Hey adam, I’ve recently be made aware of yet another animal cruelty channel, “Prince’s pet predators” except this time they’re feeding live healthy leopard geckos and cresties to pixie frogs, if you could aid in the takedown of this channel then that would be amazing
I went to my local reptile show a few months back and a lady was interested in buying a viper boa and wanted to hold it first. She was forewarned that it was nippy and sure enough it tagged her in front of everyone. She proceeded to buy it 💚
Candoia are amazing. I own a C. Bibroni bibroni and he is so sweet. However I handled a larger female at a convention and she was very fiesty. Getting bit is fun!
Yeah the one in the video is actually mine, happy to have made the cut, and in truth it’s a captive bred Candoia paulsoni tasmai, I think it’s a male, but whether he’s nippy or not totally depends on how I take him out, if I come from above he doesn’t like it but if I scoop him out then he’s totally fine, and once he’s out he’s chill, only got bit once so far, but yeah love him to bits
I believe the footage you have of the viper boa is actually a Solomon island ground boa. Viper boas are much more short and heavy bodied(when you see a picture of one, it really does look like a death adder at first glance). They are in the same genus but different snakes. Cool vid tho.
Noticed that immediately...Guess he didn’t have footage of an actual Viper Boa because I’m sure with his experience he knows the differance between the two. Its all good...Good guy n I enjoy his videos.
Yeah I’m pretty sure he didn’t manage to get viper boa footage, to be fair they’re quite rare in captivity, this one is actually mine and it’s a captive bred Candoia paulsoni tasmai they’re from the Halmahera island
I've got a Sunbeam Snake! Her name is Omega, after the location in Mass Effect. She's got an excellent feeding response, and is an absolute angel for handling, even to strangers. I feed her Reptilinks frog links.
@@Tink00 I might! She was kept with a male to no luck. I'm still undoing the previous owner's damages to her. Scars from unsupervised live feedings. Scale rot from improper care. Fungal infections of the skin. But she's much better now
Uhhh that viper boa footage isn’t a viper boa, that’s a Solomon ground boa (Candoia carinata paulsoni) Viper boas are Candoia aspera! Very very different looking even though they’re the same genus When I saw the thumbnail I was about to be pissed that I wasn’t aware that you needed Solomon footage. But I don’t have a viper boa yet, hahah
Yeah I think he just didn’t manage to get viper boa footage in time, they’re pretty rare in captivity, it’s actually mine in the video and it’s a Candoia paulsoni tasmai from the Halmahera island, managed to get a captive bred one, when I sent the footage I knew it wasn’t a viper boa, but since they’re also Candoia and have similar care requirements I figured might as well send it cause you never know, and it ended up making it in the video
@@lucasdamon8863 Haha I'm just glad that wasn't submitted by someone who actually thought it was a viper boa! Hopefully when I get mine I can submit them! You lucky B finding a CB halmahera >:C My baby is just a normal carinata paulsoni
The thing about how animals bred in captivity tend to become less defensive is an really fun example of natural selection in captive animals. This is because temperament is something actively being selected for in all wild individuals. There probably are more mellow and easy going individuals in most wild clutches, but they will usually be picked off by predators in the wild. Captivity removes predator as a factor for selection, so even in situations where there isn't selective breeding for temperament, they will naturally become more docile because the ones that are not defensive will probably still make it to adulthood, and thus have the possibility of reproducing. In the pet trade this is also self reinforcing because less defensive animals are more accessible to novice breeders just because it's easier to breed something that's not defensive. This is also why the burms in the everglades are notably more defensive than the ones in captivity. This is specifically also animals where there's not any actual artificial selection for temperament. If there is specific breeding for temperament this all happens much faster.
This reminds me of an article I once read several years ago. It was about an experiment where they bred two separate groups of foxes. One group was bred to be puppy dogs, essentially, while the other group was bred to be incredibly fearful or aggressive towards humans.
As an alternative to the sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis), I'd recommend Loxocemus bicolor if you can find a captive breeder. a.k.a Neotropical sunbeam snake, Mexican burrowing python. I like to think of them as the white lipped python's derpy cousin 😂
I love my Asian grass lizard! She is such a sweet baby and LOVES being held. She is so silly as well and love attention. He is right, they are so smart. She inspects everything and loves to figure stuff out. I highly recommend them :)
@@Jeff-kx1po Hey! Some of us have special interests and spend time needing out. I know I do 😂 30 yes old and I still nerd out over entire regions and their fauna. Keep it up!
I knew about the leaf turtle because I'm a docent at the Central Florida Zoo and we have them here. I believe that they are the cutest turtles ever. When I'm in the herpitarium I ask children about their favorite reptile. Lots of times it's the "little turtle with the googily eyes". I love them and see them eat from tongs and hold them for people to see. Good video. Really enjoy your work!
I'd like to add a species that I never hear much about. The Cuban Boa. "Chilabothrus Angulifer" They are the largest of the Boidae family excluding the anaconda. I have a pair and they are amazing, very curious and active boas.
Wow, you really outdone yourself this time Adam! I never knew a lot of reptiles on this list even existed until now, maybe you can do a video on reptiles that are expensive to buy, but aren''t that expensive to properly care for?
Finally! Eurydactylodes getting some recognition! Some of my favorite animals in my collection. I keep occidentalis. I would say-mine are definitely more active at night.
@@WickensWickedReptiles are you sure the boa in the video is a Viper Boa? The one in the video looks like a Solomon Island Ground or Tree Boa. Viper Boas I have seen have a pattern that remind me of a water moccasin or a copper head and they have very short stubby bodies.
@@Evenape yes, but they have different temperaments and characteristics. I keep an adult female Solomon Island Ground Boa and she is a calm, slightly shy specimen that has never even tried to bite me which is common, from what I have read, for both the Solomon Island ground and tree boas. Viper boas have different care, appearance, and temperament that, also from what I have read, is more akin to short tail pythons. Keeping a Candoia Paulsoni like a viper boa could also cause it health issues and there are currently a fair number of Paulsoni available right now from imports that have been coming in since early this year as well as captive bred…not trying to be a jerk, just don’t want perspective keepers to be confused by the video clips.
I would also lump C. paulsoni (Solomon Island Ground Boas) in with the viper boas. Same family and similar look / temperament just a tiny bit bigger and more colorations available.
Great video (as always)! I feel you could have given more love to european reptiles, though i don't know if they're actually available captive bred. I live in an area (south of France) where you can find the jeweled lacerta in the wild and there are a few species that i kept for a while (and then released right where i'd found them) that might make great pets! Such as Tarentola mauritanica (an awesome and HARDY gecko that you'll also find in north Africa) or Natrix maura, a "cousin" to american garter snakes. Ideas for a coming video? Keep up the good work, your channel is cool :).
Sunbeam snakes are so awesome. They're gorgeous animals, and I've considered getting one for the last few months. I already know I plan on getting one eventually, it's just gonna have to wait until I have the extra money. But I'm 100% buying one or two at some point. They're just incredible to look at.
Not exactly rare, but definitely underappreciated, Colombian Rainbow Boas! They're a little bit smaller but thicker than Brazilian Rainbow Boas, can be calmer, and a lot more hardy when it comes to humidity and temp. I just got a female yearling and despite taking a nip at me when when unboxing, she's been such a sweet and shy little noodle. She's a normal pattern but even still is so gorgeous and iridescent. With how awesome they are, I'm surprised to not see more people owning them!
Y'all I just bought one of my dream snakes a spotted python the other day and had to return it an hour later cuz I noticed an upper respiratory infection and I didn't want it spreading through my collection I got a great deal on the snake because it was in the store forever and it looked healthy when I picked it up
@@WickensWickedReptiles Hopefully I’ll get another one soon or get that one if it ever returns the store they said they would give me a call as soon as they got it back in from treatment but I don’t trust it too much
I always wanted to do a breeding project with Black leaf turtles but found it nearly impossible due to how scarce it is to find one let alone a pair so I opted for Chinese box turtles which have a very fun personality. I can attest that viper boas can be a little bitey but considering where they come from and the fact they live and hide in the ground I would think they are open to a lot of predators including humans there. They do not appreciate being handled but if one has patience, they can be tamed to some degree with cage knocking before you enter. This method worked for me.
Rack systems and how each are different and how long each needs replaced or worked on. Incubator use and the care of food...crickets, fruit flies,mealworms, super worms,dubia roaches etc.
I think the "Viper Boa" at 6:41 is a Candoia paulsoni and not a Candoia aspera. The body shape is similar but the beautiful Zig-Zag stripe pattern on the back is characteristic for C. paulsoni as far as I know.
All of the Candoia species are really interesting and quite underrated in the US market. Im lucky enough to know a local breeder of all the Candoia species. They all have that interesting head shape
I'm so stoked to see the chameleon gecko get some attention - I have one, and I love him! They're so handleable, and for something as small as they are that's quite impressive. They seem somewhat intelligent as well, as he seems to respond to his name. I was very lucky to have come across a breeder in southern OR - outside of that breeder, I have only ever seen them once at an expo, and the vendor was only selling two. They're so rare! It makes it even more special to have him!
@@WickensWickedReptiles SO adorable. My mother would go nuts, turtles/tortoises/terrapins/ any and all shelled reptiles are her favorite animal of all time, she even has a tattoo of one. She loves her Russian tortoise but Miss Tessa is uh, very particular about the attention she will accept haha. I might need to show her these. We don't have space for most turtles (it's their biggest downside imo even the smallest ones usually need to take up half a room) but if we can have a six ish inch tortoise and consider getting a second one I bet she could get one of these and put it in that spot instead lol. PS thanks for the Skill Share trial, been wanting to try it out for ages!
Viper boa are also semi arboreal. All candoia are semi arboreal but the level of which depends on subspecies. Even the Solomon island ground boa spends plenty of time up in trees.
I just got my first snake about a month ago, a Candoia paulsoni, which is the ground boa in the same family. I love seeing the Candoia on this list!! If anyone knows of any resources on RU-vid for care and such, please let me know!
When I saw the intro to this video I could have swore the picture of the viper boa was a Solomon Island tree boa. I was hoping you were doing a video on them cuz I recently discovered them and they are very cool, great video nonetheless thank you
I’ve been looking at getting a sunbeam snake to add to my collection, my columbian rainbow has me in love with the iridescence trait it’s just crazy and everyone that sees it thinks it’s the coolest thing ever and it really is
great video 👍🏻👍🏻 before even watching the video 3 of 5 are on my animal bucket list #5 #3 and definitely #2 ... and most people have never heard of the animals on this list again great video 👍🏻👍🏻
I was thinking a video about snakes from different countries could be cool. For instance snakes (or reptiles) that you can get in Australia. There are some species that you can get outside of Australia as well, like the antaresia, that you have talked about in the past. It would be pretty cool to see some carpet python's in your video's, but I'm not sure if you can get many of them outside of Australia. I have an albino darwin python and she is super sweet. She's a subspecies of carpet python and it'd be pretty cool to see some snakes like her in one of your video's.
Great meeting you at the last reptile show man means a lot being able to talk to a RU-vidr and not be written off like a nobody keep up the great work and videos 👍👍👍
Rosy boas have the same issues as viper boas in the UK everyone used to breed them and you could buy them for pennies then people stopped and now it's ridiculously difficult to find them
Flutie's sleepy face during the Skill Share shoutout. 🥺❤ Too cute. The leaf turtle I'd never heard of til Dayyan got his. I'm not a big turtle person, but I gotta admit, they're adorable. I feel like chameleon geckos are gunna explode in the hobby soon. Seems like more people are starting to find out about them. I'd 100% get a sunbeam snake if they were more terrestrial. But, as Tyler Rugge put it... you basically have a pet tub of dirt. Like a much prettier Kenyan sand boa with higher humidity.
I'd like to see a list of reptiles and amphibians that can be kept at room temperature (60's to 70's) since reptiles live basically everywhere there must be species that don't require heat other than a basking spot.
I was waiting to see if chameleon geckos were on this list. Love my E agricolae, he's always sitting out in the open(but blends in so well with the cork he's DIFFICULT to spot, haha). He hardly jumps, running speed is still slow, mostly he just walks around or sits and stares. He does get nervous during handling so I keep it to a minimum but a very rewarding display animal when combined with a beautiful bioactive setup.
Funny enough at the pet store I work at, we actually have long tailed grass lizards which are the same species as the Asian grass lizards and a lot of people kind of pass them by for the other animals we sell. They are pretty cool too and are great to watch.
So im going to try and have the wife record my son when the next video drops. He recognized your voice today when doing the intro and said dad I want to watch lizards lol. Good stuff Adam!
