Top 5 GIANT Reptiles and Their Smaller Alternatives

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

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[@bearbear-hf7cn]

Congrats on 100k

[@animalgamer7517]

You should talk about green amivia lizards there closely related to Tegus but only get about 2 feet though they don't have very long lifespans typically 2 to 4 years They make really good pets

[@eliarellano4972]

100k CHECKMARK BABY!

[@fkujakedmyname]

noooooooooooooo you have ads now nothing makes me hate a company like interrupting a video

[@eliarellano4972]

@Lord Riggnarok thats a good idea. Blood pythons are very misunderstood

[@quasiotter]

when mom says "we already have a snake at home" but the snake at home is still really cool

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

HAHAHAHHAAAA

[@shampabiswas7327]

What is the snake btw 😅

[@illogicalgarage8641]

@@shampabiswas7327 definitely not a ball python

[@charitysheppard4549]

I love Burmese pythons. I had a great friend in high school who owned an albino BP, and he gotten her as a hatchling had owned her for 12 years. On Friday nights, 4 of us would watch TV sitting on his couch with her draped and crawling all over us. She was so chill and friendly. His father had built her a HUGE enclosure, and this awareness of needing a big enclosure was in 1990!!

[@oscarleonard5244]

When he Adam says ‘wham bam Bobs your uncle’ and doesn’t show Bob the Jewelled Lacerta 😭

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

bob deserves more screen time for sure

[@DropEmDavis]

😂

[@antibuergerlich3283]

I love how the list is basically: you want a giant snake/tortois/etc but don't have the capacity? Get a small snake/tortois/etc

[@FabulaNovaChristalis]

I wasn't expecting that short Slinky cameo, but I'm glad you included it :D

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

the best

[@shmeatloaf3281]

Australian Water Dragons are just Bearded Dragons that went Punk

[@MalonzeProductionsGaming]

And like pool parties

[@olyvia1380]

@@MalonzeProductionsGaming nothing more punk than pool parties

[@jasminahaverinen5759]

At this point I'm starting to be convinced that Bob is infact my uncle. ✨the more you know✨

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

he is... be nice to uncle bob

[@Silvercrypto-xk4zy]

bob actually is my uncle

[@timapiepgrass8702]

same... if great uncles count.

[@rickcroney1286]

Great video!! A couple of alternatives could be Dumeril's Boas and Russian Tortoises. They both awesome and smaller options 👌

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

totally! I wish I could smash Dumeril's boas into every video

[@OtterTreySSArmy]

Wait wait wait, there's Russian Tortises?

[@laurensvdd1666]

@@OtterTreySSArmy yeah. They only get to about 4-8 inches.

[@Ruben355]

If u can find them. Pancake tortoise Ore Chinese box turtle are cool aswell

[@neilchace1858]

@@Ruben355 pancake tortoises are illegal to own in my state.

[@jph290]

Definitely need a part 2!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

100% I'll make one!

[@carriewilliford1225]

Wickens Wicked Reptiles yay

[@AllCanadianReptileGirl]

Great video. Kratos is gorgeous! I hope to get a burm one day, they are so cool. Jub-Jub (the tegu) is such a ham for the camera. She's gonna be a star! 🦎

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Jub-Jub is a beauty!

[@k.l.manring2083]

I'm gonna have to wholeheartedly agree!

[@GoodStarfish]

How is this the first Iv'e seen of him? What a cutie.

[@Troyflips]

I literally live in Northern Arizona where it snows and when you said that I died LOL

[@lindadumarwah7341]

Glad you had a tegu in your video as well 😁. I have wanted a tegu for over 10 years, in about a month I have mine for a year and I absolutely love him! He is an argentine red tegu, very friendly and sometimes crazy af 😂

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

I love Tegus!

[@mjames1506]

Sulcata tortoise will also outlive you. Imagine getting a pet tortoise when you're a kid and it's still just schlubbing around same as ever when you die of old age. That's a commitment.

[@delaneyh7813]

Genuinely think this is your best vid yet, absolutely love to see how much you've grown since I first started watching ❤

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

thank you so much, I appreciate it!

[@mizzshortie907]

Agreed

[@gopro_groms1426]

Could not have put it better

[@k.l.manring2083]

Bless you for taking on the jeweled Lacerta with the mbd! AND for being sensible and responsible enough to wait on the bw tegu till you're ready!!!!!!! Mad love and respect!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Thank you so much!!

[@Stephen-jw8ci]

man, i can’t wait to have a home with a bunch of extra rooms each dedicated to a different giant reptile

[@MalonzeProductionsGaming]

Same. My goal is to have a caimen lizard. And a few dragons. (Chinese and Australian. Possibly a few other dragons but i like the water type ;3. )

[@bryceeldredge6570]

4:05 timestamp, WWR #1 quote of all time

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

hahahaa

[@josephkirkpatrick9666]

Thank you for talking about beauty snakes, I have a blue beauty and no one likes to talk about them. Your channel is by far my favorite, keep up the amazing work

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

they are amazing eh!

[@sherrybrzeczka7966]

Diamond was just all about being on the move! I cringed twice when he started fixating on your ears!🤣

[@abell4785]

I've owned a 15ft male Burmese and they make great pets if you have the room. Out of all the large snakes these are the ones recommend.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

totally agree

[@abell4785]

@@WickensWickedReptiles I prefer the males due to size. The one thing i loved burms are not picky eaters they are trash cans they will eat anything.

[@herpermike_]

I've actually noticed that handling the big animals like burms, it's a lot more relaxing and more enjoyable than handling a corn even though I am a huge advocate for corn snakes lol because I think they are the absolute best first and overall best snakes as pets for most people! They always eat and the temperature requirements are really easy to meet in a normal household lol. And I've bred corns for years but handling a big animal especially a big male Burmese is a really nice and not as hectic as trying to keep up with a corn snake lol

[@fiona0236]

11:39 i was playing a videogame while listening and when i heard this it spooked me XD i was running away from enemies at that exact moment

[@milor9523]

So happy to be this early!! Your discord server is amazing! I love big reptiles, I have a male Burmese and I absolutely adore him

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@StonedtotheBones13]

I know this is older, but big consideration with water monitor: WITHOUT the giant pond in Slinky's enclosure, it cost about $8k.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

that's wild!!

[@sashascarah6533]

I would love a burm but I live alone and am on the less physically fit side so wouldn't be able to handle one on my own. Instead I'm looking into a boa constrictor as they typically don't get larger than 10ft which is honestly a lot easier to handle, though this is going to be like 20+ years away as I will need to move to a larger home to accommodate it as I don't have space in my one bed flat for a 12ft viv. I am planning on getting a female ball python in the meantime once I'm back in work and can afford a second snake.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

they can be a lot!

[@TenorCantusFirmus]

I really like the fact he provides you a "pars construens" along with a "pars destruens": you want a reptile/amphibian but it's too big and/or difficult to keep? Just buy this one, it's kinda similar, but more manageable.

[@oscarleonard5244]

Congrats on 100k it’s been amazing watching u grow and your only gonna get more popular 👋🙃😂💛😭🦎🐍

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

thank you so much!

[@Rulingtomax]

I love Into The Am! I’ve been buying from them for years. So cool you got sponsored by them.

[@basementpets5327]

YO you got a into the AM sponsor! Thats awesome! I love that brand! I wear it all the time and it is so comfortable! Nice vid! My dream snake is probably a Burmese python but I currently don't have a lot of space for them.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

I love their shirts man, they are so comfy and the fit is A+

[@courtney1408]

First of all, amazing video! You should definitely do a part 2! My favorite are the "what reptile you could/should keep instead" videos. But also, that shirt is super rad and seems to fit who you are pretty well. Lol.

[@insaneskate999]

You gotta do a video or at least a segment about variable kingsnakes! they are just like calis but only get 2-3 feet

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

they are amazing!

[@Tailionis]

Even FL gets cold. You should always have an enclosure for part of the year regarding the turtle.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

well at least a heated hut for when needed

[@hotshottools6748]

Everytime I see Diamond in the video, I wonder if he will make it through the video without biting your ear lol

[@animalheadquarters1911]

This is more of a top 10 then a top 5 video! I love it! 😄

[@craigsi16]

i think part 2 you should include black throat monitors, and the smaller alternative could be ackies

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

good call!

[@nancyannspechtenhauser7432]

C. Bakeri...amazing animals....30 inches....can be hand tamed easily and are just beautiful to look at and watch!

[@theargonauts7426]

Hey Adam! Congrats on hitting 100k subs, it's been fun watching your videos for the last few months! You are actually one of the main people who inspired my decision to get a Leopard Gecko!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@taingo1355]

Love your vids been here since about 30k it is so cool to see you grow and more people find your amazing videos!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

thanks so much

[@bluestarlight2237]

First off, so excited that you finally did this video. Second your Burmese is adorable. And finally I love how Diamond stole the show and you left those clips in. (Most creators would have edited them out. So thank you for leaving all that cuteness and humor in.) 😉

[@Jeff-kx1po]

Some day I would love to have some of these huge reptiles, maybe a roughneck monitor or a tegu. Congrats on 100k btw

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

That would be cool!

[@Jeff-kx1po]

Yeah, roughnecks are so cool.

[@giagarex]

Kratos, Little Foot, and Blastoise? 😂 Damn you're so cool at naming your reptiles

[@reptiletailz108]

I have a little foot

[@StargazerAPW]

These videos are my fav to binge watch when I’m bored. Good job at 100k, you deserved it! We have a red foot tortoise, a elongated tortoise, and a leopard gecko. They’re all awesome

[@melfree2545]

I’d love to own a Sulcata. But I live in the Midwest and also know I’d have a hard time making arrangements for a pet that will for sure outlive me.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Sulcatas are amazing

[@neilchace1858]

If you're concerned about it outliving you, why not try to get a rescue? You could find one that's already older and might not outlive you.

[@heartlandreptiles]

Great video, I’d watch a part two! I agree on the berm/retic. My dwarf retic is an absolute sweetheart, but you need to know how to read body language for sure!

[@ThunderOrb]

Yay, you finally did my video idea!

[@robertnorris8367]

Coming at it from a different perspective, would a Dumerils boa be a suitable replacement for the Burmese?

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

100%

[@reidsreptiles2945]

Black throat monitor, large robust, heavy built and probably most docile large lizard around. Good video. 👍

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Also great monitors

[@camille8691]

I love it when I get home from school and he's posted a new video

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

every Monday and Thursday BayBay

[@goofygurl864]

Yes

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

woooooooo

[@carabencivenga8713]

I'm honestly shocked you didn't include the Dumerils boas in this video 🤣 good video as always!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

I really wanted to haha

[@armyamazon5762]

Lol always nibbling on your ear! So cute!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Always!

[@chantelle9610]

I would love to see more of your burms and how they are doing! :)

[@tamatamappi]

I thought the small alternative for Tegu is Blue-Tongue Skink/ Panana, lol 😂

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

wow

[@sampagano205]

I would call a boa imperator the smaller alternative to a burm. Because even though they're themselves really big to most people. They have most of the same traits that people like about Burms.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

that works too

[@thrillhous6407]

Great video like always. Im so happy you made it to 100k great job! Now we wait for 1mil 😂

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

one day I hope!

[@thrillhous6407]

@@WickensWickedReptiles we will get there!!

[@trisha2286]

Tegus are a dream pet for me!!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Same

[@MrActionproductions]

Really enjoyed this vid. A lot of keepers might scoff at kingsnakes and cornsnakes but i gotta say, after i got all my major dream reptiles, i still came back to the popular "starter" reptiles. Yeah they may be common, but they're popular for a reason. I probably get just ad much enjoyment out of my rat snakes as i do my big constrictors.

[@varanidguy]

Touching back on the monitor thing, another good alternative if they're less set on the aquatic thing and more set on the monitor thing, would be ackie monitors. They're like the bearded dragons of monitors, very easy to "tame", very hardy, and you get all the intelligence and interactive behavior from having a monitor.

[@oreokitty116]

Fun fact: I have an uncle named Bob. Aaaand, he was the first person I met that had snakes as pets. I think they were Mexican black kingsnakes. I now have a cornsnake (named Noodle) that has become like the family favorite. Which is funny because my mom was terrified of snakes, refused to let me get one, and then when I started my first job at a pet store, I bought Noodle and all his stuff with one of my first paychecks. Everyone that comes over in the family that is afraid of snakes gets to meet him. The only problem I've ever had with him is he thinks he's actually an arboreal snake, and likes to use hair as vines when you hold him.

[@stevenhall8964]

It seems like the Retics that my friends have had were more aggressive on average then the Burmese that other friends of mine had!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

seems about right

[@kesshami]

I didn’t expect the number 5 here. More the fact how perfectly it sums up my snake decision. I originally wanted. Burmese because of their size(I didn’t know their chill nature) but since learning an adult is recommended to have two people present and at this point idk if I will ever not be single, I decided to rethink that. A Burmese would flatten me just by me trying to handle it as an adult most likely. So I got a ball python instead. She’s doing good so far though and I have no complaints

[@aidanroberts9888]

Great vid Adam! Love you and yuor yodeling pickel!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Thanks for watching! YODALLLLAHHHHOOOOO

[@aidanroberts9888]

@@WickensWickedReptiles Lol!

[@daynecrowe3977]

Thank you for doing these videos they really help us 💙

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

You are so welcome!

[@margodeheij8976]

Congratulations on your 100.000! Your channel deserves it, I am always looking forward to the generally interesting and fun content.

[@Will33211]

Nice list! Would add boa imperator!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

they made it on my last video's list :)

[@itzjdub282]

I cant wait to see your full adult enclosure for your Burm

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

coming soon!!

[@evangugle6097]

Great video! Keep up the good work! 🐍🦎

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

thanks so much!

[@basednuramiformerpastafurr872]

Australian water dragons unironically look like the pokemon evolution of bearded dragons.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

right!

[@TesseraCraft]

finally you give some love to corn snakes and rat snakes. I am trying to build up some stock footage for you to use for corn snakes and rat snakes

[@l.acemorris3505]

Thank you I so much for doing this video

[@moshack]

The Pueblan Milk snake is very Cool.

[@loveurself764]

Can you do a list of reptiles that need both land an water?

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

sure can!

[@mMark65]

Great channel!! Been waiting for this video lol thanks dude!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@mMark65]

I really did enjoy. As i usually do. Well subscribed and i appreciate your info/personality

[@markanderson614]

Great video as always

[@mayqueenslithers4078]

Heck yeah part two!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

ok!

[@k.l.manring2083]

Thank you for the amazing video. You're right about retics vs burms. Love the video! I opted for probably the worst, as far as care, a Sav but I would not trade him nor the experience of having a large reptile for the world! He's absolutely a TON of work but I was incredibly lucky that the right animal picked me. Cuddling with him is completely worth the work and his destructiveness!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

thanks for watching!

[@superdupergrover9857]

5:13 SURPRISE!

[@reptiletailz108]

Tegu is totally my dream baby I will have one eventually when I have more space and a house with better electrical 😂

[@draculdrago5733]

Adamn one id suggest is pricey vs cheaper counter part for a video for example: blue tongue skink is way more expesnsive compared to their cheaper sub species like fire skinks, blue tailed skinks, and five lined skinks.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

I did one called “top 5 most expensive reptiles that you can’t afford and the 5 close alternatives you can” check it out

[@Salamanders1018]

Why was thinking “ I need to get some New shirts and stuff” shirt add pops in this video. Thank you😂😭

[@Matty__Matt]

Thank you for doing this video! After voting on this video topic I kept an eye out for the next upload lol!

[@MOONOVERMIAMI]

Hello great video information Adam

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Thanks for watching

[@dynamosaurusimperious2718]

This sure was a nice video on some big reptiles and their small alternatives( cause this is channel is cool ) Also I wish you a good day

[@Quisite]

The Chinese water dragons run against glass thought as they’re often wild caught. The one with the broken up face in the video most likely ran up against the glass. Then with the water part, even with filtration, the wound can get infected. I’d not recommend the Chinese water dragon to anyone because of it.

[@harryrichards1625]

I've got a chinese water dragon and I agree that there hard to take care of because of these problems but not impossible to what ive found with mine is when young and in its old enclosure it would bang its head of glass but since I've moved mine in a custom enclosure hes been fine

[@maddox3766]

you should make a video on birds since they are pretty much reptiles ;)

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

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[@noahjensen8126]

Great video u make my day keep doing what u and we love

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Thank you! Will do!

[@carriewilliford1225]

I wish I could 👍this video a million times. And subscribe a million billions times as well :)

[@mikeashawasegai7530]

I want a retic. Some day, my wife says no 🥺 but we compromised, once our youngest is older (14-18). So...in over a decade, I can get one 😭 but I am preparing for my boa to come home. I won't call it giant but it's bigger than my wife's corn, and my hoggy and kingsnake.

[@NotSure876]

I have a melanistic jeweled lacerta and it literally is a mini tegu The coolest tegu alternative I’ve had was a Chilean Dwarf Tegu. I don’t know how the Chilean didn’t catch on. It was only $20 and was by far the coolest reptile I’ve ever had.

[@Tink00]

Someday I will have both the little bois and the big bois

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

all the bois

[@reneemaurice9508]

A part 2 would be good

[@syedali9773]

love the owl shirt

[@bigbigumms2661]

I like the new intro

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

thanks!

[@crystalratcliff7065]

So excited, I got my shirt yesterday and looks great!!!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

So happy you like it!

[@bmedina1087]

Great video Adam

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Legend!

[@nataliesreptiles]

Would love a burm some day. The hypos look really awesome, but the normal wild type coloration is gorgeous as well. Also hope to get a tegu some day as well. Both are dream animals of mine.

[@chadwick8193]

That Arizona joke made me laugh, because it does snow in the non big city areas.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Yea the seven people that live in a city where it snowed once in 1956 remind me every time I mention that Arizona is mostly warm

[@oj_mines]

Can we please see your burm enclosure setup

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

yes, house tour coming soon!

[@leviwilson3024]

A blue tegu is a great substitute for a black and white. They are much smaller but still tegus. I'm always surprised they aren't mentioned more. My guy is ALL tegu in a much smaller package.