the Rosy Boa (named Han Solo), also very adorable.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

10" California Alligator Lizard I caught... They are mean little things.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.