Most intriguing snake?

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Which snake species do you find most intriguing? It does not have to be one you own, or ever plan on owning ... Just the one you find to be most interesting.

I have to say personally, the snake I find to be most intriguing is the boomslang. I don't have any desire to ever own one ( even if they were more readily avaible) I just find them to be fascinating. Plus the males are very pretty. Not the most venemous, largest, or active but one of my favorites non the less.

[Starbuck]

i would have to say any/all of the sea snakes.... It is just so cool how highly adapted they are!!! And you rarely see them in captivity, so its something you really only see in nature documentaries/field herring trips, in their natural habitat displaying natural behaviors!

[Pareeeee]

Probably Atheris hispida (the Hairy Bush Viper). They are adorable and look like they belong in a movie like How to Train Your Dragon.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BwpeKG9A3Oc/ULdYH6ebPOI/AAAAAAAAAMI/sPXdlQiqqTw/s1600/p943730048-4.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vCtNqG9lP7k/UbNCuQu1FHI/AAAAAAAAHAY/GelKqcXeeiM/s1600/2012_014.jpg

http://thereptilereport.com/assets/ssnakess-5jul-atheris-noattribution.jpg

http://www.photobotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Atheris-hispida-Hairy-Bush-Viper-1024x776.jpg

Also anything with crazy iridescence, like the Sunbeam Snake
http://www.reptiliaexpo.it/xenopeltis.jpg

http://www.reptilehunters.com/DSC_6042.JPG-for-web-large.jpg

[Mikoh4792]

Many viper species... why do venemous snakes have to look so cool?

[Pareeeee]

Many viper species... why do venemous snakes have to look so cool?

Hey now, some non-venomous snakes can look awesome too!

Behold, the Viper Boa
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/rigsby_photo/Picture203.jpg

[Mikoh4792]

Yeah but deep inside that viper boa wishes he was really a viper. Wannabe!

[Mikoh4792]

Has an almost satanic look to it...very cool

[valid]

I know I am probably in the minority , but I am not all that crazy about most vipers aesthetics. Not that I hold anything against them, or those that do they just aren't for me. (I think it's the blunter more rounded snout.) I like the longer, sharper features. (if that makes any sense xP ) A lot of the vipers/other venomous species have some really cool features and adaptations though.

[Mikoh4792]

I know I am probably in the minority , but I am not all that crazy about most vipers aesthetics. Not that I hold anything against them, or those that do they just aren't for me. (I think it's the blunter more rounded snout.) I like the longer, sharper features. (if that makes any sense xP ) A lot of the vipers/other venomous species have some really cool features and adaptations though.

Yeah different tastes but i like that hairy bush viper pareee poated because it looks like a pokemon

[SSSSnakes]

The King Cobra. Love the head pattern, the growl and they are smart. Don't have one yet but it's on my list of next snakes to get.

[Jim Smith]

The Hairy Bush Viper is an awesome looking snake. Even if it wasn't venomous, it would look dangerous. For some reason the Stiletto Snake of the Atractaspididae family were fascinating to me. They not very impressive to look at but they have a single fang that they pop out of the side of their mouth and stab their prey with it. It's the perfect adaptation for hunting in mole and rat burrows where they don't have room to rear back and strike. They glide up next to their prey and flick their head to the side and they're all done. Wicked venom that causes massive tissue damage, but not really considered dangerous to people.

[mclund]

Wicked venom that causes massive tissue damage, but not really considered dangerous to people.

It may not kill you, but you will wish you were dead. It can destroy tissue and bone. Loosing limbs or appendages are not uncommon.

but still, a very intriguing species for sure.

[BIGT FROM F.B.]

Probably Atheris hispida (the Hairy Bush Viper). They are adorable and look like they belong in a movie like How to Train Your Dragon.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BwpeKG9A3Oc/ULdYH6ebPOI/AAAAAAAAAMI/sPXdlQiqqTw/s1600/p943730048-4.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vCtNqG9lP7k/UbNCuQu1FHI/AAAAAAAAHAY/GelKqcXeeiM/s1600/2012_014.jpg

http://thereptilereport.com/assets/ssnakess-5jul-atheris-noattribution.jpg

http://www.photobotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Atheris-hispida-Hairy-Bush-Viper-1024x776.jpg

Also anything with crazy iridescence, like the Sunbeam Snake
http://www.reptiliaexpo.it/xenopeltis.jpg

http://www.reptilehunters.com/DSC_6042.JPG-for-web-large.jpg

I apologize, but I just had a Beavis & Butthead moment......."Hairy Bush" HUUUUHHHUUUUHHHHHUUUUUhhhh.......

[mclund]

Malaysian Blue Coral snake (C. bivirgata)
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Blue so uncommon in snakes. I had the rare opportunity to work with one once. Beautiful creatures!

[CK SandBoas]

I would have to say either the King or Monocled Cobra.....I know i will never work with them, but they are just so beautiful and fascinating to me :)

[Tsubaki]

I would have to agree about the Atheris hispida just because of their looks, what a mesmerizing snake that is!

But there are so many intriguing snakes! Like the Golden sea snake, that can see predators coming.. With its tail! Or the Erpeton tentaculatum, (tentacle snake) with those awesome tentacles that detect prey, and it just lashes out lightning fast to catch it. And who can forget the ' flying snake' that can glide 100 meters by spreading out its ribs?

So many awesome snakes...:D

[sharthun]

Wow! amazing snakes!

[Sharlynn93]

for me it's one of these :D so awesome looking! will never have one, but they just fascinate me!

[Pareeeee]

Completely forgot about the Blunt-Headed Tree Snake.

These
things
are
ADORABLE

http://mikeleftagain.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/amazon-blunt-headed-tree-snake-imantodes-lentiferus-6.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iJs9HxGFbHY/TqrOubrq8uI/AAAAAAAAAvE/6MEHYVPfcBc/s1600/Blunt-headed+tree+snake+-+Imantodes+cenchoa.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Imantodes_cenchoa_(Yasuni).jpg

[valid]

I had completely forgotten about the Blunt-Headed tree snake. Those guys have some interesting adaptations.

[Tsubaki]

Ok now thats a cute shoelace :D

[Jinxygirl]

Vipers are all pretty beautiful, but I am the most intrigued with old world rat snakes. I don't really know why.. I just find myself looking at pictures of them the most. I really want a Taiwanese Beauty snake or a Red-tailed green rat snake.

[SnoopySnake]

I wouldn't say this is most intriguing, I have to agree on Atheris hispida.. They look amazing. This is a snake I thought looked really interesting though. Liophidium Pattoni or Bright Pink Snake. :p

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/6/28/1309273408767/Liophidium-pattoni-007.jpg
http://25.media.tumblr.com/9abc68dd0f010546f1328a4cdc53d92e/tumblr_mxhsq63Aep1r4f0qjo2_1280.png

[Alexa]

Xenodermus javanicus, the Dragon Snake.

A few quick google searches indicate that there is very little known about this snake, either in the wild or in captivity. I'd like to find out if anyone is keeping it successfully, but haven't really seen anything to that effect.

And it looks cool!

[IW17]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/9abc68dd0f010546f1328a4cdc53d92e/tumblr_mxhsq63Aep1r4f0qjo2_1280.png

This looks like one of those fake wooden Snakes you can buy at the zoo or a cracker barrel that you hold by the tail and the swing back and forth lol.

[Toggsy]

I find these guys are great philodryas baroni Barron's racer/argentine long nose
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Thinking about getting one myself