I just wanted to chime in on the Carpet Python love - the babies can have a bit of attitude, but as they mature they're gorgeous. Irian Jayas and Jungles tend to be smaller as adults, and both are very pretty. If you set up their enclosure with a suitable basking area, they'll hang out and perch where you can see them easily.
Many north american colubrids will come out to bask if you set them up in a more naturalistic style enclosure. Put a daytime basking bulb on them, and use a heat pad only at night to keep them from getting too cold. When you set them up that way, they come out in the morning to bask, cruise around, then bask some more, then hide out, etc. I've kept california kingsnakes that way, cornsnakes, and ratsnakes as well, and they will all engage in basking behaviors when set up that way.
-Jen
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