Basicly a dwarf retic is determined by how big they are supose to get. Here is a reply I made on another forum. The question was "how big do dwarf retics get?"

"Well it depends on what kind of dwarf we are talking about. Bali & selayars are both considered dwarf locality retics, and can top out at close to 16 foot for a big female. Jampea's are the most common of the dwarves, the largest known specimans of these guys are in the 15 foot range with NERD and Mr. Gasper (the later of which is on this forum) having some large females. There are also other localities of retic that are supose to stay smaller than all the aforementioned types, among these are the super dwarf, honey island, and Kayaudi retics. Then there are the "Dwarf morphs" which are mainland animals crossed with their smaller counterparts to try and create a morph in a smaller package. Currently maximum sizes on these are unknown.I had a conversation with Bob Clark a couple months ago about this, and to the best of his knowlage the largest dwarf morph right now is a 12 foot female dwarf tiger that he bred back in 2000, although he does beleive they will get slightly larger. Hope this helps."

As far as care and attitudes, there is no difference in care, the only difference comes in activity. The "dwarves" seem to be more active than mainland retics.

Dont worry about "bugging" keepers. Most keepers are glad to share their experiances, some websites to check out would be
www.bobclark.com
www.constrictors.com
www.newenglandreptile.com
all 3 of these sites have sections on dwarf retics. Hope this helped.

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