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bwaffa
at Wed Oct 15 11:31:38 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by bwaffa ]
There are several, actually; most of the pythons I work with fall in this category. Check out some of the Liasis species like the Macklott's python -- the females get a little larger, but the males stay nicely in the 5-6 foot range. Same with white-lipped pythons, ringed pythons, water pythons, womas, etc. There's variation in each of these species, particularly on the individual level, but none of these reach the size and girth of the burms or retics.
Angolans are awesome and stay within that range too, but good luck finding one for under a grand right now.
All these species have different requirements though than from the ball python. Most that I mentioned are tropical or neotropical species and require higher humidity and lower temps, some are tougher to breed than many of those of the Python genus. Some, like the water python and white-lipped are also notoriously aggressive though there's always the individual who's the exception to the rule.
You might check some of them out.
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RE: How many kinds of python stay around 6ft - bwaffa, Wed Oct 15 11:31:38 2008