Colubrids
The keeper's gateway: small, hardy, and genuinely hard to get wrong.
On the Exchange
Coming Soon: House Snake — T+ het T- (2 available)
Coming Soon: Bullsnake — Adult 2022 Female, Normal het White Sided het Patternless
Coming Soon: Bullsnake — Adult 2022 Male, Albino Axanthic White Sided Hypo Patternless
Coming Soon: Bullsnake — Adult 2023 Female, White Sided
Coming Soon: False Water Cobra — Adult Pair, het Lavender
Coming Soon: False Water Cobra — Adult Female
Coming Soon: Tricolor Hognose (3 available)
Coming Soon: Mangrove Snake — Adult Pairs (2 pairs available)
What you're taking on
Colubrids are the family that gave the hobby corn snakes, kingsnakes, milksnakes and hognose. Most stay under five feet, eat reliably, and forgive the mistakes every new keeper makes. If you want an animal that will still be interesting in ten years without needing a dedicated room, start here.
- Feeding on frozen-thawed already — ask, don't assume.
- Kingsnakes are cannibalistic; confirm it was housed alone.
- Hognose are rear-fanged; mild, but understand it going in.
- Bright eyes and a clean, unkinked spine.
- For milksnakes, confirm the subspecies, not just the look.
Keep it right from day one
Active, alert and curious — fast-moving but rarely defensive.
Secure lid — colubrids are accomplished escape artists.
Read the morph names
The classic beginner's morph species — almost everything is simple recessive, which makes the genetics easy to learn. More combos being added.
No black pigment — bright reds, oranges and whites.
No red pigment — a grey, black and brown snake.
Soft lilac-grey ground with pinkish saddles.
Warm yellow-to-brown caramel tones replacing red.
Pattern fades on the sides and belly for a clean, saturated look.
Double-recessive combo — a pinkish-white snake (shown for reference).
Who you can buy from
Woman-owned family business in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Venomous and exotic reptiles, plus surrender, rehab and rehoming for animals that need a second home.
Tyler and Jasmyn's reptile store in Rocklin, California. Live animals, feeders, supplies and live plants, plus boarding, sexing, nail trims and free general health checks.
Asian water monitor breeder in Huntsville, Alabama. Black Dragons, Ice Dragons, Guru and albino projects, every animal socialized hands-on before it ships.
New England Reptile Distributors, Kevin McCurley's facility in Plaistow, New Hampshire. Ball python genetics since 1989, plus boas, colubrids, monitors, giants and rare reptiles.
Paul Hernandez's collection in Columbus, Ohio: retics, Burmese pythons, anacondas, monitors, tegus, iguanas and other uncommon species. Paul also runs Reptile Adventures live educational shows.