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I just picked up this nice pair of P. m. pimbura[I know they've changed it to m. molurus but I'm old school]. This wasn't a planned project but they were too nice to resist...LOL...THANKS

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Tom Crutchfield
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Those are very nice ones Tom. I had thought about picking them up not too long ago, but the FL owner didn't have the CBW permit required for interstate sales. I would be very interested to see the offspring from that pair if you ever produce any. Thanks,

Kelly

I put off looking at them because I was afaid I'd buy them also..LOL...I don't need another big snake project BUUUUUTTTT...They're about 7-8' long so I'm guessing with a little food and breeding a little late I might breed them so as to have babies next year.....I'm getting a CBW for these and E. subflavus to go with our Radiated Tortoise CBW...
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Tom Crutchfield
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Tom, when a python looks like those do, I don't see how anyone can call them Indians. I must be from the same "old school" that you are.

Pimbura vary a lot in color but they have certain traits that Indian's do NOT EVER HAVE. I could tell which is which from across a room..Your right Jay they are NOT the same as P. m. molurus!!
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Tom Crutchfield
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Hi Tom,

Very nice! I saw these and thought who ever was lucky enough to get the pair would surely enjoy them!
The Sri Lankan's could not have gone to a nicer more experienced guy than you. A big congrats!

Truly,

Paul Bodnar
Crocodile Wildlife Conservationist

I am glad to see those ended up with you. They definitely are worthy of being reproduced. It doesn't seem there are a whole lot of them out there.

I happen to know a little bit about that particular pair. The really light one has only turned light in the last year or so. Prior to that, it was darker, but still a gorgeous pimbura. I do not know if this is typical ontogenetic shift for pimburas or if that one has some sort of hypomelanism going on. It will be interesting to see if the darker, presumed sibling, also changes color to be so light. (maybe it already has if the pictures are of both of them. Previously, only one was so light.)

I don't hold out much hope, but it would be nice if our laws here in Florida would change and I could easily own and work with those again. Maybe in years to come, the large python rules will become like the under 4" turtle rules with lax enforcement under the realization that they were never the real solution to any real, imagined, or politicized problems.

I hope you have much breeding success with those.

Bryant King

Thanks Bryant....I'll see what I can do about breeding them....
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Tom Crutchfield
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