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General Info : One of the most popular
and widely seen boa type snake in pet trade . It has many subspecies like
all other boas have . Red Tailed Boas are generally heavier than other boa
constrictors . Appearance: Light tan animals with sharp, bold saddles along the dorsum, that expand in width and turn to vivid red bordered with black on the anterior third of the snake . Some sub species of redtails can have different color combinations but always the same form of colorations. Sizes: Adults can reach up to 14 feet (4.3M) the heaviest boa type snake in world of snakes. Range & Habitat: Mexico, Central And South America Food: Mammals and birds. Breeding: Live-bearing, with litters of up to 50 young. My Notes: Commonly found in pet trade. They are very calm and good pets. |
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General Info: World's largest snake (not longest),
a large specimen may weigh in excess of 150kg (330 lbs), The bead-like eyes
and the nostrils are set on the top of the relatively narrow head as the same
as their cousins yellow anacondas. They are semi aquatic boas as yellow anacondas.
Appearance: Dark-bordered yellow stripe running from behind the eye to the back of the head. The smooth body scales are colored a dull olive-brown to greenish, broken with a number of dark spots and blotches. Sizes: Max 9meters (29 feet) but avg 5meters (16.5 feet); 330 lbs (150 kg) the heaviest snake of the world. Range & Habitat: Amazon and Orinoco basins. Never found far from water, they are excellent swimmers. Food: Large reptiles, birds, reptiles, alligators, freshwater turtles, and mammals Breeding: Live-bearing, with large litters. My Notes: Enormous size + bad temper = Unsuitable as pets. |
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General Info: One of the most unique and fascinating
animals of the reptile world. As the name implies, the overall adult color
is a pale to sometimes stunning emerald green. Juveniles may be bright red,
red-orange, or brown, with small patches of green that spread over the entire
body during their first year. The only pattern present may be a thin white
stripe along the spine, and/or a series of thin, white bands or half-bands
or half-bands, as if white paint had been dripped on the spine and trickled
down. Appearance: A beautiful boa with a strong resemblance to the Green Tree Python, an example of convergent evolution. Juveniles are red or orange, but their color changes to green during the first year. It has a row of white markings along the back and large, prominent heat pits. Sizes: To about 1.6m Range & Habitat: Amazon Basin (South America). Tropical rain forests, but only in large trees. Food: Birds and small mammals. Breedi:ng: Live-bearing, with litters of up to 20 young. My Notes: Emerald Boas require tall cages with plenty of horizontal branches or perches. Provide a daytime temperature gradient by placing a spotlight or ceramic heat lamp over one end of the highest perch. High relative humidity is important, so include a large water dish or tub and control ventilation. |
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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. Food: Small mammals and birds. Breeding: Lying up to about 10 eggs. 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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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 pets in snake hobby. Very gentle and docile nature
with a great beauty. These are 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 standard 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. Food: Mammals, rodents, birds. Breeding: Lying up to about 70 eggs. 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. |
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General Info: Reticulated Pythons are classic
pythons. They are colorful, big and powerful. Because its very huge sizes
Reticulated Pythons are potentially dangerous and aggressive 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, and 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. Food: Mammals, Rodents, and Birds. Breeding: Lying up to about 100 eggs. My Notes: Very big and usually aggressive; Not recommended for the beginners! |
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General Info: These are three different color
phases of the white-lipped (formerly and incorrectly known as the D'Albertis)
python. Adults are universally considered bad-tempered, but these are such
attractive snakes that dedicated hobbyists or professional herpetoculturists
cannot resist working with them. As a result, there are now some good techniques
available for handling the adults and the young. Appearance: An elegant python with an elongated body and narrow head. The body is bronze and iridescent. The head may be the same color or (more commonly) black with a row of black-edged, white scales bordering the mouth. It has prominent heat pits. Sizes: To 2.4m Range & Habitat: New Guinea and neighboring islands. Lowland rain forests and swamps. Food: Small mammals and birds. Breeding: Egg-laying, with clutches of 9-18 eggs. Female coils around eggs until they hatch. My Notes: Neonates of the white-lipped python are especially susceptible python are especially susceptible to respiratory problems. This may be related to their original habitat; like blood pythons, they may have adapted high humidity and are susceptible to respiratory infections when the humidity is too low. Be sure you keep the hatchlings warm enough; they need to be kept above 80F (27C) for at least their first 6 months. |
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General Info: Known for years as Chondropython
viridis, the scientific name was changed in 1994 to Morelia viridis, to reflect
its close relationship with carpet pythons. However many professionals and
many hobbyists alike have continued to use the common name 'chondro python’.
Appearance: The most typical adult phase is a bright green, although blue or yellow examples are occasionally found. A series of white or blue dorsal and/or later spots is evident on most. Sometimes these light areas form an intermittent line down the dorsal surface. Sizes: They may reach 7 feet (2.1M), This is fairly slender snake, so a specimen coiled cinnamon bun-style across a branch may appear smaller than it actually is. Range & Habitat: Papua and Irian Jaya, New Guinea, The Cape York, Peninsula of Australia, Live in Rainforests. Food: Birds, mammals, including bats, young may eat also eat frogs and lizards. Breeding: Lying up to about 26 eggs. My Notes: The green tree python and Emerald tree boa look very much like one another to the inexperienced eye, and they occupy the same ecological niche in their respective countries. There are some distinguishing factors. Tree boas have bigger heads; the snout is elongated and the head has a flatter appearance. In contrast, the green tree python has a sculpted, more compact head. The emerald tree boa has ladder like vertebral marking, as opposed to the broken-like vertebral stripe of the green tree python. They need large branches, warm temperatures and high humidity in captivity. |