Best Venomous Display Snake

[Georgia]

I have an EDB as my display animal in an 8 ft long 3 ft high 3 ft deep glass cage. What do you think would be a great venomous display animal?

[Primal Rage]

Solid gold eyelash viper or Trimeresurus mangshanensis. I love EDB's too! It's hard not to look at and adult EDB and say DAMN!!!!

[Jim Smith]

While I agree with Primal Rage about the solid gold eyelash viper, I would also like to toss in the Ethiopian Mountain Adder (Bitis Parviocula) as a particularly beautiful venomous snake. Good luck finding one though and if you did happen to get bitten, I suspect finding anti-venom would be a real challenge:(

[Georgia]

Great ideas! That bitis parv is an amazing snake! You can never go wrong with a golden eyelash viper either. As for anti venom...yeah that would be a challenge.

[Georgia]

If it was up to me id have a Mangshan Mountain Viper on display Mmhmm lol

[Zoo Nanny]

Being in Atlanta my guess is you wouldn't have trouble at all finding the anti-venom. They have Ethiopian Mountain Adder on display at the zoo. Finding one to buy may be tough.

[Derek1]

I don't know what this one is on the cover page. But I like it.

http://www.varanuspark.com/stuff/Loud.jpg

[Primal Rage]

I don't know what this one is on the cover page. But I like it.

http://www.varanuspark.com/stuff/Loud.jpg

lol.. a carpet python

[Derek1]

Really? That's a awesome looking Carpet. I figured the forum wouldn't support a pic like that on the cover page after the arguments I've seen., but I haven't seen a carpet like that and looks like fangs on my iphone. I'm so dumb.

[LiL Zap]

Gaboon Viper all the way!

[Roman]

For large vipers my favorite would be the rhinoceros viper Bitis nasicornis.

But nothing tops a large mamba in a large enclosure

Black Mamba Dendroaspis polylepis


http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy105/elaphe420/Dendroaspis-polylepis-9_zps9a8c753a.jpg

http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy105/elaphe420/Dendroaspis-polylepis-4_zps8aecd4fb.jpg

Green Mambas


Dendroaspis angusticeps


http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy105/elaphe420/Dendroaspis-angusticeps-4_zps4873e19d.jpg



Dendroaspis jamesoni


http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy105/elaphe420/Dendroaspis-jamesoni-4_zpsb421cfe8.jpg



Dendroaspis viridis


http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy105/elaphe420/Dendroaspis-viridis-11_zps658dc4b6.jpg

http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy105/elaphe420/Dendroaspis-viridis-9_zps5e3b782a.jpg



Roman

[metalcopper]

Gaboon or Rhino viper!

[LiL Zap]

In all honesty, I think every venomous snake is a great display snake. Whenever I see one, I'm just amazed by the power it has in one bite.

[pet_snake_78]

Wagler's vipers seem very colorful, too. I think I would get a bush viper. Those can look soo cool!

[Akuma223]

bush viper all the way

[Georgia]

Mang Mountain Viper
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j424/georgiagrower/Mobile%20Uploads/close-up-of-a-mangshan-pit-viper.jpg (http://s1085.photobucket.com/user/georgiagrower/media/Mobile%20Uploads/close-up-of-a-mangshan-pit-viper.jpg.html)
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j424/georgiagrower/Mobile%20Uploads/file_original-size-2541.jpg (http://s1085.photobucket.com/user/georgiagrower/media/Mobile%20Uploads/file_original-size-2541.jpg.html)
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j424/georgiagrower/Mobile%20Uploads/Mang_Mountain_Viper_Slider.jpg (http://s1085.photobucket.com/user/georgiagrower/media/Mobile%20Uploads/Mang_Mountain_Viper_Slider.jpg.html)

[Jim Smith]

I think you've nailed it. That would be the cooling venomous snake to display. Now, all you have to do is find one to add to your collection.

[Georgia]

That mang mountain viper is just BAD ***

[Will0W783]

Wagler's vipers make great display snakes- they are very colorful, impressive and interesting to watch. Unfortunately, they tend to go downhill after a few years in captivity. I don't know anyone that has gotten them to survive past the 4-5 year mark.

I think that for sheer display beauty, any of the arboreal vipers are a great way to go. I have purple mangroves, Wetar Island, eyelash, and Yunnan bamboo vipers, along with bush vipers, Habus, rattlers, macrops and puffs.

I think that the bright green tree vipers (Yunnan bamboo and macrops) are really impressive snakes. The bright yellow on the eyelash and Wetar Island vipers makes them eye-catching and stunning. But the personality on my rattlers is great- they are very curious and interactive animals.

[sharthun]

Mang Mountain Viper
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j424/georgiagrower/Mobile%20Uploads/close-up-of-a-mangshan-pit-viper.jpg (http://s1085.photobucket.com/user/georgiagrower/media/Mobile%20Uploads/close-up-of-a-mangshan-pit-viper.jpg.html)
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j424/georgiagrower/Mobile%20Uploads/file_original-size-2541.jpg (http://s1085.photobucket.com/user/georgiagrower/media/Mobile%20Uploads/file_original-size-2541.jpg.html)
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j424/georgiagrower/Mobile%20Uploads/Mang_Mountain_Viper_Slider.jpg (http://s1085.photobucket.com/user/georgiagrower/media/Mobile%20Uploads/Mang_Mountain_Viper_Slider.jpg.html)

One word! WOW!!!!:cool:

[Georgia]

Thanks guys. As far as coloring the Mangis 2nd to none.