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Old 04-19-2006, 12:40 AM   #1
varnyard
What kind of python is this???

Please tell me what this python is. I have not ever seen one like her. She is six feet long and tame as a kitten. I was told she was four years old, and bred in south Florida. That is all I know of her back ground.
Thanks in advance!!
 
Old 04-19-2006, 02:38 AM   #2
The Reptile House
Looks like a " Childrens Python" More info at this link and more, hope this helps, Shanell

http://www.vpi.com/5VPIBreeders/Chil...rensPython.htm



(Antaresia Childreni)





Female Children's Python wrapped around her eggs hildren's pythons come from Northern Australia ranging from the Kimberly Plateau in Western Australia across the Northern Territory and into North Eastern Queensland. They also occur on many islands off the Northern Coast of Australia. Children's Pythons are actually quite rare in Canada. In the past many of the snakes sold as "Children's Pythons" were actually the more common spotted pythons.



In fact, prior to 1985 the entire antarisa group (maculosa, childreni, stimpsoni and perthensis) were all called children's pythons and were usually represented by photos or descriptions of spotted pythons (A.Maculosa) even in the overall excellent book "the Reproductive Husbandry of Pythons and Boas" by Richard A. Ross and Gerald Marzec, published in 1990. It refers to only a single species "liasis childreni" (the Children's Python) and clearly shows photos of what are obviously spotted pythons.





Female with eggs




Children's Pythons Hatching Children's Pythons are the second smallest python species in the world, only the Anthill Python (A. Perthensis) is a few inches shorter. Most adults will max out at somewhere between 2 to 2.5 feet with occasional older specimens approaching 3 feet. They are very hardy and easy to maintain and captive husbandry is identical to that of the spotted python. Hatchling Children's Pythons are tiny snakes but can still handle newborn pinky mice with relative easy. Babies are boldly patterned with a light colored background and dark brown blotches, this pattern gradually fades with age and older adults of 6 or 7 years are almost patternless.
 
Old 04-19-2006, 03:07 AM   #3
reptilebreeder
Shanell, I think you missed part of his post
Quote:
She is six feet long
.
 
Old 04-19-2006, 04:33 AM   #4
HerpLuver
Dont know what she is Bob, but she's GORGEOUS!!!! You dont want her, you know you dont, send her on over here i'll shoot you my address just say the word. LOL

Great looking animal Bob!
 
Old 04-19-2006, 04:37 AM   #5
hhmoore
Thanks for throwing this one up here, Bobby. (I AM surprised that there weren't more guesses at its original placement, though - do you think John, Clay, and I scared them off? lol)
 
Old 04-19-2006, 08:00 AM   #6
Ophidiophile
Answer...

...it's a Macklot's Python, and a nice looking one at that.

-David
 
Old 04-19-2006, 10:25 AM   #7
varnyard
Well I found out what she is. She is a Speckled python from the island of Timor.
 
Old 04-19-2006, 10:53 AM   #8
hhmoore
Quote:
Originally Posted by varnyard
Well I found out what she is. She is a Speckled python from the island of Timor.
That's a new one on me...where did you find it?
(They do have freckled pythons on Timor...freckled = macklots)
 
Old 04-19-2006, 11:59 AM   #9
Clay Davenport
Yeah, I think we're going to need a latin name for the speckled. It's not a known or at least very uncommonly used common name. Seems more like a variation of freckled to me.
 
Old 04-19-2006, 12:48 PM   #10
varnyard
You guys are correct. It would be a Freckled python.
 

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