55g What to introduce?

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aesthetically pleasing but you can handle it....

I think you should look into a pine snake. Especially one of the black-and-white phase pines.
My God...those are some of the most beautiful snakes I've ever seen.

Then, when you've had a few years of snaking experience, you should get into blood pythons-only the best snakes ever!
 
MDC_Leviathan;486479; said:
Actually, a lot of colubrid snakes are found to be mildly venomous, although many are still considered harmless to us.

Here's a good Ratsnake link:
http://www.ratsnakes.com/index.html

Milksnakes a nice, moderately-sized and beautiful group of snakes, but while I don't think you'd have to worry about being eaten by one (sheesh!), they are generally quite squirmy and defecate readily.

If price and temperment aren't an issue, there are many tree boids to choose from, although some like the Emerald Tree Boa and Green tree python are not the easiest to keep. If you opted for one of these, then you may consider turning the tank up on one side for a more vertical habitat. Suggestions may be: Amazon tree boas, carpet pythons, any of the Pacific boa species.
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Good ratsnake info.
Most of my experience with milksnakes have been through nature centers I've worked at, and they were normaly wild caught. The captive bred snakes are probably less prone to trying to eat you. (they would actualy bite my had and start wigling back and forth as if trying to swallow me :D)

There was a study put out a few month ago that suggested all colubrids were venomous. (in that thier saliva caused you to bleed a little more than normal) The study also suggested that igiunids also had similar venom.
 
demandor;490418; said:
Got a link to that article?
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The original article was on baskingspot.com and I am unable to find it, but here is come similar articles.

http://www.kingsnake.com/toxinology/colubrid.html

www.corante.com/loom/archives/2005/11/21/which_came_first_the_snake_or_the_venom.php
This article is a little closer to what I originally found. "He discovered that even non-venomous snakes produce venom."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguanidae

http://www.varanus.nl/forum/messages/8756.html
Venom in monitors and iguanids
 
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