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Favorite Arboreal Poll...

Favorite Arboreal???

  • Green Tree Pythons

    Votes: 93 38.0%

  • Emerald Tree Boas

    Votes: 53 21.6%

  • Amazon Tree Boas

    Votes: 36 14.7%

  • Madagascar Tree Boas

    Votes: 7 2.9%

  • Carpet Pythons(Jungles, Irian Jayas, etc.)

    Votes: 41 16.7%

  • Amethystine Pythons

    Votes: 5 2.0%

  • Boelen's Pythons

    Votes: 9 3.7%

  • Annulated Tree Boas

    Votes: 1 0.4%
  • Total voters
    245
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Yes, this one might raise some hostilities, but it's all in fun and intended to get people looking and participating in here more.

So let's vote shall we? This is a list of arboreal and semi-arboreal boids and just for fun would like to see what people choose as their favorite(and YES, you can only choose ONE). However, if there are some not listed, please feel free to comment and make some honorable mentions.

So let's have some fun:D

And by the way, YES I voted Chondro. lol
 
How about some comments on WHY you chose those as your favorite snakes as well as the votes?

I'll start...

Why chondros? Well, it's been a very long time since an animal has simply captivated my interest like my chondros do. I spend hours and hours watching a green snake sit still. lol I think the personalities to be just awesome, as well as their generally inquisitive nature. And mainly the variability along with those killer color changes. It's the coolest thing watching those red and yellow babies turning shades of green, yellow, and blue:)
 
Not hard to guess which one got my vote:)

I have recently returned to herp keeping after nearly 20 years of abstinence. I told myself years ago that I would only keep snakes again if it was a ETB or GTP.

I've kept normal phase retics, burmese, balls, and redtail boas (unknown locale) in addition to wc local species of kingsnakes, gophers. As an animal services officer I had the pleasure of relocating 100's of local rattlers to areas that weren't quite as heavily populated by humans.

I love keeping my GTPs and am fascinated by nearly everything about them. Their innate beauty, the wide variety of color possibilities, the way they live their lives on display just begging to be observed. I only have two currently.... have a feeling that will change as opportunities arise..... but have found them both to be quite easy keepers contrary to my initial fear.
 
I don't know

Kind of Sad that I'm the only one to vote for boelens pythons. I guess that's because of their price people can't afford them "neither can I LOL". Although I will be picking up a pair after saving for a real long time next year sometime. I've kept a million green tree pythons and also love them to death but they don't come close to the exotic and rare boelens python. Kind of sad what imports have done to the prices of chondros. Now even those who truly c.b. these guys are haven't a hard time selling them. Hell you can get c.h. imports for $225 that's only $15 over wholesale prices in Singles. I've kept alot of imports with no problems but there are just WAY to many imports comming in.

John
 
Is an Argentine Boa considered a amazon? also why are more arboreal snakes snappy? My daughters argentine when most people walk by or stop to admire hisses at us full mouth open. My daughter can just put her hand in there and grab him, he is awesome when he comes out but the intimidation is there. is this common?
 
ETBs all the way and this is why.

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Didn't even realize there was an arboreal forum here until just today.

Karen Clark
 
My favorite arboreal is definately an amazon tree boa, their intelligence is just amazing. You can watch them for hours and not be bored.


Steven K. Ray
 
ETB with out a doubt.

I hopefully will be coming into a pair of them soon and will be atempting to breed next year. I've always thought they were dope. Since i was a kid and didnt know what it was i thought the way they sat on the tree branch was cool in a weird way. Any body ever look at the snake while its sittin there, like i mean in its eyes? Ive only seen pics and it looks kind of hyponotic in a creepy way. or maybe its all the acid i did years back.... either way there amazing and i cant wait to get them, cross your fingers for me. thanks
 
Yeesh, I voted in this poll the day it opened for Chondros, way to make a poll that keeps on giving Rob.

As an honerable mention, I'd like to toss in the idea of Solomon island tree boas- they aren't for everyone but Candoia fans will like them a great deal.

also why are more arboreal snakes snappy?
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It's the result of countless generations building to an instinctive point and covergent evolution. When a species is arboreal, it functions in a more restricted environment. It's movements are slightly more limited as are the potential encounters with other wildlife. Threre are three kinds of other animals an arboreal boid encounters in nature- something to eat, something looking to eat it and something to mate with. In two out of three scenarios (and the two which are most frequently occuring) the appropriate response is to nail it as soon as possible, thus either securing a meal or possibly preventing themselves from becoming one. The brain of a snake is pretty much a greasy little smear inside it's skull, there isn't a lot of physical potential for thought or any behavioral deviation away from that which is instinctive. A stimulus is applied, a response generated. Thus arboreals tend to be more inclined to respond in an agressive (technically it's a defense) manner to interaction.
 
my favorite aboreal snake

:D I would have to say that the ATB is my favorite snake aboreal or not...They come in so many eye poping colors and are so unreal in the way they look that its hard to believe that the animal in the cage is alive and looking back at you. I also think that their max size is ideal for keeping more then one snake. The attitude that comes with them is something I will live with just to be able to see them all the time. They remind me of beautiful vipers or some other brightly colored snake that uses color as a warning not to mess with it.
 
Emerald

I raised chondros for a long time, then I obtained my first northern on trade, and said by by to my egg head days. Emeralds are just more difficult to keep and i love the challange..

Remeber folks chondros are the ball python of the arboreal world, JK :p

Go green or go home,

joe

Http://www.emeraldboas.com

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voted for the emerald's...but I have always found them easier to keep than pythons...I must have some sort of a "green thumb"...

But where are the rear fanged snakes??? my favorite tree dweller is still the mangrove snake...stunningly beautiful...
greg
 
tough to pick a favorite. I am still a huge fan of carpets and diamonds (be still my heart, but I can't justify the expense), but the emeralds and amazons have worked their way to the top. It's the whole package - the looks, the attitude, and the teeth, lol. guess I will give the amazons the nod here - so many colors to choose from, and so easy to deal with.
but what about the red tailed ratsnakes???
 
I went with the carpets.. Might change when I finally break down and get some GTP's...
 
DEFINATELY gotta go w GTPS

gtps are incredible. The incredible , mind boggling colors , the extremem respect that i hold for these snakes , and the intricate life styles that they lead , i find them to be simply amazing. hands down , these animals are the ultimate arboreals , i havent gotten into emeralds yet , but i plan to do so by next year. From my biased point of view , nothing will compare to my gtps.
 

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Of course i have to go with carpets. I have jungles, a couple of Jaya's and a male female Bredl. The colors are awsome on all of them.

Lawrence
 
ATB, and here's why

... Ammies don't get hyped, they are not expensive, yet they capture people's attention.
... No matter what phase or color you get for one, you don't know what the babies will look like... total freedom/chaos... less interbreeding, less hype, less closed blood lines, less BS price-jacking artifices.
... Hardy and adaptable.
... Long teeth, vicious, and cute ... sure the females get frightfully huge, but generally they are small (long, but they don't weigh much for their size) and vicious enough to command respect and care from the keeper, and to provide source of quixotic amusement (from a distance) for the keeper.... Who can blame them for biting the hand that feeds them?! ah, to dream the impossible dream!
... Do you mind if I for a moment anthropomorphize a cold blooded reptile?... ATBS have big personalities!
 
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