Large pythons are an apex reptile predator that occurs only in the very southern tip of Fl. The other apex reptillian predator that occurs in fl. is the American Alligator and it ranges throughout the entire state. The last figure I was aware of for them was just over a Million in the entire state and that was several years ago and I am sure it is higher now but I bet number is not in excess of 2 million.

My point is large predator numbers are not only dependent upon how many are put into the environment but are also dependent upon the available prey items are available (among other factors.) so it may not matter how many are released out there the environment may only be capable of sustaining them in the thousands rather than the millions.

Ultimately as others have been saying on here if the initial introduction was not the only cause of them being here there would be other morphs being found out there and while greens granites and labyrinths are not as common as albinos they are still common an relatively cheap. Also as Tom stated lots of people sell off hets as normals.

When I bred Burms I wholesaled out my babies and usually did just that. I bred both albinos and greens although for the most part due to mix matched pairs the offspring were usually hets. I would always mention heritage to my jobbers but by the time they would get to whatever pet store they ended up at they were most likely sold as normals as are many hets.

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