I consider myself an expert on snakes but this one stumped me. I just received this python today from someone who could not care for her anymore. Over the phone he told me that she was a "Madagascar Rainbow Python." Now knowing there is no such species I was intrigued in what he actually had. He said that he acquired her from a friend who in turn got her from an exotic animal importer. When he dropped her off and took her out of the bag I was stunned ~ in my twenty plus years of working with herp's I have never seen a python like this. The snake is nine years old and approx. five feet in length. As seen in the photo the snake has an iridescent sheen to it when in the sun. At second glance I thought it could be a water python of some kind, but I thought water pythons grow fairly large. The snake is very slender resembling an arboreal species. Any help on ID "ing" this snake will be greatly appreciated.



Thanks,



Brian Kleinman

Owner/Operator

Riverside Reptiles

www.riversidereptiles.com

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