Emeralds and greens?

[lozzer]

Emerald tree boa's look and behave just like Green tree pythons.Yet they come from other parts of the world and are different types of boid.As the emeralds give birth live being a boa and green tree pythons lay egs being a python species.
I know no one knows why they look the same but what are your opinions on these two?

[John Pilling]

I like them both but prefer the etb as it is (from my experience) a slightley calmer snake. They both are beutifull snakes tho and i would love to have eather 1 in my collection.

[Vicki]

I prefer the GTP, I think there are some stunning GTP's about especially the blue and yellow phases. Pete Blake has some stunning examples, he had some at the CSFC show priced at over 1.5k, but if you had the money it would be a fantastic snake to add to your collection. I havent even got £350 atm for a standard GTP hatchling though

As for the ETB, these are harder to keep as they dont tend to give you signs if there is something wrong, they just fail quickly. They are very pretty though but can get to 8foot.


The Amazon tree boa is another simalar snake but these require even less strict living conditions. They are quite calm, cheaper but act in a simalar way and again can be very pretty snakes. They spend time on the floor when they are younger and will only get to about 6 foot like the GTP.

[Dave]

both are very tempermentle though, they will be very snappy!
both would not take well to being handled either so they are great if you like just to chuck a rat/mouse in each week and leave it alone but personally i like to be able to handle my snakes occasionally just my opinion

[lee]

i do like the green tree pythons(chondros) and look in awe at the ones in the complete chondro handbook by greg maxwell(well worth getting if thinking about the speices and great info-i won mine in a comp done by southcoast exotics lol) and the blue gtps are amazing but at 350-1000+ are not what id percieve as a pet snake(you can see why im not keen on royal morphs either lol)
i think all tree boids act in the same manner just differences in size,shape and genus but i have heard that gtps do accept moderate handling at times as do the amazon tree boas
lee

[Baz]

Man, I love those and they would be the only boa or python I'd be interested in.

I watched people handle the Green tree python at a reptile show here and it seemed to be OK with it, but all I've read is the opposite. Also for their size these snakes have very large teeth and I've read in several places that you should be very careful when feeding it, as bites can be particularly nasty.

I'd love one, because my goal is not to handle the snakes so much, but to try to create a viv that is as natural as possible to create a beautiful display. For that purpose they would be amazing.

However, I want my little daughter to be much older before bringing something like a python in the house. I'd hate for an accident to happen .

In the meantime I have my hands full with the corns