Corn Snakes have nice markings. I've always liked them. I don't own a snake myself, but my aunt used to have a Garter Snake she named Gasket, because of his habit of wrapping himself around the underside of the roof of his cage, as though he were trying to form a seal around the inside of the lid. Most of the times he was out of the cage, he spent with his bottom half wrapped around her neck and his top half sticking out over the top of her head, amongst her hair, like he was trying to help her do an impression of medusa. He was awesome.