Actually the blackmarket reptile trade in Oz is probably as big as the dodgy fish trade, but like the fish thing we just don't get sh.it legally. There are plenty of anacondas, boas and corns in collections here as well as nastier snakes and lizards. I got offered an anaconda last year from a guy because it was getting too big and his wife was scared it would escape and eat their daughter. Not a snake person to begin with let alone a potentially kill me snake person so I declined the offer. Besides, snakes are awesome escape artists, pose much more risk in regards to getting into the environment than an illegal fish in your tank.
As for having better stuff here, depends, a lot of our larger pythons are nasty tempered buggers. Some of the jungle carpet lines that are being bred here are pretty stunning though.
