My Favorite Arboreal Snake Species - Which is BEST?

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[@chanteuse1978]

Having a rough night then I stumble on this, a super chill Kevin doing show and tell with some of the most beautiful snakes I’ve ever seen. Nerves settled, calm is had, and my snake ate his dinner. All is well with the world. Thanks Kevin! ❤

[@elgaromero8975]

Wow I could listen to you for hours and never get tired of hearing what you have to say.

[@1softkiss]

What I love about the Arboreals and Semi-Arboreals is their Prehensile tails which is a fantastic body mechanism and feature. My big 11 foot male Coastal was outdoors with me and bringing him back in through my front door I forgot I left my fan on high and when I passed through the door the air hit Chewy in the face and he whipped his tail around and whacked me against my left jaw which stunned me and after he smacked me he locked his tail onto my door casing which pulled my feet out from under me and I went down on the floor and it was harmless and he was fine and I wanted to share this story with you because I was laughing so hard I was in tears and I still laugh every time I think back on that experience. Valuable lesson learned big constrictors don't care for the art of surprise LOL

[@BoamanLOVEAsianGirls]

Love coastal carpet pythons and irian jaya carpet pythons. Great 2 species for keeping in captivity!!

[@user-ff2gx8fy4e]

I love the fact that you are super CALM and that you keep your tone of voice calm too and I imagine that all your snakes are very much relaxed thanks to this. In comparison to many others on YT you really have got it, the ideal calm in tone and movement, which is brilliant for your snakes and inspirational for us

[@Bootyjuicesr]

You could be mute and get the same results

[@jonparker6574]

Great material inthis video. Very entertaining and educationaly dynamic. You genuinely increase my passion for reptiles and brighten my day. Please keep it up

[@Napkins4Life]

Seeing that NERD put out a new video is a highlight in my day. Keep them coming! Kevin, you’re my favorite!

[@ronaldduplanty1303]

Great video, I have known who you are for years. It is great to see you making videos. In the early 2000s I had a small breeding group of ATB and am looking to get back into breeding and you are a goldmine of information. Keep up the good work.

[@arcticpythons7239]

Love the informative videos, I have learned most everything I know to date about snakes from you! I started owning snakes as pets sense the spider ball python came on the market back in about 1998 I started to notice them and just fell in love man. I would still say today that the spider web ball python is my favorite single gene morph out there!!! Thanks for all y’all’s hard work!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🐍🐍🐍

[@alexcrowder1673]

Must be a real OG if you refer to spider ball pythons as the spider web gene. Not a lot of people even know they used to be called that.

[@zarkojeftovic9482]

This is such a good video,not many go in such details for this particular snakes you have picked for this video. Looking forward to next part with tips and information.

[@youdontknowme6827]

I loved this video. I can honestly say I have never been disappointed in any of your videos. After all The Evil Morph God can never disappoint!!!!! I think highlighting each species like this is very educational. I enjoy learning about reptiles in general and I gain more knowledge after watching each video you put out, even the funny ones. Keep up the great work Kevin, we love you!!!!!!!

[@CindyHuot]

Kevin you need to get a mic so we can hear you better!!! I hate missing what you say!!!

[@pacovl46]

You might wanna get your hearing checked out because he’s very clearly and easy to understand in my opinion and my hearing is definitely not the best.

[@amandastakeonit7402]

@@pacovl46, Not necessarily all the time and on all devices, a microphone would be helpful hence we hear Donny LOUD and clear. No need to be rude.

[@pacovl46]

@@amandastakeonit7402 If you think my previous comment was rude then you’re a snowflake! I stand by my original statement!

[@haydencb1689]

Mais, it means plus in Portuguese, it would be fun with the little crosses

[@corald3638]

They do look like plus signs!

[@corald3638]

This is my fav. There's also a badass demon chick in a show I like called Lucifer named Mais

[@haydencb1689]

@@corald3638 YES I KNOW its maze actually but she's so great, I was pooling between Maze and Lucifer to call my hog island boa. It's Lucifer.

[@corald3638]

@@haydencb1689 awwwwe! Great choice 👌

[@joewerner7067]

So glad to hear you guys are gonna be doing more species specific care guides. I’ve been thinking it would be awesome if you guys went over specific care for a lot of stuff

[@bjpiel3623]

Can’t wait for your next video, always appreciate your opinion on how to actually house, feed and care for each species.

[@cowlauncher0901]

My Amazon tree boa baby is honestly the sweetest baby snake I've ever dealt with. They're so inquisitive and adventurous snakes.

[@haliebrown5628]

Name Her Stitch it looks like it’s stitched together!! Absolutely Beautiful!!!!

[@waynevincent2875]

Lol i said the same thing

[@SalmonBoa420]

@6:11 that gem reminds me of a Mangshan viper at first glance. Love these types of vids.

[@marlenenadeau6029]

A collab with Clint , and definitely a video about boelens please! Name suggestions : Venom, Mantis, Slinky, Punisher

[@EquitySolutionRayRaz]

Breaks my heart to hear we’re losing these species and my main concern when it comes to keeping is being a part of preservation (certainly wasn’t always ) , They look like little flying angels on the Amazons back , I’d name her Slayer for all the Angels on her back A.O.D. , I was just looking at some Aussie water pythons this morning , I’m falling in love

[@moldyer7551]

Loved this video!! Can't wait to see more videos on them!!! Also loved seeing you gus went to Tinley I hope you guys start going every year so awesome to see Kevin chatting with Emily and clint!

[@brandiatmore7443]

Going ft rrcdvhrt

[@coltonsmith9542]

I really liked the different locality highlights and showing different species with similar requirements, would like greater detail and maybe showing enclosures vs natural habitat would be nice

[@cynthiasmullins]

I came to your channel because my best friend made me watch. My grandmother was terrified of snakes and so was my mom. I'm a huge animal lover and I don't know what took me so long but I'm loving them, still a little scary to me but actually seeing how beautiful they are. Thank you for that. You guys are awesome.

[@FostersPets]

Another great vid, my favourite arboreal species is definitely the emerald tree boa. Keep making great content and showing us small channels how to do such awesome content.

[@marleydepew8229]

This is very informative, I liked learning about the different species, their habitats and traits.

[@bludodge2008]

All good content👍🏻. Always anxious to get more info out of the Evil Morph God! Those criss-cross markings were 🤯

[@stormwolfe1267]

I had an emerald tree boa that was a 3rd + hand snake, very little history on him. His name was Green Bitey Thing and I loved him with all my heart. The lady I adopted him from (a breeder of pythons) believed he was wild-caught and also told me up front that he might not survive. He had to live his live in a quarantine room where nothing of his ever came near my snakes. I'm sure you guys know the whole procedure where crypto is involved. Anyway - long story short - GBT thrived for a good 3 years, longer than his last owner thought he would, before crashing and passing before I could get him up the road to our vet. Why am I going into my arboreal snake history? I am ready to take on another arboreal and really enjoyed this video that gave some of the differences in temperament. BTW - if you didn't get a name for the female with the crosses pattern - how about Joan (for Joan of Arc) or Dorothy from Wizard of Oz (green, emerald, Emerald City). ;) LOL.

[@barbaraespey8176]

You have so much knowledge, it is very interesting

[@jesyjones5078]

Wonderful presentation, as always. Loads of useful information, and great footage/camera work. The visual clarity of the beautiful animals in these videos is fantastic, and the knowledge gained from watching them cannot be matched. Thank you both so much.

[@gazmaddock8791]

Set up video's is a must of the aboreal especially the corallus

[@adventurousash]

Awesome seeing a few different species of arboreal snakes. Amazon Basins are just gorgeous. I hadn't heard about the Madagascar species, definitely one I want to do some research on.

[@Kissaki7]

I love these kinds of videos! Thank you for sharing your beautiful animals, I love aborial snakes and look forward to learning more about there upkeep.

[@bethanygunnels9036]

Great information and animals. Looking forward to your care video. I'd love to see some cage setups for ETB, GTP, ATB, etc.

[@ShadowKate13]

Sanzinia!!! I adore the boas of Madagascar. That’s a dream snake for me right there... I have a Dumeril’s boa and my goal is to have a MGB and a Sanzinia as well. There isn’t much care information out there for them though, would you be able to make recommendations or talk about care for Sanzinia and include a segment for them in the next video??

[@taeviansworldofreptiles3828]

I stay looking forward to these uploads! Another great one!

[@asquake]

Love your videos Kevin, more monitor videos please. Would love to see how you keep ackie monitors.

[@imurhcklbry]

I love your videos, Kevin, you have so much knowledge you're willing to share and your love of all these animals is genuine. Please keep doing what you're doing!

[@marcelcharlesworth6511]

Excellent video. I don't have a name suggestion, but I would request more video on boiga divergens as those are certainly my bucket list species. I would love to know your husbandry technique and how they should be kept.

[@perryharkins]

Love the content. I like the educational stuff because I enjoy learning as much as I can. Actually been thinking of getting an arboreal snake of some kind. Just trying to research & decide which species would be the best fit. Keep up the amazing work & content guys!

[@loreneobergfell5507]

I loved this video. I actually just bought a biak and will be getting him next month so I want to see more on housing and care. I've done a ton of research on care and husbandry but Who better to educate on these arboreal beauties than the master himself.

[@larrylaird3576]

I love tree dwelling snakes and you are right, they definitely are on my bucket list..Thanks for sharing your beautiful Amazon basin beauty's with me I thoroughly enjoyed this video...

[@janetlapierre8307]

Between you and Billie at Mutation creation I’m learning so much about snakes. I don’t even own one. I’m jus trying to get informed on my son and granddaughters new obsession. Think I’m ready to meet his 34 snakes thanks in a great part to you and your team. Special hello from Canada 🇨🇦

[@BoamanLOVEAsianGirls]

I'm definitely planning too purchase a red Amazon tree boa and a Orange Amazon garden tree boa first. I will purchase green tree pythons and emerald tree boas later on.

[@majorleaguinfidel]

I think you should name the snake 'Jewel ' I know, that's a bit unoriginal but I think it's perfect. Emeralds are jewels, Jewels are precious and beautiful ....I think Jewel is a great name for it🐍 Well that and I want to feel special for being the one to name the snake. I think everyone should just agree with me and upvote my comment and call it a day 🤓

[@terrydavis7389]

love these videos, learn something every video you guys put out

[@haydencb1689]

We're all dying to see you, you're just so amazing and adorable when you talk about reptiles and things that you like, so passionate. BTW I'd like to know how I could get my baby boa to be less headshy because she's got an amazing personality but she doesn't like to get touched at the top of her head.

[@NewEnglandReptile]

Hayden CB thank you. I think the head shy thing comes with trust and baby snakes are often very reactive as babies but learn to think better as they grow and that may result in less head shyness. I like to rub them under their chins and desensitize them too.

[@jorgedominguez496]

Another great video. Getting on here kind of late, but this was very informative and well delivered.

[@mystictld]

For a name how about Lunate? Her back reminds me Lunate crosses. Also I don’t comment very often but I just wanted to let you know I love your videos. I look forward to seeing how you set up their habits. At the present moment I do not own any snakes but hope to in the future after I do more research on what type of snake I would like. But having you visually show me the set up and walking through the set up is actually better then reading about it. Also I know you like reading your dm’s but if people are being a little to freaky, you might want to have someone else read them first and filter them out for you. Can’t wait for the next video and have a great day!

[@leafystreet]

I really like Solomon Island tree boas. the couple that I've handled have been captive bred and really mellow

[@dvlexotics2177]

Name her bela who h means beautiful in Portuguese. Seeing how she is from the Amazon and the language is primarily portugese its perfect.

[@amandastakeonit7402]

Everything and it's pet dog are named Bella (one spelling or another).

[@meaganmahoney4646]

I'd love your take on caging for arboreal snakes. Keep the content coming!

[@michaelschembri2555]

Hi kevin, name that beautiful snake Jax -those markings remind me of the game jacks that I played when I was a kid

[@josephfast5887]

Wow..u jus made me feel old..Jack's...way before iPads😂

[@kolesaurusdickinsoni364]

You should name the emerald tree boa Cōātl, which is the Aztec word for snake. I thought that the markings reminded me of Aztec architecture and they also used to worship snakes.

[@redwa11er]

Arboreal snakes have really become my primary interest. I live up in Canada, so a lot of these species are less commonly available. We just got our first northern emerald tree boa last week. We were told captive bred but some people say its suspect cuz there were no photos of the parents and that we'd have trouble feeding him, etc. He was apparently on a hunger strike for a month and a half and had only been fed live rats from his previous owner. We offered him his first meal with us, a frozen thawed hopper rat (he's about 2.5 years old) and he took it first try! Very solid, fast, hard strike that actually startled me. He's also exceptionally tame. Has not once struck out at us. I wish there was an amazin basin breeder up here. Like you said, it's a dream snake for us, too.

[@mandymaughan2100]

Kevin I could listen to your voice everyday And the fact your so Knowledgeable and informative is even better Good job I don't live near nerd I'd always be there love your vids x

[@OMG11WE]

Need the tokay update :)

[@12342087]

Loved the video and how calm gentle/respectful you are with the animals plus was new and interesting info for me ;) thx....watched it twice to make sure I didn’t miss anything

[@TrapTalkReptileNetwork]

Such a dream snake Basin are. Can’t wait to I can breed mine

[@BoamanLOVEAsianGirls]

One of my favorite animal species on planet earth

[@donnahanley1943]

Channel is taking off. Great job Guys. Love the videos. My mental therapy. 💖

[@NewEnglandReptile]

Donna Hanley thank you !!! K

[@arielb1860]

Can we name the Emerald Girl Sally?? Like from the Nightmare Before Christmas?!?! The Xs on her back are her stitches holding her cloth together!!

[@Andy2370]

Great video. love the madagascar tree boas. Nerd rocks .

[@surferdude-ll2qu]

Just watched a video on Jason exotic with kevin and he was going over some handling techniques. The blackish, grayish, white pied, female retic was out of this world. SHOW THAT BABBY OFF! ITS A BEAUTIFUL LOOKING SNAKE.

[@ianparkinson7039]

Absolutely love the calmness you show while handling your animals. The emerald tree boas are sensational looking snakes. Really enjoy watching your videos very interesting & informative keep them coming mate.

[@HappiestGirl69]

Kevin is for sure The Snake Whisperer. I love it.

[@taytahpie2897]

Regan from the exorcist would be a sweet name because of the upside down crosses

[@NewEnglandReptile]

Now that’s an interesting one,,,,.,,,, hmmmmmmmm k

[@grettelguerra7511]

Kevin, that Sanzinia tree boa is stunning! First exposure to this species. Are babies pretty affordable? Great video, btw!

[@BoamanLOVEAsianGirls]

Love that Aru Green Tree so stunning

[@gemmarothery9875]

Hey Everyone! My name choice for that stunning amazon basin tree boa female with the destinctive markings is HEX short and sweet. Much love guys! Thankyou for an amazing vlog!! I always learn so much!! All the best from Gem.xxx

[@johnrumancik538]

With all those crosses and your metal background I'd suggest maybe Abigail, the old great King Diamond album, keep up the great videos

[@NewEnglandReptile]

John Rumancik yeah. Love king diamond .....

[@lynn5490]

Just really enjoy your educational videos and watching how you handle these animals. So gentle and calm. Very nice.

[@richcorbett6491]

hey guys thanks for the information it’s nice to see you again the tree snakes are beautiful and the first name to come to mine was Kris Kross thanks for sharing and we’ll look for you tomorrow You know I was just thinking maybe the reason they like the camera is the heat that comes off the batteries let me know what you think

[@darcieclements4880]

Hot Cross Buns. Buns for short. I would like to hear about how you choose new species to import and begin a breeding project with and how you go about selecting culls vs hold backs and keepers. I always enjoy watching you interact with any animal though because you do such a good job reading and responding to them.

[@jjwingtech3827]

Videos of Kevin showing off reptiles are the shit. I will always watch. Even if it's not reptiles, keep the insect vids coming too.

[@frapp16]

I'd call the emerald tree boa Rosslyn after the chapel used in The Da Vinci Code. I'm not religious but the markings on her remind me of the symbols in and around the wee Scotish chapel. Stunning animal and a stunning building could share a beautiful name ❤ xx

[@VirginiaBronson]

I LOVE arboreal species of snakes. Gimme more!

[@casitube22]

Yeah they are my fav. I absolutely love squams

[@patrickbowen5398]

Very good video. Beautiful animals. I've always loved arboreal's and I've owned a GTP and an Amazon Tree Boa. Thank you for sharing this. It was a great video and look forward to more.

[@1softkiss]

Absolutely one of my favorite topics Kevin as I've always loved the Arboreals :) Absolutely gorgeous animals and as beautiful as they are they deserve to have some attitude and more work with them should be on anyone's agenda that plans to keep any !! I love my semi-arboreals as well but have found they prefer to thrive more like the Arboreals do up off the ground. Excellent advice !! That Madagascar Tree Boa is one stunning snake in many ways reminds me of the Dumeril's with stocky body, colors and similar patterns :) I have an amazing 8 foot male Dumeril's that I cherish :) That beautiful Amazon Basin looks like she should be named Krystl because of the bright white star appearance patterns :)

[@samasiaskipperable]

Name her Tic Tak she is a winner♥️🐍♥️

[@caitwn8548]

Yes, please more info on the arboreals, their husbandry and temperaments! There's a lot of odd/stereotypical info out there about them, and I think a lot of misunderstanding, though I am a novice keeper of GTP so I may be wrong about all that. Also some compare/contrast info about some of the semi-arboreal types like my very 'climbey' carpet pythons would be great.Those are just specific requests, though. I very much enjoy your content in general.

[@InLovePanda1]

Would love to see a live stream where people ask you questions and you answer them while roaming the facility and playing with animals

[@tammymoor4061]

I love all your vids. You are so passionate and informative about these animals. I go to others pages to just look at beautiful animals, but here I not only get to see beautiful and healthy animals, I also get to learn something. Then every now and then I get to see the goofballs and have a nice laugh. Very well rounded channel ❤💖

[@jericosha2842]

Man, that Sanzinia Madagascar tree boa is now my dream snake. I can't stop looking at it in awe.

[@Ibaneddie76]

I've always wanted an emerald or green tree they are so beautiful but I'm very hands on with all of my snakes, even my breeder ball pythons I can't help it so those probably won't be in my family until I have more space to dedicate to them. As always great video.

[@snakedude61]

It's covered in crosses so King Diamond Maybe. Amazon tree boas by far my favorite. the patterns are awesome and the attitude is half the fun. I also really like their eyes. Do you work with dumerils boas at all? I'd really like some better information videos on them I don't really see much.

[@BisTLeiS]

Love The vlogs that Kevin is in

[@artbyamyk]

The main language spoken in the Amazon is Portuguese so she's definitely an Emerald Beauty which translates into Esmeralda beleza in Portuguese. You can always shorten that up & use either word for her name. If you wanted to give her a name that referenced the cross pattern on her back the word cross translates to Cruz in Portuguese I believe. ❤ you guys

[@mel999.]

As a Portuguese girl, love this name idea😍🥰

[@OutlawMenace82]

Your videos keep getting better and better. You guys are killing it with the content.

[@heyher_the_odd]

When you go into more detail about husbandry, you should include the Sorong Green Tree Python. Though the Aru is my favorite, and the Biak (or as I refer to them the Beeotch) seems to be the more common. The Sorong deserves some love too. IMO they have the most beautiful adult coloration of the green tree pythons.

[@modest1989]

Shhhh

[@BoamanLOVEAsianGirls]

Great Video! Exactly the video I was looking for. In two years I want too start keeping arboreal snakes like Amazon Tree Boas and Green Tree Pythons. I'm doing a lot of research this time. Kevin and NERD people do you plan on making more Tree Boa videos? I will tune in.

[@cynthialbell521]

Hi Kevin Those tree boa's were so beautiful. I like to hear all the information that you talk about your reptiles. I have learned so much listening to you. I never knew that they all had different patterns. I liked the one that had the cross pattern. Cindy

[@jwhmks2008]

Awesome video you guys a great group thank you.

[@mariapelletier8993]

I love all your snakes. How about Kiwi. A tropical fruit with a vibrant green and yellow contrast.

[@jacob_1866]

man those emerald tree boas are like nonvenemous pit vipers. Amazing

[@willywonkagaming]

Thank you so much for all that you guys do at NERD. Can't even begin to tell you guys how much I've learned from your channel. We need more of this type of education and less of the reptile channel bringing this wonderful hobby down. You guys lift this hobby up along with a few other channels that I watch. Thanks again and keep up the great work.

[@NewEnglandReptile]

willywonka3186 YT thank you very much! K

[@zyeet3243]

@@NewEnglandReptile Kevin do any of your cannibalistic snakes mistake your ponytail for a prey item?

[@casitube22]

I absolutely love Kevin,as unique looking as he is just like his snakes. Idk what it is but he's definitely fun to look at. He's so intelligent and seems to like educating people and I love his views and opinions on live feeding just for the savagery of it. We all know it had to be done but there's a way to go about it and I just love that Kevin does it the right way. He has a huge heart of gold he's very humble and those are qualities everyone should have. Did I mention I love Kevin xoxo 🎸💋💨🐍💚🤘🤙🦎🎃

[@JoeSmith-mp5xh]

How about a video on some of your burms 🤘🏿🤘🏿

[@erinevelyn3609]

really looking forward to your upcoming cage set ups and husbandry requirements videos!!

[@suzystone244]

Mandarin phase tree Boa.... LOVE the face. ❤ Then the Amazon Basin shows up.🤗❤

[@lazywolfreptiles]

Great video! Love the info about the aboreals. Looking forward to the next one!

[@operationsmanager3949]

This video was fantastic. I could have watched hours of Kevin showing and talking about those snakes.

[@philipmead5113]

That's a magnificent selection of Snakes! The Sanzinia looks incredible.