Looking around my reptile room, you might think that bull snakes are my favorite - they certainly make up the bulk of my collection! That's partly due to my pursuing a particular project with sayi but such a deduction wouldn't be far off the mark. If my arm was truly twisted, I could probably narrow things down to Pituophis being my favorite genus as a whole. That said, I keep a fair bit of variety because everything brings something unique to the table that I really enjoy. My collection has also steadily shifted into the realm of colubrids over the last few years. The only non colubrids I keep these days are a pair of Aspidites but, to be fair, they act more like a cross between Drymarchon and Lampropeltis - not your typical python. Most of my keepers are pooping 2-3 days after a feed and looking for their next meal well before the seventh day. I guess I'm a glutton for punishment but on the plus side it's nice to have a few days each week where I don't smell poop when I walk into the reptile room. Everything pretty much eats and poops like clockwork with very little deviation.
P. ruthveni:
P. m. lodingi:
P. m. melanoleucus(Kentucky locality northern):
P. c. sayi:
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