Featured
“Beautiful, on its own terms”
Calico Jayapura Green Tree Python
Morelia viridis
AloofColorfulMedium
- Sex
- Male
- Age
- 2 yr old
- Length
- 5′
Understory Exotics
Gainesville, FL
$12,390
67 animals available right nowBig snakes.
Big snakes.
Small snakes.
Colorful snakes.
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A marketplace for captive-bred snakes, listed by the breeders who raised them. Filter by size, color, care level and — because it matters more than anyone admits — temperament.
- Live listings
- 84
- Species
- 12
- Verified breeders
- 8
- Median price
- $455
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Big snakes
Boas, carpets, retics. Two-person handling and a room to spare.
22 listings →
Small snakes
Hognose, sand boas, rosy boas. Adult life in a 36-inch enclosure.
27 listings →
Colorful snakes
Saturated, high-contrast morphs that stop conversations.
33 listings →
Boring snakes
Wild-type browns. The pattern every designer morph is measured against.
21 listings →
Devious snakes
Plays dead. Tests latches. Mock-strikes with its mouth closed.
11 listings →
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Featured
“Beautiful, on its own terms”
High Blue Manokwari Green Tree Python
Morelia viridis
AloofColorfulMedium
- Sex
- Unsexed
- Age
- 2 yr old
- Length
- 5′
Understory Exotics
Gainesville, FL
$11,785
Featured
“All attitude, all confidence”
Matrix Blood Python
Python brongersmai
SpicyPatternedMedium
- Sex
- Male
- Age
- 20 mo old
- Length
- 4′ 6″
Meridian Giants
Dallas, TX
$2,655
Featured
“Bombproof temperament”
Leopard Boa Constrictor
Boa imperator
DocilePatternedLarge
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 2 yr old
- Length
- 6′ 8″
Meridian Giants
Dallas, TX
$2,640
Featured
“All attitude, all confidence”
Matrix Blood Python
Python brongersmai
SpicyPatternedMedium
- Sex
- Male
- Age
- 15 mo old
- Length
- 4′ 1″
Meridian Giants
Dallas, TX
$2,555
Featured
“All attitude, all confidence”
Super Dwarf Tiger Reticulated Python
Malayopython reticulatus
SpicyPatternedColossal
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 19 mo old
- Length
- 11′ 1″
Meridian Giants
Dallas, TX
$2,355
Featured
“Bombproof temperament”
Palmetto Corn Snake
Pantherophis guttatus
DocileColorfulMedium
- Sex
- Unsexed
- Age
- 12 mo old
- Length
- 2′ 11″
Cold River Corns
Portland, OR
$980
Featured
“Beautiful, on its own terms”
Paradox Albino Kenyan Sand Boa
Eryx colubrinus
AloofColorfulPocket
- Sex
- Male
- Age
- 15 mo old
- Length
- 17"
Prairie Fold Herpetoculture
Lincoln, NE
$865
Captive-bred only
No wild-caught imports, no exceptions. Every animal has a hatch date and a feed log going back to its first meal.
You talk to the breeder
Inquiries go straight to the person who hatched the animal. No middleman, no cart, no drop-shipping a living thing.
Live arrival guaranteed
Overnight shipping in insulated boxes, held when temperatures at either end are unsafe. Every breeder here guarantees arrival.
Who you’re buying from
Breeders on the floor
Know before you buy
Species guides
Ball Python
Python regius
Beginner · 30+ yr commitment
Corn Snake
Pantherophis guttatus
Beginner · 20+ yr commitment
Western Hognose
Heterodon nasicus
Beginner · 18+ yr commitment
Kenyan Sand Boa
Eryx colubrinus
Beginner · 20+ yr commitment
Jungle Carpet Python
Morelia spilota cheynei
Intermediate · 25+ yr commitment
Boa Constrictor
Boa imperator
Intermediate · 30+ yr commitment
Green Tree Python
Morelia viridis
Advanced · 22+ yr commitment
Blood Python
Python brongersmai
Advanced · 25+ yr commitment
Reticulated Python
Malayopython reticulatus
Expert · 25+ yr commitment
Rosy Boa
Lichanura trivirgata
Beginner · 25+ yr commitment
Honduran Milk Snake
Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis
Beginner · 20+ yr commitment
Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis
Beginner · 12+ yr commitment
Still deciding?
Filter by care level and price and let the catalog narrow it down. Nobody regrets starting with a forgiving species.