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  What type of snake to choose? Keeping pet snakes is becoming more and more common. When you want to buy a pet snake, you could decide  to start off with a king snake, rat snake, or gopher snake before trying the rarer and trickier types like a big constrictor or Burmese python. Some species of reptiles are really easy to take care of, while some others can grow to an unmanageable length and require

There is no limit to the food items that you can even think of a snake might eat. Different species have different preys that they prefer to have. There are common preys that most of them like to have. According to season they might change their prey. Whatever is available in abundance would become the prey for the snakes. Depending on their growth their diet also varies. A simple search on the Internet for the

Snakes are probably the most misunderstood, and most illogically feared creatures on the planet. Of the 2,200-plus species of snakes in the world, fewer than 20 percent are venomous. People have an instinctual fear of snakes that stems back for thousands of years. It probably started out as a survival instinct, when there was no literature or way of telling which snakes were harmful or not. On the other hand, biblical literature has encouraged us

Boa constrictors are non-venomous boa species found in mostly Central America, South America and some islands in the Caribbean. As unusual as it sounds, the common name is the same as the scientific name. Its color pattern is highly variable depending on the location of the sub-species. Boa Constrictors may grow to become quite large, some even as large as 20 feet. Among all of the snakes on SnakeEstate.com you’ll find that our Boa Constrictor

Garter snakes belong to the genus thamnophis. These are most commonly seen snakes and they live in various habitat. These snakes will have colored stripes against the checkered or plain background. Some of the snakes will have yellow or red stripes on the body. But the snake can change the color according to the surrounding in the thicket. These snakes can only grow to the length of three feet but can live up to ten

The Corn Snake (Elaphe Guttata Guttata) is a species belonging to the rat snake category. They have a splotched pattern on their belly which resembles the Indian maize and hence they have been named ‘Corn’ snakes. There is a section of people that believe that since these snakes were found commonly in the corn fields they have been so named. These snakes are generally very docile and make excellent pets as they rarely bite. The