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Greetings all,

This little female normal (het. for nothing) burmese python appears to be an very attractive snake. Most burmese babies which as currently in the classifieds do not appear to look much like this snake, thier color is washed out and the pattern is more jagged.
I decided to use this one for the high contrast albino male in a below post. Will only produce 100% hets. for the kids but I think the color and contrast bred will breed true into the line and will be worth the extra wait.

Truly,

Paul Bodnar
Crocodile Wildlife Conservationist

Head shot of normal burmese python for the breeding project.

This is the male Albino I will use for the normal Female Burmese python.

Truly,

Paul Bodnar
Crocodile Wildlife Conservationist

she is nice, i like the clean pattern. your male is also a looker.
i have a female albino that i am hoping retains her bright yellow.
thanks for sharing

Hi Paul!
I'd be surprised if that lil' normal girl isn't het for Labyrinth.

"...I think the color and contrast bred will breed true into the line and will be worth the extra wait."

Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. I hope it does for you. 4 1/2 years is a long time to give that kind of odds to. I think you'll probably find a more acceptable mate for your male between now & then. I'll keep an eye out & will yell at you if I see something near as nice as your male.

Best wishes!
HH
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Hi HH,

Thank you for your comment. I am raising some pure Indian pythons which I hope will breed in two more seasons. Pakistan and Southern Indian locals, the Burmese pythons are more of a fun project.

Future goal is to produce/breed high contrast orange albino's unlike what is offered today in Burmese. It may take years. At reptile show's most albino's are faded yellow even as hatchlings...or maybe as a kid I just remember they used to be more vivid??

I have compared this "normal" baby to what is offered in today's classifieds (and many internet pictures) and have realized the block-like pattern and contrast is less common in the USA than ones which are jagged and less bold in markings/color contrast. I am not sure if this is due to captive breeding OR the snakes came from different parts of S.E. Asia. ex...Thailand versus Vietnam.

I do not have the history of her, as it was a donation. The male albino, however; is from one of the orginal albino's imported and was the offspring of a het. to het. pairing twenty years ago. At the time he was $1,000 plus $1 for the plastic shoe box!

The difference of color, pattern, contrast in today's pythons for sale was a bit of a surprise, as I really have never noticed any difference until I started to pay more attention. Hopefully you can help, it's fun and Burmese kinda helped start the morph craze

Truly,

Paul Bodnar
Crocodile Wildlife Conservationist