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Papers -Snakes - Selecting a Snake as a Pet (American Association for laboratory Animal Science) "Some snakes are rare, endangered and protected by law. These snakes may only be kept by zoos and legitimate herpetologists with the appropriate permits. This is also the case with venomous snakes, which should not, under any circumstances, be kept by the average hobbyist." "The most common snakes kept by enthusiasts are the many and varied constrictor species (boas, pythons, rat and milk snakes, etc), and the racer, gopher and garter species."  "Snake species almost always retain a gentle, docile nature when they are raised from infancy (boa constrictors). In fact, a healthy young boa constrictor makes the most suitable pet among the tropical snake species available. Other species (the larger pythons) are unpredictable and tend to be quite pugnacious as they mature, whether or not they are handled frequently." 12-04 -Snakes as Pets (American Association for laboratory Animal Science) Describes how to care for snakes. 12-04 Reptiles - Snakes (Rainforest Reptile Refuge Society) Provides a description and picture of pythons, green snakes, and anacondas. 11-00 Snake Types (Encyclopedia.com) "The approximately 2,700 snake species, of which about four fifths are nonvenomous, are distributed throughout the temperate and tropical zones of the world (except in New Zealand, Ireland, and some isolated oceanic islands) and are found in greatest profusion in the tropics." "Among the harmless colubrid snakes of North America are the garter snakes (including the ribbon snake), the water snakes, the green, or grass, snakes, the black snakes , the racers , the king snakes (including the milk snake), and the bull, hognose, and rat snakes. The family Boidae ( boas and pythons ) includes the world's largest snakes, the South American anaconda and the Asian reticulated python, as well as the smaller boa constrictor and the tree and sand boas."  "Most poisonous New World snakes belong to the pit viper family; these include the copperhead , water moccasin , rattlesnake , fer-de-lance, and bushmaster . Venomous Old World snakes are the true vipers , including the adder and the asp , and members of the cobra family, including the mamba of Africa and the krait of Asia. The poisonous coral snakes of the New World also belong to this family. The venomous sea snakes inhabit tropical oceans." 12-04 Snake Types (Wikipedia.org) "Snakes are cold blooded legless reptiles closely related to lizards, which share the order Squamata. There are also several species of legless lizard which superficially resemble snakes, but are not otherwise related to them." Also describes how to feed snakes. 12-04

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