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I love these snakes, they're so easy to keep and stay at a very manageable size. I hope to breed her in 06. Tom Stevens

Very nice girl Tom. She almost looks big enough to breed sooner. What's her weight?

I have three spotteds that are supposedly Cape Yorks, a male and two females. Just purchased my second female that is Cape York x Granite.
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Ken Roshak
BlackSwampSerpents@toast.net

Thanks Ken, she is a year older than her mate. He is much smaller and she was not fed quite as much as she could've ate. In other words I have seen younger ones larger than her. However I heard the Capes get a little larger than the others so I intended to breed her at 3 years of age. I fed the male a lot more and he is definitely growing faster. I will take a few more pics of both and post them soon. Tom Stevens

Pics sound good Tom. I'll try and post some pics of mine too. My female, het for granite, has slightly different blotches than my other two. My male is a year or more older than the females and is ready to breed. But they're just too small ;(

Are you aware of any defining characteristics that make a spotted, a Cape York? From the little research written, it seems, like the Okeetee corns, they are basically spotteds that hail from Cape York Aust. I've heard they can be a little larger than spotteds from other areas and that their background coloration is lighter than non-CYork spotteds. Mine were all sold as Cape Yorks but it would be nice to know and not just take their word for it.
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Ken Roshak
BlackSwampSerpents@toast.net

I hear ya Ken, I was first drawn to this snake because the original pics I found almost resembles mini Burms. They had some yellow on them......and those pics were on the Harford Reptiles web page. I actually begged them to take a deposit which they did after I pestered them for weeks. I jinxed them, as the clutch went bad and they sold the adults. I saw some nice pics on the VPI site too, and I felt like I was settling for less when I bought my female. I love her, and the male I got a year later looks identical but I have been searching for a more colorful CYSP for 2 years now. I have seen pics of these that were around the 4 foot mark and quite thick, much larger than other spotteds. Apparently the CYSPs are supposed to have the yellow or cream colors on the sides and be a little prettier than normal Spotted Pythons. I emailed several well known breeders about these snakes and no one had any answers. VPI sold off their adults years ago. They may all be traceable back to 1.1 or 2.2 original imports from well over 30 years ago. It's a shame that there was no one trying to keep this specific locale going with traceable origins.....but they are just not half as popular as many other Pythons.....why? I have no idea....I think they're perfect pets and cool for breeding projects. Tom Stevens