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Anyone wanna take a shot at what type of Blood or Short-tailed Python this is? Was traded to me as a Caramel Blood Python Thanks!
Awesome thanks a ton. What are the main differences between the species?Python breitensteini Short tail For sure.............Beautiful Blood non the less.........
Thanks a ton, so I'll just refer it as a Borneo Short-tail for now haha. Thanks for the info. I use to have a pair of red bloods and they were awesome snakes. I'm glad to get another one back. Anyways I'm pretty familiar with their care, but your information still helps alot. Thanks again!Blood pythons are often called "Borneo blood pythons" or "Borneo short-tailed pythons" so you aren't dealing with two very different 'species'. Borneo short-tails(Python Breitensteini) are a subspecies of blood python found only in Borneo, and Sumatra short-tails(Python Brongersmai) are also called "black blood pythons", another subspecies who are only found in Sumatra and have much darker markings than the other two subspecies. Overall, their disposition, husbandry, and care is extremely similar so you're not looking at a huge variety of options.
For all subspecies, males average at 3-5 feet and females average 4-6 feet. Adults require nothing smaller than a four foot long vivarium; 6-12 square feet is the average amount of floor space. They need large amounts of room to thrive as they are heavy snakes. Juveniles can be kept in 18-50 litre rubber tubs or 20-40 gallon tanks. 88 degrees F should be the optimum temperature while the ambient air should not dip below 75 degrees F, which can be achieved with under tank heating pads or ceramic heat emitters.
Hope this helps!!!!!!!!
Haha Oh I know. It's not like I was at a loss though. I traded it for a cali kingsnake, which is still awesome, but I'm much more into pythons and not too much into colubrids.The " Caramel " part was B.S. just to squeeze out an extra few bucks from customers. I have a coco puff morph here that I can sell you for a good price
Actually you are dealing with different species. All the short-tailed pythons used to be lumped into subspecies of Python curtus, but have since been broken up into three different species (Python breitensteini, Python brongersmai, and Python curtus).Blood pythons are often called "Borneo blood pythons" or "Borneo short-tailed pythons" so you aren't dealing with two very different 'species'. Borneo short-tails(Python Breitensteini) are a subspecies of blood python found only in Borneo, and Sumatra short-tails(Python Brongersmai) are also called "black blood pythons", another subspecies who are only found in Sumatra and have much darker markings than the other two subspecies. Overall, their disposition, husbandry, and care is extremely similar so you're not looking at a huge variety of options.