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hello im knew to the retic world and was wondering if the super dwarf retics exists and if so any available cb or ltcs.just love retics but cant handle the size due to my condition.any info will be more than helpful thanx and god bless brian

I've got a Super Dwarf x Jampea male who is just under 5 feet and turns 3 next month. He is perfectly healthy, beautiful and iridescent, eats his small rat every week, and is happy and extremely friendly and easy to handle as long as he knows no food is coming ... just small, and I love him.

great snake,but its not true superdwarf.just jmpxsuper?

He is the cross, though much smaller than any of the other such crosses I've heard about ... however I am getting a drop dead gorgeous pure Super Dwarf female this week for him, she is four feet and one of the prettiest retics I've ever seen from her photos.

Funny show of my male and his boa buddy.

... from her seller, I've been told that she is close to being completely hand tame, just needs a little work, like any Retic.

I'll know soon enough

i want to thank everyone for theyre info.its been very helpful.i just found a pair from bob clark.thanx and god bless once again.

Yes, the superdwarf retic does exist, but most of the ones available are WC adults. I have two pair myself; one WC adult pair that I bought last year from Bob Clark, and one cbb pair that I bought in the spring from Dan Uremovic in Canada. He's the only one that I know of that has bred pure superdwarf to superdwarf in captivity, at least in recent years. All of mine are awesome creatures, but the WC adults aren't fantastic if you want a tame pet (at least in my limited experience). Mine don't bite too often, but they don't like to be handled any longer than it takes to move them between cages during cleaning, and they'll whip around and poop all over until you let them go. My cbb superdwarfs from Dan, on the other hand, are quite nice. With any luck somebody here in the states will have some this coming season (like me, hopefully). If you decide to buy WC (they aren't all terrible) be sure to consider the source you buy from, since there's a lot of confusion over what does and does not constitute a superdwarf (for example, a retic cannot be "het" for superdwarf; superdwarfs are from some island locale unknown to me and unnamed by importers, but they are quite distinct from other retics if you examine several of them closely). Hope it helps, and good luck.
Robert

Dwarf and superdwarf retics are indigenous to the Bonerate Island chain in the Flores Sea between the large islands of Sulawesi and Flores. There are dozens of islands in this group with the larger ones being Tanahjampea, Kayuadi, Kalao, Kalaotoa, and Bonerate. Most of the larger islands and some of the smaller ones in this group probably have their own distinct populations of retics, of apparently, slightly varying adult sizes. The retics on Tanahjampea for example, appear to be the largest and are generally not considered a true superdrawf type, as some adult females have shown to reach lengths of 12 to 15 feet. The smaller retics from other islands in this group are termed superdwarf as they appear to reach adult sizes in the 6 to 8 feet range. This is a remote island group and not easily accessible, additionally, source importers are obviously reluctant to comment on precise collecting data. Some true superdwarf specimens have reportedly been collected from Kalao and Kalaotoa, but until further studies are conducted, the exact island locale of some of the true superdwarf specimens is probably somewhat speculative on our part.

Kelly

Make that 15'-7" Kelly. I measured my largest Jamp today and found her to be that.

Jim

that is one of the larger jampeas I am aware of. Do you happen to know the age of this snake, or if not, her size when acquired? Thanks,

Kelly

Sure do, she is from Cindy Baldogo. This Jampea hatched out on 2-6-00 and weighed 70 grams. I did not acquire her until 1-6-01. At this time she weighed 332.7 grams and was 3'-7" in length. Now she is 5 years and 9 months old and is over 100 pounds. I have not weighed her in several months. The last time I did she was 101 pounds. If I were to guess on her weight today I'd say she is 120 or so. Her sister that I also own produced 36 fertile eggs this spring for me. She too is a large Jampea that is nearing the 15-foot mark, may even have passed this mark.

I also have a male that is from a different mother, which is the same age. I haven’t measured him in a while but do know he is 60 pounds.

I sure love these animals. My larger retics have my heart, though these are not far behind.

Jim

I feel it is especially important with species that have very little vital statistic data currently available.

Kelly