Best Types of Snakes to Have as Pets

The Top Ten
1 Corn Snake

Great for beginners

2 Common Kingsnake
3 Ball Python

Ball pythons are the best pet snake, hands down. They're SUPER DUPER cute and deserve lots of love, more than dogs get, anyway

4 Gopher Snake
5 Rosy Boa
6 Milk Snake
7 Garter Snake

Excellent for beginners

8 Boa Constrictor The boa constrictor, also called the red-tailed boa or the common boa, is a species of large, heavy-bodied snake that is frequently kept and bred in captivity.

These guys are safe

9 Hognose Snake
10 Grey-Banded King Snake
The Contenders
11 King Cobra The king cobra is an elapid found predominantly in forests from India through Southeast Asia.

The King cobra is probably best known as the species of choice for the South Asia snake charmers. Even though cobras can hear, they are actually deaf to all ambient noises instead, they sense the ground vibrations. The snake charmer's flute entices the cobra by its shape and movement, not by the music... read more
12 Burmese Python
13 Reticulated Python
14 Blood Python
15 Rainbow Boa
16 Carpet Python
17 Green Tree Python
18 Emerald Tree Boa
19 Kenyan Sand Boa
20 Spotted Python
21 Dumerils Boa
22 Rat Snake
23 Black Racer
24 California Kingsnake
25 Woma Python
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