One number one choice for the best snake pet is the corn snake. Of the bunch, corn snakes are considered the most docile and gentle. They are also known for being easy to handle and easy to feed. They are nocturnal and love to burrow.
Children's Python. The first pet snake on our list is the children's python. Native to Australia, this nocturnal snake was named after scientist John George Children. The children's python is known for its small to medium size (two to four feet), slender body and tame personality.
What kind of snake should I choose? In Australia, you can only own a native snake. The following Australian pet snake species, all from northern parts of Australia, are commonly found for sale. Spotted python: Has a generally placid temperament and can grow to around 120 cm long.
Snakes are unable to form a bond with their owner, but this doesn't mean they are poor pets. We don't need to attach too much value to a deep bond. We can get a lot of pleasure from keeping a snake. Snakes enjoy being looked after by humans as long as they are being fed regularly and have a suitable enclosure.
Titanoboa, (Titanoboa cerrejonensis), extinct snake that lived during the Paleocene Epoch (66 million to 56 million years ago), considered to be the largest known member of the suborder Serpentes.
If there's a family of snakes you don't want to anger, it would be the vipers. While these snakes don't always have the most deadly bites, they have the most painful ones. Van Wallach of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology has had several viper bites; the worst one, he said, "came from an African bush viper.
The black mamba, for example, injects up to 12 times the lethal dose for humans in each bite and may bite as many as 12 times in a single attack. This mamba has the fastest-acting venom of any snake, but humans are much larger than its usual prey so it still takes 20 minutes for you to die.
The saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus) may be the deadliest of all snakes, since scientists believe it to be responsible for more human deaths than all other snake species combined.
Snakes and other reptiles are not social animals. They do not form communities, have friends, or even nurture their own young. Unlike mammals that can demonstrate complete emotions like love, joy, or even jealousy, snakes do not demonstrate deep feelings like these.
Snakes won't be receptive to your affection—they're wary animals who don't like being held, touched, petted, or passed around. It's stressful for them and puts them at risk of illness and injury, and because they don't whine or yelp, you may not realize that they're hurt.
Snakes do not typically like being pet, but some that become accustomed to being handled don't mind the human interaction. Snakes can definitely feel when you pet them but the sensation is not as desirable as it is for many domesticated animals.
Primarily nocturnal, Gaboon vipers have a reputation for being slow-moving and placid.
Boas and pythons kill their prey by constriction (they coil their muscular bodies around their prey and tighten their muscles to crush and kill).
Puff adders are often labled as "lazy" snakes, but are they really?
Danger to humans
The Coastal Taipan is often regarded as the most dangerous snake in Australia. They are extremely nervous and alert snakes, and any movement near them is likely to trigger an attack.
Suitable starter snakes are the Stimson's python, the South-west carpet python and the woma python (also known as Ramsay's python and sand python). If an owner can show that they have cared for a snake for 12 months without an incident or escape they are eligible to move up to the next category.
Green Tree Snake (Dendrelaphis punculata) – this non-venomous snake is quite commonplace in Australia, and can be found in areas where there is thick vegetation. Known for its olive-green to blackish colouration, it may display pale hues of yellow and white on its throat, belly, and throughout its body.