I have been wondering this same thing ever since I've had the black rat snake in my care. The way he looks at me is amazing.
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The most intelligent snake, if you could call it intelligence, would be the majority of snakes in the colubrid family.
This is what I was wondering/thinking.
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I would also say Black Racers seem to be about as smart as any snake. Ditmars mentions one that would crawl across the floor in the same book mentioned above and take a mouse from a keepers hand. I think it is just most are so mean that keeps most people from studying and keeping them.[/size]
Aren't black racers related to black rat snakes?

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since boas and pythons are tecnically the most " unevolved" per say i would say most coulbrids are able to act and react more due to past experiences along with instinct while boas and pythons are more pure instinct.
More primitive as someone else pointed out, but I was wondering that, too.

What the most intelligent and best pet snake in terms of handling/docility?