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Python reticulatus
Very large growing species from indonesia. The normal wild type reticulated python has reticulated banding going down its back. Adults mature at 13' for males and 15+' for females. Reticulated pythons have been known to reach over 30' in very rare circumstances and 20+' in fairly frequent captive individuals.
I have yet to post anything about my pets, and I felt it was time to share. This is the newest addition to my gene pool for reticulated pythons (1 of 9). It is a Golden Child (mutation), het for Albino. This particular male came from the crossing of a very large male mainland retic to a Jampea dwarf locale, creating a half dwarf which can stay considerably smaller than pure mainland retics.
Spotted on Apr 13, 2013
Submitted on Apr 13, 2013
3 Comments
@ Tomato - yes these are the worlds largest growing snakes with some getting upwards of 30' in length. This particular one is a 50% Dwarf male, so he should not exceed 10' during his lifetime.
@ Samantha - yes this is a reticulated python. It is a goldenchild mutation (originally discovered at NERD). Which eliminates the pattern, and reveals the irridesence that retics are known for.
Wow he's pretty but he looks like a rainbow boa then a reticulated python
Don't those get big?