We all know someone who keeps a snake. Perhaps you’ve cringed or watched in morbid fascination as their pet python made a lunchtime snack out of some small, furry creature. Perhaps you are that person gleefully trying to convince your squeamish neighbors to hold your reptilian friend. If so, we’re certain you’d love to know which snakes are the most expensive in the world.
Anyone interested in expensive snakes should know of Bob Clark. He is, after all, responsible for breeding some of the world’s most expensive snakes. In fact, he produced the only known genetic striped ball python. The python gets its name from the wide, black-bordered, yellow stripe along its back. Clark currently sells these expensive ophidians for $5,000 apiece.
A striped ball python
Then, of course, there’s the lavender albino ball python. Another of Clark’s specialties, this red-eyed snake is spotted yellow over a lavender background. It also happens to be the most expensive snake in the world, as prices for just one may reach up to $40,000. This stunning, African-native creature was even touted as the most expensive pet in the world at one point.
A lavender albino ball python
Unfortunately, Bob Clark doesn’t seem to have any lavender albinos for sale in 2008. Currently, his most expensive snake is the leucistic ball python, a pure white snake with black eyes that sells for $15,000.
