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There is an importance difference between "First boa" and "First snake" that some people seem to be overlooking... the original poster said nothing to indicate one way or the other if he had owned and cared for other snakes before and was looking at Boidae with interest or if this was going to be their first snake or first reptile... While the suggestions for hardier colubrids are nifty, why not ASK if that is the appropriate response before assuming he has never kept a snake before?
With that being said... Rosy boas are nifty, sand boas are great if it's an extablished feeder, neonates can be a bit tricky unless you've worked with them before, rubber boas are nifty as well but have problems with higher temperatures, Boa constrictor ssp (or more likely boa constrictor mutts) are fine as long as you're prepped for a larger adult animal.
The initial poster's loginhandle was crestedgeckosomethingorother, so if they have experience manipulating the humidity and temps for a crested, I'd wager they could probably have a fair degree of success with the more common rainbows.
Things to avoid... Candoia species, anything arboreal, anacondas and anything that cost more than my van ($150). Hardy animals that breed easily and don't have difficult care requirements are more readily avaliable in most cases... meaning anything over a couple hundred dollars is probably rarer, more delicate or both (like some obscure island species of Epicrates).
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