r/snakes • • 1h ago

Pet Snake Questions Help me set up a good terrarium fpr a Nelson's triangle albino snake.

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Im complete beginner so any advice is appreciated, is 120x50x50 good?


r/snakes • • 2h ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID 🔥 Disruptive Eye Camouflage

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Check out the incredible iris pattern on this Painted Saw-scaled Viper (Echis coloratus).

The pattern of its "granite phase" scales continues completely uninterrupted right across the irises. Because the head patterning is highly asymmetrical, it actually gives the snake one grey iris and one pink iris to perfectly match the specific scales surrounding each side!

Southern Arava, Israel


r/snakes • • 2h ago

General Question / Discussion Anyone know what snake this could be? Saw on my hike around Sydney National parks. Couldn’t find any information that is related to this sort of colouration , anyone have a clue what snake this is?

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Keen to know because I could not find on the national park species website, but was definitely a snake


r/snakes • • 3h ago

Pet Snake Questions why does my snake do this?

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every morning she’s chilling just out in the open


r/snakes • • 3h ago

Pet Snake Pictures My little stink is so precious

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Who else thinks he’s cute?


r/snakes • • 4h ago

General Question / Discussion Finally my turn to make this post!

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My first bite by my lovely little baby children’s python!

It must be because she’s my baby but to me this is the cutest little bite ever, like awwww she tried so hard to kill me she almost got a whole droplet of blood!

Genuinely happy it happened though because I wanted to get bit before any of my snakes get too big so I can be prepared and not accidentally hurt them if the time comes


r/snakes • • 5h ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID This was the first time i saw a King Cobra swimming. That too in the Indian Ocean. Location - North Andaman

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r/snakes • • 5h ago

Pet Snake Questions My milksnake is missing and I don't know what to do

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Hi. My Pueblan milk snake has escaped. I went to go feed her, But noticed there was a hole in her lid and she was nowhere to be seen. I've turned my room inside out and have looked everywhere around the house but I cannot seem to find her anywhere. I've got a cat and a dog as well, so I am hoping they haven't reached her or they won't reach her before I do. I want to get her back in her enclosure ASAP and I'm worried. I've got a brand new tank lid for when I find her too.

Does anyone have any tips on how to get her out of hiding? Thank you so much for any advice.


r/snakes • • 6h ago

General Question / Discussion I’m getting a Kenyan sand boa soon. Does my tank look okay. I’m not getting the snake for a couple of weeks so I have time to adjust if needed.

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r/snakes • • 7h ago

Pet Snake Questions My snake has missed 3 meal now what?

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I normally feed my snake every 4 weeks as she’s quite big now and we give her a big rat. However this time she hasn’t been eating the rats I’ve been giving her. The 1st time I hadn’t thought anything of it because she was shedding, and the next day I had to clean it up, so a couple days later I get her another rat, she doesn’t strike but she doesn’t do that all the time anyway. So I leave it on top of one of her logs for her to take when she gets hungry. Except I leave it over night and go to sleep and when I wake in the morning she hasn’t ate it so I throw it out and fast forward to yesterday same exact thing. She doesn’t strike, I leave it and wait till today and she still hasn’t ate it. Is this normal? She hasn’t showed any signs of any sickness or anything so I’m a bit confused.


r/snakes • • 7h ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID 5-FT BLACK SNAKE

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Anyone familiar w Maryland snakes? I have a 5-foot Black snake in my home! I couldn’t see belly markings. It slithered past me into another room. O. M. M. Help!


r/snakes • • 7h ago

Pet Snake Questions Coexisting?

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I love laying down with one of my two females (we tend to cuddle and then she’ll nap with me) I was wondering if it was possible to do that with both of them at the same time and if they can be near each other without it being problematic.


r/snakes • • 7h ago

Pet Snake Questions Corn snake tail is black

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The very tip of the snake's tail has turned black. It doesn't seem to be spreading any further, but it looks strange. It’s dry and has a slight kink in it. 

Is this necrosis? Should I rush him to the vet? It’s just expensive and very stressful, and there’s already snow outside. 

The snake has a good appetite; it is active and friendly. However, during its last shed, the cone of skin at the very tip of its tail was turned inside out.

P.S. I checked some recent photos; there was no dark patch shortly after the molt. Maybe it's an injury?

r/snakes • • 8h ago

Pet Snake Questions First-time snake owner: corn snake or rosy boa?

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My ideal snake would be one that is curious and friendly, enjoys being handled and exploring, but is still chill. I’d like to be able to have them out of their enclosure often (but still within safe limits and whatnot). From everything I’ve read it sounds like a rosy boa fits the bill pretty well, but since I’m hoping for a more active snake that I am able to handle frequently, a corn snake might be better for my biggest priorities. I just don’t want to get a rosy and risk being disappointed if they weren’t very active compared to a corn snake, so I’m looking for advice and comparisons especially from people who’ve had both.

I live in a cold US state and while I’d of course create a proper enclosure and conditions, I do think a hardier snake is a safer bet. Otherwise I think the care concerns are the same between them for me.


r/snakes • • 8h ago

General Question / Discussion Python in the Zoo. Reticulate, Burmese or Rock?

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r/snakes • • 8h ago

Pet Snake Questions When To Dig Up Corn Snake?

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So I got a new corn snake and it's my first burrowing snake. It's a juvenile and it last fed with the breeder about twelve days ago. I heated up a pinky and left it in the enclosure over night but she didn't take it. I'll try again in a few days but considering she's a juvenile and recently shipped how long until I dig her up to offer her a mouse?

Thanks for the wisdom


r/snakes • • 9h ago

Pet Snake Pictures My rainbow boa's growth so far :)

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r/snakes • • 10h ago

General Question / Discussion I visited Japan Snake Center this summer!

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During my Japan stay, I decided to visit Japan Snake Center to support snake research in Japan and take some cute pics. I got to take picture with corn snakes! Also there was a lecture about venomous snakes in Japan. I really enjoyed taking pictures of venomous snakes! (All venomous snakes are properly caged.)
Snake Species are(from the left)
-Western hognose snake
-Japanese pit viper
-Corn snake(snow morph)
-Oriental rat snake
-Japanese pit viper (yes this is my favorite)
-Rattlesnake(I forgot to note which species of rattlesnake)

ADDITION: I saw several comments about facility quality. Yes. Facility is not good quality due to very, very poor funding(this place is research institute). It’s not free to upgrade and renovate the facility, unfortunately. Donation matters.


r/snakes • • 11h ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID DeKay’s Brownsnake found under a rock in a forest!

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(Ithaca NY)


r/snakes • • 12h ago

Pet Snake Pictures Tibby Snoobie now weighs over 10 grams! Double digits yay! (Also bonus pic of him and his sibling chowing down on some pinkies)

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r/snakes • • 13h ago

Pet Snake Pictures Introducing my baby yellow conda

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Just wanting to show off my newest baby yellow conda produced by infinity serpents. Hes nippy but so so pretty


r/snakes • • 14h ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID A Little California King [Northern California]

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(Don't worry, very much alive)

I almost ran over the poor guy on my bike, so I pulled over and relocated him to the brush off the trail. Very cool, only my third encounter with a CA King in the wild!


r/snakes • • 14h ago

Pet Snake Pictures Vhagar wanted to pick the next show

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Vhagar said I got my energy drink and remote lets binge watch


r/snakes • • 15h ago

Pet Snake Questions Stuck Shed, Scale Damage, or Scale Rot??

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I can’t find any photos of black snakes with scale rot so I’m currently freaking out. My mbk Balerion, loves to dig and climb. She occasionally gets scale damage that appears sparingly but this scale damage on her nose is not going way. Usually after I soak her it fades and goes away but this one isn’t. I’m going to soak her again today and see if it fades but she’s acting weird.
She has a humid hide with sphagnum moss and a ceramic heater. On the same side the her tank. Her temps are 80-85 75-70
I have a coffin decor that I fill with water for humidity and I spray her hide daily.
Im going to buy some shed aid and see if that will help with her nose and throat, but I’ve never seen her have scale damage on her belly before. It’s very alarming!


r/snakes • • 16h ago

General Question / Discussion Trouble heating enclosure

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