Pythons

What Is Python? Understanding Them : Pythons are one of the subgroup of the snakes . There are many species of snakes in our world with over 2700 subgroups . The sizes of pythons are bigger than the other snake families , especially bigger than other constrictors . Pythons are constrictors that means it kills its prey with a sudden surround action so its prey can not breathe and die in a few minutes . Pythons have heat pits that can detect a very little amount of heat like 0.07C'Degrees . They are not venomous snakes . There is fact about them that probably many people don't know ; a cobra venom or any other venomous snake can't hurt a python . Pythons have a metabolism that protects them from other venomous snakes . They are grouped together in 1756 by Mr.Carl Von Linne because of their similar appearances and habits together . As every snake species have subgroups , pythons have subgroups too . For example arboreal pythons with heat-sensing pits along their lips are group together under pythons as a subgroup .


Pythons Versus Boas : Many people don't know the main difference between boas and pythons . Boas are termed ovoviviparous , this means their eggs inside the females are surrounded by a membrane instead of a hard shell like pythons . So when the boa babies born , babies break through the membrane to crawl away . Pythons are oviparous , this means the eggs are surrounded by a thin , parchmentlike shell . Female pythons will coil around their eggs and stay with them during the incubation period .


Life Span : Over 15 Years But Much More In Captivity .


Their Orginal Habitat : Africa , Asia and Australia , North America (A Little Amount) . All python snakes are tropical animals . They won't live under the temperature 22C (77F) . Under this fact the areas that they live must be near the deserts or tropical places like amazon . But mainly you can find them Africa , Asia and Australia , North America (A Little Amount) .


Pythons As Pets : Pythons can be good pets if you care them enough .

Famous Python Species


Burmese Pythons

General Info : Today we know that there are 3 subspecies of Burmese Pythons . These are Ceylon , Indian And Burmese subspecies . One of the most popular pet in snake hobby . Very gentle and docile nature with a great beauty . These is only one negative thing about Burmese Pythons . That is their sizes . It reaches over 20Feet (6-8Meters) . It is one of the longest snakes in the world . Before acquiring a Burmese Python , you should count that .
Appearance : Tan with dark-edged olive-brown dorsal and lateral blotches . A dark spearhead is present on the top of the head . This is a standart Burmese Python appearance but we know that many different color combinations of Burmese Pythons breeding today . Like green coloration or albino coloration (lacking yellow pigment) .
Sizes : Adult at 7 to 10 feet (2.1-3M) commonly reaches 14 feet (5M) , This is a heavy snake and can grow much large sizes like 25 feet (8M) .
Range & Habitat : Burma , Malaysia And Indonesia , They found in open fields wooden areas and they like swimming .
My Notes : Burmese Pythons are good natured , docile reptiles but they need extremely large cages to be kept . If you have enough place and enough money (because they eat too much to feed their huge body) then why not .

Reticulated Pythons

General Info : Reticulated Pythons are classic pythons . They are colorfull , big and powerfull . Because its very huge sizes Reticulated Pythons are potentially dangerous and aggresive reptiles .
Appearance : The patterns of Reticulated Pythons have been likened to an oriental rug in terms of variations on a theme of gold , olive , tan , brown and dark gray blotches . The blotches are outlined in black , against a silver gray body . Eye colors of The Reticulated Pythons can be orange to brown or gray to green . Today reptile breeders are making different color variations from these huge reptiles like Albino (lacking of the yellow pigment) Reticulated Pythons or Etc .
Sizes : The Retics (The Reticulated Pythons) world's longest snake and also world's longest reptile . It is not heavy than The Green Anaconda but it is longer than it . It can reach 30 feet (9M) , Adults are like 10-16 feet (3-5M) . It will weigh 65-90 pounds (30-45kg) when it reaches 16 feet (5M) .
Range & Habitat : Southeast Asia , The Philippines , Indo-Pacific Islands . They are very good swimmers and climbers . They live inside the jungles up on the trees . They feel more secure in the trees .
My Notes : Very big and usually aggresive ; Not recommended for the beginners!

Royal Pythons (Ball Pythons)

General Info : The real name of this specie is Royal Python but because of their habit of coiling in a tight ball when frightened many people call them Ball Pythons . It is the world's most popular snake in pet trade .
Appearance : There is a combination of warm tan blotches over a black ground color . There are many alternative colors occur in the breeding like golden , xanthic (lacking the yellow pigment) striped , albino phases .
Sizes : Adults can be 4-6 feet (1-1.8M) max size for Ball Pythons is 1.80Cm (6 Feet)
Range & Habitat : Western Africa , They are found in Africa's tropical jungles . It can climb well but not a good swimmer .
My Notes : Docile , calm , and beautiful reptiles , but generally they are very bad feeders , which would not make them suitable for a beginner .

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