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i remember ppl use to post there pimbura here but now its like i never see ppl talking about them or showing theres off . just a currious question that iwas wondering thanks for your time

I too wish that more people posted pics or asked more questions or simply showed more interest in them. They can be a lot more aggressive than burms and indians so I don't think that a LOT of folks have them. But I am working toward breeding a line of non-aggressive ceylonese and offer lifetime docility guarantees in hopes of stirring up more interest in them.

>>i remember ppl use to post there pimbura here but now its like i never see ppl talking about them or showing theres off . just a currious question that iwas wondering thanks for your time
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"If I had 365 enemies it would only take a year out of my life to settle all scores." Mia Miselfani

I have heard the same thing about them being tempermental. I think anything can be tamed to a certain extent with a little dedicated work by the owner, but I would love to have one that will not take as much work as say a regualar run of the mill Ceylonese. Let me know that outcome of this "experiment".

I have never seen one, or heard of this breed, Please enlighten me.

They are another subspecies of the indian (controversial) from the island "Ceylon" off the coast of india. They are somewhat smaller than the indians and MUCH smaller than the burms. Indians are "Python Molurus Molurus", Ceylonese are Molurus Pimbura, and burmese are Molurus Bivititus. (I welcome any spelling corrections as I was going strictly by memory)

Rob can probably shed a lot more light on their geographical data and information. He's a lot more,.. studious,.. than I am.

>>I have never seen one, or heard of this breed, Please enlighten me.
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"If I had 365 enemies it would only take a year out of my life to settle all scores." Mia Miselfani

>>They are another subspecies of the indian (controversial) from the island "Ceylon" off the coast of india. They are somewhat smaller than the indians and MUCH smaller than the burms. Indians are "Python Molurus Molurus", Ceylonese are Molurus Pimbura, and burmese are Molurus Bivititus. (I welcome any spelling corrections as I was going strictly by memory)
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>>Rob can probably shed a lot more light on their geographical data and information. He's a lot more,.. studious,.. than I am.
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>>"If I had 365 enemies it would only take a year out of my life to settle all scores." Mia Miselfani

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"If I had 365 enemies it would only take a year out of my life to settle all scores." Mia Miselfani

see when i first started reading and askin questions about them i always felt that there temper was like a blood python/retic/ pitbull so it takes a lil more to tame them and you cant trust them all the time but they are still wonderfull snakes. thanks for everyones input on this.

Generally 10 to 12 feet, but some females can surpass 12 of course.

Some ceylonese have very heightened deffensive mechanisms that are very hard to deal with. My taming techniques that work very well on 99% of the species cannot be applied to aggressive ceylonese. They are intensely explosive when they want to get away from you and will both fight and flight simultaneously. You will get bitten repeatedly and viciously while also being showered with urine and fecal matter while the snake thrashes wildly about. Almost impossible to hold onto as the snake immediately becomes slippery with it's own urine and your blood.

I would not compare them to retics or bloods. For one thing, most captive produced bloods and tics are much more mellow and docile. But also, even an aggressive blood or tic will not do all three of the above defensive measures. They may do one but seldom two and I have never seen all three outside of the ceylonese.

It really isn't all that complicated. It is just in understanding the ceylonese and it's idiosyncrasies and working in conjuction with the rules of the species. Even tame individuals can be very edgy and,... almost paranoid,.. until you identify yourself by scent and/or take them out.

I hope this helps to understand the ceylonese a little better.

>>see when i first started reading and askin questions about them i always felt that there temper was like a blood python/retic/ pitbull so it takes a lil more to tame them and you cant trust them all the time but they are still wonderfull snakes. thanks for everyones input on this.
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"If I had 365 enemies it would only take a year out of my life to settle all scores." Mia Miselfani

From the information that I have been able to gather from USFW Management Authority reps and CITES documents, P. m. pimbura was lumped in with P. m. molurus more for enforcement purposes than for taxonomic reasons. If you look at the structure of the head of a pure pimbura and compare it to that of a molurus or bivittatus, you will see a distinct difference. Brian is correct in that pimbura are generally the more high-strung and nervous of the molurus group, although there are a few out there that are reasonable to work with. The two year old trio I have are more active snakes than the other two subspecies, and the male a little nervous acting, but they have never struck or bitten even once. Additionally, I feel they are definitely the more colorful of the molurus group.

Kelly

How big do they get?