What is your Favorite Reptile?

My favorite reptiles are snakes, I have several of various species. It started out to be boas, (bci) & since I started keeping the really large species, I have to say my retics & burms take the spotlight now.

My most favorite of my 3 retics has to be my sunfire, Sundance Firestorm. She has a wonderful attitude & is a sheer pleasure to interact with. Here is a pic of her hanging out in her favorite spot in her enclosure.


My 2nd favorite is gotta' be my granite burm, Annalisse Le Burm. She is a total sweetheart too.


I still love my sweet normal boa, Arriell. He isn't any special morph like a few others I have, but he is the first one I got & will always be my buddy! Here he is with my standard poodle, Cheyenne greeting him while I had him out recently.


There are other reptiles I really like also, but these are my most fav.

Boas are beautiful, especially the hypos, but they get a little too big for me. If they could only stay 3 feet I would love them. Growing up in Southern California my favorite snake has always been the CA kingsnake. I've hunted for them in the wild for many years and have found some really neat hard to find morphs. Some of these morphs are easy to find captive bred, but in the wild its a whole different story. A couple of morphs I've found are so rarely seen, they came out in Brian Hubbs book on Common kingsnakes. Here are a few I've found in the wild.

Riverside Dotted morph



Newport "scrambled banded" Morph


Long Beach Hypermelanistic Morph


Desert phase Hypomelanistic


Great post everyone!

It's a tough choice but basically it comes down to 3 lizards and a frog. Green tree monitors or Caiman lizards in a nice display would not be turned down but I would probably choose centralian blue tongue skinks and for a smaller habitat true tomato frogs (D.antongili)

I've got to go with Naultinus Elegans, which I'll probably never have, and Egyptian tortoises, of which I have two.

Noelle

My favorite reptile (that I will never own) is a Tuatara


My favorite reptile that I do own is my Frilled Dragon

i gotta say my favorite would have to be a tie between a frilled dragon, absolutely awesome lizards and my reticulated python, he's a lav. albino and just an awesome character. and my fantasy one would have to be a black golden child. they just look so awesome

favorite species is the red tail boa
but favorite reptile in all was a 3 legged female beardie I had (: she was a sweetheart

My favorite reptiles are snakes. I have owned snakes since I was 6 years old. My fav. snakes are the Morelia genus. To me, carpet pythons are the most amazing snakes in the world.

My favorite lizard would be the chams or the frilled lizard. I have had chams but not a frilly which I hope to own in the future. Also, leopard geckos are awesome little geckos. They have awesome personalities and they are so cute. lol.

My fav. amphibian would be either pacmans or the pyxies, both are amazing in their own rights.

Very nice thread btw.

Originally Posted by rcarichter

I've got to go with Naultinus Elegans, which I'll probably never have, and Egyptian tortoises, of which I have two.

Noelle

I had forgotten about the geckos. N elegans like you said and P. masobe would be nice as well.

If I were on a limited budget... who am I kidding, I am on a limited budget I just refuse to admit it... I think a nice planted 75 gallon terrarium with gray tree frogs would be the way I would go.

I can't pick just one so for my favorite snake I would have to say without a doubt carpet pythons. I had an IJ for my first snake and I've never looked back. They get good size, most have an awesome temperament, and they look great as a display animal.

For a favorite lizard, nothing beats a good healthy uromastyx IMO. Once again, great display animals, good temperament, and they eat veggies. I pretty positive my uro eats healthier than I do.