Burm and blood.....I have seen a large green anaconda with a rainbow boa ...corn snakes in with rattlesnakes......all in a large zoo. Generally, snakes do not mix with other snakes 99.9% of the time... and offer all sorts of problems so I never quite understood why they would want to do something like that. However....

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Like our zoo, which has two Emerald Tree Boas in the same cage as poison dart frogs. What the heck?
Actually, ETBs and dart/reed frogs are great for multispecies systems (however, only one ETB per enclosure is ideal). Since ETBs are aboreal and dart frogs are terrestrial, both will not consider each other as a threat or food source, they originate from similar environments, and are great display animals....that makes them ideal to go together in an multispecies system.

There is no problem with creating a multi-species enclosure as long as you are experianced enough to know the proper animals and environment to setup in the system (it all goes downhill when someone thinks they are experienced enough...but really are not). A successful multispecies vivaria is on of the hardest things to accomplish in herp husbandry and care, but when created properly by someone that is very experianced in ALL aspects of reptile care.....they can be a masterpiece. There are so many things that must be factored into what is designed...everything has to be fully planned before hand....it is not just throwing two or three animals in together....although thats what some people believe.

I have plans for some very nice multispecies vivaria in the future. However, the level of skill required for the enclosure that I plan on attempting will require way more knowledge than just the reptile know-how that I already have. This is just one of those herp husbandry and care things that you have to ease yourself into. With the first few that I have planned, I am trying to build up a knowledge base so I can go for the full effect a 5-6 years from now.....live plants....bioactive substrate...both land and water components...both nocturnal and diurnal animals.....5-6 different species

LOL....As my first attempt, I tried using live plants in my cham enclosure...but they died in the first two weeks. I will get more plants....then try again until I have vivaria plant life completely figured out.....

...then next I will get into bioactive substrates with the monitors I plan on picking up....after that, I will be about halfway to learning how to setup and maintain the environment the way that I want....definately not just throwing two animals together in an enclosure.

LOL...I have it all mapped out....years of projects just to gain experience to setup one enclosure If anyone else is interested in taking on such a task too....let me know....I love having people to share info and talk to about this stuff