Ok your looking for something 5' or less, not overly large. I usually stick to the rule that the enclosure should be long enough to alllow the snake to crawl from one end to the other and back with out the tail and head touching the same side (as an adult). For that size tank I'd stay away from Ball's, large boa's (an adult redtail will get 10-12'), ect. Corn's, kings, tree pythons (even though aggressive they are cool to watch and so forth), there a few more you could look up. You plan on handling it alot?
Best bet is to look at the commonly collected snakes (keeping price down), look at over all adult size and lenght, and their habits.
I currently have an adult male ball (he's in a 29gal now but building a 3'x4'x5' enclosure waterfall, ect that he'll be moved into), a young king and a young redtail. the redtail and the ball will both have custom enclosure and the king will end up going into the 29gal.
Think of it this way: If you were your pet what would you like to be stuck in for the rest of your life?
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