Good colubrid.

What is a colurbrid that i can get into with out too many problems. I was looking for a smaller snake to keep.

Any recomendations.

Corn snakes, King snakes ( although they are known to be cannibalistic) would be my choices. I've heard good things about African House Snakes lately tho ... kinda perked my interest.

Cornsnakes are awesome. Low maintainance - always eat - great personality - rarely nippy - countless morphs - inexpensive.

Corns rock.

Ken

Gopher snakes are awesome snakes to get into as well. I've got a cape gopher and they only get about 3-4 feet in length, and are slender animals. They don't require any extra humidity, and don't need a high temperature. I keep mine at 82-75ish. They can put on quite a show when they're babies, but they're typically all bluff and tame easily as they grow.

I vote for cornsnakes and Mexican Black Kingsnakes.

Corns are great as are ordinary garters - I know a lot of herp fans poo-poo garters, but they make for awesome pets, as they're active, reasonably docile, require limited cage space, and even the wild morphs are visually interesting - always get captive-bred snakes, even though it's more expensive than simply going out and catching a local variety, they probably won't house any parasites - a problem for which wild garters are notorious.

i like hognoses also, they look like little piggies, so cute :)

Hoggies are cute, but make sure they don't bite you - I was bitten by a friend's hog and it took about an hour for the bleeding to stop. They're not potently venomous, but they are venomous, so be smart. Unlike me.

If going with a hognose go with a Western Hognose - they're recommended for first time hog owners. However, you must make sure it is already feeding on mice. They are known to stop eating mice and only accepting lizards - males more than females. And they are known to just go off feed. Personally, from what I've heard about them (although I do hope to get one eventually), I don't thing a hog would fit the original posters requirement of "without too many problems". I still say corn or Mexican Black Kingsnake.