Best Display Herp?

I tried to cover the range of options, but feel free to elaborate and specify, or just tell me of a choice I didnt mention.

I mean for this to be both personal and practical, so I am going to allow multiple votes. Ie- you think some really cool retic morph would be a cool display, but realize it isnt for everyone, vote for that plus something else you think is really cool but probably a reality for more ppl. My goal for this poll is to just see where people's interest lies in what looks cool. We are years away from getting any of the animals, but would like to see what people think about what makes great display animals that can actually be great display animals. For example, something that hides a lot or requires insanely hard husbandry skills is probably not the best thing for a conversation starter. Be creative yet practical.

With that said, enjoy and see what people like.

Edit: I realize I have no control over this, but please limit to 3 choices per person.

i voted chams and torts. :) There is nothing more eye catching to me than a gorgeous Chameleon. I can stare at them for hours. And tortoises, are just so cute and personable, and they have little table/box cages that can allow you to see them, unlike my BPs who i see rarely but still love oh-so-much.

I like this poll.

I voted for GTP, but there are a few that I think could make the cut. With GTP you have the chance to watch the killer color changes and as adults they display really well. Emeralds are amazing as well, but I think the GTP temperment wins out there. I also like Orange or Red ATB or a really nice Carpet.

OK, I voted "cold", before reading your post, and went over 3 by one or two . . .

Chameleons and a few other lizards, like iguanas and basilisks make awesome displays. I love bloods and balls, but they hide a lot - not great displays. GTPs, emeralds - those would be pretty cool. I know a lot of Morelia keepers maintain pairs together, so I wonder if, for a display only situation, you could take that a bit further with arboreals - imagine a good-sized, "forested" enclosure with multi-colored arboreal boids draped among the branches . . . red & yellow ATBs, GTPs in yellow and blue, and jungle & jaguar carpet pythons . . .

Oh, yeah. That would look awesome. Might be risky, but it'd look awesome!

~Bruce

wish I'd read before I voted.

Either an extraordianrily colorful cham, or poison dart frogs.

So far out of all my animals I think a albino monocle cobra is an amazing display animal. I know hots are not for everyone. But shes never hiding shes always out and she loves to hood. She will come right up to the glass and check you out. Although being shes still very young im sure she wont hood like this forever. It seems whenever I go to a zoo or something the cobras there never hood and are always hiding. But I just think shes a wonderful display animal. I also think the gtp is one of the best display animals. There gorgeous and would brighten up any room

I voted GTP I think they are absolutely gorgeous, and other python for a nice carpet

Eye catchers...Hmmm.....Pewters, pastel/YB/superstripes, and lesser ball python mixes always catch my eye as do the albino and blue iguanas that Tom Crutchfield has, but I've been jonesin' for a Philippine Sailfin Dragon, so I've got to vote PSD.

I think GTP hands down. They're so awesome all coiled up. I want to have a wicked nice display living viv with one in it someday. Just have to convince the g/f to let me put it in the living room! ;)

Voted Other python. I think a really nice carpet python makes the best display, because of their high contrast, formidable size and they're semiarboreal meaning they sometimes like to perch GTP style, which also looks awesome :)

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So far out of all my animals I think a albino monocle cobra is an amazing display animal. I know hots are not for everyone. But shes never hiding shes always out and she loves to hood. She will come right up to the glass and check you out. Although being shes still very young im sure she wont hood like this forever. It seems whenever I go to a zoo or something the cobras there never hood and are always hiding. But I just think shes a wonderful display animal. I also think the gtp is one of the best display animals. There gorgeous and would brighten up any room

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You know, I didn't even think of a cobra, they definitely make my list along with a couple other hots.

I chose a beardie only because Im having a stand built for my new 40 gallon breeder tank for my apartment Oct 30th and im buying a beardie very soon

My black rat cross and garter snakes makes awesome display herps. They are always out, exploring, and crawling over things.

i love just sitting around and watching my chameleon... his enclosure is like a little rainforest in my room, but i also like my beardy... hes fun to watch as well... but hands down when it comes to feeding watching my cham feeding is WAY better than any of my other pets, ball python included

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THIS PIC RIGHT HERE BELOW IS ONE REASON WHY I LOVE THE ENCLOSURE... LITERALLY LIKE A LITTLE RAINFOREST !!!!

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next on my list after another beardy, pick up the 2 crested geckos my friend has waiting for me, switch my turtles to a bigger tub, and get my mojave ball python...

GREEN TREE PYTHON !!!!! chondro all the way, but i gotta do all that stuff first hahaha, i have some aspirations for my collection hahhaa

GTP, beardies, dart frogs, chameleons.

There are others that would make great display herps...if they came out during the day. ;) My BRB's enclosure is made to be a display, but she almost never comes out.

I like GTP's... but I also have a corn snake who thinks he's a GTP. He is a great display snake, out all the time and doing ridiculous things. :D

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my vote for dart frogs

My vote was for other boa. When I go to Nerd im allways drawn towards the big redtail boa's. Its nice seeing the big snakes.

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You know, I didn't even think of a cobra, they definitely make my list along with a couple other hots.

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yup imo cobras are an amazing display animal. I could sit and watch ours for hours

Voted GTP and "other python" to include carpets. I would have voted for BRBs, cause they're IMO one of the most, if not outright the most beautiful snakes out there, but they tend to hide, so they're not great display animals.

I voted green tree python, it was my dream pet for the longest time til i finally got my biak. i was very surprised to find out mine was friendly =D

I voted for GTP and Chameleon, since they always make me go "oooooohhhhh" when I see them. :) As much as I love my BPs, they just don't come out enough to be a good display animal... and even high-end morphs don't often have the WOW factor of a beautiful Chameleon or GTP. I'd love to get one of these animals, once I have more experience with keeping reptiles - since I've heard both are "intermediate-advanced" herps.

Chondro..

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Originally Posted by GenePirate

Eye catchers...Hmmm.....Pewters, pastel/YB/superstripes, and lesser ball python mixes always catch my eye as do the albino and blue iguanas that Tom Crutchfield has, but I've been jonesin' for a Philippine Sailfin Dragon, so I've got to vote PSD.

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I agree with the Philippine Sail fin Dragon they are so interesting .:O

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Originally Posted by waltah!

I voted for GTP, but there are a few that I think could make the cut. With GTP you have the chance to watch the killer color changes and as adults they display really well. Emeralds are amazing as well, but I think the GTP temperment wins out there. I also like Orange or Red ATB or a really nice Carpet.

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Really? I've found emeralds a lot easier to handle...

Great idea for a poll!

I am in indecision... All in all, I say BRBs and BPs are prettiest, but they make terrible displays because they don't stop hiding. I adore arboreal boids, but their needs don't always accommodate a great display cage like a glass, although AP cages have good visibility. Chams make awesome displays, as do geckos. Nothing better than a wrinkly, 16" leachie for a display. :gj: :P Dart frogs, milk frogs, and dumpy TFs are also awesome.


How about tarantulas and scorps? I'd love to get myself a couple of inverts for display sometime. :D

Okay, the question is best display animal. While I certainly agree that GTP are gorgeous animals, watching one is entertaining for about a minute.

When I think of great display animals, a large part of the consideration has to be the environment it is in. Chameleons look great in well planted little rainforest type of setups. A good choice, but they are slow...

Picture this: an enclosure with trees, a beach area, a waterfall and a pond (size of enclosure is 24x16x8 feet). Stretching out over one section of the pond is a large rock, setup as one of a few basking spots. Basking on this rock is a 7 or 8 foot water monitor. Monitors are always active, very intelligent, and curious beyond belief. They are also diurnal.

Monitors are the best display animals. Period.

Chris

My vote goes for a frilled dragon. You don't see them much so in my opinion a not so common animal would be best to spark other peoples interests. A Monkey Tailed Skink would be good too.

If you don't have a frill, GTP.

I voted other colubrid, just because they are more active during the day, so with a nice cage and full spectrum lighting, they would make great display animals. Otherwise, my favorite species of all... Chondros!!!
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I couldn't vote.

Any aquatic Turtles for "water feature" type displays. Aquatic turtles are active, beautiful and fun to watch.

Rough Greens for "naturalistic" type displays. Of course mixed with other things too. Very active snake that won't eat up cagemates. Great for a combo enclosure with frogs.

Chondros for "industrial/modern" type displays. I saw a bright green chondro in an entirely white enclosure the enclosure was sort of concave so it looked like it had no corners.

......I could go on and on. I think the best animal for displaying depends on the type of display you like.

Depending on the type of display....some commonly labeled 'display' animals may not meet up to their hype.

I like too many to name....because given the proper environment, I think any reptile can be 'best' on display :)

Extra high white Emerald Tree Boa is my critter of choice.

I had 2...Panther Chams and the GTP....love them both and want them soooooooo bad. The GTP is a little intimidating to me with those big ole fangs though. :rolleyes:

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I like GTP's... but I also have a corn snake who thinks he's a GTP. He is a great display snake, out all the time and doing ridiculous things. :D

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Too cute!! My Bee BP thinks he is a GTP....he is always hanging from his tree with his head down like he is on the hunt. He does that on my husbands hand as well. Its hilarious!!

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Too cute!! My Bee BP thinks he is a GTP....he is always hanging from his tree with his head down like he is on the hunt. He does that on my husbands hand as well. Its hilarious!!

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LOL! Do any of your BPs prefer to eat while hanging? After she grabs her rat, my big girl climbs up one of her branches to eat it. :D It's hilarious!

GTP for sure! The colors on those snakes are amazing!!

GTP's just look so pretty coiled up on a branch.

I have agree, an Albino Monocled Cobra has got to be the very best display snake by far.:gj: I've often wanted to build a furniture grade display unit and put one in my family room.:D However, the wife may have something to say about that:colbert:, so I guess I'll keep it as one of my dreams.

Jim Smith

I voted for Chams. Not just because i own one but because i think their colors (especially panthers) are awesome. heres mine i dont have him in a disply cage and this pic was when he was 8 months so his colors are more vivid.


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Too late to vote, apparently, but I would suggest a naturalistic, planted vivarium with some small, colorful species of diurnal lizards (anoles, lygodactylus or phelsuma geckos, etc). Kept in a group, they'll always be exploring, hunting, interacting, and entertaining the heck out of anyone who sits to watch them.

The only one I display is my normal male ball python. He was my first, and always my #1 :D

I think arboreal snakes make good displays. GTP for sure.

I really really want a GTP in the living room. Eventually when I get the courage to try my hand at GTPs I'll have one!

I chose GTP of course ;)

I can't wait to get myself one (or possibly a pair) of GTPs for my own display herp! Love em :D

Lizard fans?
Iguanas?
Day geckos are really nice looking!

I built this unit about two summers ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_X3YNNhVaQ

Can't beat a GTP for a display animal! Their eyes are absolutely amazing and they are just spectacularly impressive animals. Plus they are almost always visible. :gj:

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Awesome stump stand!. I love gtps also mine is kinda a %$*# but I love her.

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Awesome stump stand!. I love gtps also mine is kinda a %$*# but I love her.

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Thank you! :D
It was a b!%&# with a capital B moving that down to our living room/rec room, but well worth it. Must weigh 3 tons.....

Hunter is a gentleman. ;)

GTB look great, but for my money you can't beat a nice big snake just sitting in their enclosure. Give me a big red tail boa, Retic, or burm any day.

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GTB look great, but for my money you can't beat a nice big snake just sitting in their enclosure. Give me a big red tail boa, Retic, or burm any day.

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True you will always see them. But Gtp's are way better looking. lol